On March 19, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice announcing the USTR’s determination to grant extensions to certain exclusion requests from the $34 Bn action (Tranche 1). USTR initiated the exclusion process in July 2018 and, to date, has granted ten sets of exclusions. The second set of exclusions was published in March 2019 and will expire in March 2020. On December 30, 2019, USTR established a process for the public to comment on whether to extend particular exclusions granted in March 2019 for up to 12 months. This notice announces USTR’s determination to extend certain exclusions for 12 months.
Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on July 6, 2018, and before March 25, 2021, the additional duties provided for in heading 6 9903.88.01 shall not apply to products which are provided for in heading 9903.88.06 and U.S. notes 20(i)(1), 20(i)(3), 20(i)(5), 20(i)(10), 20(i)(13), 20(i)(14), 20(i)(15), 20(i)(17), 20(i)(19), 20(i)(23) and 20(i)(32) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS.
