The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that just 8 (eight) exclusions from the third round of Section 301 tariff exclusions on List 1 goods will be granted extensions. As the exclusions for the third round of List 1 goods were set to expire on April 18, 2020, this means that the 8 […]

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a new set of medical product exclusions from Section 301 List 4A Chinese tariffs. The List 4A notice contains 5 HTS subheadings completely excluded from List 4a tariffs and 7 partially excluded subheadings, which cover 36 separate exclusion requests. The exclusions will retroactively apply to all […]

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a new set of product exclusions from Section 301 List 3 Chinese tariffs. The List 3 notice contains 1 HTS subheading completely excluded from 25% tariffs, which covers 1 exclusion request, and 176 partially excluded subheadings, covering an additional 202 separate requests. The latest round of […]

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released additional product exclusions from Section 301 Chinese tariffs. The latest USTR notice features two announcements, each containing the specially prepared HTS subheadings excluded from either List 3 or List 4A tariffs. The List 4A notice contains 19 HTS subheadings partially excluded from List 4A tariffs, which […]

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released a set of product exclusions from Section 301 List 4A Chinese tariffs. The List 4 notice contains 8 HTS subheadings completely excluded from List 4A tariffs, which cover 59 separate requests. The list of 8 HTS subheadings that have been completely excluded from the List 4A tariffs are […]

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced an additional set of product exclusions from Section 301 List 3 Chinese tariffs. The List 3 notice contains 1 HTS subheading completely excluded from 25% tariffs, which covers 6 separate requests, and 46 partially excluded subheadings, covering an additional 61 requests. The latest round of exclusions will retroactively […]

On Monday, February 10th, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced an additional set of product exclusions from Section 301 List 1 Chinese tariffs. The List 1 notice contains 4 specially prepared product descriptions that are completely excluded from the 25% tariffs. The Section 301 List 1 tariffs initially spanned 818 products and […]

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that an additional item will be excluded from Section 301 List 3 Chinese tariffs. The List 3 notice contains 1 HTS subheadings completely excluded from 25% tariffs. The notice also includes five updates to existing List 3 exclusions. The latest round of exclusions will retroactively apply to all […]

On Wednesday, January 15th, the U.S. and China officially ratified Phase One of their planned trade deal. The key component of Phase One involves China’s purchase of an additional $200 billion in American exports. At this time, it does not appear that the USTR has specified the exact purchases to be made, but has rather […]

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced an additional set of product exclusions from Section 301 List 3 Chinese tariffs. The List 3 notice contains 2 HTS subheadings completely excluded from 25% tariffs, and 66 partially excluded subheadings, which cover 81 separate requests respectively. According to the USTR, the latest round of exclusions will retroactively […]

On Thursday, December 19th, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that just 6 (six) exclusions from the first round of Section 301 tariff exclusions on List 1 goods will be granted extensions. As the exclusions for the first round of List 1 goods were set to expire on December 28th, 2019, this […]

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has officially announced that the additional 15% tariffs on $160 billion of List 4B products that were set to take effect on December 15th are suspended indefinitely. Per our previous Flashes, President Trump announced last Friday that the U.S. would not be imposing the additional 15% tariffs […]

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released additional sets of product exclusions from Section 301 Chinese tariffs. The USTR notices feature several announcements, each containing the specially prepared HTS subheadings excluded from either List 1, 2 and 3 tariffs. The List 3 notice contains 35 HTS subheadings partially excluded from 25% tariffs, and 9 […]

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released an additional set of product exclusions from Section 301 List 3 Chinese tariffs. The List 3 notice contains 32 specially prepared HTS subheadings partially excluded from 25% tariffs, which cover 39 separate requests respectively. According to the USTR, the latest round of exclusions will retroactively apply […]

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released an additional set of product exclusions from Section 301 List 3 Chinese tariffs. The List 3 notice contains 2 HTS subheadings completely excluded from 25% tariffs, and 34 partially excluded subheadings, which cover 42 separate requests respectively. According to the USTR, the latest round of exclusions […]

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released another set of HTS subheadings that are partially excluded from Section 301 List 3 tariffs. The notice contains 83 HTS subheadings partially excluded from 25% tariffs, which cover 95 separate requests. The newest round of exclusions will retroactively apply to all List 3 products meeting the specified […]

The office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced plans to establish an exclusion process for products subject to additional Section 301 List 4A tariffs that went into effect on September 1st. Though no official announcement has been released yet, the USTR revealed that it will open an electronic portal for the submission of requested […]

The Federal Notice has officially been posted. Click here to view the full version. Section 301 List 3 tariffs on Chinese goods are still expected to increase from 10% to 25% effective 12:01 AM on Friday, May 10th. We say this with awareness (but not a great deal of hope) that these tariffs could possibly […]

As many of you may be aware, on September 21, 2018, the USTR published a Notice of Modification of Action providing for the imposition of additional import duties on a third list of Chinese products. On September 28, 2018, the USTR published a Notice of Amendment of Action announcing changes to the tariff classifications covered […]