China extends suspension of 24% tariff on US goods by two months and keeps the 10%

China's State Council Tariff Commission (国务院关税税则委员会) issued Announcement No. 6 of 2026 (税委会公告2026年第6号) on 9 November, published by the Ministry of Finance. From 13:01 Beijing time on 10 November 2026, China will continue, for 2 months, to suspend 24% of the additional tariff on US-origin goods while keeping 10% in force.

The measure adjusts the additional tariff created by Announcement No. 4 of 2025, from April that year, which imposed 34% on all US-origin goods on top of the normally applicable rate. The notice says the decision implements the consensus reached at the meeting of the two heads of state in Washington and was approved by the State Council.

The window is much shorter than last time. On 5 November 2025, Announcement No. 10 of 2025 suspended the same 24% for one year from 10 November 2025, also keeping 10%. The same day, Announcement No. 9 of 2025 ended the additional tariffs that Announcement No. 2 of 2025 had placed on some US products. The 2026 notice gives no end date; by CSP's count, two months from 10 November points to around 10 January 2027.

In an explanatory note published the same day, the commission's office says China has noted that the US has repeatedly said it plans to use Section 301 tariffs to replace tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which, according to the note, have been ruled invalid by a court. China will keep watching the next US steps and adjust its tariff countermeasures “as the situation requires”, the note says. It adds that the partial suspension gives companies in both countries a relatively stable and predictable policy environment.

CSP analysis: for importers of US goods into China, this measure changes nothing in cost from 10 November: the Announcement No. 4 additional tariff stays at 10%. What changes is the horizon. Instead of a year, the assurance now covers two months, and Beijing says it will adjust its countermeasures in line with Washington's next steps, after citing the US plan to use Section 301. Anyone signing contracts for delivery into China after early January 2027 should factor in the risk of the 24% coming back. This reading is ours, not the Chinese government's.