United States of America #4937 (v.4)

Base data

Notified in
Version validity
31/12/2020 - 01/07/2021
Old version v.4
Reporting member
United States of America
In force from
End date
In force
General description
Temporary export authorization for certain personal protective equipment (PPE)
National legal basis
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), “Temporary Final Rule on the Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce and Critical Health and Medical Resources for Domestic Use.”

Published December 31, 2020 in 85 FR 86835.

Available at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-12-31/pdf/2020-29060.pdf

Revised measures effective December 31, 2020 through June 30, 2021, unless sooner modified or terminated.

Exemptions noted in FEMA, “Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce or Threatened Health and Medical Resources for Domestic Use; Exemptions”

Published April 21, 2020 in 85 FR 22021.

Available at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-04-21/pdf/2020-08542.pdf

Exemptions effective April 17, 2020.
Administrative mechanism
Note: Tariff lines provided in column 3 are export codes contained in Schedule B: Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States

Tariff codes provided are illustrative and may not be exhaustive.
Responsible entities
Federal Emergency Management Agency
HS version
HS 2017
Referenced WTO document symbol

Meta data

WTO justifications

XX:(b) - (b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health;

GATT 1994 (GATT 1947 provisions)

Reported as: Protection of human life or health and essential security interests, inter alia

XXI:(b) - (b) to prevent any contracting party from taking any action which it considers necessary for the protection of its essential security interests

GATT 1994 (GATT 1947 provisions)

Reported as: Protection of human life or health and essential security interests, inter alia
Non-WTO commitments
Affected partners
Non-affected partners

Measures

Reported restrictions
NAL-X
Symbol
NAL-X

Tariff lines

401511
ex 4015.11.0100
(c) PPE nitrile gloves including those defined at 21 CFR 880.6250 (exam gloves) and 878.4460 (surgi...
401519
ex 4015.19.0002
(c) PPE nitrile gloves including those defined at 21 CFR 880.6250 (exam gloves) and 878.4460 (surgi...
621010
ex 6210.10
(d) Level 3 and 4 Surgical Gowns and Surgical Isolation Gowns that meet all of the requirements in A...
621040
ex 6210.40
(d) Level 3 and 4 Surgical Gowns and Surgical Isolation Gowns that meet all of the requirements in A...
621050
ex 6210.50
(d) Level 3 and 4 Surgical Gowns and Surgical Isolation Gowns that meet all of the requirements in A...
630790
ex 6307.90.9995
(a) Surgical N-95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators, including devices that are disposable half-face-...
901831
ex 9018.31
(e) Syringes and hypodermic needles (whether distributed separately or attached together) that are e...
901832
ex 9018.32
(e) Syringes and hypodermic needles (whether distributed separately or attached together) that are e...