China Textile Chamber Of Commerce: The United States Released The First Batch Of 200 Billion Tariff Exclusion Products List

In August 7, 2019, the United States trade negotiation office (USTR) announced a product exclusion notice under the list of $200 billion plus tariff products, which excluded 10 products and 15 applications. The validity period can be traced back to the date of entry into force of the 200 billion list, September 24, 2018 to August 7, 2020 of the year after the announcement. The deadline for application is September 30th, and enterprises can still apply for product exclusions.

A total of two textile and clothing related products in the 200 billion exclusion list were released today. They are high toughness polyester yarn not more than 600 points (described in the statistical report no. 5402.20.3010) (High tenacity polyester yarn not over 600 decitex (described in statistical in)) and non-woven fabrics with a weight exceeding 25 grams / square meter but not exceeding 70 grams / square meter. They are not impregnated or covered.

Since September 24, 2018, as part of the 301 survey, USTR has imposed additional tariffs on Chinese products with an annual trade volume of about $200 billion. USTR was subsequently revised in May 2019, including the decision to establish a product exclusion process. USTR launched the exclusion procedure in June 2019, and stakeholders submitted requests to exclude specific products. This notice has released some product elimination list, and will continue to announce the elimination list of future decisions.

If there is any doubt about the product exclusions, please contact with the law department.

Contact: Wang Yi, Li Binbin.

Tel: 6773928067739254; mailbox: wangyi@ccct.org.cn