WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — China-made helmets and bike trailers with aluminum frames will remain exempt from a 7.5% Section 301 tariff through the end of November.
The Section 301 tariffs were imposed during the first Trump administration. Many bike-related products that were subject to the 301 tariffs of 7.5% or 25% were excluded by the Trump administration and the Biden administration until last May, when those exclusions ended. Bike helmets and trailers, however, maintained their exclusions, which were set to expire on Sept. 1. On Aug. 28, the U.S. Trade Representative announced in the Federal Register that the exclusions will be extended until Nov. 29.
The USTR made a similar last-minute announcement just before the same exclusions had been set to expire at the end of May.
The extended exclusions apply to bicycle helmets specifically, a subset of the protective headgear included under the HTUS tariff code of 6506.10.6045; the exclusion does not apply to protective headgear for other sports. An extension also applies specifically to aluminum-framed bike trailers, a subset of products included under HTUS code 8716.40.0000 (trailers with steel frames are not excluded).
The exclusions are unrelated to the reciprocal tariffs imposed by the Trump administration this year.
