China Announces Retaliatory Tariffs on US Goods in Response to the Latest Round of Section 301 Tariffs on Chinese Goods

Posted by Matt Schmitt on 9/21/18 10:00 AM

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:

  • Annex 1 consists of 2493 HS Headings with an additional 10% tariff (Previously announced 25% )

  • Annex 2 consists of 1078 HS Headings with an additional 10% tariff (Previously announced 20% )

  • Annex 3 consists of 974 HS Heading with an additional 5% tariff (Previously announced 10% )

  • 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:

https://info.expeditors.com/newsflash/china-announces-decision-to-impose-additional-tariffs-on-goods-of-u.s.-origin

 

Google translated versions of the announcements and commodity lists may be found here:

Announcement No.6

Announcement No.8

Annex 1

Annex 2

Annex 3

Annex 4

Topics: China, Tariffs

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