China Releases 2026 Tariff Rates
China published its 2026 tariff plan this week, outlining new rates for hundreds of commodities while lowering duties on other items, the country's Ministry of Finance said Dec. 29, according to an unofficial translation.
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Under the new rates, effective Jan. 1, China said it will apply provisional import tariff rates lower than the most-favored-nation rates for 935 items. That includes lower rates on certain "hydraulic air cushions"; "recycled black powder for lithium-ion batteries and unroasted pyrite"; medical products such as "artificial blood vessels and diagnostic kits for certain infectious diseases"; and more. China also said it will eliminate its existing "provisional import tariff rates" on certain "micro-motors, printing machines, and sulfuric acid" while reinstating MFN duties on those goods.
In addition, China will add new tariff subheadings for "intelligent biomimetic robots, bio-aviation kerosene, and under-forest ginseng," increasing its total number of headings to 8,972. The country also plans to continue to grant duty-free access to all products from 43 least-developed countries that have established diplomatic relations with China for 2026, along with "preferential" tariff rates on some goods from Bangladesh, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar and from other countries that have signed trade deals with China.