Fresh fruit among potential targets of Chinese retaliation to US trade tariffs
Wed 28/03/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The world’s second largest economy, China, has announced it will retaliate to the imposition of tariffs on Chinese goods imposed by the US if an agreement cannot be reached with Washington, On Friday morning, China’s commerce ministry published a list of 128 US products as potential targets. With an import value of $3 billion in 2017, the goods on the list include fresh fruit, dried fruit and nuts, which, according to the ministry, could face a 15% duty. Although details are still lacking, US soybeans are expected to be the biggest area of retaliation by the Chinese. Total US exports to China are expected to hit $172 billion this year. Below is a list of the potential targeted goods.
| Bilateral trade between China and United States of America | |||
| Product: 08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | |||
| Product code | Product label | China’s imports from United States of America | |
| Quantity in 2015 | Quantity in 2016 | ||
| ‘0801 | Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled | 4 | 12 |
| ‘0802 | Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled (excluding coconuts, Brazil nuts … | 33973 | 39127 |
| ‘0803 | Bananas, incl. plantains, fresh or dried | ||
| ‘0804 | Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried | 12 | 5 |
| ‘0805 | Citrus fruit, fresh or dried | 39064 | 70739 |
| ‘0806 | Grapes, fresh or dried | 31703 | 29715 |
| ‘0807 | Melons, incl. watermelons, and papaws (papayas), fresh | 1 | |
| ‘0808 | Apples, pears and quinces, fresh | 41979 | 29519 |
| ‘0809 | Apricots, cherries, peaches incl. nectarines, plums and sloes, fresh | 20089 | 25691 |
| ‘0810 | Fresh strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, back, white or red currants, gooseberries and … | 0 | |
| ‘0811 | Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not … | 1256 | 1302 |
| ‘0812 | Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved, e.g. by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur … | 20 | 22 |
| ‘0813 | Dried apricots, prunes, apples, peaches, pears, papaws “papayas”, tamarinds and other edible … | 1530 | 1412 |
| ‘0814 | Peel of citrus fruit or melons, incl. watermelons, fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved … | 10 | 1 |
