The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced a fifth set of exclusions from the fourth list (List 4A) of Section 301 tariffs. The exclusions will apply retroactively to September 1, 2019 until September 1, 2020. These new exclusions include two ten-digit HTSUS subheadings and 32 specially prepared product descriptions, which together respond…
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Let’s start with an unquestionable fact: COVID-19 or not, Chinese manufacturing is not going anywhere. China is home to 35% of U.S. imports and there is no conceivable way that a country, which has spent the last 50 years perfecting the art of supply chain management, is going to give up. However, now it is…
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will extend certain products from the 5 set of exclusions for list 1 of Section 301 to December 31, 2020. The following products have been extended: Oil well and oil field crank-balanced, long-stroke and beam pumps (described in statistical reporting number 8413.50.0010) Centrifugal pumps, submersible, other than for use…
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced the 13th set of Section 301 tariff exclusions for list 3. The exclusions will apply as of the September 24, 2018, effective date of the $200 billion action, to August 7, 2020. The exclusions include seventeen 10-digit HTSUS subheadings, which respond to 33 separate exclusion requests, and 61…
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will extend products from the fourth set of exclusions for list 1 of Section 301 to December 31, 2020. The following products have been extended: 8481.10.0090 8483.50.9040 Filtering or purifying machinery or apparatus of a kind used for waste water treatment (described in statistical reporting number 8421.21.0000) Air purification…
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced a fourth set of exclusions from the fourth list (List 4A) of Section 301 tariffs. The exclusions will apply retroactively to September 1, 2019 until September 1, 2020. These new exclusions include three 10-digit HTSUS subheadings and five specially prepared product descriptions, which together respond…
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Importers of aluminum are being asked to comment on a proposed rule by the Department of Commerce (DOC) to establish an Aluminum Import Monitoring and Analysis (AIM) system. Under the AIM system, importers of basic aluminum products would need to obtain an import license for each shipment and provide the license number to U.S. Customs…
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Importers will be able to submit comments on extending certain Section 301 exclusions, starting May 1, 2020 through June 1, 2020. The exclusions are the sixth set from list 1—set to expire July 9, 2020—and first set from list 2—set to expire July 31, 2020. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will evaluate…
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The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) announced their final rule this week with respect to demurrage and detention practices. This long-awaited reform should be codified into law in the very near future. Demurrage and Detention Demurrage and detention charges have their place to incentivize the rapid removal of cargo from marine terminals and encourage the speedy…
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We love to spend our money on products and services that enrich our families’ lives. We see the attractive shelves, but we often don't see what it takes to bring those products to their points of purchase—with the deeply discounted prices we love. Well, unbeknownst to us, an unforeseen and unpredictable force arrived in the…
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