USTR Grants New Extensions to Section 301 Exclusions, Leaves Others to Expire June 4

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will grant extensions to 16 exclusions from the first list of Section 301 tariffs on China that were due to expire June 4, it said in a pre-publication copy of a notice posted to its website. The exclusions that weren't extended will expire June 4.

USTR in March asked for comments on whether it should extend the exclusions (see 2003180004). The exclusions in question were issued in June last year (see 1906030038). The extended exclusions will be included in a new subheading, 9903.88.50. The remaining 72 exclusions are set to expire June 4.

USTR says the following extensions will now remain in effect for entries on or after July 6, 2018, when the first list of Section 301 tariffs took effect, through Dec. 31, 2020:

• Oil well and oil field crank-balanced, long-stroke and beam pumps (described in statistical reporting number 8413.50.0010)
• Centrifugal pumps, submersible, other than for use with machines for making cellulosic pulp, paper or paperboard; the foregoing pumps rated not over 15 kW (described in statistical reporting number 8413.70.2004)
• Submersible pump incorporating a magnetic drive motor (described in statistical reporting number 8413.70.2004)
• Centrifugal pumps designed for eliminating condensate, the foregoing not elsewhere specified or included (described in statistical reporting number 8413.70.2090)
• Housings for water pumps of subheading 8413.30.90 (described in statistical reporting number 8413.91.9010)
• Solar water heaters incorporating glass tube heat collectors and including glass tubes and stands with tanks (described in statistical reporting number 8419.19.0040)
• Heat exchanger plates, cores, finned tubes, cones, shells, bonnets, flanges and baffles (described in statistical reporting number 8419.90.3000)
• Garage door opener/closers (described in statistical reporting number 8428.90.0290)
• Pile drivers, diesel powered (described in statistical reporting number 8430.10.0000)
• Welded frames designed to support conveyor rollers (described in statistical reporting number 8431.39.0010)
• Coupling covers, including center members, flanged hubs, sleeves and shoes (described in statistical reporting number 8483.90.8010)
• AC multi-phase motors, each of an output exceeding 300 kW but not exceeding 310 kW, fitted with pulleys and brakes to raise and lower passenger elevators (described in statistical reporting number 8501.53.8040)
• Regenerative speed drive controllers for controlling speed of electric motors for elevators (described in statistical reporting number 8504.40.4000)
• Speed drive controllers for electric motors, each such controller measuring 100 mm or more but not over 130 mm in length, 40 mm or more but not over 125 mm in width and 24 mm or more but not over 85 mm in height (described in statistical reporting number 8504.40.4000)
• Projector parts (described in statistical reporting number 8529.90.9900)
• Disposable surface electrodes for intra-operative neuromonitoring (“IONM”) systems, each composed of a surface electrode pad, an insulated wire, and a standard DIN 42802 connector (described in statistical reporting number 9018.19.9560).