G/MA/QR/N/USA/5/Add.1  
 
1 February  2021 
(21-0831) Page: 1/5 
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 28 January  2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States . 
 
A. Notifying Member :  United States  
B. Date of notification : 28 January 2021  
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/USA/ 5 
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/5  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 described in Section 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restric tions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the follo wing biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of  7 April  2020; 
modified 10 August 2020, further modified 31 December 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 with 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 t o 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.  
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- 2 - Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
 
QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Temporary export 
authorization for certain 
health and medical 
resources  NAL-X ex 
6307.90.9995  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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;  
 
(b)  PPE surgical masks 
as described by 21 CFR 
878.4040,  including 
masks that cover the 
user’s nose and mouth 
providing a physical 
barrier to fluids and 
particulate materials, 
that meet fluid barrier 
protection standards 
pursuant to — 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 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.   
 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.   
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- 3 - QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 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  
 
 
 
 
 (i) ASTM F 1862; 
and 
 
(ii) Class I or Class 
II flammability  
tests under CPSC CS 
191–53, NFPA  
Standard 702 –1980, 
or UL 2154 
standards;  
 
(c)  PPE nitrile gloves, 
specifically those 
defined at 21 CFR 
880.6250 (exam 
gloves) and 878.4460 
(surgical gloves) and 
such nitrile gloves 
intended for the same 
purposes;  
 
(d) Level 3 and 4 
Surgical Gowns and  
Surgical Isolation 
Gowns that meet all of  
the requirements in 
ANSI/AAMI PB70  
and ASTM F2407 –06 
and are classified  Exemptions noted in 
FEMA, “Prioritization a nd 
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.    
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No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
 
 
 
 
 
ex 9018.31  
ex 9018.32  by Surgical Gown 
Barrier Performance  
based on AAMI PB70; 
and 
 
(e) Syringes and 
hypodermic needles 
(whether distributed 
separately or attached 
together) that are 
either:  
(i) Piston syringes 
that allow for the 
controlled and 
precise flow of 
liquid as described 
by 21 CFR  
880.5860, that are 
compliant wit h ISO 
7886–1:2017 and 
use only Current 
Good 
Manufacturing 
Practices (CGMP) 
processes; or  
 
(ii) Hypodermic 
single lumen 
needles that have   
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- 5 - QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
    engineered sharps 
injury protections as 
described in the 
Needlestick Safety and 
Prevention Act, Pub. L. 
106–430, 114 Stat. 
1901 (Nov. 6, 2000).     
 
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