China’s 25% tariff to hit US polymers, aromatics by June

Fanny Zhang

14-May-2019

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–China’s latest tit-for-tat move in its 10-month trade war with the US will hit some key chemicals such as polymers, aromatics and methanol.

It announced late on Monday that it will raise tariffs on $60bn of US goods from 1 June, in response to the US’ tariff hike on $200bn worth of Chinese goods that took effect on 10 May.

China will impose a higher tariff rate of 25% on imports of toluene, xylene, paraxylene, methanol, purified terephthalic acid (PTA), polystyrene, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) , toluene di-isocyanate (TDI) and methylene diphenyl di-isocyanate (MDI), among others.

These chemicals are currently levied tariffs of 10%. (Please see complete list below)

In a separate announcement issued on Monday night, China’s Ministry of Commerce said that Chinese importers can apply for tariff waivers to mitigate the impact of the trade war on operations.

The Chinese yuan has weakened amid the recent escalation of the US-China trade war.

Tier 1: Tariff rate hiked to 25% from 10%

HTS code Product
28011000 chlorine
28012000 iodine
28013020 bromine
28042100 Argon
28045000 Boron, bismuth
28046120 Single crystal silicon rods of diameter <7.5cm for the electronics industry
28046900 Other silicon with silicon content <99.99%
28048000 arsenic
28049090 Other selenium
28051200 calcium
28053029 Other rare earth metals, lanthanum and cerium which have been mixed or fused to each other
28070000 Sulfuric acid, fuming sulfuric acid
28080000 Nitric acid and sulfonic acid
28092019 Other phosphoric acid and metaphosphoric acid, pyrophosphate
28111190 Hydrogen fluoride (hydrofluoric acid)
28112100 carbon dioxide
28121900 Other non-metallic chlorides and oxychlorides
28141000 ammonia
28142000 ammonia
28151100 Solid sodium hydroxide
28153000 Sodium peroxide and potassium peroxide
28161000 Magnesium hydroxide and magnesium peroxide
28181010 Brown corundum
28182000 Alumina, except artificial corundum
28220090 Other cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxide
28230000 Titanium oxide
28251090 Other bismuth, antimony and its inorganic salts
28253010 Vanadium pentoxide
28253090 Other vanadium oxides and hydroxides
28258000 Bismuth oxide
28259012 Tungsten trioxide
28259031 Tin oxide
28261210 Anhydrous aluminum fluoride
28269010 Fluorosilicate
28269020 Lithium hexafluorophosphate
28269090 Fluoroaluminate and other fluoro complex salts
28271090 Non-fertilizer ammonium chloride
28272000 Calcium chloride
28273500 Nickel chloride
28273910 Lithium chloride
28274910 Zirconium oxychloride and hydroxide chloride
28275100 Sodium bromide and potassium bromide
28275900 Other bromides and bromines
28276000 Iodide and iodine oxide
28289000 Hypochlorite; chlorite and hypobromite
28311010 Sodium dithionite
28321000 Sodium sulfite
28331100 Sodium sulfate
28332100 Magnesium sulfate
28332200 Aluminum sulfate
28332700 Barium sulfate
28332910 Ferrous sulfate
28332920 Chromium sulfate
28342190 Non-fertilizer potassium nitrate
28351000 Hypophosphite and phosphite
28352520 Food grade calcium orthophosphate (dicalcium phosphate)
28352910 Trisodium phosphate
28353110 Food grade sodium tripolyphosphate (sodium tripolyphosphate)
28366000 Barium carbonate
28369100 Lithium carbonate
28369200 Bismuth carbonate
28369910 Magnesium carbonate
28369940 Commercial ammonium carbonate and other ammonium carbonates
28371910 Potassium cyanide
28371990 Other cyanide and oxycyanide
28372000 Cyanide complex
28391990 Other sodium silicates; commercial sodium silicate
28415000 Other chromates and dichromates; perchromate
28419000 Other metal salts and permetalates
28429030 Lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide
28429040 Lithium iron phosphate
28431000 Colloidal precious metal
28441000 Natural uranium and its compounds (including alloys, dispersions, ceramic products and mixtures)
28442000 U235 enriched uranium, thorium and their compounds (including alloys, dispersions, ceramic products)
And mixture)
28444020 Radioactive cobalt and radioactive cobalt salts (including alloys, dispersions, ceramic products and mixtures)
28469011 Yttrium oxide
28469017 Yttrium oxide
28469019 Other rare earth oxides
28469048 Mixed rare earth carbonate
28469093 Other compounds of bismuth
28469096 Other compounds of bismuth
28470000 Hydrogen peroxide (whether or not cured with urea)
28539010 Drink distilled water
29012330 2-methyl propylene
29012420 Isoprene
29012920 Acetylene
29021100 Cyclohexane
29021990 Other cycloalkanes, cycloolefins and cyclodecenes
29023000 Toluene
29024100 O-xylene
29024200 Meta-xylene
29024300 Paraxylene
29024400 Mixed xylene isomer
29026000 Ethylbenzene
29027000 Isopropylbenzene
29031990 Saturated chlorinated derivatives of other acyclic hydrocarbons
29032300 Tetrachloroethylene
29038900 Halogenated derivatives such as other cycloalkanes or cyclic olefins
29039190 Chlorobenzene and p-dichlorobenzene
29051100 Methanol
29051220 Isopropanol
29051610 Octanol
29051690 Other octanol
29051700 Decylene, cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol
29052290 Other acyclic terpene alcohol
29052900 Other unsaturated monohydric alcohols (except acyclic terpene alcohol)
29054100 Trimethylolpropane
29054200 Pentaerythritol
29054300 Mannitol
29054500 Glycerol (glycerol)
29061100 Menthol
29062100 Benzyl alcohol
29062990 Other aromatic alcohols and their derivatives
29071212 O-cresol
29071219 Other cresol (p-cresol)
29072300 4,4′-isopropylidene biphenol (bisphenol A) and its salts
29089990 Derivatives such as halogenation, sulfonation, nitration, or nitrosation of other phenols and phenols
29094100 2,2′-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol)
29095000 Ether phenols, ether phenols and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated, or nitrosated derivatives
29103000 1-chloro-2,3-epoxypropane (epichlorohydrin)
29110000 acetal, hemiacetal, whether or not containing other oxy groups, and their halogenation, sulfonation, nitrification,

