UPDATE: Full list of US chemical products under Chinese retaliation tariff
UPDATE: Full list of US chemical products under Chinese retaliation tariff

The Chinese government on 4 April 2018 announced plan to slap 25% tariff on 106 import products from the USA, of which more than one third is chemical products. Several items, including propane, LDPE, LLDPE, PVC, ethylene-α-olefin copolymers, ACN, PC and polyesters are on the list, which concerns players in the petrochemical sector strongly.
Following is the full list of chemical products that might face the new duties:
No |
Description |
1 |
Liquefied Propane |
2 |
Polyethylene with a primary shape specific gravity of less than 0.94 |
3 |
Other primary vinyl polymers |
4 |
Other ethylene-α-olefin copolymers, specific gravity less than 0.94 |
5 |
Other primary shapes of pure polyvinyl chloride |
6 |
Acrylonitrile |
7 |
Primary Shaped Polycarbonate |
8 |
Other polyesters |
9 |
Chemical products and preparations for the chemical industry and related industries, not elsewhere specified |
10 |
Products containing PFOS and its salts, perfluorooctanyl sulfonamide or perfluorooctane sulfonyl chloride in note 3 of this chapter |
11 |
Contains 1,2,3,4,5,6-HCH (6,6,6) (ISO), including lindane (ISO, INN) |
12 |
Primarily made of dimethyl (5-ethyl-2-methyl-2oxo-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorin-5-yl)methylphosphonate and double [(5-b Mixtures and products of 2-methyl-2-oxo-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorin-5-yl)methyl] methylphosphonate (FRC-1) |
13 |
Containing aldrin (ISO), toxaphene (ISO), chlordane (ISO), chlordecone (ISO), DDT (ISO) [Diptrix (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2 ,2-Bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane], Dieldrin (ISO, INN), Endosulfan (ISO), Endrin (ISO), Heptachlor (ISO) or Mirex (ISO). The goods listed in note 3 of this chapter |
14 |
Other carrier catalysts |
15 |
Reaction initiators, accelerators not elsewhere specified |
16 |
Lubricants (without petroleum or oil extracted from bituminous minerals) |
17 |
Primary Shaped Epoxy Resin |
18 |
Lubricant additives for oils not containing petroleum or extracted from bituminous minerals |
19 |
Polyethylene Terephthalate Plate Film Foil Strips |
20 |
Other self-adhesive plastic plates, sheets, films and other materials |
21 |
Other plastic non-foam plastic sheets |
22 |
Other plastic products |
23 |
Other primary shapes of acrylic polymers |
24 |
Polysiloxane in primary shape |
25 |
Other primary polysulphides, polysulfones and other tariff numbers as set forth in note 3 to chapter 39 are not listed. |
26 |
Plastic plates, sheets, films, foils and strips, not elsewhere specified |
27 |
1,2-Dichloroethane (ISO) |
28 |
Halogenated butyl rubber sheets, strips |
29 |
Other heterocyclic compounds |
30 |
Adhesives based on other rubber or plastics |
31 |
Polyamide-6,6 slices |
32 |
Other primary-shaped polyethers |
33 |
Primary Shaped, Unplasticized Cellulose Acetate |
34 |
Aromatic polyamides and their copolymers |
35 |
Semi-aromatic polyamides and their copolymers |
36 |
Other polyamides of primary shape |
37 |
Other vinyl polymer plates, sheets, strips |
38 |
Lubricants (containing oil or oil extracted from bituminous minerals and less than 70% by weight) |
Source: CNBC News |