The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has posted on its website advance copies of a notice to published in the Federal Register that announces USTR’s determination to make certain technical amendments to previously granted exclusions to Tranche 1 ($34 Bn.) and a separate notice to be published in the Federal Register that announces USTR’s determination to make certain technical amendments to previously granted exclusions to Tranche 2 (16 Bn). The technical amendments announced…
On May 6, 2020, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice requesting comments on whether to extend certain exclusions from the action against approximately $200 Bn. of goods from China [Tranche 3] subject to 25% additional duties imposed on September 24, 2018. At this time, USTR is not considering product exclusion notices issued after March 26, 2020. USTR initiated an exclusion process for the $200 billion action…
On May 4, 2020, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) posted an advance copy of a notice to be published in the Federal Register that announces the USTR’s determination to grant certain exclusion requests, as specified in the Annex to the notice, and corrects technical errors in previously announced exclusions. The product exclusions will apply as of September 24, 2018, the effective date of the $200 billion (Tranche 3) action, and extend to…
On May 1, 2020, CBP issued CSMS #42566220 – GUIDANCE: Section 301 Tranche 3 – $200B: Twelfth Round of Product Exclusions from China (9903.88.45). The operative section of the message is shown below: BACKGROUND On April 24, 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published Federal Register (FR) Notice 85 FR 23122 announcing the decision to grant the twelfth round of certain requested exclusions from the Section 301 duty related to goods from China ($200B Action – Tranche…
On May 1, 2020, CBP issued CSMS #42566154 – Section 232 and Section 301 – Extensions Requests, PSCs, and Protests, which updates guidance [CSMS 19-000260] on seeking retroactive product exclusions. Additionally, the CSMS serves to provide information on the actions the Trade may take to preserve and/or extend the timeframes in which corrective action can be filed on entry summaries related to Section 232 and Section 301 product exclusion requests that have been submitted to…
On April 24, 2020, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice that announces the USTR’s determination to grant certain exclusion requests, as specified in the Annex to the notice, and corrects a technical error in a previously announced exclusion. The product exclusions will apply as of September 24, 2018, the effective date of the $200 billion (Tranche 3) action, and extend to August 7, 2020. The amendments…
On April 13, 2020, CBP issued CSMS #42355914 – GUIDANCE: Section 301 China – Extension of Certain Product Exclusions Covered under Tranche 1 – $34B –Action (9903.88.07), which is reproduced below: Background On April 10, 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published Federal Register (FR) Notice 85 FR 20332 to extend for 12 months certain product exclusions covered by the April 18, 2019 notice (see 84 FR 16310) for Section 301 duties on China ($34B…
On March 26, 2020, the US Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a noticethat announces USTR’s determination to grant certain exclusion requests to the $200 Bn action against certain products from China, as specified in the Annex to the notice, and corrects technical errors in previously announced exclusions. The exclusions are reflected in one 10-digit HTSUS subheading, which covers one exclusion request, and 176 specially prepared product descriptions, which cover 202 separate exclusion…
On March 25, 2020, the US Trade Representative (USTR) posted an advance copy of a notice to be published in the Federal Register that announces USTR’s determination to grant certain exclusion requests to the $300 Bn action against certain products from China, as specified in the Annex to the notice. : These product exclusions will apply as of September 1, 2019, the effective date of List 1 of the $300 billion action, and will extend…
On March 25, 2019, the US Trade Representative (USTR) will publish in the Federal Register a notice [Docket No. USTR-2020-0014] requesting public comments on possible further modifications to remove duties from additional medical-care products needed to address the COVID-19 outbreak. Section 301 duties have been imposed in four tranches. For each tranche, USTR established a process by which US stakeholders could request exclusion of particular products classified within an eight-digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the…