U.S. delays some China tariffs until December

Toronto, August14, 2019

The U.S. has

announced

some of the new 10%tariffs on $300billion of Chinese imports, scheduled to become effective September1,2019, will be delayed until December15,2019.

Products being

postponed

until December include cell phones, laptop computers, video game consoles, certain toys, computer monitors, and certain items of footwear and clothing.

The list of tariffs on the $300 billion has now been split into the following:

List 4A (Effective September 1, 2019)

List 4B (Effective December 15, 2019)

Meanwhile, certain products are being removed from the tariff list based on health, safety, national security and other factors and will not face the additional tariffs of 10% – the list is pending issuance by theUSTR.

For more information, please call Brian Rowe, Director – Customs Compliance & Regulatory Affairs at (905) 882-4880, ext. 213.