China Releases Retaliation Plans in Response to US Tariff Increase, Exclusion Process Announced

May 14, 2019 |Top News

China will raise tariff rates on 5,140 tariff lines of U.S. goods in response to the latest escalation in the trade war, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced May 13. The tariff increases mostly follow the lists China released last year in response to U.S. plans to add tariffs on $200 billion worth of goods from China (see 1905130002). The retaliatory tariffs were implemented last year at lower rates than were initially announced. China now plans to increase those retaliatory tariffs on June 1.

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China again released four lists of goods: one for goods that will have the tariff go from 10 percent to 25 percent, one for goods that will have 20 percent tariffs, one for goods with a tariff that will go from 5 percent to 10 percent and one for goods with a tariff that will stay at 5 percent. Among the items being targeted by the Chinese are wood products, alcoholic drinks, coffee, liquified natural gas and leather goods. China also announced plans to test an exclusion process for imports from the U.S., its Foreign Ministry said, according to an unofficial translation of its notice. "The relevant party's application will exclude some eligible goods from the scope of the tariffs imposed on the United States and Canada, and adopt the exclusion measures such as refunding the tariffs and refunding the tariffs," according to the notice, which also included additional information.

List of Goods Subject to 25% tariffs:

The 8-digit subheadings for the list of goods subject to 25 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 1: 0101, 0106
Chapter 2: 0204, 0210
Chapter 3: 0305
Chapter 4: 4090, 0410
Chapter 5: 0504, 0508, 0511
Chapter 6: 0602, 0603, 0604
Chapter 7: 0710
Chapter 8: 0811, 0814
Chapter 9: 0901, 0902, 0904, 0906, 0909, 0910
Chapter 11: 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109
Chapter 12: 1206, 1207, 1211, 1212
Chapter 13: 1302
Chapter 14: 1401, 1404
Chapter 15: 1504, 1506, 1507, 1508, 1509, 1512, 1513, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1517, 1520
Chapter 16: 1602
Chapter 17: 1701, 1702
Chapter 18: 1801, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806
Chapter 19: 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905
Chapter 20: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Chapter 21: 2101, 2102, 2103, 2105, 2106
Chapter 22: 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2207, 2208, 2209
Chapter 23: 2301, 2304, 2306
Chapter 25: 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 2507, 2509, 2510, 2512, 2513, 2515, 2516, 2517, 2518, 2519, 2520, 2522, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2528, 2529, 2530
Chapter 26: 2601, 2602, 2603, 2604, 2608, 2614, 2615, 2616, 2617
Chapter 27: 2711
Chapter 28: 2801, 2804, 2805, 2807, 2808, 2809, 2811, 2812, 2814, 2815, 2816, 2818, 2822, 2823, 2825, 2826, 2827, 2828, 2831, 2832, 2833, 2834, 2835, 2836, 2837, 2839, 2841, 2842, 2843, 2844, 2846, 2847, 2853
Chapter 29: 2901, 2902, 2903, 2905, 2906, 2907, 2908, 2909, 2910, 2912, 2913, 2914, 2915, 2916, 2917, 2918, 2921, 2922, 2924, 2925, 2927, 2929, 2930, 2931, 2933, 2934, 2936, 2937, 2938, 2939, 2941
Chapter 30: 3005, 3006
Chapter 31: 3102, 3104, 3105
Chapter 32: 3201, 3202, 3203, 3204, 3206, 3207, 3208, 3209, 3214
Chapter 33: 3301, 3302, 3303, 3304, 3305
Chapter 34: 3401, 3403, 3407
Chapter 35: 3501
Chapter 37: 3701, 3702, 3707
Chapter 38: 3801, 3805, 3806, 3808, 3809, 3812, 3817, 3823, 3824, 3825, 3826
Chapter 39: 3902, 3903, 3904, 3905, 3906, 3907, 3908, 3909, 3912, 3913, 3916, 3917, 3918, 3819, 3920, 3921, 3922, 3923, 3924, 3925, 3926
