China: Section 301 Tariff Exclusions Extended Through February 2025

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   CH2024-0095
On July 23, 2024, the State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced the extension of Section 301 retaliatory tariff exclusions on 12 agricultural tariff lines, notably certain logs/lumber, whey for feed use, fishmeal for feed use, and alfalfa through February 28, 2025. The 12 agricultural tariff lines are part of a list of 95 commodities which were scheduled to have their Section 301 tariff exclusions end on July 31, 2024. This is the fifteenth extension of tariff exclusions for different lists of commodities with various exclusion periods. This report contains an unofficial translation of the SCTC announcement and a list of agricultural products subject to the tariff exclusion.

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