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Ref. :EIC 111/2/18
EIC 111/3
EIC 111/3/13
CR EIC 111/1/13/3
2 June 2025
(Updated on 6 June 2025)
Dear Sirs,
Further to Commercial Information Circulars (CICs) No. 438/2024 dated 27 May 2024 and No. 750/2024 dated 16 September 2024, the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced on 31 May 2025 the extension of exclusions for certain products from the US’ additional tariffs on Mainland products under the Section 301 investigation through 31 August 2025.
2.Pursuant to the USTR’s Section 301 investigation findings released in March 2018, the US has imposed additional tariffs on certain Mainland products in four tranches (Lists 1-3: 25%; List 4A: 7.5%) since July 2018. The USTR also initiated exclusion processes for stakeholders to submit requests for the exclusion of specific products from the additional tariffs and granted exclusions periodically on specific products. On 30 May 2024, the USTR issued a Federal Register (FR) notice announcing the extension of 164 exclusions through 31 May 2025 (as listed in Annex C to the FR notice on 30 May 2024). Subsequently, taking into consideration USTR’s statutory four-year review findings of the Section 301 investigation on Mainland China and at the direction of the then US President, the USTR issued an FR notice on 18 September 2024 announcing certain modifications to the actions taken in the Section 301 investigation, including 14 exclusions covering certain solar manufacturing equipment through 31 May 2025 (as listed in Annex B to the FR notice on 18 September 2024). For details, please refer to CICs No. 438/2024 and 750/2024 of 27 May 2024 and 16 September 2024 respectively.
3.On 31 May 2025, the USTR issued a notice announcing a 3-month extension of the 164 exclusions for certain products extended in May 2024 and the 14 exclusions for solar manufacturing equipment granted in September 2024 from the US’ additional tariffs on Mainland products under the Section 301 investigation. The modifications announced in the annexes to this notice extend the exclusions through 31 August 2025.
4.For further details, please refer to the USTR’s press release and notice in the FR:
USTR’s press release (31 May 2025)
https://ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2025/may/ustr-extends-certain-exclusions-china-section-301-tariffs
USTR’s notice in the FR (5 June 2025)
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-05/pdf/2025-10203.pdf
5.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact us at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Kwany KOU)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.