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The Trump Administration announced on Thursday taxi At a Chinese court, after an investigation by the United States Sales Representative by Biden-Trump administrations, it found that China’s acts, policies and practices were unreasonable and weight or restricted US trade.
“Ships and shipping are vital to US economic security and free flow of commerce,” said US sales representative Jamison Greer. “The Trump administration’s actions will begin to reversed China’s dominance, address US supply threats and send a signal to search for ships built in the US.”
USTR said that China has largely achieved its dominance through the increasingly aggressive and specific direction of these sectors, such as the strong unequal of US companies, workers and the US economy.
The fees will be charged once on a journey, not a port, as initially suggested.
The proposal of the policy began under the Biden Administration and ended in a report in January The Chinese shipbuilding industry had an unfair advantageIt would allow the US government to impose steep vessel levies created by Chinese arrival in US ports.
The initial offer required a service fee of up to $ 1 million to be charged to any Chinese -owned operators (such as COSCO). The original proposal also said that for non -owned ocean carriers, with Chinese -containing fleets, the service fee will be up to $ 1.5 million for each harbor in the United States.
USTR acknowledged that this change was made due to public comments on the two days of fines’ hearing in March, where more than 300 trade groups and other stakeholders were testified. Many warned the government in letters and in testimony that the United States was There is no position to win an economic war This put the ocean carriers using Chinese ships in the middle. Soon ships made by China will represent 98% of the world’s oceans.
Ship owners may be entitled to fees remission if they can provide proof of a shipbuilding order in the United States. The remission of the fee will be based on net tonnage capacity, equal or smaller than US ordered, a ship built. “If the future ship owner does not take on the delivery of a US ship, ordered within three years, the fees will be immediately,” the report said.
In a statement on Friday, the Ministry of Commerce in China called on the US to stop “shift guilt” and correct its “wrong” practice as soon as possible, according to a Reuters report.
“China will closely monitor the relevant developments by the United States and will decide the necessary measures to protect its own interests,” the statement said.
The World Shipping Council also issued a statement on Friday, detailing “serious concerns” through port taxes, calling this move “step in the wrong direction”.
“WSC calls on the administration to review this counterproductive measure that risks harming consumers, manufacturers and farmers without making significant progress to revive the marine industry in the US,” the statement said.
Schedule
For the first 180 days, the fees will be set at zero and will be divided into different categories. All fees are based on the net tonnage of court. The container vessels can range from 50,000 to 220,000 tonnes.
China’s operators and ship owners of China:
- In force on April 17, 2025, a $ 0 fee per net tone for the arrival ship.
- In force on October 14, 2025, a $ 50 fee for a net tone for the arriving ship.
- In force on April 17, 2026, a $ 80 fee for a net tone for the arriving ship.
- In force on April 17, 2027, a fee of $ 110 per net tone for the arrival ship.
- In force on April 17, 2028, a fee of $ 140 per net tone for the arrival ship.
The fee will be charged up to five times a year on a ship. The register did not explode the price of a container.
The fees for servicing the ship operators of Chinese language vessels are lower.
- Effective since: April 17, 2025, a $ 0 fee for each discarded container.
- Effective October 14, 2025, a $ 18 fee for a net tone ($ 120 per container)
- Effective April 17, 2026, a $ 23 fee for a net tone ($ 153 per container)
- Effective April 17, 2027, a fee of $ 28 for a net tone ($ 195 per container)
- In force on April 17, 2028, a $ 33 fee per net tone ($ 250 per container).
The fee will be charged up to five times a year on a ship.
The fees of the car ships made abroad will also be based on their capacity. The fee will start at $ 150 for an equivalent unit of the car (CEU) in 180 days.
The second phase of actions will not start for three years and will be directed to liquefied natural gas vessels. USTR will limit restrictions on the transport of VPG through foreign ships. These restrictions will increase gradually over 22 years.
Ocean carriers, if they provide proof of an order of a ship built in the US, fees or restrictions of an equivalent that is not staged that is not in the United States, have been stopped for up to three years. ·
The fees of China -built ships effectively do not cover great lakes or Caribbean shipping, delivery to and from US territories.
The exports of bulk or grain will be released, along with empty ships arriving in the ports.