Or nitrosated derivatives

29122100 Benzaldehyde
29124910 Aldol
29124990 Other aldehyde ethers, aldehydes, other oxy-containing aldehydes
29130000 Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated, or nitrosated derivatives of the products listed in heading 2912
29141200 Butanone
29142300 Musk ketone and methyl musk ketone
29143910 Acetophenone
29143990 Other aromatic ketones without other oxy groups
29144000 Keto alcohol and ketone aldehyde
29145019 Other ketone
29145020 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone
29145090 Ketophenols and other oxy ketones
29146100 Anthraquinone
29146900 Other hydrazines, whether or not they contain other oxy groups, and their halogenation, sulfonation, nitrification or nitrosation
derivative
29151200 Formate
29151300 Formic acid
29152119 Other glacial acetic acid (glacial acetic acid)
29152190 Other acetic acid
29153200 Vinyl acetate
29154000 Mono-, di-, trichloroacetic acid and its salts and esters
29155090 Propionate and ester
29157010 Stearic acid
29161100 Acrylic acid and its salts
29161240 Isooctyl acrylate
29161300 Methacrylic acid and its salts
29161400 Methacrylate
29162090 Other (cycloalkane, cycloalkenyl, cyclodecene) monocarboxylic acid (including its anhydride, acid halide, peroxygen)
Compounds and peroxyacids and their derivatives)
29163200 Benzoyl peroxide and benzoyl chloride
29171200 Adipic acid and its salts and esters
29171310 Azelaic acid and its salts and esters
29171400 Maleic anhydride
29172010 Tetrahydrophthalic anhydride
29173200 Dioctyl phthalate
29173619 Other terephthalic acid
29173700 Dimethyl terephthalate
29173910 Interphthalic acid
29181200 tartaric acid
29181300 Tartrate and tartrate
29182900 Other phenolic groups but no other oxycarboxylic acids and their anhydrides (acyl halides, peroxides and

Peroxyacids and their derivatives)

