New Section 301 Tariffs List Includes Plastics, Rubbers, Containers

The latest list of goods from China proposed to be subject to 25 percent Section 301 tariffs appears to hit chemicals, plastics, resins and semiconductors, according to a list of tariff subheadings released by the U.S. Trade Representative on June 15 (see 1806150003). Other affected products include cargo containers, tractors and railway equipment. Comments on the list are due July 23 and a hearing is scheduled for July 24 (see 1806190060). New tariffs on 818 other subheadings from the original list take effect July 6.

The 25 percent tariff would be imposed on 284 8-digit subheadings in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The USTR said the goods on this list were identified as "benefiting from Chinese industrial policies." These 8-digit subheadings fall in the following chapters and headings (note that not all subheadings would necessarily be covered in the headings listed below):

• Chapter 27: 2710
• Chapter 34: 3403
• Chapter 38: 3811
• Chapter 39: 3901, 3902, 3903, 3904, 3905, 3906, 3907, 3908, 3909, 3910, 3911, 3912, 3913, 3914, 3916, 3917, 3919, 3920, 3921
• Chapter 70: 7002
• Chapter 73: 7308
• Chapter 76: 7614
• Chapter 84: 8406, 8407, 8408, 8419, 8420, 8424, 8432, 8443, 8455, 8464, 8465, 8466, 8473, 8475, 8483, 8486
• Chapter 85: 8501, 8503, 8507, 8511, 8529, 8533, 8536, 8537, 8541, 8542, 8543, 8544
• Chapter 86: 8601, 8602, 8605, 8606, 8607, 8609
• Chapter 87: 8701, 8704, 8705, 8711
• Chapter 89: 8901, 8905
• Chapter 90: 9001, 9014, 9025, 9027, 9028, 9029, 9030.