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)
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Centrifugal pumps, submersible, other than for use with machines for making cellulosic pulp, paper or paperboard; the foregoing pumps rated not over 15 kW (described in statistical reporting number 8413.70.2004)
- Submersible pump incorporating a magnetic drive motor (described in statistical reporting number 8413.70.2004)
- Centrifugal pumps designed for eliminating condensate, the foregoing not elsewhere specified or included (described in statistical reporting number 8413.70.2090)
- Housings for water pumps of subheading 8413.30.90 (described in statistical reporting number 8413.91.9010)
- Solar water heaters incorporating glass tube heat collectors and including glass tubes and stands with tanks (described in statistical reporting number 8419.19.0040)
- Heat exchanger plates, cores, finned tubes, cones, shells, bonnets, flanges and baffles (described in statistical reporting number 8419.90.3000)
- Garage door opener/closers (described in statistical reporting number 8428.90.0290)
- Pile drivers, diesel powered (described in statistical reporting number 8430.10.0000)
- Welded frames designed to support conveyor rollers (described in statistical reporting number 8431.39.0010)
- Coupling covers, including center members, flanged hubs, sleeves and shoes (described in statistical reporting number 8483.90.8010)
- AC multi-phase motors, each of an output exceeding 300 kW but not exceeding 310 kW, fitted with pulleys and brakes to raise and lower passenger elevators (described in statistical reporting number 8501.53.8040)
- Regenerative speed drive controllers for controlling speed of electric motors for elevators (described in statistical reporting number 8504.40.4000)
- Speed drive controllers for electric motors, each such controller measuring 100 mm or more but not over 130 mm in length, 40 mm or more but not over 125 mm in width and 24 mm or more but not over 85 mm in height (described in statistical reporting number 8504.40.4000)
- Projector parts (described in statistical reporting number 8529.90.9900)
- Disposable surface electrodes for intra-operative neuromonitoring (“IONM”) systems, each composed of a surface electrode pad, an insulated wire, and a standard DIN 42802 connector (described in statistical reporting number 9018.19.9560)
The rest of the 72 product exclusions granted in June 2019 are not being extended and will expire June 4, 2020, which means these products will incur the 25 percent additional tariff.
If you have any questions on how this may impact you, please reach out to your Mohawk Global representative.