The U.S. Department of Commerce recently issued an announcement stating that it will start the exclusion process on China’s $300 billion tariff list products starting from October 31. From October 31, 2019 to January 31, 2020, U.S. interested parties can submit an exclusion application to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). The information required includes the substitutability of the relevant products and whether they have been subject to anti-dumping and anti-dumping measures. Subsidy tax, whether it has important strategic significance or is related to industrial policies such as Made in China 2025, etc. If the exclusion application is approved, the tariffs already imposed since September 1, 2019 can be retroactively refunded.
The link to the announcement from the Office of the United States Trade Representative is as follows:
https://ustr.gov/sites/ default/files/enforcement/301Investigations/Procedures_for_Requests_to_Exclude_Particular_Products_from_the_August_2019_Action.pdf
The URL to apply for exclusion is as follows:
https: //exclusions.ustr.gov
