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This report consolidates China’s announcements of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural, fishery, and forestry products as of March 10, 2025, and provides updates on the Chinese Government tariff exclusion processes for imports of U.S. products affected by the latest round of retaliatory tariffs announced on March 4, 2025.

On March 4, 2025, the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) announced it was suspending soybean imports from three U.S. based entities. GACC stated that these suspensions were in response to recent, alleged detections of ergot and seed coating agents in U.S. soybean shipments.

On March 4, 2025, the Ministry of Finance State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced that China will impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural products. According to the SCTC announcement, the duties would apply to anything not shipped...

On February 17, 2025, the People's Republic of China (PRC) State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released a letter soliciting public comments on a revision to the current Food Safety Law.

On February 10, 2025, the National Health Commission (NHC) announced approvals for 20 new food materials and additives, three of which are products derived from Genetically Modified Microorganisms (GMMs).

In February 2025, four U.S. beef, seven dairy, two pork, and 71 poultry establishments that export to China had their registrations lapse on the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) website.

On January 7, 2025, The People's Republic of China (PRC) notified Phytosanitary Requirements for Imported Plant-derived Fertilizers to the World Trade Organization (WTO) under G/SPS/N/CHN/1323.

The People's Republic of China has raised most favored nation (MFN) tariff rates on some imported syrups and sugar-containing premix powders effective January 1, 2025, according to a tariff adjustment plan published on December 28, 2024.

On December 20, 2024, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) announced its approval of six new feed additive varieties, expansion of usage scope for three feed additives, and addition of two feed additives and one feed ingredient into the MARA feed catalogs.

On January 3, 2025, the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) published a notice soliciting public comments on the “Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Registration and Administration of Overseas Producers of Imported Food (Draft for Comments).”

On December 31, 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) announced the issuance of new and renewed biosafety certificates for genetically engineered (GE) events.

On December 27, the People's Republic of China (PRC) Ministry of Commerce Trade Remedy Investigation Bureau announced a safeguard investigation on global beef imports following a petition by the China Animal Agriculture Association (CAAA) and nine provincial animal agriculture associations.