Imports of meat, produce, wine and other goods from the US are about to get way more expensive, thanks to new tariffs announced by the Chinese government earlier today.
First proposed two weeks ago, this retaliatory measure comes in response to US President Donald Trump's recently enacted steel and aluminium tariffs on China and other countries. Trump has also threatened to impose further protective duties on USD50-60 billion worth of Chinese goods, and is said to be targeting technology products next. (A full list may be released as soon as this week).
Earlier today, China's Ministry of Commerce announced that 120 American products ranging from fruits to wines would receive tariffs of 15 percent, while an additional eight goods — an assortment of pork and aluminium products — would be slapped with 25 percent tariffs. The tariffs are effective immediately.
The wine tariffs will likely hit California's wine industry the hardest, while the pork tariffs are expected to be a major blow to farming regions in states that heavily supported Trump in the 2016 US Presidential election.
Here's full list of American products that are receiving tariffs (translation via Quartz):
Fresh/dried fruit & nuts (15 percent)
• Dried coconut
• Coconut without inner shell
• Other coconut
• Unshelled Brazilian nuts
• Shelled Brazilian nuts
• Unshelled cashews
• Shelled cashews
• Unshelled almonds
• Shelled almonds
• Unshelled Hazelnuts
• Shelled hazelnuts
• Unshelled walnuts
• Walnut kernels
• Unshelled chestnuts
• Shelled chestnuts
• Unshelled pistachios
• Shelled pistacchios
• Unshelled macadamia nuts
• Roasted macadamia nuts
• Betel nuts
• Pine nuts
• Other fresh or dried nuts
• Fresh or dried plantains
• Other fresh or dried bananas
• Fresh or dried dates
• Fresh or dried figs
• Fresh or dried pineapples
• Fresh or dried avocados
• Fresh or dried guava
• Fresh or dried mangos
• Fresh or dried mangosteens
• Fresh or dried oranges
• Other citrus (including mandarin and satsuma oranges)
• Clementines
• Virgin oranges and similar hybrid citrus
• Grapefruit (including pomelo)
• Lemons and limes
• Unlisted citrus fruits
• Fresh grapes
• Raisins
• Fresh watermelon
• Fresh cantaloupe
• Papaya
• Fresh apples
• Fresh pears
• Other fresh pears
• Fresh sour cherries
• Other fresh cherries
• Peaches (including nectarines)
• Fresh plums and prunes
• Fresh strawberries
• Fresh berries (raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries)
• Fresh cranberries and cowberries
• Kiwi
• Fresh durian
• Persimmon
• Fresh lychee
• Fresh longan
• Rambutan
• Fresh sweet lychee
• Fresh carambola
• Fresh lotus fog
• Fresh pitaya
• Any other fresh/dry fruits not listed above
• Frozen strawberries
• Frozen berries (raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, rose hips, currant and gooseberries)
• Frozen fruits and nuts not listed above
• Temporarily preserved cherries
• Other temporarily preserved fruits and nuts
• Dried apricots
• Prunes
• Dried apples
• Dried longan and pulp
• Dried persimmons
• Red dates
• Dried lychee
• Unlisted dried fruits
• Assorted nuts or dried fruits
Pork (25 percent)
• Fresh or cold boned pig forelegs, hindquarters and their meat
• Other fresh or cold pork
• Other frozen whole head and half pork
• Frozen bone forelegs, pigs’ legs and their meat
• Other frozen pork
• Frozen pork liver
• Other frozen pork chops
Wine (15 percent)
• Sparkling wine
• Other fresh brewed wines packed in containers of two liters or less, or brewed with alcohol that inhibits grape juice fermentation
• Wines brewed with other fresh grapes packed in containers of two to 10 liters, or containing alcohol brewed from fermented grape juice
• Wines made from other fresh grapes packed in containers of 10 liters or more, or brewed with alcohol that inhibits grape juice fermentation
• Other products made from grape juice wine
Modified ethanol (15 percent)
• Modified ethanol or other alcohols of any concentration
Ginseng (15 percent)
• American ginseng
• Other types of fresh ginseng
• Unlisted ginseng
Stainless steel pipes (15 percent)
• Stainless steel oil and gas pipeline pipes (215.9mm ≤ outside diameter ≤ 406.4mm
• Stainless steel oil and gas pipeline pipes (114.3mm < outside diameter < 215.9mm)
• Stainless steel oil and gas pipeline pipes (outside diameter ≤ 114.3mm)
• Stainless steel oil and gas pipeline pipes (outside diameter > 406.4mm_
• Other steel oil and gas pipeline pipes (215.9mm ≤ outside diamteter ≤ 406.4m)
• Pipes for other steel, oil and gas pipelines (114.3mm < outside diameter < 215.9mm)
• Pipes, other steel, petroleum and natural gas (outside diameter ≤ 114.3mm)
• Other steel oil and gas seamless pipes (outside diameter > 406.4mm)
• Oil and gas drilling pipes made of stainless steel (outside diameter ≤ 168.3mm)
• Oil and gas drilling pipes made of stainless steel (outside diameter > 168.3mm)
• Other steel drilling oil and gas drilling pipes (outside diameter ≤ 168.3mm)
• Other steel drilled oil and gas drilling pipes (external diameter >168.3mm)
• Seamless casing and conduits for drilled petroleum or natural gas made of stainless steel
• Other seamless steel casings for oil and gas drilling with a yield strength of less than 552 MPa, with catheters
• Other steel drilling oils with a yield strength of 552-758 MPa, seamless casing and conduits for natural gas
• Seamless sets for oil and gas drilling of other steels with a yield strength of 758 MPa or more, with tubes and catheters
• Seamless boiler tubes for cold-drawn/cold-rolled iron or standard steel
• Seamless/cold-rolled iron or standard steel seamless geologic drill pipes with casing
• Undrawn or cold-rolled iron or plain steel seamless circular cross-section tubes
• Non-cold-drawn or cold-rolled iron, or ordinary steel with seamless boiler tubes
• Non-cold-drawn or cold-rolled iron, or ordinary steel with seamless geologic drill pipes or casing
• Non-cold-drawn or cold-rolled iron or plain steel seamless circular cross-section tubes (not elsewhere specified)
• Cold-drawn or cold-rolled stainless steel seamless boiler tubes
• Undrawn or cold-rolled stainless steel seamless circular cross-section tubes
• Non-cold-drawn or cold-rolled stainless steel seamless boiler tubes
• Non-cold-drawn or cold-rolled stainless steel seamless circular cross-section tubes
• Cold-drawn or cold-rolled other alloy steel seamless boiler tubes
• Seamless steel alloys, cold-drawn or cold-rolled
• Unalloyed cold-drawn or cold-rolled alloy steel seamless circular cross-section tubes
• Other alloy steel seamless boiler tubes, not drawn or cold-rolled
• Non-cold-drawn or cold-rolled seamless steel tubes and casings for other alloy steels
• Non-cold-drawn or cold-rolled alloy steel seamless circular cross-section tubes
• Other seamless steel tubes and hollow profiles (with the exception of cast iron)
Aluminum (25 percent)
• Aluminum scrap
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