Where it stands
Nothing has changed at the border yet. The list is a recommendation, with no new duty rates and no start date.
Status | |
|---|---|
Decision | Recommended by both governments, not final |
New duty rates | Not announced |
Start date | Not set |
Next step | U.S. and Chinese delegations are expected to meet at the November and December summits |
Last updated | Oct 14, 2026 |
What happened
On Sept 27, 2026, the White House released two lists of goods picked for lower tariffs under a new U.S.-China "30-for-30" framework. The U.S. Import List names 77 kinds of Chinese goods for possible lower U.S. tariffs. A second list names U.S. goods for lower Chinese tariffs.
Each list covers roughly $30 billion of trade at 2024 values, about $60 billion in all, according to the terms of reference. The two countries will consider the lists "with a view toward providing reduced tariff treatment to those goods in a reciprocal manner," according to the White House release. The lists are the first output of the new U.S.-China Board of Trade.
What's on the list
The 77 lines are everyday consumer goods: sports and games gear, home textiles, small appliances like microwaves and coffee makers, home goods, baby gear and toys, and holiday items.
The list also includes fireworks under 3604.10.90 and filament Christmas-tree lamps. LED string lights are not on it. Eight lines are Ex-outs, all of them baby gear and toys, so only products matching the description qualify. The toy line (9503.00.00) leaves out toys with radio, Wi-Fi, Ethernet or Bluetooth.
The full list
Find your 8-digit HTS code below, then click it to see today's duty from China in our calculator. Lines marked Ex-out cover only products that match the description. On every other line, anything properly classified in that subheading counts, and the description is for reference only (U.S. Import List).
No. | HTS code | Product | Category | Ex-out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fireworks, nesoi | Holiday and party | ||
2 | Plates, cups, saucers, soup bowls, cereal bowls, sugar bowls, creamers, gravy boats, serving dishes and platters, of plastics | Home goods | ||
3 | Tableware and kitchenware articles, nesoi, of plastics | Home goods | ||
4 | Beads, bugles and spangles, not strung or set; articles thereof, nesoi, of plastics | Home goods | ||
5 | Electric blankets | Home textiles | ||
6 | Blankets (other than electric blankets) and traveling rugs, of wool or fine animal hair | Home textiles | ||
7 | Bed linen, not knitted or crocheted, printed, of textile materials nesoi | Home textiles | ||
8 | Bed linen, not knitted or crocheted, not printed, of textile materials nesoi | Home textiles | ||
9 | Table linen, knitted or crocheted, nesoi | Home textiles | ||
10 | Tablecloths and napkins of flax, not knitted or crocheted | Home textiles | ||
11 | Table linen of flax, other than tablecloths and napkins, not knitted or crocheted | Home textiles | ||
12 | Table linen, of textile materials other than of cotton, flax or man-made fibers, not knitted or crocheted | Home textiles | ||
13 | Toilet and kitchen linen of textile materials nesoi, containing 85% or more by weight of silk or silk waste | Home textiles | ||
14 | Toilet and kitchen linen of flax | Home textiles | ||
15 | Toilet and kitchen linen of textile materials nesoi, containing less than 85% by weight of silk or silk waste | Home textiles | ||
16 | Curtains (including drapes), interior blinds and valances of textile materials other than of cotton or synthetic fibers, knitted or crocheted | Home textiles | ||
17 | Wall hangings, not knitted or crocheted, of wool or fine animal hair, the foregoing certified hand-loomed and folklore products | Home textiles | ||
18 | Wall hangings, not knitted or crocheted, of wool or fine animal hair, nesoi | Home textiles | ||
19 | Wall hangings of jute, excluding those of heading 9404 | Home textiles | ||
20 | Furnishing articles (excl. those of heading 9404 and other than bedspreads and jute wall hangings) of veg. fibers (excl. cotton), not k/c | Home textiles | ||
21 | Certified hand-loomed and folklore pillow covers of wool or fine animal hair, not knitted or crocheted | Home textiles | ||
22 | Garden or similar umbrellas | Home goods | ||
23 | Artificial flowers/foliage/fruit & pts thereof; articles of artif. flowers, etc.; all the foregoing of feathers | Home goods | ||
24 | Artificial flowers/foliage/fruit & pts thereof; articles of artif. flowers, etc.; all the foregoing of materials o/than plast./feath./mmf | Home goods | ||
25 | Personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales | Small appliances | ||
26 | Electromechanical food grinders, processors, mixers, fruit or vegetable juice extractors, w self-contained electric motor, for domestic uses | Small appliances | ||
27 | Electromechanical floor polishers, with self-contained electric motor, for domestic uses | Small appliances | ||
28 | Electromechanical domestic appliances nesoi, with self-contained electric motor | Small appliances | ||
29 | Shavers, with self-contained electric motor | Small appliances | ||
30 | Hair-removing appliances with self-contained electric motor | Small appliances | ||
31 | Flashlights | Small appliances | ||
32 | Electric flatirons, travel type | Small appliances | ||
33 | Electric flatirons, other than travel type | Small appliances | ||
34 | Microwave ovens of a kind used for domestic purposes | Small appliances | ||
35 | Electrothermic coffee or tea makers, for domestic purposes | Small appliances | ||
36 | Electrothermic toasters, for domestic purposes | Small appliances | ||
37 | Electrothermic appliances nesoi, of a kind used for domestic purposes | Small appliances | ||
38 | Electrical filament Christmas-tree lamps, of a power not exceeding 200 W and for a voltage exceeding 100 V | Holiday and party | ||
39 | Electrical filament Christmas-tree lamps, designed for a voltage not exceeding 100 V | Holiday and party | ||
40 | Highchairs and booster seats, upholstered, with metal frames; Infant walkers, upholstered, with metal frames; Bouncers with seats, upholstered, with metal frames | Baby gear and toys | Yes | |
41 | Highchairs and booster seats with metal frames, nesoi; Infant walkers with metal frames, nesoi; Bouncers with seats, with metal frames, nesoi; Swings for children, with metal frames, nesoi | Baby gear and toys | Yes | |
42 | Highchairs, booster seats exc for motor vehicles, bath seats, infant walkers, bouncers w/ seats, swings for children, of reinforced/laminated plastics | Baby gear and toys | Yes | |
