What US fruits and vegetables will be taxed by the tariffs imposed by the EU?

Published 2020년 11월 12일

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The article highlights the imposition of tariffs by the European Union (EU) on certain imports from the United States, including fresh fruits and vegetables, effective November 12, 2020. These tariffs are a response to the tariffs already imposed by the U.S. on European products in October 2019. The tariffs vary from 15% to 25% ad valorem, with a 25% additional duty applied to items like sweet potatoes, certain pine nuts, dates, grapefruits, and some varieties of blueberries. The EU is a minority supplier of these products to the Community market, with imports valued at 101 million euros in 2019, while exports to the U.S. were 230 million euros the same year.

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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 this country already placed on European products in October 2019 in the framework of disputes over aid to aeronautical companies. In fresh fruits and vegetables, imports of dates, grapefruits and blueberries will be taxed mainly. This is highlighted by Fepex, which points out that in the Commission's 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, collected in annexes I and II. With regard to 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: sweet potatoes; Cendra pine pine nuts; dates; grapefruits or grapefruits; fresh blueberries of the varieties Vacinium marocarpon and Vacinium corymbosum; other fresh ...

Source: Financialfood