The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced that a number of product exclusions to the Section 301 additional 25% tariffs on List 1 imports from China are being extended, but many others have expired as of July 9.
The exclusions granted are reflected in 12 specially prepared product descriptions. These exclusions, which must be claimed using the new HTSUS 9903.88.52, are available for any product that meets the specified product description, regardless of whether the importer filed an exclusion request. The scope of each inclusion is governed by the scope of the product descriptions set forth by the USTR, not by the product descriptions set out in any particular request for exclusion.
| HTS Code | Product Description |
| 8412.39.0080 | Direct acting and spring return pneumatic actuators, each rated at a maximum pressure of 1 0bar and valued over $68 but not over $72 per unit |
| 8413.91.9095 | Pump casings and bodies |
| 8413.91.9095 | Pump covers |
| 8413.91.9095 | Pump parts, of plastics, each valued not over $3 |
| 8414.30.8030 | Compressors, other than screw type, used in air conditioning equipment in motor vehicles, each valued over $88 but not over $92 per unit |
| 8514.90.8000 | Structural components for industrial furnaces |
| 8532.22.0085 | Aluminum electrolytic capacitors, each valued not over $2.50 |
| 8536.50.9025 | Rotary switches, rated at over 5 A, measuring not more than 5.5 cm by 5.0 cm by 3.4 cm, each with 2 to 8 spade terminals and an actuator shaft with D- shaped cross section |
| 8536.50.9025 | Rotary switches, single pole, single throw (SPST), rated at over 5 A, each measuring not more than 14.6 cm by 8.9 cm by 14.1 cm |
| 8543.30.9080 | Zinc anodes for use with machines and apparatus for electroplating, electrolysis or electrophoresis |
| 9015.80.8080 | Weather station sets, each consisting of a monitoring display and outdoor weather sensors, having a transmission range of not over 140 m and valued not over $50 per set |
| 9022.90.6000 | Multi-leaf collimators of radiotherapy systems based on the use of X-ray |
Tariff exclusions for the above products will extended until December 31, 2020. The USTR states that this shortened extension is due to “the cumulative effect of current and possible future exclusions or extensions of exclusions on the effectiveness of” the Section 301 tariffs. The USTR has granted more than 6,200 exclusion requests to date, has extended some of these exclusions, and may consider further extensions. USTR will take account of the cumulative effect of exclusions in considering the possible further extension of these and other exclusions.
Expiring Exclusions
Tariff exclusions granted in July 9, 2019 for the following List 1 items are not being extended and have, therefore, expired on July 9, 2020, at which point they are subject to the 25% additional duty.
| HTS Code | Product Description |
| 8402.90.0010 | Heat exchangers, the foregoing comprising parts of goods of heading 8402 and each fitted for heat recovery steam generator |
| 8402.90.0090 | Water tanks for steam or other vapor generating boilers |
| 8402.90.0090 | Drums, exhaust stacks, and inlet duct panel assemblies of heat recovery steam generators |
| 8408.90.9010 | Compression-ignition engines with maximum power exceeding 50 kW but not exceeding 120 kW, each valued over $6,000 but not over $9,500 per unit |
| 8408.90.9020 | Compression-ignition engines, exceeding 149.2 kW but not exceeding 373 kW and valued over $9,800 but not over $12,000 |
| 8411.99.9090 | Aircraft gas turbine compressor cases of steel and Inconel alloy, each valued over $3,000 but not over $4,000 |
| 8411.99.9090 | Engine stationary seal air supports of Inconel alloy, each measuring over 35 cm but not over 35.5 cm in outer diameter and over 3.5 cm but not over 4 cm in width |
| 8412.80.1000 | Spring-operated motors, each valued over $3,000 but not over $3,600 |
| 8413.60.0030 | Gear-type hydraulic fluid power pumps, handheld, battery powered, the foregoing not over 5 cm in width and valued not over $6 per unit |
| 8413.70.2015 | Centrifugal water pumps incorporating thermal cut-offs, each with discharge outlet 5.08 cm or more in diameter, valued over $66 but not over $72 per unit |
| 8413.91.9010 | Motor vehicle oil pump housings |
| 8413.91.9095 | Impellers |
| 8413.91.9095 | Parts of oil and gas extraction beam pumps, other than hydraulic power pumps |
| 8413.91.9095 | Pedestals of pump assemblies |