43 | Highchairs, booster seats except for motor vehicles, bath seats, infant walkers, bouncers with seats, swings for children, of rubber or plastics nesoi | Baby gear and toys | Yes | |
44 | Child safety seats with detachable hard-shell seat; Child safety seats, nesoi | Baby gear and toys | Yes | |
45 | Play yards and other enclosures for confining children, of reinforced or laminated plastics | Baby gear and toys | Yes | |
46 | Play yards and other enclosures for confining children, of plastics, nesoi | Baby gear and toys | Yes | |
47 | Sleeping bags, not containing 20% or more by weight of feathers and/or down | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
48 | Pillows, cushions and similar furnishings, other than of cotton | Home textiles | ||
49 | Toys (Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls, other toys; reduced-scale ("scale") models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds; parts and accessories thereof) excluding items enabled with radio frequency, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or Bluetooth | Baby gear and toys | Yes | |
50 | Balls, for billiards | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
51 | Chalk, for billiards | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
52 | Tables, for billiards | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
53 | Articles nesoi and parts and accessories, for billiards | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
54 | Coin- or token-operated games for arcade, table or parlor (o/than bowling alley equipment) nesoi and parts and accessories thereof | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
55 | Playing cards | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
56 | Articles nesoi for arcade, table or parlor games & parts & access.; automatic bowling alley equipment & parts and accessories thereof | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
57 | Arts. for Christmas festivities, ornaments of glass | Holiday and party | ||
58 | Arts. for Christmas festivities, ornaments of wood | Holiday and party | ||
59 | Arts. for Christmas festivities, nativity scenes and figures thereof | Holiday and party | ||
60 | Magic tricks and practical joke articles, and parts & accessories thereof nesoi | Holiday and party | ||
61 | Rackets for games (o/than for lawn-tennis or badminton) and parts & accessories thereof | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
62 | Lawn-tennis balls | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
63 | Inflatable footballs and soccer balls | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
64 | Inflatable balls (o/than footballs and soccer balls) nesoi | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
65 | Baseballs and softballs | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
66 | Noninflatable hollow balls nesoi, w/diameter of 19 cm or less | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
67 | Noninflatable balls nesoi | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
68 | Lawn-tennis articles and equipment (o/than balls and rackets), and parts & accessories thereof | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
69 | Skeet targets | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
70 | Fish hooks, snelled | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
71 | Fish hooks, not snelled | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
72 | Fishing line, put up and packaged for retail sale | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
73 | Fishing casts or leaders | Sports, games and outdoor | ||
74 | Artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmetics, valued n/o 5 cents each | Home goods | ||
75 | Artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmetics, valued o/5 cents but n/o 10 cents each | Home goods | ||
76 | Vacuum flasks and vessels, complete with cases, w/capacity n/o 1 liter | Home goods | ||
77 | Vacuum flasks and vessels, complete with cases, w/capacity o/2 liters | Home goods |
What it does not do yet
No tariff has been cut. The framework does not say which tariffs would fall, by how much, or when.
Any cut will be "determined and implemented in accordance with each side's domestic legal processes," according to the terms of reference. In the U.S., that means a presidential action or a Federal Register notice setting the new rates.
Until then, every line on this list pays today's full duty. Depending on the line, goods from China can owe regular duty plus Section 301 tariffs, so check your code in the table above.
What importers should do now
Treat the list as a possible upside, not a plan. Four checks:
Find your code. Match your 8-digit HTS code to the table. On an Ex-out line, check your product against the description. Toys with radio, Wi-Fi, Ethernet or Bluetooth are out.
Price at today's rates. There is no start date, so don't hold orders or cut prices waiting for it. Run landed cost at today's rates in the Gateway tariff calculator.
Get your classification records ready. If cuts come, have specs, photos and any rulings that show your goods fit the line, especially on Ex-out lines.
Watch Nov 9 too. The 178 Section 301 exclusions and the China ship fee pause end that night unless USTR extends them. See our Nov 9 guide.
Shipping any of these goods from China? Get a freight quote.
What happens next
The next chance for news is the November and December summits, where U.S. and Chinese delegations are expected to meet (PPAI).
Who decides: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer for the U.S., and Vice Premier He Lifeng for China. Their deputies meet at least quarterly (working procedures).
How the list can change: the deputies will track trade in these goods and may propose adjustments, but not more than once a year. They may also propose adding products (terms of reference).
We will update this page when new rates or a start date are announced.
Sources
White House: U.S.-China Board of Trade, Sept 27, 2026
White House: U.S. Import List (PDF), the 77 lines in the table above
White House: Terms of Reference for the 30-for-30 Framework (PDF), Sept 27, 2026
White House: Working Procedures for the U.S.-China Board of Trade (PDF), Sept 27, 2026
Supply Chain Dive: US-China trade board carves path for tariff relief on $60B of goods, Sept 28, 2026
PPAI: White House Announces '30-For-30' Tariff Reductions With China
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