QUESTION: Have you asked the CEE what their position is regarding Protests on Section 301 Additional China Duties? Has anyone been following the recommendation that importers should Protest every Entry on which they are paying 301 duties? Is CBP approving or rejecting those Protests? Please share your strategy, and or opinion regarding the latest news […]
QUESTION: We have sent the 301 exclusion comments for medical products against COVID-19 of Chinese origin through the online portal regulations.gov. Can someone advise how we can find the USTR decisions? Is USTR going to publish the decisions or only reply to the requestor? *************** Answers: We commented as well for one of our products […]
QUESTION: D o e s a n y o n e h a v e t h e m o s t u p d a t e d li s t o f e x c l u s i o n s ? A n y t h i n g a f […]
QUESTION: Has anyone attempted to work with USTR to have 301s issued on only the China portion / value add of an imported CN product? The initial exclusion request for the final product was denied. Meaning, we have a China origin product being imported. 50-70% of the value of that product is of non-China origin […]
QUESTION: We are reconciling our Section 301 recovery duties and discovered that customs overpaid us on two refunded entries. We want to give the money back once we perfect the reconciliation. (We are not in the formal Reconciliation program). Should I first send an email to CBP (our local port) and tell them now, or […]
QUESTION: Does anyone in the community know weather they will be extending or terminating this exclusion as of yet? Currently it is set to expire on August 7, 2020. 84FR 49591, granted Sept. 20, 2019 %%%%%%%%%% ANSWER: You should check the USTR Sec 301 China webpage. Each “list” of tariffs has its own page and […]
QUESTION: Does anyone have a list that has all of the CN Section 301 exclusions that have been extended as well as those that have expired and not extended ? %%%%%%%%%% ANSWER: There isn’t one officially published list of extensions of exclusions. In part, I think this is because they take up considering extensions as […]
QUESTION: We will be filing Section 301 protests. In the details section how much information do we need to provide to support our protest? What are our options if Customs rejects our protests? %%%%%%%%%% ANSWERS: Enough details to show your products qualify for the exemption. If the protest is denied only option is go to […]
QUESTION: Does anybody have the website where you can track whether or not your 301 exemption has been granted an extension or not? ========== Answers: ========== We monitor the status of exclusions on the USTR site, on the left hand side make sure to select the correct list (1, 2 or 3) in order […]
QUESTION: On July 9 several Section 301, List 1 Exclusion extensions were granted, but only until 12/31/2020. Any idea why such a short time? They were set to expire in Sept., so this is only a 3 month extension. ************* Answers: I think political reasons mostly. Think about the election coming up. George Tuttle IIILaw […]
QUESTION: We are looking to import an item on list 2 exclusions, and the exclusion has already been extended once and is due to expire on 12/27/20. What makes the determination whether or not an extension will be granted yet again? =========== Answer: USTR has been announcing consideration of exclusion extensions, usually within 1 – […]
QUESTION: I would like to clarify one of the exclusion that issued on May 04, 2020 – · What is the “Case” referring here? A carrying case or a sleeve case? · What is the measuring referring here? 40 cm = Height, 27 cm = Length, and 9 cm = Depth? Any professional advise/clarification to […]
