USTR Grants Section 301 Exclusions for Medical Products, Smart Watches
The Office of U.S. Trade Representative announced a new round of 301 tariff exclusions (see 2003260009) that includes some medical supplies that were included in the fourth tranche of tariffs.
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New subheading 9903.88.44 will be used for the new exclusions. The new set of exclusions “are reflected in five 10-digit [Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)] subheadings and seven specially prepared product descriptions, which together cover 36 separate exclusion requests,” according to the notice. The product exclusions apply retroactively to Sept. 1, 2019, and will remain in effect until Sept. 1, 2020.
The subheadings are:
- 0505.10.0050
- 3926.90.9925
- 6506.10.3045
- 8512.10.2000
- 8528.72.6420.
The product descriptions are:
- Coverings, of plastics, designed to fit over wound sites or casts thereby forming a protective seal for keeping the covered area dry and debris free while showering or bathing (described in statistical reporting number 3926.90.9990)
- Pouches of plastics, of a kind used with manually operated pill or tablet crushers to capture the powdered medicaments (described in statistical reporting number 3926.90.9990)
- Refillable dispensers of plastics, designed for mounting on a vertical wall, of a kind used to store and dispense emesis containment bags in medical settings (described in statistical reporting number 3926.90.9990)
- Sterile urology drain bags of plastics, designed to fit over a urology table extension, with a flap extension that provides sterile separation of the patient from the table surface and directs fluids into and through a filter at the top of an attached drain hose leading to a collection container (described in statistical reporting number 3926.90.9990)
- Ice bags of textile materials, for treating injuries or soreness, each refillable (described in statistical reporting number 6307.90.9889)
- Identification wristbands of textile materials, each with a blank panel (described in statistical reporting number 6307.90.9889)
- Apparatus suitable for wearing on the wrist, having time-display functions, each article having an accelerometer and being capable of displaying and transmitting data sent to it by a network (e.g., portable ADP unit, LAN or cellular network) (described in statistical reporting number 8517.62.0090).