The U.S. puts in place the latest tariff increase – here’s what you need to know…

As announced on August 30th, 2019 in a Notice of Modification of Action from the Office of the United States Trade Representatives, additional 301 tariffs are now in place. For products covered by Annex A of the August 20, 2019 Federal Register notice, the rate of additional duty will be 15 percent on the current effective date of September 1, 2019. For products covered by Annex C of the August 20 notice, the rate of additional duty will be 15 percent on the current effective date of December 15, 2019.

For questions about this action, contact Associate General Counsel Arthur Tsao, Assistant General Counsel Megan Grimball, or Director of Industrial Goods Justin Hoffmann at (202) 395–5725. For questions on Customs classification or implementation of additional duties on products identified in the Annexes to this notice, email Customs at traderemedy@cbp.dhs.gov.  

See the list of HTS numbers covered by the Sept 1st increase here.