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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

19 December 2022
(Updated on 22 December 2022)

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 982/2022

US : Section 301 Tariffs on Mainland Products – Extension of 352 Reinstated Exclusions until 30 September 2023

Further to Commercial Information Circular (CIC) no. 246/2022 of 24 March 2022, the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced on 16 December 2022 to extend the 352 reinstated exclusions for an additional 9 months until 30 September 2023. 

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 and granted exclusions periodically on specific products for about one year or so. Subsequently, the USTR further extended 352 expired product exclusions until 31 December 2022.

3. On 16 December 2022, the USTR announced to extend the 352 reinstated exclusions for an additional 9 months until 30 September 2023, based on a continued consideration of factors and criteria, and also the ongoing statutory four-year review.

4. Interested persons wishing to submit comments on whether certain tariff headings with a reinstated product exclusion should remain covered by the actions or removed, may submit comments on docket number USTR-2022-0014. Comments must be submitted through the online portal (https://comments.USTR.gov) by 17 January 2023.

5. For further details, please refer to the Federal Register notice of 21 December 2022 at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-12-21/pdf/2022-27637.pdf.

ENQUIRIES

6.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Miss K Y HO 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.