USTR Grants Extensions for Six List 1 Tariff Exclusions

On Thursday, December 19^th, 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 28^th, 2019, this means that the 6 (six) identified products will retain their exclusionary status from additional tariffs for another year (until December 28^th, 2020).

The USTR failed to mention the remaining 25 (twenty-five) products that were included in the first round of List 1 goods excluded from Section 301 tariffs, which leads us to believe that the exclusionary status of these products will expire on December 28^th, 2019.

The following 6 (six) HTS codes were granted an extension, and they will retain their exclusionary status until December 28^th, 2020:

8418.69.0120
8525.60.1010
8420.10.9080
8481.90.9040
9022.14.0000
9032.10.0030

The following 15 (fifteen) HTS codes, covering 25 (twenty-five) products, were NOT granted an extension, and their exclusionary status is set to expire on December 28^th, 2019:

8412.21.0075
8480.71.8045
8482.10.5044
8482.10.5048
8482.10.5052
8407.21.0080
8412.21.0030
8419.90.2000
8421.19.0000
8421.21.0000
8425.39.0100
8428.32.0000
8428.33.0000 – Belt conveyors, each comprising a frame with leveling feet, electric motor and food grade plastic conveyor belt.
8428.33.0000 – Belt conveyors, each comprising a welded frame with leveling feet and casters, electric motor and food grade plastic modular conveyor belt.
8439.99.1000 – Guards of stainless steel, designed to shield operators of papermaking machines from moving or rotating equipment, each with dimensions ranging from 30 cm by 30 cm by 50 cm to 50 cm by 50 cm by 4 m, weighing 30 kg or more but not over 100 kg.
8439.99.1000 – Scrapers (“doctors”) of stainless steel, designed to scrape impurities from the rotating roll surface of the forming and press sections of papermaking machines, each comprising a beam with a blade of non-symmetrical cross section, long aspect ratio, and mounting journals and turning devices on either end, with dimensions ranging from 50 cm by 50 cm by 8 m to 60 cm by 6 m by 11 m, weighing 1 metric ton or more but not over 3 metric tons.
8439.99.1000 – Frameworks of the forming and press section of papermaking machines, of stainless steel or cladded mild steel with stainless or acid proof steel, each with dimensions ranging from 1 m by 1 m by 1 m to 2.3 m by 2.3 m by 12 m, weighing 500 kg or more but not over 40 metric tons.
8439.99.1000 – Guides of stainless steel, designed for locating conveyer belts on papermaking machines, each with a moving arm with an actuator and front and back units with mounting holes for tube roll bearing houses, each with dimensions ranging from 40 cm by 50 cm by 30 cm to 1 m by 1 m by 50 cm, weighing 300 kg or more but not over 500 kg.
8439.99.1000 – Rollers of steel and cast iron (“nip rollers”) with bearing journals on either end, designed for use in paper manufacturing to mechanically compress paper web to remove water or impart desired mechanical properties in paper web, each with a polymer cover, the foregoing with length of 7 m or more but not over 12 m, with diameter of 1 m or more but not over 1.5 m, weighing 15 metric tons or more but not over 30 metric tons.
8439.99.1000 – Open containers (“savealls”) of stainless steel, designed to catch water run off generated in the papermaking process, constructed of large square shaped plates and flat constructions with mounting holes on ends, each with dimensions ranging from 50 cm by 50 cm by 50 cm to 1.5 m by 1 m by 10 m, weighing 50 kg or more but not over 2 metric tons.
8439.99.1000 – Stretchers of stainless steel, designed to move rollers of papermaking machines to adjust tension of fabric, each with a pivoting arm with an actuator, linear rail movement with an actuator and front and back units with mounting holes for tube roll bearing housings.
8439.99.1000 – Suction boxes of stainless steel, which remove water from paper web or papermaking fabrics during papermaking, each with dimensions ranging from 50 cm by 50 cm by 8 m to 1 m by 1 m by 10 m, weighing 1.5 metric tons or more but not over 2 metric tons.
8439.99.1000 – Rollers of stainless steel or cast iron, designed for use in paper manufacturing to support and convey papermaking cloth (i.e. fabric) or the paper web, each weighing 7 metric tons or more but not over 20 metric tons, measuring 7 m or more but not over 12 m in length, with diameter of 40 cm or more but not over 1.5 m, presented with bearing journals on either end and a polymer cover.
8466.92.5010 – Workstands designed to use with miter saws, each with metal tube frame, 4 metal legs and 2 metal extension arms.
8466.92.5010 – Workstands designed for use with miter saws, each with wheels to make workstand mobile and with sides that fold up to extend the work area.