List 4A Tariff Exclusion Requests Open Oct. 31, Will Run Through Jan. 31, Says USTR

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will begin accepting exclusion requests Oct. 31 at noon EDT for the 15 percent Section 301 List 4A tariffs that took effect Sept. 1, said the agency Friday. USTR will accept the requests through Jan. 31 at its exclusions portal, it said. The public will have 14 days to comment on an exclusion request after it's posted online. In deciding whether to grant an exclusion, USTR will look at whether a product is available from a source outside of China, and "whether the additional duties would cause severe economic harm to the requestor or other U.S. interests," it said. List 4A includes tariff subheadings on TVs, smart speakers and other consumer tech goods where China’s share of U.S. imports from the world is less than 75 percent for each subheading, said USTR in August (see 1908150005). List 4B, tariffs on which are scheduled to take effect Dec. 15, has products where China’s share of U.S. imports from the world is 75 percent or more for each subheading.