The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) today released for publication in the Federal Register a notice announcing that on October 31, 2019, the USTR will open an electronic portal for U.S. stakeholders to submit requests for exclusion from the additional customs duties to be imposed on particular products classified within a tariff subheading subject to additional customs duties on imports from China under the “Section 301 action.”
In August 2019, a notice from the USTR announced additional customs duties under the Section 301 investigation of imports from China. In that notice, the USTR stated that it would establish a process for U.S. stakeholders to use in requesting an exclusion from the additional customs duties. Read TradeNewsFlash
Today’s USTR notice [PDF 565 KB] announces that the USTR will open an electronic portal for submission of exclusion requests on October 31, 2019 for products covered by Annex A of the August 2019 action, and sets out the specific procedures for submitting requests.
The USTR notice provides that responses to individual exclusion requests are due 14 days after USTR posts the request on the online portal. Any replies to responses to an exclusion request are due the later of seven days after the close of the 14-day response period, or seven days after the posting of a response.
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