[20180404]IN10880_中国对部分美国农产品征收报复性关税.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Chinas Retaliatory Tariffs on Selected U.S. Agricultural Products -name redacted- Analyst in Agricultural Policy April 4, 2018 On April 2, 2018, the Chinese government implemented retaliatory tariffs on 128 product lines, including 93 U.S. agricultural products, in response to recent U.S. Section 232 tariff actions on certain imports of steel and aluminum products. China is the second largest market for U.S. agricultural exports by value, worth about $19.6 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). China estimates the targeted U.S. imports are worth roughly $3 billion across all product categories, of which about two-thirds of the value is agricultural products. China imposed an additional 25% tariff on U.S. pork products and an additional 15% tariff on certain varieties of U.S. fresh and dried fruit, nuts, wine, and ginseng, according to an unofficial translation of the list issued by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). Generally, U.S. exports to China are subject to the same import tariffsknown as most favored nation (MFN) tariffsas other World Trade Organization