On September 18, 2024, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced several updates related to its ongoing four-year review of Section 301 tariffs on certain products from China used in domestic manufacturing. 

Yesterday, the USTR released additional instructions on how to file an exclusion request on the applicable machinery products classified under the 312 HTSUS subheadings from Chapters 84 & 85 identified in Annex E of last month’s notice.

Please note the following details:

  • Interested parties can file an exclusion request between October 15, 2024 at 12:01 AM and March 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM.
  • Responses to individual exclusion requests are due 30 days after the request is posted on the USTR’s portal.
  • Replies to any responses are due by the later of 15 days after the posting of a response, or 15 days after the closing of the 30-day response period.
  • All requests, responses and replies need to be submitted online via the USTR portal.

For additional information, please refer to the unpublished Federal Register Notice.

We will continue to monitor the situation and provide status updates as they become available. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your Shapiro representative.