60 billion US dollars! Trade warfare upgrade, affecting a large number of equipment supplies

Medical Network August 6th The Sino-US trade war continues, more medical equipment products are involved, except for some large equipment and equipment, this tariff is a large number of consumables, reagents are included in the list.

On August 3, the State Council Customs Tariff Commission issued an announcement. China will adopt tariff policy measures and decide to impose tariffs on some commodities (second batch) originating in the United States.

The announcement said that on July 11, the US government issued measures to impose tariffs on imports of about 200 billion US dollars of goods imported from China, and solicited public opinions on the measures. On August 2, the US announced that it would propose the above-mentioned 200 billion US dollars of goods. The tariff rate increased from 10% to 25%. The US measures have deviated from the consensus of the two sides, leading to an escalation of trade friction between China and the United States, which seriously violates the relevant rules of the World Trade Organization and damages China's national interests and people's interests.

According to the "External Trade Law of the People's Republic of China" Regulation And the basic principles of international law, the State Council Customs Tariff Commission decided to impose tariffs on 5,207 tax items imported from the United States. This measure involves about US$60 billion in imports from the United States.

The relevant person in charge of the Customs Department said that the Chinese side adopted the above-mentioned tariff-adding measures to defend its legitimate rights and interests, and to counteract the escalation of trade friction through counter-measures. At the same time, relevant measures have also minimized the impact on China's domestic production and people's living needs.

After the implementation of the above measures, the relevant departments will evaluate the effectiveness of the measures with the community, and strive to minimize the impact of the measures on China's domestic production and life. However, the implementation date of the taxation measures has not yet been determined, and will be based on the US actions. 1. China reserves the right to continue to introduce other countermeasures.

Cybertron equipment combed the above-mentioned $60 billion commodity list found, involving medical instruments The products are not limited to large medical equipment, but also increase the consumables and reagents.

Specifically, there are 2,493 goods subject to a 25% tariff, including X-ray inspection contrast agents for medical devices; diagnostic reagents, and X-ray photographic film, surgical gloves and other consumables;

A total of 1078 items with a 20% tariff, involving medical or laboratory use disinfection Apparatus, X-ray non-destructive flaw detector, and conventional medical device products such as audiometers and thermometers;

A total of 974 goods were subject to a 10% tariff, involving medical rubber clothing, medical alpha, beta, gamma-ray equipment, other medical, surgical or veterinary furniture and parts.

There are 662 goods with a 5% tariff, involving more equipment and instruments with higher technical requirements, and some consumables. Including cotton wool, gauze, bandages (drug dip or system; retail packaging for medical treatment, surgery) , sterile or veterinary; sterile sterile gut; sterile kelp, sterile adhesive tape, sterile absorbent hemostatic material, sterile anti-adhesive barrier material for surgery or dentistry, and similar sterile material blood group reagents. B Super, color ultrasound, ECG recorder, etc.

Note: The product name is for reference only. The specific product range is subject to the scope of the corresponding goods in the 2018 “Import and Export Tariff of the People's Republic of China”.

In addition, there are some parts of the equipment, semi-finished products for consumables production, etc. are also subject to tariffs.

As can be seen from the above figure, the tariff increase on medical device products has a characteristic. As the technical content of the product increases, the tariff rate becomes lower. In the context of the replacement of medical devices, as mentioned above. As the person in the Customs Department said, the impact on China’s domestic production and people’s living needs should be minimized.

Previously, China imposed tariffs on the United States (the first batch) of medical device categories, including the following six items:

90189099 Medical, surgical or veterinary instruments and apparatus not listed in heading 90.18

90221400 Other medical, surgical or veterinary X-ray applications

90229090 Other equipment and parts listed in heading 90.22, accessories

Among the 6 items, the most concerned is the 'magnetic resonance imaging device', which means that the whole machine import will impose a 25% tariff.

According to data released by 8 institutions such as China Medical Equipment in late March of this year, in the domestic market share of magnetic resonance MRI products, Germany's Siemens accounted for 35.1%, the United States' General Electric accounted for 30.4%, and the Netherlands' Philips accounted for 22%. %, Japan's Canon accounted for 10.7%, China's Neusoft accounted for 7.4%, China's joint film accounted for 1.1%, and other accounted for 0.5%.

This time, the B-ultrasound, color ultrasound, etc. will be subject to a 5% tariff, for the corresponding US enterprise The impact may be limited, of course, this is also the result of comprehensive considerations. Instead, it is a 25% tariff on some conventional consumables, or it is sufficient to explain that this part of the product is self-sufficient, and the increase of tariffs will not affect people's lives. health Needs.