TARIFF TRACKER
USTR extends 178 China Section 301 product exclusions through November 29, 2025
USTR extends current exclusions from additional Section 301 duties for certain products of China. The extensions cover headings 9903.88.69 and 9903.88.70 and run from September 1 through November 29, 2025.
Updated October 12, 2026
STATUS
Replaced
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EFFECTIVE
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Section 301
COUNTRIES
China
COVERED GOODS
Products meeting the exclusion descriptions under HTSUS headings 9903.88.69 and 9903.88.70, with scope governed by the ten-digit HTSUS statistical reporting numbers and product descriptions in U.S. notes 20(vvv)(i), 20(vvv)(ii), 20(vvv)(iii), 20(vvv)(iv), and 20(www) to subchapter III of chapter 99.
EXCLUSIONS
The 178 current exclusions under HTSUS headings 9903.88.69 and 9903.88.70 are extended through November 29, 2025.
WHAT TO DO (OUR GUIDANCE, NOT LEGAL ADVICE)
Check whether imported China-origin SKUs match the listed exclusion descriptions and applicable ten-digit HTSUS statistical reporting numbers. For qualifying entries from September 1 through November 29, 2025, use the extended exclusion headings as instructed by CBP.
SOURCES
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE notice, 90 FR 42500 (September 2, 2025)
QUOTES FROM THE SOURCE
Signed: "[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 167 (Tuesday, September 2, 2025)]" (source)
Countries: "the U.S. Trade Representative modified the actions in the Section 301 investigation of China's acts, policies, and practices related to technology transfer" (source)
Covered goods: "the scope of each exclusion is governed by the scope of the ten-digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) statistical reporting numbers and product descriptions" (source)
Covered goods: "The U.S. Trade Representative has determined to extend all exclusions under heading 9903.88.69 and U.S. notes 20(vvv)(i), 20(vvv)(ii), 20(vvv)(iii), and 20(vvv)(iv)" (source)
Covered goods: "The U.S. Trade Representative has determined to extend all exclusions under heading 9903.88.70 and U.S. note 20(www) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS." (source)
Effective date: "The extension is effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on September 1, 2025, and before 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on November 29, 2025." (source)
End date: "further extend the exclusions through November 29, 2025" (source)
Status: "an additional 90-day further extension (through November 29, 2025) of the 178 exclusions extended in the June 5, 2025 notice is appropriate" (source)
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