Supply Chain Research

The window for requesting exemptions from “list 3” U.S. tariffs on Chinese exemptions closed on Sept. 30 with 30,330 submissions made. Of those 38.0% relate to electrical machinery, 10.2% to mechanical equipment and 9.1% to furniture. Within electrical machinery the largest subcategory was ignition systems with 28.3% of requests and electrical generators with 13.2%. The total submission figures are somewhat flattered by a single company, Arrowhead Electrical Products, which has complained about its competitors using transshipments via Canada and Mexico and which accounted for 10,221 requ...