29214200 Aniline derivatives and their salts
29214400 Diphenylamine and its derivatives, and their salts
29214500 1-naphthylamine, 2-naphthylamine, and derivatives and salts thereof
29215190 M-, p-phenylenediamine, diaminotoluene and its derivatives and their salts
29215900 Other aromatic polyamines and derivatives and their salts
29222990 Other amino groups (naphthol, phenol) and ethers, esters, salts (except for those containing more than one oxygen group)
29223990 Other aminoaldehydes, aminoketones, aminoguanidines and their salts (except for those containing more than one oxygenate)
29224110 Lysine
29224210 Glutamate
29224220 Sodium glutamate
29224911 Tranexamic acid
29225090 Other amino alcohol phenols, amino acid phenols and other oxy-containing amino compounds
29242100 Acyl urea and its derivatives, and their salts
29242930 aspartame
29242990 Other cyclic amides (including cyclic carbamates)
29251100 Saccharin and its salts
29252900 Other imines and their derivatives and their salts
29270000 Diazo compounds, azo compounds and oxidized azo compounds
29291010 2,4 and 2,6 toluene diisocyanate mixture (toluene diisocyanate TDI)
29291030 Diphenylmethane diisocyanate (pure MDI)
29304000 Methionine (methionine)
29309010 Alanine alanine (cystine)
29309020 Dithiocarbonate (or salt) [xanthogenate (or salt)]
29313990 Other organophosphorus derivatives
29321200 2-furfural
29331100 Dimethylphenylpyrazolone (antipyrine) and its derivatives
29331990 Other structures have non-fused pyrazole ring compounds (whether or not hydrogenated)
29333210 Piperidine (hexahydropyridine)
29334900 Other compounds containing a quinoline or isoquinoline ring system (but not further fused)
29335990 Other compounds having a pyrimidine ring or a piperazine ring (whether or not hydrogenated)
29336100 Melamine (melamine)
29336929 Other isocyanuric acid chlorinated derivatives
29339900 Other heterocyclic compounds containing only nitrogen heteroatoms
29341090 a compound containing a non-fused thiazole ring (whether or not hydrogenated)
29349910 Sulfone and sultam
29362100 Unmixed vitamin A and its derivatives
29362200 Unmixed vitamin B1 and its derivatives
29362300 Unmixed vitamin B2 and its derivatives
29362400 Unmixed D or DL-pantothenic acid and its derivatives
29362600 Unmixed vitamin B12 and its derivatives
29371210 Recombinant human insulin and its salts
29371290 Other insulin and its salts
29371900 Other polypeptide hormones, protein hormones, glycoprotein hormones and their derivatives and similar structures
29372290 Halogenated derivatives of other corticosteroids
29372390 Halogenated derivatives of other corticosteroids
29372900 Other steroid hormones and their derivatives and similar structures
29375000 Prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes and their derivatives and structural analogues
29389090 Other natural or synthetically prepared glycosides and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives
29391900 Other opioids and their derivatives, and their salts
29398000 Other alkaloids
29411093 6 aminopenicillanic acid (6APA)
29419010 Gentamicin and its derivatives, and their salts
29419059 Other cephalosporins and their derivatives and their salts
39022000 Primary shape polyisobutylene
39031910 Primary shape modified non-available polystyrene
39031990 Other polystyrene in primary shape
39032000 Primary shape styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer
39033010 Primary shape modified acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer
39033090 Other acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer
39041010 Polyvinyl chloride paste resin
39044000 Other vinyl chloride copolymer in primary shape
39051900 Other primary shapes of polyvinyl acetate
39052100 Aqueous dispersion of vinyl acetate copolymer
39052900 Other primary shapes of vinyl acetate copolymer
39061000 Primary shape polymethyl methacrylate
39069010 Polyacrylamide
39072010 Polytetramethylene ether glycol
39075000 Primary shape alkyd resin
39076110 High viscosity polyethylene terephthalate chip
39081012 Polyamide-6 slice
39091000 Primary shape urea resin and urethane resin
39093100 aggregate MDI (crude MDI, polymeric MDI)
39093900 Other amino resins of other primary shapes
39122000 Primary shape nitrocellulose
39131000 Primary shape alginic acid and salts and esters
39161000 Monofilaments, strips, rods and profiles made of ethylene polymer
39162010 Polyvinyl chloride profile
39162090 Monofilaments, rods, rods and profiles made of vinyl chloride polymer
39169010 Monofilaments, strips, rods and profiles made of polyamide
39171000 Artificial casing made of sclerostin or cellulosic material
39172200 Hard tube made of propylene polymer
39181090 Floor covering products made of vinyl chloride polymer
39191091 Capsule reflective film with a width of ≤20cm
39199010 Other capsule type reflective film
39201010 Battery separator made of ethylene polymer
39203000 Non-foamed polystyrene sheets, sheets, films, foils and strips
39206300 Unsaturated polyester sheets, sheets, films, foils and flat strips
39207300 Cellulose acetate board, sheet, film, foil and flat strip
39207900 Cellulose derivative plates, sheets, film foils and flat strips
39211210 Foamed PVC artificial leather and synthetic leather
39211290 Foamed polyvinyl chloride sheets, sheets, strips, foils and strips
39211310 Foamed polyurethane artificial leather and synthetic leather
39221000 Plastic bathtub, shower tray and wash basin
39234000 Plastic reels, tweezers, bobbins and the like
39249000 Other household appliances and sanitary or toiletries
39251000 Plastic enamels, cabinets, cans, barrels and similar containers
39261000 Office or school plastic products
40012900 Other primary shapes of natural rubber
40021110 Carboxyl styrene butadiene rubber latex
40021912 Oil-filled styrene-butadiene rubber (excluding dissolved)
40021915 Solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber without any processing
40021916 Oil-filled polystyrene-butadiene rubber
40022010 Primary shape butadiene rubber
40024910 Primary shape neoprene rubber
40024990 Chloroprene rubber sheet, sheet, belt
40025100 Nitrile rubber latex
40026090 Isoprene rubber sheet, sheet, belt
40028000 a mixture of natural rubber and synthetic rubber
40029990 Ointment extracted from oil
40052000 Unvulcanized composite rubber solution and dispersion
40061000 Tread-filled tire strip for unvulcanized tire retreading
40070000 Vulcanized rubber thread and rope
40093200 Reinforced or only vulcanized rubber tubes with textile materials, with attachments
40101100 Metal reinforced vulcanized rubber conveyor belt and strip
40103100 Trapezoidal section of the endless belt (V-belt), V-shaped ribbed, outer circumference of more than 60%

Meter, but no more than 180 cm

40114000 New pneumatic rubber tires for motorcycles
40117010 New pneumatic rubber tires for herringbone treads or treads for agricultural or forestry vehicles and machines
40118011  Herringbone treads for building or industrial handling vehicles and machines with a ring size not exceeding 61CM or
New pneumatic rubber tires like treads
40118012 axle>61CM Herringbone tread or similar tread for construction or industrial handling vehicles and machines
Inflatable rubber tires
40118091 Non-human treads for construction or industrial handling vehicles and machines with a ring size not exceeding 61CM
Or a new pneumatic rubber tire like a tread
40119090 Other new pneumatic rubber tires
40122010 Old pneumatic rubber tires for cars
40122090 Other used old pneumatic rubber tires
40129090 Other solid or semi-solid rubber tires
40139090 Other rubber inner tube
40141000 Vulcanized rubber condom
40151100 Vulcanized rubber surgical gloves
40151900 Other gloves made of vulcanized rubber
40159090 Other vulcanized rubber garments and accessories
40169200 Vulcanized rubber eraser
40169400 Vulcanized rubber ship or dock
40170010 Hard rubB288:B295ber of various shapes (including waste materials)

