The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) issued an announcement on May 12 local time that it will impose an additional tax on 81 Chinese medical protection products.The CustomsThe exemption is about to expire, offering an additional 16-day transition period, which will be extended until May 31, 2023.
Earlier, the USTR temporarily extended the tariff exemption period for these 81 products for 75 days in February this year, until May 15, 2023, and asked public opinion on whether to expand the scope of the exclusion of related medical protection products.
According to the announcement,After a 16-day transition period, four of the 81 products will be resumed to impose 301 tariffs, mainly including protective products, and the remaining 77 products will continue to be exempt from the tariffs, extending the period until September 30, 2023.These products include single-use plastic filters, single-use cardiac electrodes (ECGs), ultrasonic scanning devices, blood pressure meters and finger-to-finger pulse oxygenometers for use by medical professionals, parts of carbon dioxide monitors, single-use surface electrodes for surgical neural monitoring (IONM) systems, eyeglasses, anesthetic masks, printed circuit components, X-ray inspection boards, X-ray tube shell and its components, multi-leaf rectangles, polyester thermoplastic masks, metal sodium, powder-shaped monoxide silicon, LED-contained indication boards, one-time gloves, artificial fiber non-woven, washing pump bottles, disinfecting towels plastic containers
In the announcement, USTR reminded relevant companies to carefully check the tariff numbers and commodity descriptions in the list and contact U.S. customers in a timely manner to make corresponding export arrangements.This extended transition period provided more time for companies to adjust and prepare to ensure smooth exports of related products.
The original link to this extended period of tariff exemption announcement is as follows:
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