September 1: 128 Products To Resume Tariff! The United States Announced The Extension Of The Validity Of The 300 Billion Exclusion List

28 August ， The office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released a report on the $300 billion ( since Notice on the extension of the validity period of 8 batches of exclusion list in the list 4a (to be imposed on September 1, 2019) The extended list involves 67 tax codes and 87 products, including all commodities under 14 tax codes and Some commodities under 53 tax codes Extended to December 31, 2020; 128 products under 81 tax codes were involved in which the validity period was not extended; These 128 The tariff of 7.5% will be resumed on September 1.

A total of 8 batches of exclusion list for us $300 billion tariff

Notice on extension of validity of additional levy

The US $300 billion tariff list will be implemented from September 1, 2019, with an additional tax rate of 15%; the tax rate will be reduced to 7.5% from February 14, 2020; and it will be excluded for the first time on March 10, 2020, a total of eight batches have been excluded; the validity period of these eight batches of exclusion list was originally scheduled to expire on September 1, 2020. It is decided in this announcement that, To extend the validity of the exclusion of 87 of the eight previous exclusions to December 31, 2020, From September 1, the tariff on 128 items of goods will be increased by 7.5%.

This exclusion announcement

Office of the United States Trade Representative https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/enforcement/301Investigations/%24300_ Billion_ Exclusion_ Extensions_ August_ 2020.pdf

This involves products extended to December 31, 2020

The extension period of the exclusion list is for the 300 billion additional tariff list. Since the date of collection on September 1, 2019, a total of eight batches of exclusion have been extended for the list 4A list Notice ，  The goods with 128 items under 81 tax numbers that have not been extended this time will be removed from the exclusion list after the expiration date on September 1, 2020. That is, from September 1, 2019 to September 1, 2020, these goods will be exempted from tariff, but From September 1, 2020, an additional tariff of 7.5% will be resumed. (see Table 2 for a list)

This acquisition is valid until December 31, 2020 67 tax numbers and 87 items of commodities 。 The details are as follows:

Exclude item list 1

Continue to exclude until December 31, 2020

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This time, there are no items in the exclusion list For 128 items under 81 tax codes, 7.5% tariff will be resumed from September 1. The list is as follows:

List of goods not excluded 2 - resumption of 7.5% tariff increase

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Summary of 8 exclusion lists of 300 billion tariff

The extended summary form was obtained this time

Attachment: tariff inquiry method

How to confirm whether the product has been taxed? Here is a brief introduction to the method!

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Step 1: confirm the HTS code of the product in the United States

First of all, confirm the HTS code of your product in the United States, which is actually the HS code of China. Generally, the first six digits of HTS code and HS code are consistent, and the last four digits vary from country to country. Therefore, it is recommended to input the first six digits and then query the HTS code of the product in the United States according to the specific product description.

ITC website:

https://hts.usitc.gov/

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Step 2: query whether to increase tax

In order to ensure the accuracy and authority, we make inquiries on USTR's official website. Official website of USTR:

https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/enforcement/section-301-investigations/tariff-actions

In addition, the official website of the Ministry of Commerce of China has also updated the tax rate, which can be queried. Ministry of commerce public business information service:

http://wmsw.mofcom.gov.cn/wmsw/searchMore

Step 3: query for exemption

The list of exemptions is still available in 33 PDF files released by the office of the U.S. business representative