Chinese List for 20% Tariffs Includes Machines, Optical Instruments and North American Hardwood

August 6, 2018 |Top News

China plans to hit a wide range of goods from the U.S. with 20 percent tariffs in response to the Trump administration's most recent proposed tariffs on Chinese goods (see 1808030013) Among the major items by value targeted by the Chinese on its 20 percent tariff list are machines and mechanical appliances in 8479.89.99, parts of diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices in 8541.90.00, other optical instruments in 9031.49.90 and North American hardwood in 4403.99.60, according to International Trade Centre data cited in a tweet.

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China released four lists of goods: one for new 25 percent tariffs, one for new 20 percent tariffs, one for new 10 percent tariffs and one for new 5 percent tariffs. Implementation dates "will be announced separately," China said in its announcement.

List of Goods Subject to 20% Tariffs

The 8-digit subheadings for the list goods subject to 20 percent tariffs 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 5: 0505
Chapter 6: 0602
Chapter 7: 0714
Chapter 8: 0811
Chapter 11: 1104
Chapter 12: 1202, 1204, 1210
Chapter 13: 1301, 1302
Chapter 15: 1504, 1515, 1518, 1521
Chapter 16: 1601
Chapter 17: 1701, 1702, 1704
Chapter 18: 1806
Chapter 19: 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905
Chapter 20: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
Chapter 21: 2102, 2103, 2104
Chapter 22: 2201, 2202, 2208
Chapter 23: 2302
Chapter 25: 2504, 2505, 2508, 2519, 2521
Chapter 26: 2616
Chapter 28: 2802, 2804, 2811, 2812, 2817, 2818, 2820, 2821, 2825, 2826, 2827, 2830, 2832, 2833, 2835, 2836, 2841, 2842, 2844, 2846, 2849, 2850
Chapter 29: 2902, 2904, 2905, 2906, 2907, 2909, 2912, 2914, 2915, 2916, 2917, 2918, 2919, 2920, 2921, 2922, 2924, 2928, 2929, 2930, 2932, 2933, 2934, 2935, 2936, 2939, 2940
Chapter 31: 3101, 3105
Chapter 32: 3204, 3206, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3211, 3212, 3215
Chapter 33: 3301, 3302, 3306, 3307
Chapter 34: 3401, 3402, 3403, 3405, 3407
Chapter 35: 3501, 3502
Chapter 37: 3701, 3707
Chapter 38: 3802, 3808, 3809, 3810, 3812, 3818, 3824
Chapter 39: 3904, 3905, 3907, 3908, 3909, 3917, 3920, 3921, 3922, 3923, 3924, 3925, 3926
Chapter 40: 4002, 4003, 4005, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4012, 4016
Chapter 41: 4101, 4113, 4114
Chapter 42: 4202, 4205
Chapter 43: 4301, 4303
Chapter 44: 4401, 4403, 4404, 4407, 4408, 4411, 4414, 4416, 4418, 4419, 4421
Chapter 45: 4503
Chapter 46: 4601
Chapter 47: 4706
Chapter 48: 4802, 4803, 4804, 4805, 4806, 4808, 4809, 4810, 4811, 4812, 4814, 4816, 4817, 4818, 4819, 4820, 4821, 4822, 4823
Chapter 49: 4901, 4905, 4907, 4908, 4909, 4911
Chapter 50: 5007
Chapter 51: 5109
Chapter 52: 5205, 5211, 5212
Chapter 54: 5401, 5402, 5404, 5405, 5406, 5407
Chapter 55: 5506, 5509, 5511, 5512, 5514, 5515, 5516
Chapter 56: 5602, 5603, 5607, 5608
Chapter 57: 5701, 5702, 5704, 5705
Chapter 58: 5801, 5806, 5807, 5811
Chapter 59: 5901, 5903, 5905, 5906, 5907, 5910, 5911
Chapter 60: 6001, 6005
Chapter 61: 6102, 6103, 6110, 6115, 6116
Chapter 62: 6201, 6202, 6203, 6204, 6210, 6211, 6214
Chapter 63: 6301, 6302, 6303, 6304, 6305, 6306, 6307, 6308
Chapter 64: 6401, 6404
Chapter 65: 6501, 6504, 6506
Chapter 67: 6704
Chapter 68: 6802, 6804, 6806, 6809, 6815
Chapter 69: 6903, 6904, 6906, 6909, 6914
Chapter 70: 7002, 7005, 7011, 7018, 7019
Chapter 71: 7106, 7108, 7110, 7113, 7115
Chapter 72: 7202, 7203, 7205, 7208, 7209, 7211, 7212, 7214, 7216, 7217, 7218, 7219, 7220, 7222, 7225, 7226
Chapter 73: 7304, 7305, 7306, 7307, 7308, 7309, 7310, 7314, 7315, 7316, 7318, 7320, 7321, 7323, 7324, 7325, 7326
Chapter 74: 7403, 7408, 7409, 7410, 7411, 7412, 7415, 7419
Chapter 75: 7505, 7506
Chapter 76: 7604, 7606, 7607, 7610, 7614
Chapter 79: 7901
Chapter 80:8001, 8007
Chapter 81: 8101, 8103, 8108, 8109, 8112
Chapter 82: 8201, 8202, 8203, 8204, 8205, 8207, 8208, 8210, 8211, 8214, 8215
Chapter 83: 8301, 8302, 8304, 8305, 8308, 8309, 8310, 8311
Chapter 84: 8405, 8408, 8412, 8413, 8414, 8415, 8416, 8417, 8418, 8419, 8420, 8421, 8422, 8423, 8424, 8425, 8426, 8427, 8428, 8429, 8430, 8431, 8432, 8432, 8433, 8435, 8436, 8437, 8438, 8441, 8442, 8443, 8445, 8447, 8448, 8449, 8450, 8451, 8454, 8455, 8456, 8458, 8459, 8462, 8463, 8466, 8467, 8468, 8471, 8472, 8474, 8477, 8478, 8479, 8480, 8481, 8482, 8483, 8484, 8487
Chapter 85: 8501, 8502, 8504, 8505, 8506, 8507, 8514, 8515, 8517, 8518, 8519, 8521, 8523, 8525, 8526, 8527, 8528, 8529, 8530, 8531,8532, 8533, 8535, 8536, 8537, 8538, 8539, 8540, 8541, 8543, 8544, 8547
Chapter 86: 8607
Chapter 88: 8801
Chapter 89: 8907
Chapter 90: 9001, 9002, 9004, 9006, 9008, 9011, 9012, 9014, 9016, 9017, 9018, 9022, 9025, 9028, 9029, 9030, 9031, 9032, 9033
Chapter 91: 9105, 9107
Chapter 92: 9201, 9105, 9208, 9209
Chapter 93: 9303
Chapter 94: 9401, 9403, 9404, 9405, 9406
Chapter 95: 9503, 9504, 9506, 9507
Chapter 96: 9603, 9605, 9608, 9609, 9610, 9615, 9616, 9617, 9618
Chapter 97: 9701, 9703, 9706

(See 1808030013 for coverage of the list of goods subject to 25 percent tariffs, 1808070020 for coverage of the list of goods subject to 10 percent tariffs and 1808080012 for coverage of the list of goods subject to 5 percent tariffs.)