China extends tariff exemption for 16 US products in the 1st exclusion list

On September 15, 2020, The Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council of PRC released an official announcement (only available in Chinese) that it will extend tariff exemptions for 16 US products in the 1st exclusion list for one year.

The list of the 16 US products was released on September 11, 2019, and can be found here, and originally exempted from China’s additional tariffs from September 17, 2019, to September 16, 2020. With this recent announcement, the September 16, 2020 deadline has been extended for another year to September 16, 2021.

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