11日,美国贸易代表办公室发布了拟对华6031项约2000亿美元的产品加征10%关税的产品清单,其中中国瓷砖产品赫然在列,达41余项。
经过梳理发现,美国拟对我国各种形状的瓷砖加征关税(海关编码为4504.10.50 )。各种墙地砖中,釉面砖成为重灾区,从面积、宽度、吸水率几个方面界定20种釉面砖为征税对象。诡异的是这份清单将各种条件的砖都囊括进去,比如,边长小于7cm、吸水率大于10%,面积小于38.7㎡的釉面砖,与边长、吸水率一致,但面积大于或等于38.7㎡的釉面砖一样列入拟征税清单中。
不过拟征关税并不会立即执行,这份关税清单还需要经过为期2个月的审核程序,有关听证会将于8月20-23日由美国贸易代表办公室组织举行。
此次中国瓷砖产品入列加税清单并不令人感到意外。因为早在5月,美国大型陶企Mohawk Industries, Inc.、Dal-Tile Corporation 和 UNILIN就曾联合在听证会上向美国政府提出申请,要求把瓷砖、塑胶地板、多层实木复合地板等产品,加入500亿清单直接加征25%的关税。
此外,北美瓷砖协会——美国瓷砖行业的贸易协会,也向美国政府提出申请,在特朗普政府公布对华301调查征税产品建议清单后,寻求机会将瓷砖产品加入征税清单,以打压来自中国的瓷砖。
近年来,中国成为美国第一大瓷砖进口来源国。今年一季度中国对美出口瓷砖量增长了12.1%,出口额也增长了9.7%。
背景回顾
——6月15日,美国政府发布了加征关税的商品清单,将对从中国进口的约500亿美元商品加征25%的关税,其中对约340亿美元商品自2018年7月6日起实施加征关税,同时就约160亿美元商品加征关税开始征求公众意见。同日,中国政府明确表示,将立即出台同等规模、同等力度的征税措施,即对原产于美国的659项约500亿美元进口商品加征25%的关税,其中545项约340亿美元商品自2018年7月6日起实施加征关税,对其余商品加征关税的实施时间另行公布。这意味着,中美双方此前磋商达成的所有经贸成果将同时失效。
——6月18日,美国总统特朗普发表声明称,鉴于中国采取了反制措施,威胁将命令美国贸易代表办公室制定2000亿美元加征10%关税的产品清单。
——7月6日12:01(美国时间7月6日00:01),美国对其6月15日发布的第一批清单上818个类别、价值340亿美元的中国商品加征25%的进口关税。同一时间,中国海关总署关税征管有关负责人表示,中国对美部分进口商品加征关税措施正式开始实施。
附:瓷砖产品清单
4504.10.50 |
Blocks, plates, sheets and strip; tiles of any shape; solid cylinder; all the foregoing of cork; all the foregoing, nesoi |
6802.10.00 |
Tiles/cubes/similar arts. of natural stone, enclosable in a sq. w/a side less than 7 cm; artificially colored granules, chippings & powder |
6808.00.00 |
Panels, boards, tiles and similar articles of vegetable fiber, straw or wood wastes, agglomerated with cement, plaster or o/mineral binders |
6809.11.00 |
Panels, boards, sheets, tiles and similar articles of plaster or comp. plaster,n/ornamented, faced or reinforced w/paper or paperboard only |
6809.19.00 |
Panels, boards, sheets, tiles and similar articles of plaster or comp. plaster, not ornamented, nesoi |
6810.19.12 |
Floor and wall tiles, of stone agglomerated with binders other than cement |
6810.19.14 |
Floor and wall tiles, of cement, concrete, or of artificial stone (except stone agglom.w/binders other than cement) |
6810.19.50 |
Tiles, flagstones, and similar articles, nesoi, of cement, concrete or artificial stone, |
6811.82.00 |
Sheets (other than corrugated), panels, tiles and similar articles of cellulose-fiber cement or the like (not containing asbestos) |
6901.00.00 |
Siliceous fossil meal or earth bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods |
6902.10.50 |
Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar goods containing by weight o/50% MgO, CaO, or Cr2O3 |
6902.20.50 |
Refractory blocks, tiles & similar goods (o/than bricks), cont. by wt. o/50% alumina (Al2O2) or silica (SiO2) or mixtures thereof |
6902.90.50 |
Refractory blocks, tiles & similar goods (other than bricks), nesoi |
6904.90.00 |
Ceramic flooring blocks, support or filler tiles and the like (other than bricks) |
6905.10.00 |
Ceramic roofing tiles |
