On Sep 18, 2018, the China State Council Tariff Commission announced in Notice No. 8 the decision to impose additional tariffs on approximately $60 billion in imported goods originating from the US, in response to the US decision to levy additional tariffs to $200 billion in imported goods from China. The additional tariffs will take effect on Sep 24 at 12:01PM at rates of 10% and 5%, as specified in the following annexes:
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Annex 1 consists of 2493 HS Headings with an additional 10% tariff (Previously announced 25% )
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Annex 2 consists of 1078 HS Headings with an additional 10% tariff (Previously announced 20% )
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Annex 3 consists of 974 HS Heading with an additional 5% tariff (Previously announced 10% )
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Annex 4 consists of 662 HS Heading with an additional 5% tariff (Previously announced 5% )
The original Chinese announcement No. 8 may be found here:
http://gss.mof.gov.cn/zhengwuxinxi/zhengcefabu/201809/t20180918_3022592.html
The annexes may be found here:
Annex 1:
http://gss.mof.gov.cn/zhengwuxinxi/zhengcefabu/201808/P020180803711628159425.pdf
Annex 2:
http://gss.mof.gov.cn/zhengwuxinxi/zhengcefabu/201808/P020180803711628507212.pdf
Annex 3:
http://gss.mof.gov.cn/zhengwuxinxi/zhengcefabu/201808/P020180803711628844240.pdf
Annex 4:
http://gss.mof.gov.cn/zhengwuxinxi/zhengcefabu/201808/P020180803711629144210.pdf
Previous Expeditors Newsflash on announcement No.6 on Aug 3, 2018 may be found here:
Google translated versions of the announcements and commodity lists may be found here: