On May 21, 2020 local time in the United States, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the product exclusion announcement for the 14th batch of US$200 billion in tariffs. There are 78 excluded products, including 5 textile product tax codes.
As of now, 13 of the 14 batches of excluded products worth US$200 billion in taxation in the United States involve textiles, involving a total of 55 textile tax codes. The excluded products are Products exported to the United States will no longer be subject to Section 301 tariffs. The exclusion period can be traced back to September 24, 2018, the date when the 200 billion list came into effect. The excluded products listed in this announcement are valid from September 24, 2018 to August 7, 2020.
The description and HS code of the textiles excluded this time are as follows:
1.5603.14.9090: Rayon Other non-woven fabrics, other than base fabrics for floor coverings, not impregnated/coated/covered, weighing more than 150 g/m2;
2.5603 .92.0090: Other non-woven fabrics, not man-made, non-impregnated/coated/covered fabrics other than base fabrics for floor coverings, 25g<square meter weight≤70g;
4.5701.90.1010: Hand-knotted carpet of nylon and polypropylene, minimum 1.2 square meters;
5.5901.90.4000: Prepared Painting canvas panels, each panel consisting of 50% canvas (other than man-made fibers) and 50% paper by weight, with dimensions of at least 9 cm but not exceeding 29 cm, width of at least 14 cm but height not exceeding 37 cm, thickness Not exceeding 0.6 cm but not exceeding 3.5 cm, sold at retail in kits containing not more than 12 boards each.
For the cumulative exclusion of textiles from the US$200 billion tax list, please see the following summary table.
This 200 billion exclusion list The original address of the USTR announcement: https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/enforcement/301Investigations/%24200_Billion_Exclusions_Granted_May_2020.pdf