Tier 2: Tariff rate hiked to 20% from 10%

HTS code Product
28020000 Sublimation, precipitation, colloidal sulfur
28041000 hydrogen
28046190 Other silicon containing ≥99.99% silicon
28047090 Other phosphorus
28111990 Other inorganic acids
28112290 Other silica
28129011 Nitrogen trifluoride
28170010 Zinc oxide
28183000 Aluminum hydroxide
28209000 Other manganese oxides
28211000 Iron oxides and hydroxides
28252010 Lithium hydroxide
28259021 Antimony trioxide
28259090 Other inorganic bases; oxides and hydroxides and peroxides of other metals
28261920 Sodium fluoride
28273920 Barium chloride
28309090 Other sulfides, polysulfides
28322000 Other sulfites
28323000 Thiosulfate
28332400 Nickel sulfate
28352200 Monosodium phosphate and disodium phosphate
28352400 Potassium phosphate
28352990 Other phosphate
28365000 Calcium carbonate
28417090 Other molybdate
28421000 Silicic acid double salt and silicic acid complex salt (including whether or not there is a chemically defined aluminosilicate)
28429050 Selenate and selenite
28429090 Other inorganic acid salts and peroxyacid salts, except for azides
28444010 Radium and radium salts (including alloys, dispersions, ceramic products and mixtures)
28461010 Ceria
28469012 Yttrium oxide
28469099 Other compounds of rare earth metals, lanthanum and cerium
28492000 Silicon carbide, whether or not chemically defined,
28499090 Other carbides, whether or not chemically defined,
28500019 Other nitride
29029020 Fine naphthalene
29029090 Other aromatic hydrocarbons
29049900 Sulfonated, nitrated, nitrosated derivatives of other hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated
29051430 Tert-butanol
29051990 Other saturated monohydric alcohol
29053910 2,5-Dimethylhexanediol
29055900 Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated, or nitrosated derivatives of acyclic alcohols (except for chloroquine)
29061320 Inositol
29061990 Other cycloalkanols, cycloenols and cyclodecenol
29072100 Resorcinol and its salts
29091990 Other acyclic ethers and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:
29092000 Cycloalkane, cycloalkenyl ether or cyclodecene ether and halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives thereof
29093090 Other aromatic ethers and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
29124100 Vanillin (3-methoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde)
29141300 4-methyl-2-pentanone
29151100 Formic acid
29152400 Acetic anhydride
29153100 Ethyl acetate
29157090 Palmitic acid and its salts and esters, stearates, esters
29159000 Other saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides
29161290 Other acrylate
29163100 Benzoic acid and its salts and esters
29163400 Phenylacetic acid and its salts
29171110 oxalic acid
29172090 Other (cycloalkane, cycloalkenyl, cyclodecene) polycarboxylic acid (including its anhydride, acid halide, peroxygen)
Compounds and peroxyacids and their derivatives)
29173410 Dibutyl phthalate
29173990 Other aromatic polycarboxylic acids (including their anhydrides, acid halides, peroxides and peroxyacids and it)

Their derivatives)

29181100 Lactic acid and its salts and esters
29181400 Citric acid
29182110 Salicylic acid, sodium salicylate
29199000 Other phosphates and their salts (including lactophosphates), and their halogenation, sulfonation, nitrification, o r
Nitrosylated derivatives
29201900 Other phosphorothioates and their salts, and their halogenation, sulfonation, nitrification, or nitrosation
biological
29211100 Methylamine, dimethylamine or trimethylamine and its salts
29213000 Ring (alkane, alkene, decene) monoamine or polyamine and derivatives, and salts thereof
29214300 Toluidine and its derivatives, and their salts
29214920 Dimethylaniline
29214990 Other aromatic monoamines and derivatives and their salts
29221950 Benzol
29224290 Other glutamate
29241990 Other acyclic amides and their derivatives and their salts
29242920 Acetaminophen (paracetamol)
29280000 Organic derivatives of hydrazine (hydrazine) and hydrazine (hydroxylamine)
29299090 Other nitrogen-containing compounds
29303000 (monosulfide, disulfide, trisulfide) dihydrocarbylaminothiocarbonyl
29321100 Tetrahydrofuran
29322010 Coumarin, methyl coumarin and ethyl coumarin
29322090 Other lactones
29329990 Other heterocyclic compounds containing only oxygen heteroatoms
29332900 Other structures have non-fused imidazole ring compounds (whether or not hydrogenated)
29335300 Alobarbital, isobarbital, barbital, pentapbital, n-butyl barbital, cyclohexane
Bititol, tolubarbital, pentobarbital, phenobarbital, sec-butbarbital, sibbarbital and vinylidene and their salts
29342000 a compound containing a benzothiazole ring system (but not further fused, whether or not hydrogenated)
29343000 a compound containing a phenothiazine ring system (but not further fused, whether or not hydrogenated)
29359000 Other sulfonamide
29362500 Unmixed vitamin B6 and its derivatives
29362700 Unmixed vitamin C and its derivatives
29391100 Poppy straw concentrate, buprenorphine, codeine, etc. and their salts
39043000 Vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer
39045000 Primary shape vinylidene chloride polymer
39053000 Primary shape polyvinyl alcohol (whether or not containing unhydrolyzed acetate groups)
39071010 Primary form of polyoxymethylene
39071090 Other primary shapes of polyacetal
39076190 Other polyethylene terephthalate with a viscosity of 78 ml/g or more
39076990 Other primary shape polyethylene terephthalate
39079100 Primary shape unsaturated polyester
39079910 Polybutylene terephthalate
39081090 Other primary shape polyamide
39094000 Primary shape phenolic resin
39095000 Primary shape polyurethane
39172100 Hard tube made of ethylene polymer
39172300 Hard tube made of vinyl chloride polymer
39202090 Other propylene polymer boards, sheets, tapes
39204300 Polyvinyl chloride sheets, sheets, films, foils and flat strips with a plasticizer content of not less than 6% by weight
39205100 Polymethyl methacrylate sheet film foil and flat strip
39205900 Other acrylic polymer sheet film foil and flat strip
39206100 Polycarbonate panels, sheets, films, foils and strips
39209100 Polyvinyl butyral sheets, sheets, films, foils and strips
39209200 Polyamide sheets, sheets, films, foils and strips
39209400 Phenolic resin sheet, sheet, film, foil and flat strip
39219020 Polyethylene plate and sheet embedded with glass fiber
39219030 Plates, sheets and coils with artificial felts based on polyisobutylene
39222000 Plastic toilet seat and cover
39229000 Plastic potty, pumping tank, etc.
39231000 Plastic boxes, boxes and similar products
39239000 Other plastic products for the transport or packaging of goods
39241000 Plastic tableware and kitchen utensils
39253000 Plastic window panels, shutters and similar products
39262090 Other plastic clothes and accessories
39263000 Accessories for plastic furniture, carriages and the like
39264000 Plastic sculptures and other decorations
40021913 Primary shape thermoplastic styrene butadiene rubber
40021914 Primary shape oil-filled thermoplastic styrene butadiene rubber
40021990 Styrene-butadiene rubber and carboxylated styrene-butadiene rubber sheets, sheets, tapes
40022090 Butadiene rubber sheet, sheet, tape
40023110 Primary shape isobutylene-isoprene rubber
40025910 Primary shape nitrile rubber
40025990 Nitrile rubber sheet, sheet, belt
40029100 Other unnamed synthetic rubber latex
40030000 Primary shape or plate, sheet, ribbon reclaimed rubber
40051000 Unvulcanized composite rubber mixed with carbon black or the like
40059900 Other unvulcanized primary shape composite rubber
40081100 Plates, sheets and belts made of sponge vulcanized rubber
40082900 Non-sponge vulcanized rubber profiles, profiles and rods
40091100 Vulcanized rubber tube not reinforced or not combined with other materials, not equipped with accessories
40091200 Vulcanized rubber tube not reinforced or not combined with other materials, with accessories
40093100 Reinforced or only vulcanized rubber tube with textile material, not equipped with accessories
40103200 Trapezoidal belt with a trapezoidal cross section (ribbon belt), except V-shaped ribs, with an outer circumference of more than 60
Cm, but no more than 180 cm
40103300 180CM<Triangular band with outer circumference ≤240CM, V-shaped ribbed
40103400 180CM<Triangular band with outer circumference ≤240CM, except for V-shaped ribs
40103500 60CM<circular timing belt with outer circumference ≤150CM
40103600 150CM<outer circumference ≤198CM ring timing belt
40103900 Other vulcanized rubber transmission belts and strips
40121300 Refurbished tire for aircraft
40169100 Vulcanized rubber flooring products and door mats
40169910 Vulcanized rubber machine and other parts for instruments

