WASHINGTON – The Office of the United States Trade Representative today announced that it is opening a process for interested persons to request that certain machinery be temporarily excluded from Section 301 duties in the Investigation of China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation.
Consistent with the President’s direction, the exclusion process covers particular machinery used in domestic manufacturing classified within a subheading under chapters 84 and 85 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. A list of eligible subheadings is available here.
As explained in a formal notice, the docket for submitting exclusions opens on October 15, 2024. The deadline for submitting exclusion requests is March 31, 2025.
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