China imposed new tariffs on a range of US products moments after President Donald Trump slapped a 10% tariff on goods from Beijing. Here is translated version of the Chinese statement.
On February 1, 2025, the US government announced that it would impose a 10% tariff on all Chinese goods exported to the US on the grounds of fentanyl and other issues. The unilateral tariff increase by the US seriously violates the rules of the World Trade Organization. It is not only unhelpful in solving its own problems, but also undermines the normal economic and trade cooperation between China and the US.
According to the Tariff Law, the Customs Law and the Foreign Trade Law of the People’s Republic of China and other laws and regulations and the basic principles of international law, with the approval of the State Council, starting from February 10, 2025, additional tariffs will be imposed on some imported goods originating from the United States. The relevant matters are as follows:
- A 15% tariff will be imposed on coal and liquefied natural gas. The specific range of goods is shown in Annex 1.
- A 10% tariff will be imposed on crude oil, agricultural machinery, large-displacement cars, and pickup trucks. The specific range of goods is shown in Annex 2.
- For the imported goods listed in the appendix originating from the United States, corresponding tariffs will be levied on the basis of the current applicable tariff rates. The current bonded and tax reduction and exemption policies remain unchanged, and the additional tariffs will not be reduced or exempted.
State Council Tariff Commission
February 4, 2025
Appendix:
1. List of goods subject to 15% tariff increase (8 items)
Tariff Code
Name of Product
27011100
Unformed anthracite
27011210
Coking coal
27011290
Other unformed bituminous coal
27011900
Other unformed coal
27012000
Briquettes, coal balls and similar solid fuels made from coal
27021000
Unformed lignite
27022000
Formed lignite
27111100
Liquefied natural gas
2. List of goods subject to 10% tariff increase (72 items)
Tariff code
Name of Product
27090000
Crude oil
84193310
Freeze or spray dryers for farm produce
84193400
Dryers for farm produce other than freeze and spray-dried
84244100
Portable foggers for agricultural or gardening use
84244900
Other agricultural or horticultural foggers
84248200
Other agricultural or horticultural sprayers and spreaders
84321000
Plow
84322100
Disc harrow
84322900
Other tillage machinery such as harrows, tillers, etc.
84323111
No-till cereal seeders
84323119
Other no-till direct seeders
84323121
No-till potato seeders
84323129
Other no-till direct seeders
84323131
No-till rice transplanters
84323139
Other no-till direct transplanters
84323911
Other grain seeders
84323919
Other seeders
84323921
Other potato planters
84323929
Other planters
84323931
Other rice transplanters
84323939
Other transplanters
84324100
Manure applicators
84324200
Fertilizer applicators
84328010
Lawn and sports field rollers
84328090
Other unlisted land preparation or tillage machinery
84331100
Motorized rotary mowers
84331900
Other mowers for lawns, parks, etc.
84332000
Other mowers
84333000
Other hay cutting and tedding machines
84334000
Hay balers
84335100
Combine harvesters
84335200
Other threshers
84335300
Root or tuber harvesters
84335910
Sugarcane harvesters
84335990
Other harvesters
84336010
Egg cleaning, sorting and grading machines
84336090
Fruit or other agricultural product cleaning, sorting and grading machines
84341000
Milking machines
84361000
Animal feed preparation machines
84362100
Poultry incubators and brooders
84362900
Poultry feeding machines
84368000
Other machines for agriculture, forestry, horticulture, etc.
84371010
Optical color difference grain particle sorting machine (color sorter)
84371090
Other agricultural crop cleaning, sorting or grading machines
84378000
Grain milling machines
84386000
Fruit, nut or vegetable processing machines
84792000
Machines for extracting and processing animal fats, vegetable fixed fats or microbial fats
87011000
Single-axle tractors
87013000
Crawler tractors and tractors
87019110
Tractors with power ≤ 18 kW
87019210
Tractors with 18 kW < power ≤ 37 kW
87019310
Tractors with 37 kW < power ≤ 75 kW
87019410
Tractors with 75 kW < power ≤ 130 kW
87019510
Tractors with power > 130 kW
87032361
Passenger cars with only spark-ignition engines, 2.5L < displacement ≤ 3L
87032362
Off-road vehicles with only spark-ignition engines, 2.5L < displacement ≤ 3L
87032363
Passenger vehicles with only spark-ignition engines, 2.5L < displacement ≤ 3L
87032369
Other vehicles with only spark-ignition engines, 2.5L < displacement ≤ 3L
87032411
Passenger cars with only equipped with spark ignition engine, 3L<displacement≤4L
87032412
Off-road vehicles with only equipped with spark ignition engine, 3L<displacement≤4L
87032413
Passenger vehicles only equipped with spark ignition engine, 3L<displacement≤4L
87032419
Other vehicles with only equipped with spark ignition engine , 3L<displacement≤4L
87032421
Passenger car with only equipped with spark ignition engine, displacement>4L
87032422
Off-road vehicles with only equipped with spark ignition engine, displacement>4L
87032423
Passenger vehicles with only equipped with spark ignition engine, displacement>4L
87032429
Other vehicles with only equipped with spark ignition engine, displacement>4L
87042100
Trucks equipped with compression ignition engines only, with a vehicle weight of ≤5 tons
87043100
Trucks equipped with spark ignition engines only, with a vehicle weight of ≤5 tons
87044100
Hybrid trucks equipped with compression ignition engines, with a vehicle weight of ≤5 tons
87045100
Hybrid trucks equipped with spark ignition engines, with a vehicle weight of ≤5 tons
87046000
Pure electric trucks
87162000
Agricultural self-loading or dump trailers and semi-trailers
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