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United States of America: U.S. Administration increases tariffs on Chinese imports to 84% plus targets low-value imports

Announcement

08 Apr 2025

In April 2025, the United States increased reciprocal tariffs on Chinese imports from 34% to 84%, and adjusted duties on low-value imports to counter China’s retaliatory trade actions.

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Number of interventions

3

3 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

01 Jun 2025

Revocation date:

09 Apr 2025

Announced: 08 Apr 2025
Import tariff
On 8 April 2025, the U.S. Administration issued an Executive Order to raise duties on low-value imports from China and Hong Kong, including international postal shipments. Under the order, importers m...
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Implementation date

02 May 2025

Revocation date:

09 Apr 2025

Announced: 08 Apr 2025
Import tariff
On 8 April 2025, the U.S. Administration issued an Executive Order to raise duties on low-value imports from China and Hong Kong, including international postal shipments. Under this order, the ad val...
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Implementation date

09 Apr 2025

Revocation date:

09 Apr 2025

Announced: 08 Apr 2025
Import tariff
On 8 April 2025, the U.S. Administration issued an Executive Order amending the reciprocal tariffs to raise duties on goods imported from China. This action increased the additional ad valorem duty fr...
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Related State Acts

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United States of America: Termination of the IEEPA additional duties on certain imports from various countries (February 2026)

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United States of America: U.S. commitments following bilateral US-China meeting (May 2025)

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United States of America: U.S. Administration exempts certain electronic items from additional duties, effective retroactively from 5 April 2025

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