China's Retaliatory Tariffs List Focuses on US Exports of Agriculture and Cars

June 20, 2018 |International Sources

New Chinese 25 percent tariffs on goods from the U.S. set to take effect on July 6 (see 1806150037) are mostly focused on meat, agriculture and cars. China said it would impose initial tariffs on those and other goods mentioned in a first list on the same date the U.S will impose its Section 301 tariffs on goods from China (see 1806150003). China said it also plans to eventually add tariffs to goods mentioned in a second list, which includes chemical products, medical equipment and energy products.

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The 8-digit subheadings on the first list fall in the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule chapters and headings (note that not all subheadings would necessarily be covered in the headings listed below):

Chapter 2: 0201, 0202, 0203, 0206, 0207, 0209, 0210,
Chapter 3: 0301, 0303, 0304, 0305, 0306, 0307, 0308
Chapter 4: 0401, 0402, 0403, 0404, 0405, 0406
Chapter 5: 0504
Chapter 7: 0701, 0702, 0703, 0704, 0705, 0706, 0707, 0708, 0709, 0712, 0713, 0714
Chapter 8: 0801, 0802, 0803, 0804, 0805, 0806, 0807, 0808, 0809, 0810, 0813
Chapter 10: 1001, 1005, 1006, 1007
Chapter 11: 1102, 1103
Chapter 12: 1214
Chapter 14: 1404
Chapter 16: 1604, 1605
Chapter 20: 2008, 2009
Chapter 22: 2207, 2208
Chapter 23: 2303, 2309
Chapter 24: 2401, 2402, 2403
Chapter 52: 5201
Chapter 87: 8703, 8704, 8708.