The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today announced final modifications concerning the statutory review of the tariff actions in the Section 301 investigation of the People’s Republic of China’s (China) Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation. In this announcement, the USTR is following up on prior tariff modifications as reported earlier this year following a statutorily mandated review of the Section 301 tariffs on imports from China.
Today's modifications include new timing and rates for tariffs on face masks, medical gloves, needles, and syringes; an exclusion for enteral syringes; a proposal regarding coverage of additional tungsten, wafers, and polysilicon tariff lines; an exclusion for ship-to-shore cranes ordered prior to May 14, 2024; an expansion of the scope of the machinery exclusions process to include five additional tariff lines; and modification of the coverage of proposed exclusions for solar manufacturing equipment.
Tariffs on certain imports from China, such as electric vehicles, EV batteries, solar cells and wafers, face masks, needles and syringes, critical minerals and steel and aluminum will be hiked as early as September 27, 2024.
Information on the revisions to modifications are detailed in USTR’s Federal Register Notice, which is available here.
USTR expects to launch the machinery exclusions process soon, as well as the comment period for proposed modifications of tariff rates on certain tungsten, wafers, and polysilicon tariff lines.
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USTR Finalizes Section 301 Tariff Modifications and Increases Tariffs on a Variety of Goods