The office of the United States trade representative (USTR) issued a notice on August 28, confirming that the tariff rate of us $300 billion of products (LIst 4) imported from China will be raised from the original 10% to 15%, which will be implemented in two batches on September 1 and December 15 respectively. The move to raise tariffs on $250bn of Chinese imports from 25 per cent to 30 per cent is being sought for public comment, which must be submitted by September 20 and is due to take effect on October 1, 2019.

Since last year's trade friction between China and the United States, the United States has been unscrupulously brandissing its tariff stick. Are you a little confused, ah, exactly which products are imposed tariffs? What is the tax rate? Is my product included in the list of additional duties?

In fact, so far, the United States has imposed a tariff list of four batches of products and an exemption list of eight rounds. At present, only 250 billion yuan (340+160+2000) is in the consultation stage, and the proposed tax rate will be raised from 25% to 30% on October 1st. Others have been confirmed. Now let's first make clear the corresponding batch and exemption rounds of products subject to tariff levy, as well as the specific implementation rate, list and schedule as follows:

Note that on August 17, the office of the United States trade representative (USTR) made changes to its "List 4A" List, removing items such as wooden furniture, plastic furniture, metal-framed chairs, routers, modems, strollers, cradles, and cribs. In the announcement, the list of products for which tariffs were imposed was divided into two lists: A and B. "List 4 a" List of products in the eastern United States time to daylight saving time on September 1 at 12:01 AM or after entering consumption or extracted from the warehouse the goods formally began a 15% tariff, "List 4 b" in the List of products in the eastern United States time to daylight saving time on December 15th at 12:01 AM or after entering consumption or extracted from the warehouse the goods formally began to impose a 15% tariff.

In addition, although the iPhone, ipod, laptops and Mac series before December will not be tariffs, but on September 1, list some smart watches, fitness trackers, smart speaker category such as impressively in columns, that is to say, including Apple HomePod intelligent speaker, AirPods/Beats headphones and Apple Watch smart watches products are doomed. In addition to apple, Fitbit smartwatches, amazon smart speakers and some bluetooth devices from Google were also included in the Sept. 1 tax.

For major commodities (U.S. imports from China are more than $2 billion), relatively few items of clothing and apparel accessories that are not knitted or crocheted (4%), optical instruments and equipment (4%), or knitted or crocheted (13%) were delayed December 15.