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

Published 2020년 11월 13일

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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 tariffs imposed by the US in October 2019. The tariffs, which came into effect on Tuesday, include additional duties of 15% and 25% depending on the products. The EU is a minority supplier to the US market and vice versa, with community fruit and vegetable imports from the US in 2019 being 101 million euros, and exports to the US being 230 million euros in 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 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, set out 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: Regarding the impact of the tariffs imposed by the Commission on certain imports of fresh fruit and vegetables from the United States, it must be taken into account that the United States is a minority supplier to the Community market ...

Source: Agrodigital