Tier 3: Tariffs hiked to 10% from 5%

HTS code Product
25309091 Wollastonite
26070000 Lead ore and its concentrate
26131000 Calcined molybdenum ore and its concentrate
26139000 Other molybdenum ore and its concentrate
26219000 Other slag and ash
28030000 Carbon (carbon black and other shapes of carbon not listed in the tax code)
28046119 For the electronics industry 7.5 ≤ diameter <30cm single crystal silicon rod
28061000 Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid)
28100020 Boric acid
28112900 Other non-metallic inorganic oxides
28139000 Other non-metallic sulfides, commercial phosphorus disulfide
28151200 Aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and liquid caustic soda
28170090 Zinc peroxide
28181090 Other artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined
28199000 Other chromium oxides and hydroxides
28212000 Earth color
28257000 Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides
28261990 Other fluoride
28273200 Aluminum chloride
28273930 Cobalt chloride
28299000 Perchlorate; bromate and perbromate; iodate and periodate
28332500 Copper sulfate
28332930 Zinc sulfate
28332990 Other sulfate
28334000 Persulfate
28341000 Nitrite
28353990 Other polyphosphate
28363000 Sodium bicarbonate (sodium bicarbonate)
28369990 Other carbonates; percarbonate
28391910 Sodium silicate
28403000 Perborate
28416100 potassium permanganate
28416990 Other manganites, manganates and permanganates
28418090 Other tungstate
28433000 Gold compounds, whether or not chemically defined
28444090 Other radioactive element isotopes and their compounds (including their alloys, dispersions, ceramic products)
And mixture); radioactive residue
28451000 Heavy water (yttria)
28469029 Unmixed rare earth chloride
29029010 Tetrahydronaphthalene
29031200 Dichloromethane
29037990 Other acyclic hydrocarbon halogenated derivatives containing two or more different halogens
29041000 Sulfo-only derivatives and their salts and ethyl esters
29051300 N-butanol
29051410 Isobutanol
29053200 Propylene glycol
29053990 Other diol
29054400 Sorbitol
29061200 Cyclohexanol, methylcyclohexanol, dimethylcyclohexanol
29061910 Terpineol
29071110 phenol
29071590 Other naphthols and their salts
29071990 Other monohydric phenol
29072910 Catechol
29081990 Other phenol and phenolic alcohol derivatives containing only halogen substituents and salts thereof
29094990 Other ether alcohols and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated, or nitrosated derivatives
29102000 Methyl oxirane (propylene oxide)
29109000 Three-membered ring epoxides, epoxy alcohols (phenols, ethers) and their halogenation, sulfonation, nitration, or nitrosation
Derivatives
29121900 Other acyclic aldehydes (excluding other oxy groups)
29122910 Lilyvaleraldehyde (p-tert-butyl-α-methyl-oxidized cinnamaldehyde)
29126000 Paraformaldehyde
29142200 Cyclohexanone and methylcyclohexanone
29142990 Others do not contain oxycycloalkanones, cycloketenes or cyclodecenone
29145011 Raspberry ketone
29152910 Sodium acetate
29152990 Other acetate
29153300 N-butyl acetate
29161220 Ethyl acrylate
29161500 Oleic acid, linoleic acid or linolenic acid and its salts and esters
29161900 Other unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids (including their anhydrides, acid halides, peroxides and peroxygen)
Acids and their derivatives)
29163920 Ibuprofen
29163990 Other aromatic monocarboxylic acids (including their anhydrides, acid halides, peroxides and peroxyacids and it)
Their derivatives)
29171900 Other acyclic polycarboxylic acids (including their anhydrides, acid halides, peroxides and peroxyacids and it)
Their derivatives)
29173300 Didecyl phthalate, dinonyl phthalate
29173490 Other phthalates
29181500 Citrate and citrate
29181600 Gluconic acid and its salts and esters
29181900 Other alcoholic groups containing no other oxygen-containing carboxylic acids (including their anhydrides, acid halides, peroxygen)
Compounds and peroxyacids and their derivatives)
29182190 Other salicylates
29183000 An aldehyde- or keto-containing group is free of other oxycarboxylic acids and their anhydrides (acyl halides, peroxides and
Peroxyacids and their derivatives)
29189900 Others contain other additional oxycarboxylic acids and their anhydrides (acyl halides, peroxides and peroxyacids)
And their derivatives)
29202910 Other phosphite
29209000 Other inorganic acid esters (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and their salts, and their halogenation, sulfonation,
Nitrification, or nitrosated derivatives
29211990 Other acyclic monoamines and derivatives thereof, and their salts
29212190 Ethylenediamine salt
