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US to accept metals tariffs exclusion requests
    2018-03-19  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

THE U.S. Commerce Department said it is set to begin accepting requests today for product exclusions from President Donald Trump’s new steel and aluminum import tariffs, but it could take up to 90 days for the agency to make determinations.

In a notice published Saturday on the Federal Register website, the Commerce Department said the effective date would be March 19 for its rules and procedures for the requests.

The agency said it anticipates that it will receive some 4,500 requests from U.S. businesses seeking exclusions for imported steel and aluminum products that are not available in sufficient quantity or quality from U.S. manufacturers.

But even if these are granted, companies could be forced to pay higher costs due to tariffs on their imported products for up to three months. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been directed to begin collecting the 25-percent tariffs on steel and 10-percent tariffs on aluminum Friday.

The exclusion rules have been anxiously awaited by manufacturing companies since Trump announced the tariffs March 7 to protect domestic steel and aluminum producers on national security grounds. U.S. allies, however, remain in the dark about country-specific exemptions.

But steel and aluminum-consuming industries that must import products, such as the high-strength steel rod used to make tire belts that is currently unavailable from U.S. steelmakers, may end up paying tariffs for a considerable period before being granted an exclusion.

“The request should clearly identify, and provide support for, the basis upon which the exclusion is sought,” the Commerce Department said. “An exclusion will only be granted if an article is not produced in the United States in a sufficient and reasonably available amount, is not produced in the United States in a satisfactory quality, or for a specific national security consideration.”

The Commerce Department, led by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, an architect of the tariffs and a former steel industry investor, also said it would waive the normal 60-day comment period for the exclusions regulations because this would cause delays that would be “impracticable or contrary to the public interest.”

Britain’s trade minister, Liam Fox, said in New York that he was optimistic about a positive resolution to a tariff exemption, despite the closest U.S. security ally’s dissatisfaction with the plan.

The European Union is seeking an exemption for all 28 of its member countries. And a Japanese embassy spokesman said Foreign Minister Taro Kono asked U.S. officials for an exemption in meetings last week.

The steel tariffs also come as U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is finalizing a package of trade issues with China over its intellectual property practices as part of a separate investigation.

Lighthizer is due to testify before trade committees in Congress on Wednesday and Thursday to explain the Trump administration’s trade agenda.

(SD-Agencies)

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