China Extends Suspension of Additional Tariffs on US Goods; US Tariff Cuts on Chinese Exports Still Await Announcement
On November 9, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council issued Announcement No. 6 of 2026: starting at 13:01 on November 10, 2026, the suspension of the 24% additional tariff on U.S. goods will remain in effect for 2 months, while the 10% additional tariff will remain in place.
This announcement applies to goods originating in the United States and imported into China. It does not announce any tariff adjustments for Chinese goods entering the United States, nor does it provide item-by-item tariff reduction arrangements for the “300 hundred million yuan for 300 hundred million yuan” lists.
What This Announcement Changes
The announcement adjusts the additional tariff measures specified in Customs Tariff Commission Announcement No. 4 of 2025. The 24% portion remains suspended for 2 months, while the 10% portion remains in place. The 10% here refers to the additional tariff rate stated in the announcement, not the total import tariff rate for a product.
The announcement does not include a list of commodity tariff codes or item-by-item tariff rates and effective dates for the “300 hundred million yuan for 300 hundred million yuan” arrangement. It therefore cannot be taken as confirmation that tariff reductions have taken effect for the 77 products on the list previously published by the United States.
This Announcement Does Not Adjust Tariff Rates on Chinese Exports to the United States
A review of official sources as of November 9, 2026 found no new U.S. implementing tariff rates, effective dates, or 9903 declaration codes for the “300 hundred million yuan for 300 hundred million yuan” arrangement, nor any corresponding CBP customs clearance implementation guidance.
The USTR readout of the trade call released on November 6 and the call report republished by the Ministry of Commerce on November 7 also did not provide these tariff rates or implementation dates.
For details of the previously published lists, see coverage of the China–U.S. reciprocal tariff reductions on 300 hundred million yuan for 300 hundred million yuan in trade. For goods shipped from China to the United States, this Chinese announcement cannot be used as evidence that U.S. import duties and taxes have been reduced. Shipping costs can be checked separately through the shipping rate lookup.