29212900 Other acyclic polyamines and their derivatives, and their salts
29221200 Diethanolamine and its salts
29221922 Diethylaminoethanol and its protonated salt
29222100 Aminohydroxynaphthalenesulfonic acid and its salts
29224919 Other amino acids
29231000 Choline and its salts
29232000 Lecithin and other phosphorus amino lipids
29239000 Other quaternary ammonium salts and quaternary ammonium bases
29262000 1-cyanoguanidine (dicyandiamide)
29291090 Other isocyanates
29321300 Sterol and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol
29321900 Other structures have non-fused furan ring compounds (whether or not hydrogenated)
29336990 Other structurally containing non-fused triazine ring compounds (whether or not hydrogenated)
29337900 Other lactams
29362800 Unmixed vitamin E and its derivatives
29362900 Other unmixed vitamins and their derivatives
29369090 Other provitamins, mixed vitamins and their derivatives
39029000 Other primary shaped olefin polymers
39039000 Primary styrene polymer
39042200 Primary shape plasticized polyvinyl chloride
39076910 Other polyethylene terephthalate chips
39081019 Primary shape polyamide slice
39092000 Primary shape melamine resin
39111000 Primary shape petroleum resin, benzofuran-indene resin, polyterpene resin
39123100 Primary form of carboxymethyl cellulose and its salts
39140000 Primary shape ion exchanger
39169090 Other plastic monofilaments, strips, rods and profiles
39172900 Other plastic hard tubes
39173100 Plastic hose
39173200 Other plastic pipes without accessories
39173900 Other pipes made of plastic
39174000 Plastic pipe fittings
39189090 Other plastic flooring products
39191010 Acrylic resin is the basic component of the roll of adhesive sheet strips, etc., width ≤ 20cm
39191099 Other roll-form plastic adhesive sheets made of other materials, width ≤ 20cm, etc.
39204900 Polyvinyl chloride sheets, sheets, films, foils and flat strips with a plasticizer content of less than 6% by weight
39206900 Other polyester sheets, sheets, films, foils and flat strips
39207100 Regenerated cellulose board, sheet, film, foil and flat strip
39211390 Foamed polyurethane board, sheet, tape, foil and flat strip
39211910 Other foamed artificial leather and synthetic leather
39211990 Other foam sheets, sheets, films, foils and strips
39232100 Ethylene polymer bag and bag
39232900 Other plastic bags and bags
39233000 Plastic altars, bottles and similar products
39235000 Plastic stoppers, caps and the like
39262011 Polyvinyl chloride gloves (including finger gloves, mittens and mitts)
39262019 Other gloves (including finger gloves, mittens and mitts)
39269010 Plastic machine and instrument parts
40021190 Styrene-butadiene rubber latex
40021911 Styrene-butadiene rubber without any processing (except for the polymerization)
40023190 Isobutylene-isoprene rubber sheet, sheet, belt
40024100 Chloroprene rubber latex
40026010 Primary shape isoprene rubber
40029919 Other synthetic rubber sheets, sheets, belts
40059100 Other unvulcanized composite rubber sheets, sheets, tapes
40069010 Rods, tubes or profiles and profiles of unvulcanized rubber
40081900 Sponge vulcanized rubber profiles, profiles and rods
40082100 Non-sponge vulcanized rubber sheets, sheets and belts
40092100 Vulcanized rubber tube reinforced with metal or only with metal, not equipped with accessories
40092200 Vulcanized rubber tube reinforced with metal or only with metal, with attachment
40094100 Vulcanized rubber tubes reinforced with other materials or with other materials, not equipped with accessories
40094200 Reinforced or welded with other materials with other materials, equipped with accessories
40101200 Textile material reinforced vulcanized rubber conveyor belt and strip
40101900 Conveyor belts and strips made of other vulcanized rubber
40113000 New pneumatic rubber tires for aircraft
40117090 Non-inflatable rubber wheels for non-herringbone treads or treads for agricultural or forestry vehicles and machines
tire
40118092 axle>61CM non-herringbone tread or tread-like construction or industrial handling vehicles and machines
New pneumatic rubber tires
40149000 Other sanitary and medical supplies made of vulcanized rubber
40159010 Medical vulcanized rubber clothing and accessories
40161010 Vulcanized sponge rubber machine and instrument parts
40161090 Other products made of vulcanized sponge rubber
40169310 Vulcanized rubber machine, instrument gasket, gasket and other gaskets
40169390 Other gaskets, gaskets, and other gaskets made of vulcanized rubber
40169500 Other inflatable products made of vulcanized rubber
40169990 Other unnamed vulcanized rubber products
40170020 Hard rubber products

