Supply Chain Research

The rate of approval for exemptions from tariffs on Chinese exports to the U.S. is declining. The latest round of 39 approvals by the U.S government for exclusions from list 3 tariffs under the section 301 amounted to just 1.9% of applications, bringing the average for list 3 to just 4.5%. By comparison list 1 and 2 applications were approved at 33.8% and 37.4% rates respectively. The list three focus on assembled consumer products as opposed to more vital supply chain items may explain the difference, though Apple achieved a 62.5% success rate. Vacuum cleaner importer Bissell was more s...