Six hours after the adjustment of Sino-US tariffs: Orders are quickly repaired, and US-bound freight is almost close to bursting.

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15/05/2025
The Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council issued an announcement stating that in order to implement the important consensus reached in the China-US economic and trade high-level talks, in accordance with the "Customs Law of the People's Republic of China", "Customs Law of the People's Republic of China" and "Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China" and other laws and regulations and the basic principles of international law, approved by the State Council, as of 12:01 on May 14, 2025, adjustments will be made to the additional tariffs on imported goods originating in the United States. Within 6 hours of the formal implementation of the tariff adjustment, what happened? According to interviews conducted by reporters, stimulated by the good news, many foreign trade enterprises have already received orders from American customers, and some companies in Guangzhou have seen a significant increase in short-term exports to the United States, causing a situation of overloaded freight and gradually increasing shipping prices. A daily necessities company in Yangjiang mainly exports kitchen utensils to the United States. The general manager of the company told reporters that after the release of the joint statement of the Geneva economic and trade talks by the Chinese and American governments on May 12, American customers have re-signed orders and signed orders for the second half of this year. "Goods that were previously stockpiled will also be shipped out immediately."