STiR coffee and tea magazine

STiR coffee and tea 35 Argentina: 10% (charges U.S. 10%) Tea Bangladesh: 37% (charges U.S. 74%) Tea Belgium (#9 tea - #2 coffee re-export) Tea Coffee Brazil: 10% (charges U.S. 10%) Coffee Canada: 12-25% (USMCA tea and coffee enter duty-free) Tea Coffee China: 61.5% (charges U.S. 67%) Tea Coffee Colombia: 10% (charges U.S. 10%) Tea Coffee Democratic Republic Congo: 11% (charges U.S. 22%) Tea Coffee Ecuador: 10% (charges U.S. 12%) Coffee El Salvador: 10% (charges U.S. 10%) Coffee Ethiopia: 10% (charges U.S. 10%) Coffee France 20% (#10 tea - #7 coffee re-export) Tea Coffee Germany 20% (#4 tea #1 coffee re-exporter) Tea Coffee Guatemala: 10% (charges U.S. 10%) Coffee Honduras: 10% (charges U.S. 10%) Coffee India: 26% (charges U.S. 52%) Tea Coffee Indonesia: 32% (charges U.S. 64%) Tea Coffee Iran: 10% (charges U.S. 10%) (#7 re-export) Tea Italy 20% (#3 coffee re-exporter) Coffee Japan: 24% (charges U.S. 46%) Tea Kenya: 10% (charges U.S. 10%) Tea Coffee Malawi: 17% (charges U.S. 34%) Tea Coffee Malaysia: 24% (charges U.S. 47%) Tea Coffee Mexico: 25% (USMCA tea and coffee enter duty-free) Coffee Myanmar (Burma): 44% (charges U.S. 88%) Tea Coffee Nepal: 10% (charges U.S. 10%) Tea Coffee Nicaragua: 18% (charges U.S. 36%) Coffee Peru: 10% (charges U.S. 10%) Coffee Russia (#2 re-export) Tea Coffee Sri Lanka: 44% (charges U.S. 88%) Tea Switzerland: 31% (charges U.S. 61%) (#6 coffee re-export) Coffee Taiwan: 32% (charges U.S. 64%) Tea Tanzania: 10% (charges U.S. 10%) Tea Coffee Thailand: 36% (charges U.S. 72%) Tea Coffee Turkey: 10% (charges U.S. 10%) Tea Uganda: 10% (charges U.S. 20%) United Arab Emirates: 10% (charges US 10%) (#1 re-export) Tea Coffee UK: 10% (charges U.S. 10%) (#5 tea - #9 coffee re-export) Tea Coffee Venezuela: 15% (charges U.S. 29%) Coffee Vietnam: 46% (charges U.S 90%) Tea Coffee Yemen: 10% (charges U.S. 10%) Coffee US Tariffs on Major Tea and Coffee Producers and Traders Tariffs imposed by the US on imports took effect on April 5, according to the White House, which released new rates based on a value represent- ing the cumulative amount that the US believes its trading partners assess on US imports. The duty on tea grown in China is 152.5%. The European Union tariffs are 20%. The UK pays 10%. Visit https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/ reciprocal-tariff-calculations to review the formula for Reciprocal Tariff Cal- culations. Specifics on "nonmonetary" trade barriers were not provided. Charges Are Not Reciprocal On April 2, at the White House Rose Garden, Trump held high a large placard listing "charges" that he recited, as in: "India charg- es the US 52%." Pressed to explain how the charges were calcu- lated, administration officials stated that the charges are based on tariffs, value-added taxes, fees, and the administration's assess- ment of practices that increase the cost of trade for US exporters, such as currency manipulation. Though often framed as "reciprocal," they are primarily driv- en by bilateral trade deficits rather than parity in tariff schedules.

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