Proposed Tariffs on Imported Dental Laboratory Restorations
Posted Apr 09, 2018
Preliminary analysis of USTR-2018-0005 applicability to dental laboratories
On April 3, 2018, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Notice proposed imposing an additional duty of 25 percent on a list of products from China.
Read the notice at: https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/Press/Releases/301FRN.pdf
The notice sets a public comment period through May 11, 2018 and a public hearing is to be held on May 15, 2018.
The products that will be subject to the 25% additional duty are listed using subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
The subheadings 9021.21.40 and 9021.29.80 are included in the list of products. (See USTR 2018-0005 at page 54)
Subheadings 9021.21.40 and 9021.21.80 include dentures, crowns, abutments, implants, fixed bridges,...