Tier 4: Tariff rate at 5%

HTS code Product
28042900 Other rare gases
28043000 nitrogen
28044000 oxygen
28046117 Single crystal silicon rods with diameter ≥30cm for the electronics industry
28051100 sodium
28051910 lithium
28051990 Other alkali metals and alkaline earth metals
28053012 dysprosium
28053014 lanthanum
28053015 cerium
28053017 yttrium
28053019 Other rare earth metals, lanthanum and cerium that are not mixed or fused to each other
28091000 Phosphorus pentoxide
28092090 Other polyphosphoric acid
28100010 Boron oxide
28112210 Silica gel
28121200 Phosphorus oxychloride (phosphoryl chloride; phosphorus oxychloride)
28129019 Other fluorides and oxyfluorides
28129090 Other non-metal halides and oxyhalides
28152000 Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash)
28164000 Antimony, bismuth oxides, hydroxides and peroxides
28191000 Chromium trioxide
28201000 manganese dioxide
28249090 Other lead oxides
28255000 Copper oxides and hydroxides
28256000 Bismuth oxides and zirconium dioxide
28273100 Magnesium chloride
28273990 Other unlisted chlorides
28274100 Copper oxychloride and hydroxide chloride
28274990 Other oxychlorides and hydroxides
28281000 Commercial hypochlorite and other calcium hypochlorite
28301010 Sodium sulfide
28301090 Other sodium sulfide
28309030 Cobalt sulfide
28331900 Other sulfates of sodium
28333090 Other alum
28342910 Cobalt nitrate
28342990 Other nitrates
28352590 Other calcium orthophosphate (dicalcium phosphate)
28352600 Other calcium phosphate
28353190 Other sodium triphosphate (sodium tripolyphosphate)
28353911 Food grade sodium hexametaphosphate
28353919 Other sodium hexametaphosphate
28362000 Sodium carbonate (soda ash)
28364000 Potassium carbonate
28391100 Sodium metasilicate
28399000 Other silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates
28401100 Anhydrous sodium tetraborate
28401900 Other sodium tetraborate
28402000 Other borate
28417010 Ammonium molybdate
28418020 Sodium tungstate
28432100 Silver nitrate
28432900 Other silver compounds, whether or not chemically defined
28439000 Other precious metal compounds, whether or not chemically defined; precious metal amalgam
28443000 U235 depleted uranium, thorium and their compounds (including alloys, dispersions, ceramic products and

mixture)

28459000 Other isotopes and their compounds, whether or not chemically defined
28461020 Barium hydroxide
28461090 Other compounds of bismuth
28469021 Barium chloride
28469023 Barium chloride
28469026 Barium chloride
28469091 Other compounds of bismuth
28469092 Other compounds of bismuth
28499020 Tungsten carbide, whether or not chemically defined,
28500012 Boron nitride
28500090 Hydrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, but
except for carbides classified under heading 28.49:
28539040 Phosphate, whether or not chemically defined, but excluding ferrophosphorus
28539090 Other inorganic compounds, liquid air, compressed air, amalgam, except for precious metal amalgam
29011000 Saturated acyclic hydrocarbon
29012320 2-butene
29012990 Other unsaturated acyclic hydrocarbons
29021910 Terpene
29031100 Methyl chloride and ethyl chloride
29032200 Trichloroethylene
29032910 3-chloro-1-propene (chloropropene)
29032990 Unsaturated chlorinated derivatives of other acyclic hydrocarbons
29033990 Fluorinated, brominated or iodinated derivatives of other acyclic hydrocarbons
29037800 Other acyclic hydrocarbon perhalogenated derivatives
29039990 Other aromatic halogenated derivatives
29042090 Others only contain nitro or nitroso derivatives
29051210 Propanol
29052210 Geraniol, nerol
29052220 Citronellol
29052230 Linalool
29054910 Xylitol
29054990 Other polyols
29061310 Sterol
29062910 2-phenylethanol
29071190 Phenol salt
29071211 M-cresol
29071910 O-sec-butylphenol, o-isopropylphenol
29072210 Quinol
29072290 Hydroquinone salt
29072990 Other polyphenols; phenolic alcohol
29091100 Ether
29091910 Methyl ether
29094300 Monobutyl ether of ethylene glycol or diethylene glycol
29094400 Other monoalkyl ethers of ethylene glycol or diethylene glycol
29096000 Peroxy alcohols, peroxyether ethers, ketone peroxides and their halogenation, sulfonation, nitrification, or nitrosation

