Just this month, on July 9, 2019, the United States Trade
Representative ("USTR") published another set of
exclusions for certain products subject to an additional 25% duty
imposed on $34 billion worth of goods from China under Section 301
of the Trade Act of 1974.1 This is the sixth round of
exclusions granted for products subject to the $34 billion action,
also known as "List 1" products. For more information on
the tariffs on Chinese imports, please see our previous
article.
The product exclusions announced in this latest notice are
retroactive to July 6, 2018 and will remain in effect until July 9,
2020. The exclusions cover over 100 products, including: heat
exchangers, water tanks for steam boilers, motor vehicle oil pump
housings, humidistats, certain surgical instruments and appliances,
coagulators, and others. For the full list of products excluded
from the additional 25% duty, please refer to the Annex of the Federal Register notice. Importers
