September 20, 2024

USTR Announces Start Date For Implementation of China Section 301 Duty Assessment Changes

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced these Section 301 (duties against certain Chinese products) modifications will take effect on September 27, 2024.

The affected classifications are listed in the FR notice (89 Fed Reg 76581) Federal Register :: Notice of Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property and Innovation

  Products effected by the increases include:

• Battery parts (non-lithium-ion • batteries)—Increase rate to 25% in 2024
• Electric vehicles—Increase rate to 100% in 2024
• Facemasks—Increase rate to no less than 25% in 2024
• Lithium-ion electrical vehicle batteries—Increase rate to 25% in 2024
• Lithium-ion non-electrical vehicle batteries—Increase rate to 25% in 2026
• Medical gloves—Increase rate to no less than 25% in 2026
• Natural graphite—Increase rate to 25% in 2026
• Other critical minerals—Increase rate to 25% in 2024
• Permanent magnets—Increase rate to 25% in 2026
• Semiconductors—Increase rate to 50% in 2025
• Ship-to-shore cranes—Increase rate to 25% in 2024
• Solar cells (whether or not assembled into modules)—Increase rate to 50% in 2024
• Steel and aluminum products— Increase rate to 25% in 2024
• Syringes and needles—Increase rate to no less than 50% in 2024

Please contact us if you have any questions about this or any other trade matter.