derivative

29121100 formaldehyde
29122990 Other cyclic aldehydes (excluding other oxy groups)
29124200 Ethyl vanillin
29141900 Other acyclic ketones without other oxy groups
29142910 Camphor
29146200 Coenzyme Q10
29147900 Halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated, or nitrosated derivatives of other ketones and oximes
29153900 Other acetate
29155010 Propionic acid
29156000 Butyric acid, valeric acid and its salts and esters
29161230 Butyl acrylate
29163910 O-methylbenzoic acid
29171190 Other oxalates and esters
29171390 Azelaic acid and its salts and esters
29173690 Terephthalate
29182210 O-acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin)
29182300 Salicylic acid other esters and salts thereof
29202300 Trimethyl phosphite
29202990 Other phosphites and their salts and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
29211200 2-(N,N-dimethylamino)chloroethane hydrochloride
29212110 Ethylenediamine
29212290 Hexamethylenediamine and other salts
29214600  amphetamine, benzethetamine, dextroamphetamine, ethenamine, fencamfam, rifampin,

Levoprofen, mefenex, phentermine and their salts

29214930 2,6-methylethylaniline
29215110 O-phenylenediamine
29221100 Monoethanolamine and its salts
29221500 Triethanolamine
29221700 Methyldiethanolamine and ethyldiethanolamine
29221921 Dimethylaminoethanol and its protonated salt
29221940 Methyldiethanolamine
29221990 Other amino alcohols and their ethers, esters and their salts (except for those containing more than one oxygen group)
29223100 Amfepramone, methadone and normethesone and their salts
29224190 Lysine ester and lysine salt
29224390 Anthranilic acid (antimonylic acid) salt
29224991 Procaine
29224999 Other amino acids and their esters and their salts (except for those containing more than one oxygen group)
29241910 dimethylformamide
29251900 Other imides and their derivatives, salts
29269090 Other nitrile compounds
29302000 Other thiocarbamates
29309090 Other organic sulfur compounds
29319000 Other organic-inorganic compounds
29321400 Sucralose
29329500 Tetrahydrocannabinol (all isomers)
29329930 Artemether
29332100 Hydantoin and its derivatives
29333100 Pyridine and its salts
29333300 Afentanil, anilidine, cyanamide, bromozin, diphenoxy, diphenoxylate,

Piperphenidone, fentanyl, ketometholone, methylphenidate, pentazin, pethidine, meperidine intermediate A, phencyclidine, piperididine, piperazine, piperazine Cyanamide, propidium and trimethylididine and their salts

29333990 Other structures have non-fused pyridine ring compounds (whether or not hydrogenated)
29334100 Lefino and its salt
29335200 Malonyl urea (barbituric acid) and its salts
29335910 Cytosine
29339100 Alprazolam, carbamazepine, etc. and their salts
29349100 Amiris, bromozolam, chlorhexivide, etc. and their salts
29349930 Nucleic acid and its salts
29379000 Other natural or synthetically reconstituted hormones and their derivatives and structural analogues, including

Hormone modified chain polypeptide

29393000 Caffeine and its salt
29394200 Pseudoephedrine and its salts
29397190 Arbutine, levofloxacin, methamphetamine, methamphetamine racemate, their salts,

Esters and other derivatives; cocaine esters and other derivatives

29411019 Other ampicillin salts
29412000 Streptomycin and its derivatives, and their salts
29419090 Other antibiotics
29420000 Other organic compounds
39031100 Primary shape expandable polystyrene
39042100 Primary shape unplasticized polyvinyl chloride
39046100 Primary shape polytetrafluoroethylene
39046900 Primary fluoropolymer
39049000 Other halogenated olefin polymers in primary shape
39051200 Aqueous dispersion of polyvinyl acetate
39059100 Other vinyl ester or vinyl copolymer
39059900 Other vinyl ester or vinyl polymer
39077000 Polylactic acid
39079991 Polybutylene terephthalate-butylene glycolate
39121200 Primary shaped plasticized cellulose acetate
39123900 Primary cellulose ether
39129000 Other unlisted cellulose (including chemical derivatives) in primary shape
39139000 Other unnamed natural polymers of primary shape (including modified natural polymers)
39173300 Other plastic pipes with attachments
39181010 Vinyl chloride polymer paste wall products
39189010 Other plastic paste wall products
39202010 Battery separator made of propylene polymer
39209300 Amino resin board, sheet, film, foil and flat strip
39209910 Non-foam plastic sheet made of polytetrafluoroethylene
39211100 Styrofoam board, sheet, tape, foil and flat strip
39211400 Foam regenerated cellulose sheets, sheets, films, foils and strips
39252000 Plastic doors, windows and their frames, thresholds
39259000 Other unlisted plastic products for construction
40021919 Other styrene butadiene rubber and carboxylated styrene butadiene rubber in primary shape
40023910 Other halogenated butyl rubber in primary shape
40027010 Primary shape ethylene-propylene non-conjugated diene rubber
40027090 Ethylene-propylene non-conjugated diene rubber sheet, sheet, belt
40029911 Other primary shapes of synthetic rubber
40069020 Unvulcanized rubber products
40111000 New pneumatic rubber tires for motorized passenger cars
40112000 New pneumatic rubber tires for passenger or freight cars
40119010 Other herringbone treads or new pneumatic rubber tires like tread
40121200 Refurbished tires for motorized buses or freight motor vehicles
40129010 Solid or semi-solid rubber tire for aircraft
40129020 Solid or semi-solid rubber tires for automobiles
40131000 Automotive rubber inner tube
40139010 Rubber inner tube for aircraft

Additional reporting by Al Greenwood

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