WASHINGTON(BRAIN) China-made helmets and bike trailers with aluminum frames will remain exempt from a 7.5% Section 301 tariff until at least the end of August.

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 May 31 this year.

The USTR however announced just before that deadline that some products will maintain the exclusion until Sept. 1.

The extended exclusions apply to bicycle helmets, specifically, which are 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. The extension also applies specifically to aluminum-framed bike trailers, a subset of products included under HTUS code8716.40.0000.

The exclusions are unrelated to the newer tariffs imposed by the Trump administration this year, most of which are still being collected while the administration appeals a court ruling that found they were illegally applied.