IA Emergency Approval Request for Proclamation 10925_Final

May 29, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR:

Dominic Mancini
Deputy Director
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Office of Management and Budget

FROM:

KELLOGG
Date: 2025.05.29 15:55:03 -04'00'
Trevor Kellogg
KELLOGG
Chief of Staff and performing the non-exclusive functions
and duties of the Under Secretary for International Trade
International Trade Administration

SUBJECT:

Request for OMB Emergency Review and Approval of
Information Collection (IC) for the establishment of a
process by which automotive manufacturers seeking an
import adjustment offset amount shall submit applications

TREVOR

Digitally signed by TREVOR

On behalf of the International Trade Administration, I am seeking approval for emergency
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearances to allow the Department of Commerce
(Department), as represented by ITA, to publish a Federal Register Notice on the notice of
Procedures to Administer Import Adjustment Offset Amounts for Certain Imports of
Automobile Parts Under Proclamation 10908, as Amended, which will include the procedures
for automobile manufacturers to apply for and use the import adjustment offset amount
established by Presidential Proclamation 10925 of April 29, 2025, “Amendments to Adjusting
Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States,” (Proclamation 10925) to
incentivize domestic automobile production and reduce American reliance on imports of foreign
automobiles and their parts.
BACKGROUND
This notice, which ITA anticipates will be published on or after May 30th, announces the
procedures for automobile manufacturers to apply for and use the import adjustment offset
amount established by Proclamation 10925 to incentivize domestic automobile production and
reduce American reliance on imports of foreign automobiles and their parts.
On March 26, 2025, the President issued Proclamation 10908 (90 FR 14705), “Adjusting Imports
of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States,” (Proclamation 10908) finding that
imports of automobiles and certain automobile parts continue to threaten to impair the national
security of the United States and imposing specified tariffs to adjust imports of automobiles and
certain automobile parts so that such imports will not threaten to impair national security
pursuant to Section 232. Section 232 authorizes the President to adjust the imports of an article
and its derivatives that are being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such
circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security of the United States so that such

imports will not threaten to impair national security. Proclamation 10908 imposed a 25 percent
tariff on certain imports of automobiles, effective April 3, 2025, and certain imports of
automobile parts, effective May 3, 2025.
Proclamation 10925 provides that for automobiles assembled in the United States, automobile
manufacturers shall be eligible to receive an import adjustment offset amount applicable to
Section 232 duties on automobile parts by reducing duties assessed on automobile parts
accounting for 15 percent of the value of an automobile assembled in the United States for 1 year
and equivalent to 10 percent of that value for an additional year. In the associated notice,
Commerce is announcing a process for automobile manufacturers with production in the United
States to submit documentation to request an import adjustment offset amount that may only be
used by importers of record authorized by that manufacturer, and the amount may only be used
to offset tariff liability related to that manufacturer's automobile parts tariff liability under
Proclamation 10908.
Manufacturers seeking an import adjustment offset amount must submit documentation
including a production forecast, Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price (MSRP), a tariff liability
estimate, an offset calculation, the importers of record, and a certification for each period for
which an import adjustment offset amount is sought (i.e., one documentation submission for the
period of April 3, 2025 through April 30, 2026; and a separate documentation submission for the
period of May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027).
The collected information will be used by Commerce staff to facilitate the Secretary’s review
of the applications and to make a determination of eligibility for the tariff offset on their
imported parts. Manufacturers may submit their applications electronically via e-mail to the
address listed in the notice.
JUSTIFICATION
The collection of information is needed to meet requirements described in Proclamation 10925
(90 FR 18899), issued by the President on April 29, 2025, which allowed for automobile
manufactures assembling automobiles in the United States to apply for an import adjustment
offset amount, which would offset certain tariff liability under Proclamation 10908 on imports
of automobile parts. Proclamation 10925 required that within 30 days of the date of the order
the Secretary of the Department of Commerce (Commerce) shall establish a process by which
automobile manufacturers could submit documentation supporting eligibility for an import
adjustment offset amount. A prepared notice announces procedures for administration of the
import adjustment offset amount program, including application, documentation, and
certification requirements, eligibility conditions, and coordination with U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP). The establishment of this notice has resulted in this new IC request.