On June 15, 2018, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued a list of products from China that will be subject to additional duties under the Section 301 investigation effective July 6, 2018.
The first set of tariffs will impose an additional 25% duty on 818 tariff lines out of the original 1333 proposed lines from the list published on April 6, 2018. The USTR estimates that the tariffs cover approximately $34 billion worth of goods imported from China.
The second set of proposed tariffs includes 284 lines that will undergo further public review, a comment period, and a public hearing before the USTR makes a final decision. The USTR estimates the tariffs on this list cover approximately $16 billion worth of imports from China.
The USTR will provide an opportunity for the public to request exclusions from the additional duties, and will publish details of the process to obtain exclusions in a Federal Register Notice within a few weeks.
The USTR’s press release may be found here:
The first list of tariffs may be found here:
https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/enforcement/301Investigations/List%201.pdf
The second list of tariffs may be found here:
https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/enforcement/301Investigations/List%202.pdf
