At the direction of President Trump, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has increased the rate of additional duty imposed since September 2018 on approximately $200 billion in goods imported from China, from the current 10 percent to 25 percent. USTR also announced that a process will be established for businesses affected to request exclusions from these additional tariffs.
Now, 25 percent in additional tariffs will apply to products in categories covered under the third list announced by USTR as part of its Section 301 investigation, known as list or tranche 3. In earlier comments the Security Industry Association (SIA) submitted to USTR, SIA identified 29 product categories included on this list that impact the security industry, including key security products that are widely imported such as alarm and access control components, cameras and smoke detectors.