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Jun
21
2018
USTR Issues Tariffs on Chinese Products in Response to Unfair Trade Practices

Dear Friends and Customers,
 
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a list of products imported from China that will be subject to additional tariffs as part of the U.S. response to China’s unfair trade practices related to the forced transfer of American technology and intellectual property.   

Attached please find (list 1) with products that will be affected by the 25% additional tariff, and (list 2) with new proposed products pending review, also please find excel report for your convenience:
 

  • List 1) Includes 818 products down from 1300 goods that had been originally proposed. A large percentage of the goods on this list are from HTSUS Chapters 84, 85, 87, 88, and 90, such as engines and motors; construction, drilling, and agricultural machinery; machines for working minerals, glass, rubber, or plastic; rail locomotives and rolling stock; motor vehicles and motorcycles; helicopters and airplanes; and testing, measuring, and diagnostic instruments and devices. The additional 25% duty will be applicable starting July 6th, 2018 for the above (List 1) products.
  • List 2) Includes 284 proposed products that will undergo further review.  After completion of this process, USTR will issue a final determination on the products from this list that would be subject to the additional duties. Many of these products are also classified in Chapters 84, 85, 90, and 97, as well as in chapters 27, 34, 38, 39, 70, 73, 76, and 89. Affected goods include plastics and plastic products; industrial machinery; machinery for working stone, ceramics, concrete, wood, hard rubber or plastic, and glass, cargo containers, tractors, and optical fibers.

USTR will provide an opportunity for the public to request exclusion of a particular product from the additional 25% duty. USTR will publish the details of this product exclusion process in a subsequent Federal Register notice.
For the complete article published by the United Office of Trade Representative, please visit:
https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/fact-sheets/2018/june/section-301-product-list-fact-sheet

Please feel free to contact us for any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

RL Jones Customhouse Brokers

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