Section 301 Investigation: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology 

Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation - Form to Request Exclusion of Product 

When submitting a product exclusion request using this form, enter the specified 

information in the following fields and explain the basis and rationale for your statements. 

By completing this form, you certify that the information provided is complete and 

correct to the best of your knowledge. 

1. Indicate whether the comment contains business confidential information (BCI), is a public 

document, or is a public version of a BCI document. 

Public Document 

2. Please provide a complete and detailed description of the product of concern: 

Item 685A09 - Part Rev.B Switch Main Assembly, DWG# 56633 Rev. A 

Utilized on safety switch assernblies for large industrial equipment supporting the oil & gas, power 

generation, nuclear, transportation industries. 

3. 10-digit HTSUS item number* for product you wish to address in this product exclusion request: 

*Use numerical characters only with no special characters (example: 1023456789). For help in finding 

the HTSUS item number associated with your product, see https://hts.usitc.gov/ 

9031.80.8085 

4. Requestor Information 

Requestor Name (Last, First): 

Organization Name: 

Chen, John 

Mascon, Inc. 

Note: Representatives submitting on behalf of an organization must enter information below. 

Requestor Representative: Robert Gastner 

5. Requestor's relationship to the product: Importer 

6. Does this submission in regulations.govinclude additional attachments? 

NO 

7. Please indicate whether any additional attachment contains business confidential 

information (BCI), is a public document, or is a public version of a BCI document. 

N/A 

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8. Is this product, or a comparable product, available from sources in the United States?: 

NO m 

9. Is this product, or a comparable product, available from sources in third countries?: 

YES F 

10. Please provide the value and quantity (with units) of the Chinese-origin product of concern 

that you purchased for each calendar year specified. Limit this figure to the products 

purchased by your firm (or by members of your trade association) alone. Please provide 

estimates if precise figures are unavailable. 

2017 Value: $157,914 2017 Quantity: 3,396 

2016 Value: $162,750 2016 Quantity: 3 , 500 

2015 Value: $18,313 2015 Quantity: 679 

11. Please provide information in support your request, taking account of the instructions 

provided in Section B of the Federal Register notice (note: text entered below can extend 

beyond the apparent size of this box). 

I. Company Background 

Mascon is a classic American success story, and one that should be protected from 

the unintended consequences of the proposed Section 301 tariffs. Mascon was founded by 

two immigrants from Taiwan, Dr. James Feng-Yow Chen and his wife Jeannie Shu-Mei 

Chen 37 years ago in 1981. Dr. Chen first arrived in Boston from Taiwan in 1969 to study 

for his Ph.D at Northeastern University. After graduating in the late 1970s, Dr. Chen 

worked for a local Boston entrepreneur in the plastic bag rnanufacturing industry. 

Eventually, both Dr. Chen and his wife became naturalized US citizens, and, pursuing 

the American dream, Dr. Chen founded his first company. This company, Chen's 

International, was involved in everything from scrap metal to importing/exporting 

technology between Taiwan and the United States. 

In 1981, Mascon, Inc. was formed and the foundation for today's business was built. 

Mascon's operations have evolved over the years to keep up with modern trends. The 

Company has been involved in the scrap metal trade, the printed circuit board industry, the 

video game industry, the alarm security industry, and strategic supply chain services. For the 

past thirty-seven years, Mascon has imported goods to the United States from Asia and vice 

versa. In fact, for many years, Mascon exported more goods than it imported. 

Today, Mascon is a small business that has been working with US Tier 1 

manufacturers to lower their total procurement costs. Currently Mascon's customers and end 

users include industry leaders in aerospace, defense, firearms, security, medical devices and 

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