Dear Valued Customer,
On September 13, 2024, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the final modifications concerning the four-year statutory review of the tariff actions in the Section 301 Investigation of China’s Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property and Innovation.
The 2024 tariff increases, found here, will be effective September 27, 2024. For tariffs increasing in 2025 and 2026, those effective rates will be January 1st of the corresponding year. The notice verified exclusions for solar equipment included in Annex B are retroactive and applicable with respect to products that are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2024, and through May 31, 2025.
The USTR confirmed in their statement, “The updates in today’s announcement include new timing and rates for tariffs on face masks, medical gloves, needles, and syringes; an exclusion for enteral syringes; a proposal regarding coverage of additional tungsten, wafers, and polysilicon tariff lines; an exclusion for ship-to-shore cranes ordered prior to May 14, 2024; an expansion of the scope of the machinery exclusions process to include five additional tariff lines; and modification of the coverage of proposed exclusions for solar manufacturing equipment.
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Thank you for being a Valued Customer. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your C. H. Robinson commercial representative for further information. Sincerely,
C. H. Robinson