The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative ("USTR") will publish a notice in the Federal
Register tomorrow
announcing
the consideration of possible extension for certain exclusions granted for products on List 3 of the Section 301 trade action against China. This announcement
only
covers products granted an exclusion in April and May of 2020, meaning that extensions for List 3 exclusions will now be considered in two separate rounds.
See our previous
alert
for more information regarding the possible extension of certain List 3 exclusions granted between August 2019 and March 2020.
Product exclusions eligible for extension during the new comment period include 332 individual exclusions contained in three separate exclusion announcements published on April 24, 2020, May 8, 2020, and May 21, 2020. Products receiving extensions would remain excluded from the 25 percent Section 301 duties on List 3 for up to an additional 12 months. The comment docket will open
June 8, 2020
and the deadline for submission of comment is
July 7, 2020
.
As discussed in our previous alert, USTR is currently considering extensions for 11 different rounds of expiring List 3 exclusions granted between August 2019 and March 2020. The deadline for comment on the extension of these List 3 exclusions is
June 8, 2020
.
All List 3 exclusions are set to expire on August 7, 2020. Therefore, this is the only opportunity
to comment on the extension of this set of List 3 product exclusions. Please let us know as soon as possible if any of the products on this list are important to you.
No exclusions have been extended by USTR in the absence of comments in support of extension. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you consider submitting comments in support of the extension of any product exclusions benefiting you or your suppliers.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
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