Chapter 40: 4001, 4002, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4017
Chapter 41: 4101, 4102, 4104, 4106, 4107, 4112, 4113, 4114, 4115
Chapter 42: 4202, 4203, 4205
Chapter 43: 4301, 4302, 4303, 4304
Chapter 44: 4401, 4402, 4403, 4405, 4407, 4408, 4409, 4410, 4411, 4412,4413, 4415, 4417, 4418, 4420, 4421
Chapter 45: 4501, 4503, 4504
Chapter 46: 4601, 4602
Chapter 47: 4706
Chapter 48: 4801, 4802, 4805, 4806, 4807, 4808, 4810, 4811, 4816, 4817, 4819, 4820, 4822, 4823
Chapter 49: 4906, 4908, 4910, 4911
Chapter 50: 5007
Chapter 51: 5101, 5103, 5106, 5107, 5108, 5109, 5111, 5112
Chapter 52: 5203, 5204, 5205, 5206, 5207, 5208, 5209, 5210, 5211, 5212
Chapter 53: 5306, 5309
Chapter 54: 5401, 5402, 5403, 5407, 5408
Chapter 55: 5501, 5503, 5504, 5506, 5507, 5508, 5509, 5510, 551, 5512, 5513, 5514, 5515, 5516
Chapter 56: 5601, 5602, 5603, 5605, 5606, 5609
Chapter 57: 5701, 5702, 5703
Chapter 58: 5801, 5802, 5804, 5806, 5807, 5808, 5810
Chapter 59: 5901, 5902, 5903, 5906, 5907, 5911
Chapter 60: 6001, 6002, 6003, 6004, 6005, 6006
Chapter 61: 6101, 6102, 6103, 6104, 6105, 6106, 6107, 6108, 6109, 6110, 6111, 6112, 6113, 6114, 6115, 6116, 6117
Chapter 62: 6201, 6202, 6203, 6204, 6205, 6206, 6207, 6208, 6209, 6210, 6211, 6212, 6213, 6214, 6215, 6216, 6217
Chapter 63: 6301, 6302, 6303, 6304, 6305, 6306
Chapter 64: 6402, 6403, 6404, 6505
Chapter 66: 6601, 6602, 6603
Chapter 67: 6702, 6703, 6704
Chapter 68: 6802, 6804, 6807, 6808, 6809, 6810, 6811, 6812, 6813, 6814, 6815
Chapter 69: 6901, 6902, 6907, 6910, 6911, 6912, 6913
Chapter 70: 7002, 7003, 7004, 7005, 7006, 7007, 7008, 7009, 7010, 7011, 7013, 7014, 7015, 7016, 7018, 7019, 7020
Chapter 71: 7101, 7102, 7103, 7104, 7105, 7106, 7108, 7109, 7110, 7111, 7114, 7116, 7117
Chapter 72: 7201, 7202, 7203, 7205, 7206, 7207, 7208, 7209, 7210, 7211, 7214, 7215, 7216, 7217, 7218, 7219, 7220, 7221, 7222, 7223, 7224, 7225, 7226, 7227, 7228, 7229
Chapter 73: 7301, 7302, 7304, 7305, 7306, 7307, 7308, 7310, 7312, 7314, 7315, 7318, 7319, 7320, 7321, 7322, 7323, 7324, 7325
Chapter 74: 7402, 7403, 7405, 7406, 7407, 7408, 7409, 7410, 7411, 7412, 7413, 7418, 7419
Chapter 75: 7501, 7502, 7504, 7508
Chapter 76: 7601, 7603, 7604, 7605, 7606, 7607, 7608, 7612, 7615
Chapter 78: 7801, 7804
Chapter 79: 7901, 7903, 7904, 7907
Chapter 80: 8001, 8003, 8007
Chapter 81: 8102, 8103, 8104, 8105, 8107, 8108, 8110, 8112
Chapter 82: 8201, 8202, 8203, 8204, 8207, 8208, 8209, 8211, 8213, 8214, 8215
Chapter 83: 8301, 8302, 8303, 8305, 8306
Chapter 84: 8402, 8403, 8404, 8406, 8408, 8409, 8410, 8413, 8414, 8415, 8416, 8417, 8418, 8419, 8420, 8421, 8422, 8423, 8424, 8425, 8426, 8428, 8429, 8430, 8431, 8432, 8433, 8434, 8438, 8439, 8440, 8441, 8442, 8443, 8444, 8445, 8446, 8447, 8448, 8449, 8449, 8450, 8451, 8452, 8453, 8454, 8456, 8457, 8458, 8459, 8460, 8461, 8462, 8463, 8434, 8465, 8466, 8467, 8468, 8470, 8471, 8472, 8473, 8474, 8475, 8476, 8477, 8479, 8480, 8481, 8482, 8483
Chapter 85: 8501, 8502, 8503, 8504, 8505, 8506, 8507, 8508, 8509, 8510, 8511, 8512, 8513, 8514, 8515, 8516, 8517, 8518, 8519, 8521, 8522, 8523, 8525, 8527, 8528, 8529, 8531, 8532, 8533, 8534, 8535, 8536, 8537, 8538, 8539, 8540, 8541, 8543, 8544, 8545, 8546, 8547, 8548
Chapter 86: 8607, 8608, 8609
Chapter 89: 8903, 8905, 8906
Chapter 90: 9001, 9002, 9003, 9004, 9005, 9006, 9007, 9010, 9011, 9013, 9015, 9016, 9017, 9018, 9019, 9023, 9028, 9029, 9030, 9031
Chapter 91: 9102, 9103, 9104, 9105, 9109, 9112, 9113, 9114
Chapter 92: 9201, 9202, 9205, 9207, 9808, 9209
Chapter 94: 9401, 9403, 9404, 9405, 9406
Chapter 95: 9503, 9504, 9505,9506, 9507
Chapter 96: 9601, 9603, 9606, 9607, 9611, 9613, 9614, 9620
Chapter 97: 9704

(See 905140046) for coverage of the list of goods subject to 20 percent tariffs and 1905150042) for the list of goods subject to 10 percent tariffs.)