The United States Releases The First Exclusion List Of 200 Billion Tariff Added Products

On August 7, 2019, the United States Trade Negotiations Office (USTR) announced the product exclusion announcement under the $200 billion tariff added goods list. This exclusion involved 10 products and 15 applications. The validity period can be traced back to September 24, 2018, the effective date of the 200 billion list, and August 7, 2020, one year after the announcement. The deadline for this product exclusion application is September 30, and enterprises can still apply for product exclusion.

There are two textile and clothing related products in the 200 billion yuan exclusion list released today, namely, high tenacity polyester yarn not exceeding 600 decitex (described in the statistical report No. 5402.20.3010) Non woven fabrics weighing more than 25g/m2 but not more than 70g/m2 are not impregnated or covered (described in the statistical report No. 5603.92.0090) (Non woven fabrics weighing more than 25g/m2 but not more than 70g/m2 in rolls, not predicted coated or covered (descriptive empirical reporting number 5603.92.0090)).

Since September 24, 2018, as part of the 301 survey, the USTR has imposed additional tariffs on Chinese goods with an annual trade volume of about $200 billion. The USTR was subsequently revised in May 2019, including the decision to establish a product exclusion process. USTR started the exclusion procedure in June 2019, and the stakeholders submitted a request to exclude specific products. This notice has released the exclusion list of some products, and will continue to publish the exclusion list determined in the future.

If the enterprise has any questions about product exclusion, it can contact the legal department of our association. Contact: Wang Yi/Li Binbin; Tel: 67739280/67739254; Email: wangyi@ccct.org.cn

Thanks to lawyer Zhuge Chenhui of MorrisManning&Martin LLC for providing relevant announcement information.