| 8413.91.9095 | Pump bases, of plastic, designed to protect the pump impellers from obstructions |
| 8413.91.9095 | Pump expellers |
| 8413.91.9095 | Pump grease cups and grease cup adapters |
| 8413.91.9095 | Pump liners |
| 8413.91.9095 | Pump manifolds |
| 8413.91.9095 | Pump shaft castings, of steel |
| 8413.91.9095 | Pump throatbushes |
| 8413.91.9095 | Pump volutes |
| 8413.91.9095 | Structural pump bases, of stainless steel |
| 8414.30.8050 | Compressors, other than screw type, of a kind used in household refrigerators, air conditioners and heat pumps, rated at more than 1/4 horsepower but not more than 1 horsepower, each valued not over $150 |
| 8427.20.8090 | Fork-lift trucks, propane gas powered, having a rated lift capacity over 9.5 metric tons but not exceeding 33 metric tons |
| 8429.20.0000 | Motor grader weighing more than 14 metric tons but not over 21 metric tons |
| 8429.40.0040 | Self-propelled pneumatic compactors, each weighing over 14 metric tons but not over 28 metric tons |
| 8429.51.1015 | New articulated shovel loaders, wheeled, each with 4-wheel drive, rear mounted engine and a bucket capacity of under 1.5 m3, rated at not over 26 horsepower |
| 8429.51.1040 | Integrated tractor shovel loaders, each with 4 wheel drive, a bucket capacity of at least 3.8 m3 but less than 5.2 m3 and an operating weight of 17.5 metric tons or more but not over 20 metric tons |
| 8429.51.1045 | Shovel loaders with an operating weight of from 30 metric tons to 36 metric tons |
| 8429.51.1050 | Shovel loaders with an operating weight of from 30 metric tons to 36 metric tons |
| 8429.51.5010 | Rubber track shovel loaders having a lift capacity not over 375 kg |
| 8431.10.0010 | Grooved wire rope drum valued over $350 |
| 8431.31.0040 | Escalator drive assemblies consisting of a motor, planetary gear and gearbox |
| 8431.31.0040 | Escalator steps |
| 8431.31.0060 | Parts of passenger or freight elevators consisting of any of the following: elevator emergency brake and speed governor apparatus, scissor lift assemblies, telescoping boom lift assemblies or articulating boom lift assemblies |
| 8431.39.0070 | Counterweights for log handling equipment |
| 8431.49.9044 | Backhoe counterweights each weighing more than 400 kg but not more than 600 kg |
| 8431.49.9044 | Excavator crawler shoes |
| 8432.90.0060 | Seeder or spreader baffle and baffle assemblies |
| 8432.90.0060 | Seeder or spreader frames |
| 8432.90.0060 | Seeder or spreader handles |
| 8432.90.0060 | Seeder or spreader hopper assemblies |
| 8432.90.0060 | Seeder or spreader hopper grates |
| 8432.90.0060 | Seeder or spreader impellers |
| 8436.80.0090 | Chipper/shredder machines, electrically powered |
| 8436.80.0090 | Chipper/shredder machines, gasoline powered, valued less than $250 per unit |
| 8436.80.0090 | Malt production equipment |
| 8458.19.0020 | Horizontal lathes, electrically powered not over 1.5 horsepower |
| 8474.90.0010 | Feeder and vibratory flow equipment and parts thereof designed for use in screening or sorting machines; housings and noise reduction enclosures |
| 8479.30.0000 | Press machines for bamboo or other materials of a woody nature |
| 8479.81.0000 | Electric wire coil-winder machines |
| 8479.82.0040 | Insulated mixing chambers of stainless steel, each having a capacity of 5 m3 to 25 cubic meters |
| 8481.30.2090 | Check valves of steel having an internal diameter not less than 4.8 cm or exceeding 62.5 cm |
| 8481.90.9060 | Bodies of pressure-reducing valves other than hand-operated or check valves and valves classified in 8481.20, such bodies of brass |
| 8481.90.9060 | Bodies of valves other than hand-operated or check valves and valves classified in 8481.20, such bodies measuring over 18 cm but not exceeding 19 cm in length, valued over $55 but not over $65 per unit |
| 8482.10.5016 | Flanged wheel hub bearing units with ball bearings, each having an inner diameter exceeding 2.2 cm but not exceeding 2.8 cm |
| 8482.10.5024 | Wheel hub angular contact bearing units, not flanged, valued over $2 but not over $10 per unit |
| 8482.99.0500 | Inner bearing rings |
| 8483.40.9000 | Non-toothed gears for office printers, each valued not over $7 |
| 8483.50.9080 | Non-grooved pulleys, each incorporating a deep groove roller bearing |
| 8483.50.9080 | Non-grooved pulleys, zinc plated, each valued not over $3 |
| 8483.90.8080 | Hubs for conveyor pulleys with an outside diameter of more than 5 cm but not more than 56 cm |
