On March 20, 2020 local time in the United States, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the product exclusion announcement for the 11th batch of US$200 billion in tariffs. There are 177 excluded products, including textile products with a total of 4 tax codes.
As of now, the 10 batches of exclusion lists for US$200 billion of taxed products in the United States involve a total of 44 textile tax numbers. The excluded products will no longer be exported to the United States. Add 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 descriptions and HS codes of the textiles that have been converted from partial exclusion to complete exclusion this time are as follows:
1 , 4203.10.4095: Women’s, girls’ and infants’ trousers, skirts and gowns of polyurethane-coated leather or polyurethane-coated composite leather;
2. 5108.10.8000: Carded but not carded cashmere or camel hair yarn, not put up for retail sale;
3, 5903.20.2000: Textile weaving of polyester fibers or mixtures of cotton and polyester fibers Fabric coated with expanded polyurethane on one side, accounting for more than 70% of the total weight of the product, the total thickness of the fabric is at least 0.8mm, but not more than 1.22mm, and the weight is at least 350g/m2 or greater, but not more than 425 g/square meter;
4. 6006.32.0080: A round single braid containing 96% polyester fiber and 4% spandex by weight, has dyeing.
For the cumulative exclusion of textiles from the US$200 billion tax list, please see the following summary table.
The original address of the USTR announcement of this 200 billion exclusion list: https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/enforcement/301Investigations/%24200_Billion_Exclusions_Granted_March_20_2020.pdf
