EU to Consider Proposed Tariff Retaliation List of US Exports Until May 31

April 18, 2019 |Top News

The European Union’s list of $20 billion in U.S. exports that could get hit with retaliatory tariffs is heavy on fishery and agricultural products and food, including wines and spirits, but also includes goods found elsewhere in the tariff schedule. That includes raw materials and chemicals, including coal, some medical products, plastics, travel goods and other bags and containers, cotton, tractors and games.

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The list is out for public comment in the EU until May 31. The tariffs will only be imposed at the amount decided by the World Trade Organization arbitrator in the case, which revolves around U.S. subsidies for Boeing. The EU had alleged $12 billion in injury in its original WTO complaint.

The European Commission “is considering commercial policy measures in the form of the imposition of increased customs duties, including additional ad valorem duties of up to 100 percent, on certain products from the United States.” Subheadings covered by the potential tariffs fall under the following headings of the EU tariff schedule (not all subheadings within the headings listed before are on the list):

Chapter 3: 0301, 0302, 0303, 0304, 0305, 0306, 0307
Chapter 4: 0406
Chapter 5: 0511
Chapter 7: 0709, 0712, 0713, 0714
Chapter 8: 0802, 0804, 0805, 0806, 0810, 0811, 0813
Chapter 9: 0901, 0902, 0905
Chapter 10: 1001
Chapter 11: 1104
Chapter 12: 1202, 1206, 1212
Chapter 13: 1301, 1302
Chapter 15: 1504, 1507, 1512, 1515, 1516, 1518, 1521
Chapter 16: 1605
Chapter 17: 1701, 1703
Chapter 18: 1806
Chapter 20: 2008, 2009
Chapter 21: 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2106
Chapter 22: 2204, 2205, 2207, 2208, 2209
Chapter 23: 2303
Chapter 24: 2401, 2403
Chapter 27: 2701
Chapter 29: 2933, 2934, 2935
Chapter 30: 3005
Chapter 32: 3204
Chapter 33: 3301
Chapter 35: 3502, 3503, 3504, 3505
Chapter 38: 3815, 3823, 3824
Chapter 39: 3901, 3904, 3907, 3920, 3921
Chapter 42: 4202
Chapter 52: 5201, 5202, 5203
Chapter 84: 8409, 8429
Chapter 87: 8701, 8705, 8714
Chapter 88: 8802
Chapter 95: 9504, 9506