G/MA/QR/N/USA/4/Add.2  
 
1 September  2020 
(20-5942) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE DECISION ON NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES  
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
UNITED STATES 
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 31 August 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States . 
 
A. Notifying Member :  United States  
B. Date of notification : 31 August 2020  
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/USA/ 4/Add.1  
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitative restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in G/MA/QR/N/USA/4/Add.1  which are of the 
following nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restrictions, as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions, as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction, as describe d in Section 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restrictions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the follo wing biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2018-2020 and relates to restrictions in force as of 7 April 2020 ; 
modifications effective on 10 August 2020  
F. This notification contains information* relating to:  
 Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force . 
 Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications wi th information on quantitative 
restrictions that are currently in force and additional information . 
G. Comments of a general nature, including a description of the elimination of 
restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.  
The United States is notifying the extension of temporary measures in relation to the 
COVID -19 pandemic and modifications to the scope of products affected by the temporary 
measures.  
 
* In English  only.  
  G/MA/QR/N/USA/4/Add.2  
 
- 2 - Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
(Symbol in 
Annex 2 of 
the 
Decision)  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS  (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation 
or administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and  other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Temporary export 
authorization for 
certain personal 
protective equipment 
(PPE)  NAL-X ex 6307.90.9995  (a)  Surgical N -95 
Filtering Facepiece 
Respirators, including 
devices that are 
disposable half -face-
piece non-powered air -
purifying particulate 
respirators intended for 
use to cover the nose 
and mouth of the 
wearer to help reduce 
wearer exposure to 
pathogenic biological 
airborne particulates ; 
 Protection of human 
life or health and 
essential security 
interests , inter alia  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 10 August 
2020 in 85 FR 48113.  
 
 Note:  Tariff lin es 
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.  
   ex 6307.90.9995  
 (b)  PPE surgical 
masks, including 
masks that cover the 
user’s nose and mouth 
and provide a physical 
barrier to fluids and 
particulate materials;   Available at:  
https://www.govinfo.g
ov/content/pkg/FR -
2020-08-10/pdf/2020 -
17467.pdf   
 
Revised measures 
effective 10 August 
2020 through 31 
December 2020.  
   
  G/MA/QR/N/USA/4/Add.2  
 
- 3 - QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
(Symbol in 
Annex 2 of 
the 
Decision)  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS  (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation 
or administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and  other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
   ex 4015.11.0100  
ex 4015.19.0002  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ex 6210.10  
ex 6210.40  
ex 6210.50  
 (c)  PPE nitrile gloves 
including those defined 
at 21 CFR 880.6250 
(exam gloves) and 
878.4460 (surgical 
gloves) and such nitrile 
gloves intended for the 
same purposes; and  
 
 
 
(d) Level 3 and 4 
Surgical Gowns and  
Surgical Isolation 
Gowns that meet all of  
the requirements in 
ANSI/A AMI PB70  
and ASTM F2407 –06 
and are classified  
by Surgical Gown 
Barrier Performance  
based on AAMI PB70.  
  Exemptions noted in 
FEMA, “Prioritization 
and Allocation of 
Certain Scarce or 
Threatened Health and 
Medical Resources for 
Domestic Use; 
Exemptions”  
 
Published 21 April 
2020 in 85 FR 22021.  
 
Available at:  
https://www.govinfo.g
ov/content/pkg/FR -
2020-04-21/pdf/2020 -
08542.pdf  
 
Exemptions effective 
17 April 20 20.    
 
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