An updated version of this article was posted on January 16, 2020.
With round after round of tariffs on Chinese goods, announcements, removals, exclusions, delays, increases and, of course, tweets regarding all of the above, it can be easy to get lost on where, exactly, things stand with respect to Tariffs implemented under Section 301 of the Trade Act. Below we provide a brief overview and reference chart, complete with links to the relevant notices. We will update the chart as the U.S. government adds, removes, or changes the tariffs.
** Updated as of September 3, 2019 **
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List 1 |
Date |
| On April 6, 2018, the U.S. Trade Representative announced the imposition of a 25% tariff on $34 Billion worth of goods imported from China. USTR proposed to increase List 1 tariffs to 30% effective October 1, 2019. Comments on this proposal are due by September 20, 2019. |
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| Proposed Tariff Action | 04/06/2018 |
| 25% duty effective on List 1 products HTS Codes of List 1 products |
06/20/2018 |
| Closing date for exclusion requests | 10/09/2018 |
| Request for comments on the proposal to increase tariffs to 30% (84 FR 46212) | 09/20/2019 |
| Exclusion Requests Granted | Date |
| Batch No. 1 (83 FR 67463) | 12/28/2018 |
| Batch No. 2 (84 FR 11152) | 03/25/2019 |
| Batch No. 3 (84 FR 16310) | 04/18/2019 |
| Batch No. 4 (84 FR 21389) | 05/14/2019 |
| Batch No. 5 (84 FR 25895) | 06/04/2019 |
| Batch No. 6 (84 FR 32821) | 07/08/2019 |
| List 2 | Date |
| On June 20, 2018, the USTR announced the imposition of a 25% tariff on $16 Billion worth of goods imported from China. USTR proposed to increase List 2 tariffs to 30% effective October 1, 2019. Comments on this proposal are due by September 20, 2019. |
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| Proposed Tariff Action | 06/20/2018 |
| 25% duty effective on List 2 products HTS Codes of List 2 products |
08/16/2018 |
| Closing date for exclusion requests | 12/18/2018 |
| Request for comments on the proposal to increase tariffs to 30% (84 FR 46212) | 09/20/2019 |
| Exclusion Requests Granted | Date |
| Batch No. 1 (84 FR 37381) | 07/31/2019 |
| List 3 | Date |
| On September 21, 2018, the USTR announced the imposition of a 10% tariff on $200 Billion worth of goods imported from China. On May 9, 2019, those tariffs were raised to 25%. USTR proposed to increase List 3 tariffs to 30% effective October 1, 2019. Comments on this proposal are due by September 20, 2019. |
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| Proposed Tariff Action | 07/17/2018 |
| 25% additional duty effective on List 3 products HTS Codes for List 3 products (as amended) |
05/09/2019 |
| Closing date for exclusion requests Exclusion Request Portal (and Guidance) |
09/30/2019 |
| Request for comments on the proposal to increase tariffs to 30% (84 FR 46212) | 09/20/2019 |
| Exclusion Requests Granted | Date |
| Batch No. 1 (84 FR 38717) | 08/07/2019 |
| List 4 | Date |
| On May 17, 2019, the USTR announced the imposition of a 10 % additional tariff on $300 Billion worth of goods imported from China. On August 14, 2019, the goods on List 4 have been separated into List 4A and List 4B, with two different effective tariff imposition dates. So far, no dates or process for List 4 exclusion requests have been announced. On August 28, 2019, those tariffs were raised to 15%. |
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| Announcement | 08/13/2019 |
| 15% additional duty effective on List 4A products | 09/01/2019 |
| 15% additional duty effective on List 4B products | 12/15/2019 |
*Julien Blanquart is an intern at Sheppard Mullin.