Read the USTR extension notice from the top and it ends the exclusions on January 9. Read it to the determination paragraph and it ends them on January 10. The Section 301 exclusions extended this way cover all 178 remaining China exclusions for 61 days, and the notice is scheduled for Federal Register publication on November 10.
Which day the exclusions stop
The Dates section lets the exclusions apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from a warehouse, for consumption from 12:01 a.m. Eastern on November 10, 2026 until 11:59 p.m. on January 9, 2027. Annex A, for heading 9903.88.69, and Annex B, for 9903.88.70, each replace “November 9, 2026” in the heading text with “January 9, 2027.” Only the determination paragraph says that USTR extends all 178 exclusions “until January 10, 2027.”
TechTimes noticed the clash and went with January 9, because that date sits in the Dates section and in both annexes. FreightFigures had told importers earlier, after the September 23 announcement that the US-China truce would run to January 10, to “treat January 10 as a planning date now.” That advice was written before the notice existed. A container entered on January 10 falls outside the annex wording.
A year was requested, 61 days came
On November 4 a letter to Ambassador Greer, signed by 25 organizations including the National Retail Federation, RILA, the Consumer Technology Association and TechNet, asked USTR to extend the exclusions for at least one year and to announce it before the current expiration date, so that businesses have adequate notice.
The Section 301 exclusions extended here cover less than a quarter of that year. The reason given is one clause: “In light of ongoing discussions with China,” the Trade Representative found it appropriate to extend all 178 exclusions. No new comment round was opened.
The description on the entry line
An exclusion attaches to a product description. The extension adds no products and removes none, so the entry line has to match the wording that already exists.
CBP shows how literal that is. CSMS 69990649 says importers who paid Section 301 duties on four exclusions after their ten-digit statistical numbers changed on July 1, 2026 may file a Post Summary Correction, or protest the liquidation if the correction window has closed. C.H. Robinson’s client advisory says CBP’s October 22 update, CSMS 70261629, widened the guidance to five exclusions.
Two lists are worth pulling before the first week of January: every entry line that claimed 9903.88.69 or 9903.88.70 since the last extension, and the ETA of each container still at sea. A vessel delay that pushes entry past the annex date then shows up while the broker can still change the filing plan.
The next extension may come late again
USTR announced the previous extension on November 26, 2025. The Federal Register carried it on December 1, 2025 (90 FR 55232), after the old exclusions had already lapsed.
The new notice says the Trade Representative “may continue to consider further extensions or additional modifications as appropriate.” It sets no date for that decision and says nothing about entries after January 9.