By: Arthur Bodek
On December 11, 2024, further to its September 19th solicitation of comments, the USTR, has announced increases to 3 subheadings covering certain tungsten products and 2 subheadings covering wafers and polysilicon. The details of these increases, which take effect with respect to goods entered on or after January 1, 2025, are as follows:
Tungsten (Increase to 25%)
• 8101.94.00 (Tungsten, unwrought (including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering)).
• 8101.99.10 (Tungsten bars and rods (o/than those obtained simply by sintering), profiles, plates, sheets, strip and foil).
• 8101.99.80 (Tungsten, articles nesoi).
Wafers / Polysilicon (Increase to 50%)
• 2804.61.00 (Silicon containing by weight not less than 99.99 percent of silicon).
• 3818.00.00 (Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers etc., chemical compounds doped for electronic use).
This action is the final action taken by the USTR pursuant to its statutory four-year review of existing China 301 duties. It does not impact any future potential tariff actions under the incoming administration.
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