On September 17, 2019 the USTR announced additional exclusions to Section 301, Tranches 1, 2, and 3. The current additional duty rate for products on these lists is 25% and it is scheduled to increase to 30% on October 15. However, any Chinese product on Tranche 3 that meets the description of an excluded product can submit an exclusion request.
The exclusions will be retroactive to July 6, 2018 and August 23, 2018 for List 1 and 2 products, respectively, and extend for one year after publication of the USTR notice of exclusion. The exclusions for List 3 products will be effective September 24, 2018 to August 7, 2020.
The USTR claimed that it will continue to add exclusion decisions for Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 routinely. Despite the fact that the exclusion request process has closed for both of these tranches, the exclusion request process for tranche 3 remains open until September 30, 2019. An exclusion process for Tranche 4 has been announced by the USTR, but has not yet opened.
The list of items excluded from additional duties as of September 17, 2019:
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