On September 22, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register, a notice of product exclusion extensions from the List/Tranche 2 ($16 Bn.) action. The notice announces the US Trade Representative’s determination to extend 17 exclusions through December 31, 2020. US Customs and Border Protection will issue instructions on entry guidance and implementation. The exclusions are available for any product that meets the description in the Annexes to…

On September 22, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register, a notice of product exclusion extensions from the List/Tranche 1 ($34 Bn.) action. The 62 product exclusion extensions announced in the notice apply as of September 20, 2020, and extend through December 31, 2020. US Customs and Border Protection will issue instructions on entry guidance and implementation. The exclusions are available for any product that meets the…

On September 15, 2020 the State Council Tariff Commission released Tariff Commission Announcement [2020] No. 8, which extends the exclusions (announced in Tariff Commission Announcement [2019] No. 6) for the first batch of exclusions covering 16 products from the United States  through September 16, 2021.   The original expiration date was September 16, 2020.  The exclusion list was established to exempt products from the tariffs imposed by China in retaliation for the section 301 tariffs on…

On September 17, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) posted on its website a notice to be published in the Federal Register, a notice of product exclusion extensions from the List/Tranche 2 ($16 Bn.) action. The notice announces the US Trade Representative’s determination to extend 17 exclusions through December 31, 2020. US Customs and Border Protection will issue instructions on entry guidance and implementation. The exclusions are available for any product…

On September 17, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) posted on its website a notice to be published in the Federal Register, a notice of product exclusion extensions from the List/Tranche 1 ($34 Bn.) action. The 62 product exclusion extensions announced in the notice apply as of September 20, 2020, and extend through December 31, 2020. US Customs and Border Protection will issue instructions on entry guidance and implementation. The exclusions…

On September 16, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice of product exclusion extension and amendment. USTR initiated the exclusion process for Tranche 3 (the $200 Bn. action) on June 24, 2019, and has granted 15 sets of exclusions under the $200 billion action. These exclusions expired on August 7, 2020. On May 6 and June 3, 2020 [See 85 FR 27011 (May 6, 2020)…

On September 10, 2020, CBP issued CSMS #44016918 – GUIDANCE: Section 301 Tranche 4A – $300B Product Exclusion Extensions which is reproduced below: Background On September 2, 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published Federal Register (FR) Notice 85 FR 54616, extending certain product exclusions previously covered by FR Notices 85 FR 13970, 85 FR 15244, 85 FR 17936, 85 FR 28693, 85 FR 35975, 85 FR 41658, 85 FR 44563, and 85 FR 48627 from Section 301 related to goods from China (Tranche 4A – $300B Action). These…