USTR: Additional import tariff items to machinery, electrical and electronic equipment, furniture etc.

USTR: Additional import tariff items to machinery, electrical and electronic equipment, furniture etc.

July 13, 2018

The US Trade Representative Delegation (USTR) as a supplementary and tax measure under Article 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 summarized the newly published items on July 10 in a table .

In this 6,031 items based on the US tariff classification number (HTS code) 8 digits, “Switchboards, Routers, etc.” (HTS 85176200) accounted for the largest amount of 22.9 billion dollars, accounting for 4.5% of the total import value .

Followed by “$ 11.2 billion (2.3%) of” printed circuit boards for portable automatic data processing machines “and 4.4 billion (0.9%) of” processing equipment (computer main body) “.

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