China didn’t raise its extra duty on US-made goods on November 10. A notice signed the day before keeps the 24% top layer suspended for two more months and leaves the 10% layer in place. For a US brand selling through general trade, the extra duty stays at 10% until about January 10, 2027.
The old suspension was due to run out on November 10 at 13:01. Without a new notice, US-origin goods would have gone back to the full 34% extra duty of April 2025.
From May 14, 2025, the additional duty on US-origin goods was cut from 34% to 10%, with 24% suspended. Source: Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council, Announcement 2025 No. 7, May 2025. https://gss.mof.gov.cn/gzdt/zhengcefabu/202505/t20250513_3963684.htm
We read the new notice on the Ministry of Finance site on November 9, 2026.
What changed in China’s 24% duty on US goods
The Customs Tariff Commission, the State Council body that sets import duty, published Announcement 2026 No. 6 one day before the deadline.
From 13:01 on November 10, 2026, China keeps the 24% additional duty on US-origin goods suspended for two months and retains the 10% additional duty. Source: Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council (国务院关税税则委员会), Announcement 2026 No. 6, November 2026. https://gss.mof.gov.cn/gzdt/zhengcefabu/202611/t20261109_4004260.htm
Two months is short. The last pause ran a full year:
The 24% additional duty on US goods was suspended for one year from November 10, 2025, with the 10% retained. Source: Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council, Announcement 2025 No. 10, November 2025. https://m.mof.gov.cn/zcfb/202511/t20251105_3975756.htm
The end date matches what the two governments agreed at talks in New York and Washington in September.
The two sides agreed to extend the Kuala Lumpur joint arrangement, which had suspended some tariff and non-tariff measures to November 10, 2026, until January 10, 2027. Source: Ministry of Commerce (商务部), reading of the eighth round of talks, carried by Xinhua on gov.cn, September 2026. https://www.gov.cn/zhengce/202609/content_7082257.htm
What it saves, worked at RMB 500,000 a month
Take a US brand selling through a general-trade importer, the route where a Chinese company clears the goods and sells them on to distributors or its own store. Say the importer clears RMB 500,000 of goods a month at customs value, about RMB 6 million a year. The extra duty sits on top of the normal import duty for each product. The importer pays it at the border, and it comes back to the brand in the price the importer is willing to pay.
| Extra duty on US goods | Per month (RMB) | November 10 to January 10 (RMB) |
|---|---|---|
| 10%, in force under 2026 No. 6 | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| 34%, had the pause lapsed | 170,000 | 340,000 |
| Kept off landed cost | 120,000 | 240,000 |
That’s our arithmetic on an example brand, duty only, before import VAT.
Which budget line moves
Landed cost, in the duty line. The notice covers goods that originate in the United States, so origin decides it, not where the brand is headquartered. A US brand that makes its range in Vietnam or Mexico doesn’t pay this layer at all.
Every US-made SKU cleared before about January 10 keeps the 10% layer. After that, the 34% set in April 2025 is the rate on paper unless Beijing extends the pause again.
Cross-border stores on Tmall Global and JD Worldwide run on another tax regime.
Cross-border retail imports inside the transaction limits carry a 0% import duty. Import VAT and consumption tax are charged at 70% of the statutory amount. Source: Ministry of Finance (财政部), 财关税〔2016〕18号, March 2016. http://www.mof.gov.cn/gp/xxgkml/gss/201603/t20160324_2510682.htm
The new notice doesn’t mention cross-border retail at all, and neither did the last one. We’ve seen no Chinese text saying whether the extra duty reaches a US-made parcel shipped to a shopper.
Beijing has also said the pause can move.
China will keep watching the US plan to replace the IEEPA tariffs, which a court has ruled invalid, with Section 301 tariffs, and will adjust its countermeasures as appropriate. Source: Ministry of Finance (财政部), Tariff Policy Department release on Announcement 2026 No. 6, November 2026. https://gss.mof.gov.cn/gzdt/zhengcejiedu/202611/t20261109_4004261.htm
What to do, and by when
Chinese New Year falls on February 6, 2027. Holiday stock that clears in late December or early January sits right on the edge of the window.
By November 30, ask your importer which US-made SKUs it plans to clear after January 10. Price those twice, at 10% and at 34%.
By December 15, book the holiday replenishment so it clears well before January 10.
If most of your China range is made in the US, look at the cross-border route for the best sellers. Our page on cross-border store setup covers the bonded-warehouse model and the transaction limits.
Updated November 9, 2026
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