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Commercial Information Circulars

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Ref. : EIC 111/2/18
EIC 111/3
EIC 111/3/13
CR EIC 111/1/13/3

30 August 2021

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 619/2021

US : Section 301 Tariffs on Mainland Products - Seeking Public Comments on Extension of Exclusions of Certain Medical-care Products from Additional Tariffs to Address COVID-19 Pandemic

The US Trade Representative (USTR) issued a Federal Register (FR) notice on 27 August 2021 seeking public comments on extension of exclusions of certain medical-care products from Section 301 tariffs, which are due to expire on 30 September 2021, to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The comment process is from 27 August 2021 to 27 September 2021.

DETAILS

2.Since July 2018, the US has imposed additional tariffs on Mainland products worth approximately US$370 billion under the Section 301 investigation in four tranches (Lists 1-3: 25%; List 4A: 7.5%). The USTR also initiated exclusion processes for stakeholders to submit requests for the exclusion of specific products from the additional tariffs. Subsequently, certain medical-care products to address the COVID-19 pandemic have been excluded from the additional tariffs until 30 September 2021. For details, please refer to Commercial Information Circular No. 915/2020 of 24 December 2020.

3.On 27 August 2021, the USTR issued a notice seeking public comments on whether to extend the exclusions of certain medical-care products from Section 301 tariffs past 30 September 2021 to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The public docket on the web portal at (https://comments.USTR.gov) is open from 27 August 2021 to 27 September 2021 for parties to submit comments.

4.For further details, please refer to the FR notice of 27 August 2021 at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-08-27/pdf/2021-18521.pdf.

ENQUIRIES

5.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Miss K Y HO at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Ken NG)
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.