Historically, hangers supporting imported garments, like other packing materials and packing containers, are classified in the United Stated in the same tariff subheading as accompanying garments (and subject to the same duty rate applied to these ones). However, in recent years, U.S. Customs has acknowledged that certain substantial hangers “clearly suitable for repetitive use” are eligible for a separate lower duty (3%) classification apart from garments (the correspondent tariff subheading is 3923.90.00, "Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics").

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With notice 2009/C83/11, published in the Official Journal of the European Union C 83 of 7.4.2009, the European Commission informs Community traders that starting from 30 January 2009, the Serbian authorities have decided to implement unilaterally the trade concessions provided for the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community and the Republic of Serbia signed on 29 April 2008. Such Agreement, available at the moment only in the English version on the web site of the DG Enlargement of the European Commission, so far has not yet been implemented by the European Community, awaiting the ratification of the European Parliament, ratification that, in turn, depends on a series of conditions, the most important of which is the collaboration of Belgrade with the judges of the Criminal Tribunal for the former Jugoslavia of the Hague .

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