6907.21.10 |
Unglazed ceramic tiles, other than those of subheading 6907.30 and 6907.40, of H2O |
6907.21.20 |
Glazed ceramic tiles having <=3229 tiles per m2, surf area in sq w/ side <7cm, H2O absorp coeff by wt <=0.5% |
6907.21.30 |
Glazed ceramic tiles having surface area <38.7cm2, surf area in sq w/ side <7cm, of H2O absorp coeff by wt <=0.5% |
6907.21.40 |
Glazed ceramic tiles having surface area >=38.7cm2, , surf area in sq w/ side <7cm, of a H2O absorp coeff by wt <=0.5% |
6907.21.90 |
Glazed ceramic tiles nesoi, of a H2O absorp coeff by wt <=0.5% |
6907.22.10 |
Unglazed ceramic tiles, other than those of subheading 6907.30 and 6907.40, of H2O absorp coeff by wt exceeding 0.5% but not exceeding 10% |
6907.22.20 |
Glazed ceramic tiles having <=3229 tiles per m2, surf area in sq w/ side <7cm, H2O absorp coeff by wt exceeding 0.5% but not exceeding 10% |
6907.22.30 |
Glazed ceramic tiles having surface area <38.7cm2, surf area in sq w/ side <7cm, of H2O absorp coeff by wt exceeding 0.5% but not exceeding 10% |
6907.22.40 |
Glazed ceramic tiles having surface area >=38.7cm2, , surf area in sq w/ side <7cm, of a H2O absorp coeff by wt exceeding 0.5% but not exceeding 10% |
6907.22.90 |
Glazed ceramic tiles nesoi, of a H2O absorp coeff by wt exceeding 0.5% but not exceeding 10% |
6907.23.10 |
Unglazed ceramic tiles, other than those of subheading 6907.30 and 6907.40, of H2O absorp coeff by wt >10% |
6907.23.20 |
Glazed ceramic tiles having <=3229 tiles per m2, surf area in sq w/ side <7cm, H2O absorp coeff by wt >10% |
6907.23.30 |
Glazed ceramic tiles having surface area <38.7cm2, surf area in sq w/ side <7cm, of H2O absorp coeff by wt >10% |
6907.23.40 |
Glazed ceramic tiles having surface area >=38.7cm2, , surf area in sq w/ side <7cm, of a H2O absorp coeff by wt >10% |
6907.23.90 |
Glazed ceramic tiles nesoi, of a H2O absorp coeff by wt >10% |
6907.30.10 |
Unglazed ceramic mosaic cubes, o/t subheading 6907.40 |
6907.30.20 |
Glazed ceramic mosaic cubes having <=3229 tiles per m2, surf area in sq w/ side <7cm |
6907.30.30 |
Glazed ceramic mosaic cubes having surface area <38.7cm2, surf area in sq w/ side <7cm |
6907.30.40 |
Glazed ceramic mosaic cubes having surface area >=38.7cm2, surf area in sq w/ side <7cm |
6907.30.90 |
Glazed ceramic mosaic cubes nesoi, o/t subheading 6907.40 |
6907.40.10 |
Unglazed finishing ceramics |
6907.40.20 |
Glazed finishing ceramics having <=3229 tiles per m2, surf area in sq w/ side <7cm |
6907.40.30 |
Glazed finishing ceramics having surface area <38.7cm2, surf area in sq w/ side <7cm |
6907.40.40 |
Glazed finishing ceramics having surface area >=38.7cm2, , surf area in sq w/ side <7cm |
6907.40.90 |
Glazed finishing ceramics nesoi |
7016.90.10 |
Paving blocks, slabs, bricks, squares, tiles & other arts. of pressed or molded glass, for building or construction purposes |