G/MA/QR/N/USA/4/Add.1  
 
14 May 2020 
(20-3596) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO THE DECISION ON  NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RES TRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
 UNITED STATES 
Addendum   
The following communication, dated 13 May 2020 , is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the United States . 
 
A. Notifying Member :  United States  
B. Date of notification : 13 May 2020  
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/USA/ 4 
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 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): 2018-2020 and relates to restrictions in force as of 7 April 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 WT O 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 to be in force.  
 The United States is notifying of temporary measures in relation to the COVID -19 pandemic.  
 
 
 
* In English  only.  
  G/MA/QR/N/USA/4/Add.1  
 
- 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 
comme nts 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Temporary export 
authorization for 
certain personal 
protective equipment 
(PPE)  NAL-X ex 6307.90.9995  
 (a)  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 or Threatened 
Health and Medical 
Resources for 
Domestic Use.”  
 
Published 10 April 
2020 in 85 FR 20195.  
 
Available at:  
https://www.govinfo.g
ov/content/pkg/FR -
2020-04-10/pdf/2020 -
07659.pdf  
 
 
Measures effective  
7 April 2020 through 
10 August 2020.   
 Note:  Tariff lines 
provided in column 3 
are export cod es 
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  
ex 9020.00.8000  
 (b) Other Filtering 
Facepiece Respirators 
(e.g., those designated 
as N99, N100, R95, 
R99, R100, or P95, 
P99, P100), including 
single -use, disposable 
half-mask respiratory 
protective devices that     
  G/MA/QR/N/USA/4/Add.1  
 
- 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 
comme nts 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
    cover the user’s airway 
(nose and mouth) and 
offer protection from 
particulate materials at 
an N95 filtration 
efficiency level per 42 
CFR 84.181;  
   
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   
   ex 9020.00.8000  
 (c)  Elastomeric, air -
purifying respirators 
and appropriate 
particulate 
filters/cartridges;  
   
   ex 6307.90.9995  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ex 3926.20.1010  
ex 4015.11.0100  
ex 4015.19.0002 
ex 6116.10.0000  
ex 6216.00.0900  (d)  PPE surgical 
masks, including 
masks that cover the 
user’s nose and mouth 
and provide a physical 
barrier to fluids and 
particulate materials; 
and 
 
(e)  PPE gloves or 
surgical gloves, 
including those defined 
at 21 CFR 880.6250 
(exam gloves) and     
  G/MA/QR/N/USA/4/Add.1  
 
- 4 - 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 
comme nts 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
    878.4460 (surgical 
gloves) and such 
gloves intended for the 
same purposes.  
    
 
__________