Section 301 Tariffs on Goods from China; Increases Delayed and Exclusions Granted

List 1
List 1 products, were subject to an additional 25% tariff as of July 19, 2018. They were set to increase to 30% on October 15th, 2019, but they will not, as per an agreement reached on Friday, October 11th. Tariffs on List 1 will remain at 25% unless a Federal Register notice is published announcing an increase. There is no such notice at this time.   

All exclusion requests from List 1 have been reviewed and 726 HTS exclusions were granted. All exclusions granted are retroactive to July 6, 2018, and remain in place for one year after the exclusion determination is published in the Federal Register

List 2
List 2 products, were subject to an additional 25% tariff as of Aug. 23, 2018. They were set to increase to 30% on October 15th, 2019, but they will not, as per an agreement reached on Friday, October 11th. Tariffs on List 2 will remain at 25% unless a Federal Register notice is published announcing an increase. There is no such notice at this time.  

All exclusion requests from List 2 have been reviewed and 269 HTS exclusions were granted. All exclusions granted are retroactive to Aug. 23, 2018, and remain in place for one year after the exclusion determination is published in the Federal Register.

List 3
List 3 products, are subject to an additional 25% tariff that began in May 2019. They were set to increase to 30% on October 15th, 2019, but they will not, as per an agreement reached on Friday, October 11th. Tariffs on List 3 will remain at 25% unless a Federal Register notice is published announcing an increase. There is no such notice at this time. 

USTR granted 48 HTS exclusions from August - September 2019. All exclusions granted will be retroactive to Sept. 24, 2018, and will expire August 7, 2020. 

List 4A & List 4B 
Goods on List 4A and 4B are subject to a 15% additional tariff effective Sept. 1, 2019, for List 4A products and Dec. 15, 2019, for List 4B products. The exclusion process for items on List 4A will open October 31, 2019 and close January 31, 2020.

For information regarding the Section 301 Tariffs or the granted exclusions, please refer to the Federal Register or contact South East World Wide, Ltd. Global Sales.