China Issues Second Round of Tariff Exemptions for US Imports

China released another round of tariff exemptions for certain U.S. imports, according to an unofficial translation of a Dec. 19 notice from China’s State Council Customs Tariff Commission. The waivers will be granted from Dec. 26, 2019, through Dec. 25, 2020, and will include six chemical and oil products, including certain lubricating oils; “adhesive” items; wax; polyethylene; a linear low-density polyethylene; and polypropylene, China said. Tariffs already levied on these imports will not be refunded, according to a Dec. 19 report from Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency. China previously announced tariff exemptions for 16 U.S. goods (see 1909110051), later adding pork and soybeans (see 1909130013). Xinhua said the commission is continuing to “work on the exemption process” and will release “the exemption lists of U.S. goods subject to the second round of additional tariffs in due course.”