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On February 21, 2020, the China State Tariff Commission issued a 3rd round of product exclusions for U.S. origin goods subject to the retaliatory tariffs in response to the U.S. Section 301 investigations. The exclusions consist of two lists of products covering 65 8-digit subheadings. The products on these two lists will be exempt from … Read more

On February 20, 2020, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a notice announcing an additional exclusion on products of Chinese origin subject to the second round of Section 301 tariffs. The exclusion covers one product description: “Skateboards with electric power for propulsion, of a power not exceeding 250 W (described in statistical … Read more

On February 19, 2020, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a notice announcing additional exclusions on products of Chinese origin subject to the third list of Section 301 tariffs. The exclusions cover 1 ten-digit tariff subheading and 46 product descriptions, addressing 67 separate exclusion requests. Product descriptions listed include, but are not … Read more

On February 17, 2020, the World Customs Organization (WCO) provided an update from the Working Group on E-Commerce (WGEC).  WGEC met February 12-14th to discuss progress made so far in e-commerce.  The WCO Framework of Standards on Cross-border E-Commerce (FoS) was endorsed in June 2018, and the WCO E-Commerce Package, with the exception of three annexes, … Read more

The Government of United Kingdom (UK) confirmed, in a press release issued on 10 February 2020, that it plans to introduce import controls on European Union (EU) goods at the border when the transition period ends on 31 December 2020.  After this date, traders in the EU and UK will have to submit customs declarations, … Read more

On February 14, 2020, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced changes to the Section 301 tariffs originally imposed on October 18, 2019 on goods from the European Union (EU).  The duty rates on aircraft imported from the EU will increase from 10% to 15%.  The duty rates on non-aircraft products will not … Read more

On February 6, 2020, the China Tariff Commission announced the reduction of tariffs imposed on U.S. origin goods as part of the implementation of the Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement between the Government of the United States and the Government of the People’s Republic of China. The affected products were under 1717 subheadings with … Read more

On February 4, 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) updated its guidance regarding rules of origin for the Brexit transition period.  The Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union (EU) allows the UK to be covered by EU-third country trade agreements during the transition period. UK and EU content will also continue to count towards the rules … Read more

On February 3, 2020, in Federal Register Notice (FRN) 85 FR 5928, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced the implementation of its core message set for the electronic submission of required data elements in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).  The data elements will be required for tariff classifications flagged in ACE.  APHIS … Read more

On February 3, 2020, the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) announced the extension of duty/tax payments due during the extended Chinese Lunar New Year holidays. According to the official announcement, the payment date for duty and taxes due after February 3, 2020, has been postponed until 15 days after the enterprise returns to … Read more