USTR extends exclusions from China Section 301 Tariffs

USTR asked interested persons to submit comments on the tariff headings containing these exclusions through the USTR portal in the four-year review, which closes on January 17 next year. 

The March 28 determination reinstated 352 of the 549 eligible exclusions. The reinstated product exclusions applied as of October 12, 2021, and were extended till December 31 this year.

The products include specific types of duffel bags made predominantly of man-made fibres and polyester; covers of leather designed for use with telecommunication device; silk fabrics containing 85 per cent or more by weight of silk or of silk waste other than noil silk; yarn of cashmere or camel hair, carded but not combed, not put up for retail sale; woven dyed fabrics of 100 per cent textured polyester filament yarn; woven fabric of 100 per cent textured polyester filaments; woven dupioni fabric; polyester filament tow; and polypropylene fibre tow.

These also include specific types of woven dyed fabrics wholly of spun polyester; non-woven fabrics of polyethylene terephthalate; rugs of hand-knotted pile of nylon and polypropylene; woven dyed embroidery fabrics; long pile knit fabrics of acrylic pile on polyester ground; and knitted or crocheted fabrics of artificial staple fibres.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)