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

May 15, 2019 |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 increase in tariffs on Chinese goods (see 1905130002) 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. The tariffs will take effect June 1.

China announced 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.

List of Goods Subject to 20% Tariffs

The 8-digit subheadings for the list goods subject to 20 percent tariffs fall in the following Chinese tariff schedule chapters and headings (note that not all subheadings would necessarily be covered in the headings listed below):

(See 1905130043 for coverage of the list of goods set to be subject to 25 percent tariffs and 1905150042 for the list of goods subject to 10 percent tariffs.)