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Section 301 duties on EU products over the EU banana regime (1999-2001)

EU banana-dispute tariff (Section 301)

EndedMar 3, 1999 to Jun 30, 2001

What it is

After the WTO found the European Union's banana import regime unlawful and authorized retaliation, USTR imposed a 100% duty on bath preparations, certain plastic-sheeted handbags and pocket goods, felt paper, folding cartons, lithographs, printed cotton bed linen, certain lead-acid batteries and electric coffee and tea makers from 13 member states (Italy was excluded for the coffee makers). It applied to entries from Mar 3, 1999. USTR ended it for entries from Jul 1, 2001 under the U.S.-EU banana understanding; for lithographs it was ended back to its start, so they never paid it.

Legal authority: Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, exercising U.S. rights under Article 22 of the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding (Docket 301-100a). Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 lets the U.S. Trade Representative act against foreign acts, policies and practices that are unreasonable or discriminatory and burden U.S. commerce, including by adding duties on imports.

It reaches 8 listed tariff codes or code groups (a listed heading or subheading covers every code under it).

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Rates

"+" rates are added on top of the regular duty. Chapter 99 headings are the numbers filed on the entry along with the product's own code.

  • 100% in place of the regular dutyMar 3, 1999 to Jun 30, 2001
    Origin
    Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
    Products
    Products under 3307.30.50
    Heading
    9903.08.04
  • 100% in place of the regular dutyMar 3, 1999 to Jun 30, 2001
    Origin
    Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
    Products
    Products under 4202.22.15
    Heading
    9903.08.07
  • 100% in place of the regular dutyMar 3, 1999 to Jun 30, 2001
    Origin
    Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
    Products
    Products under 4202.32.10
    Heading
    9903.08.08
  • 100% in place of the regular dutyMar 3, 1999 to Jun 30, 2001
    Origin
    Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
    Products
    Products under 4805.50
    Heading
    9903.08.09
  • 100% in place of the regular dutyMar 3, 1999 to Jun 30, 2001
    Origin
    Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
    Products
    Products under 4819.20
    Heading
    9903.08.10
  • 100% in place of the regular dutyMar 3, 1999 to Jun 30, 2001
    Origin
    Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
    Products
    Products under 6302.21.90
    Heading
    9903.08.13
  • 100% in place of the regular dutyMar 3, 1999 to Jun 30, 2001
    Origin
    Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
    Products
    Products under 8507.20.80
    Heading
    9903.08.14
  • 100% in place of the regular dutyMar 3, 1999 to Jun 30, 2001
    Origin
    Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
    Products
    Products under 8516.71
    Heading
    9903.08.15

How it combines with other duties

The 100% rate was set in place of the regular rate (subchapter III, U.S. note 1).

Sources

  1. USTR notice, Implementation of WTO Recommendations Concerning the European Communities' Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas, 64 FR 19209, Apr 19, 1999
  2. USTR notice, Termination of Action and Monitoring: European Communities' Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas, 66 FR 35689, Jul 6, 2001
  3. HTS 2026 Revision 20, headings 9903.08.04 to 9903.08.15 and their superior text
  4. HTS 2026 Revision 20, chapter 99, subchapter III, U.S. note 1

Checked against these sources on Oct 1, 2026. Rates shown are what CBP collects; antidumping and countervailing duties are separate.

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