USTR to Open Online Portal June 30 to Begin Accepting List 3 Tariff Exclusion Requests

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will begin accepting exclusion requests for the List 3 Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports through a new online portal (exclusions.ustr.gov) that opens June 30 at noon EDT, said an agency notice Thursday. Exclusion requests will be due Sept. 30 through the portal, with responses due 14 days after the request is posted there, it said. Exclusions that are granted will be retroactive to Sept. 24, when the List 3 tariffs took effect at 10 percent on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. The Trump administration raised the tariffs to 25 percent on May 10.