Duty suspension bills often offer a cost-effective means for individual companies to secure a multi-year suspension of the U.S. tariff on a specific product for which the company’s duty outlays are particularly high. Duty suspension bills typically are passed by Congress as part of a package of miscellaneous tariff bills encompassing dozens or even hundreds of individual product-specific measures. The prospects for Congressional passage of any individual duty suspension bill are generally good so long as companies do the necessary homework at the outset. This includes drafting the bill in such a manner as to minimize the likelihood of it attracting any opposition, and ensuring that the projected loss of duties collected by the U.S. Treasury does not exceed certain thresholds. St.Maxens & Company will assist your company, at no cost or obligation, in assessing whether it has any imported products that may be good candidates for substantial duty savings through a duty suspension bill. If appropriate, we would then prepare for your consideration a separate proposal for pursuing the project.