---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 220.6"
title: "19"
number: "220.6"
heading: "Article description."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/220.6"
---

# §220.6. Article description.

- (a) **In general.** The article description in the petition shall be provided in a format appropriate to be included in the amendment to chapter 99 of the HTS and shall include language that:
  - (1) Describes a specific class or kind of imported merchandise and provides any other information needed to distinguish the covered products from other goods;
  - (2) Is suitable for incorporation in the HTS in the column entitled “Article Description” for each tariff heading in HTS chapter 99 that affords a temporary duty suspension or reduction;
  - (3) Describes covered products in their condition as imported, based primarily upon the goods' discernible physical characteristics at the time of importation;
  - (4) Is sufficiently clear as to be administrable by CBP; and
  - (5) **Is otherwise required by this part or accomplishes the purposes of the Act.**
- (b) **Article descriptions that are not recommended.** The Commission will generally consider proposed article descriptions containing the following kinds of information or criteria as preventing the relevant petition from being recommended for inclusion in a miscellaneous tariff bill, unless input received from the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) or CBP provides a basis for the Commission's analysis under the Act:
  - (1) “Actual use” or “chief use” criteria;
  - (2) Trade-marked or similarly protected terms or names, brand names, proprietary names, part numbers, or other company-specific names;
  - (3) **Language—**
    - (i) Describing goods that are illegal to import, where the petitioner is not a government entity;
    - (ii) Describing goods that are covered by tariff-rate quota provisions; or
    - (iii) Seeking to alter the tariff treatment provided in subchapter III or IV of chapter 99 of the HTS; or
  - (4) An HTS subheading number(s) that would alter or attempt to alter the classification of the product in [chapters 1 through 97](/cfr/19/ch1..97.md) of the HTS.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 1335; Public Law 114-159, 130 Stat. 396 (19 U.S.C. 1332 note).

### Source

Source: 81 FR 67149, Sept. 30, 2016, unless otherwise noted.