Fruits and vegetables from the United States that will be taxed by the tariffs imposed by the EU

Published 2020년 11월 12일

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The European Union has imposed tariffs on certain imports from the United States, including fresh fruits and vegetables, in response to US tariffs on European products. The tariffs, ranging from 15% to 25%, will affect imports of sweet potatoes, pine nuts, dates, grapefruits, and blueberries. The EU is a minority supplier to the Community market and received only 101 million euros worth of fruit and vegetable imports from the US in 2019, while exporting 230 million euros worth of fruits and vegetables to the US.

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On Tuesday, the tariffs that the EU has imposed on various imports from the United States came into force in response to the tariffs that the US already imposed on European products in October 2019 in the framework of disputes over aid to companies aeronautics. In fresh fruits and vegetables, imports of dates, grapefruits and blueberries will be taxed mainly.In the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1646 of November 7, 2020, it is specified that the EU will impose additional ad valorem duties of 15% and 25% depending on the products, included in Annexes I and II. Regarding fresh fruits and vegetables, included in tariff chapters 07 and 08, an additional duty of 25% ad-Valorem will be applied to the following fruits and vegetables: 07142010 and 07142090, sweet potatoes 0802 90 85 pine nuts cendra 0804 10 00 dates 0805 40 00, grapefruits or grapefruits 0810 40 50 fresh blueberries of the variety vacinium marocarpon and vaccinium corymbosum0811 90 50 other blueberries 70 ...

Source: Agronoticias