| 8487.90.0080 | Handles for machinery |
| 8501.10.4060 | Electric motors of a width exceeding 7.5 cm but not exceeding 7.8 cm |
| 8501.31.2000 | DC motors, each valued over $125, with attached stranded copper cord |
| 8501.53.4080 | AC motors, multi-phase, each of an output exceeding 75 kW but less than 149.2 kW |
| 8501.62.0000 | AC generators, each weighing over 250 kg but not more than 1 metric ton and valued not over $2,400 |
| 8504.33.0020 | Transformers designed to control horizontal motion of electron beams in cathode-ray tubes |
| 8504.90.9650 | Static converter covers, bases and housings |
| 8514.90.8000 | Furnace casings |
| 8515.19.0000 | Manually operated rework stations, including soldering/desoldering stations |
| 8515.39.0020 | Machines and apparatus for arc (including plasma arc) welding, each valued not over $500 |
| 8525.60.1030 | Hand-held transceivers (except Citizen’s Band and except low-power radiotelephonic operating on frequencies from 49.82 MHz to 49.90 MHz), valued not over $70 each |
| 8532.10.0000 | Fixed capacitors valued not over $4 per unit |
| 8532.10.0000 | Fixed oil-filled capacitors rated at 1 kV to 25 kV |
| 8532.21.0050 | Tantalum capacitors having a conductive polymer cathode, valued not over $4 per unit |
| 8532.21.0050 | Tantalum capacitors, each measuring 7.3 mm by 4.3 mm by 1.9 mm and valued not over $4 |
| 8536.41.0045 | Contactors, for a voltage not exceeding 60 V and with contacts rated at or more than 10 A, each valued not over $18 |
| 8536.50.9031 | Momentary contact switches rated at or under 5 A, each designed for use as a motor vehicle overdrive switch |
| 8536.50.9031 | Momentary contact switches rated at or under 5 A, valued not over $4 per unit |
| 8536.50.9065 | Rocker switches, for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 V, designed for use in motor vehicles |
| 8538.90.6000 | Molded buttons |
| 8538.90.6000 | Molded housings and covers |
| 8538.90.8120 | Tanks for dead tank circuit breakers, of aluminum |
| 8543.30.9080 | Aluminum anodes for use with machines and apparatus for electroplating, electrolysis or electrophoresis |
| 8543.30.9080 | Chlorine generator chambers containing titanium plates for use with machines and apparatus for electroplating, electrolysis or electrophoresis |
| 9018.12.0000 | Veterinary ultrasound device with black-and-white image quality used as a medical diagnostic tool |
| 9018.90.6000 | Microwave ablation antennas, whether or not with attached controls, as parts of ablation systems used to ablate live tumors |
| 9018.90.6000 | Parts and accessories of electro-surgical instruments and appliances, other than extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters |
| 9018.90.6000 | Smoke evacuation pencils with accompanying tubing and hoses designed to integrate smoke evacuation into electrosurgery by combining both features into a single handpiece, which is designed to apply mono-polar electrosurgical energy to target tissue in a surgical setting while simultaneously evacuating smoke from the surgical site |
| 9018.90.6000 | Suction coagulators, consisting of a hand-piece with mechanical and/or electrical controls and a disposable shaft, used for the coagulation of tissue and aspiration of fluids during surgical procedures |
| 9018.90.6000 | Vessel sealing and dividing devices that use electrical energy to separate and seal tissue during open or laparoscopic surgical procedures, consisting of a handpiece with mechanical and/or electrical controls, and a bipolar electrode intended to deliver electrosurgical current from a system generator directly to tissues for cutting/coagulation/ablation |
| 9022.90.6000 | Dental X-ray alignment and positioning apparatus, each valued over $5,000 |
| 9022.90.6000 | Overhead tube suspension used to hold and position X-ray generating equipment |
| 9027.80.4530 | Instruments and apparatus that chemically analyze food to detect the presence of gluten or peanuts, valued at less than $55 per unit |
| 9030.39.0100 | Picoammeters with recording devices |
| 9032.89.6070 | Humidistats, each with outdoor sensor, such humidistats valued not over $40 each |
For more information on the Section 301 tariffs, please contact a member of our Compliance Department at Compliance@oceanair.net.
OCEANAIR will continue to monitor and provide status updates on our China Section 301 Tariff Updates webpage as they become available.
