Section 301 Exclusions to Continue Through September 2023
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is extending tariff exclusions for 352 products from China that had been scheduled to expire on Dec. 31. Those exclusions will now last until Sept. 30 next year.
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These are a subset of the original exclusions granted during the Trump administration, and they were restored Oct. 12, 2021.
The prepublication version of USTR's Federal Register notice said the decision to extend these exclusions was made in light of both the ongoing review of the entire Section 301 action against Chinese imports and comments back in October 2021 that said the goods were not available outside China, or that the additional tariffs caused importers "possible severe economic harm."
USTR said extending this tariff relief will allow it "to consider and align, as appropriate," the treatment of these products and possible changes to the tariff lists from the statutory review of the entire action.
The notice said people who wish to submit comments on whether these products should be removed permanently from the tariff action, or should still be targeted, can do so through Jan. 17 at docket number USTR-2022-0014.
The products are covered by heading 9903.88.67 and U.S. notes 20(ttt)(i), 20(ttt)(ii), 20(ttt)(iii), and 20(ttt)(iv) to subchapter III of Chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S.