{"id":30786,"date":"2025-05-22T14:19:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T07:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interpetfest.com\/?p=30786"},"modified":"2025-07-06T21:19:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T14:19:52","slug":"us-china-tariff-pause-pet-food-animal-feed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interpetvietnam.com\/tr\/us-china-tariff-pause-pet-food-animal-feed\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S.-China Tariff Pause Eases Pressure on Animal Feed, Pet Food Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 90-day reduction in U.S.-China tariffs offers short-term relief for U.S. animal food exporters and ingredient buyers as trade talks continue.<\/p>\n

\"U.S.-China<\/p>\n

By Lisa Cleaver<\/em>
\nPublished: May 12, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

Kaynak:\u00a0https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202504\/1332542.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n

The U.S. and China have agreed to a temporary reduction in reciprocal tariffs, easing trade tensions that have impacted the pet food and animal feed sectors. Under the agreement, the U.S. will lower tariffs on Chinese imports to 30% \u2014consisting of a 10% baseline and a 20% penalty linked to chemical ingredient sourcing \u2014 while China will cut its duties on U.S. goods to 10%. The adjustments are effective for 90 days.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have reached an agreement on a 90-day pause and substantially moved down the tariff levels \u2014 both sides, on the reciprocal tariffs, will move their tariffs down 115%,” said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent.<\/p>\n

O\u00a0American Feed Industry Association<\/a>\u00a0(AFIA) welcomed the development and highlighted its potential benefits for the U.S. animal food industry, which exported $1.27 billion in goods to China in 2024. The U.S. also imported approximately $549 million in animal food products and ingredients from China, including key items like vitamin E, amino acids and pet food.<\/p>\n

\u201cChina is a top destination for many U.S. animal food products and provides many essential ingredients, like vitamins, not produced elsewhere globally that allow U.S. animal food manufacturers to produce complete and balanced animal food,\u201d said AFIA president and CEO\u00a0Constance Cullman<\/a>. \u201cWe are hopeful that the 90-day tariff pause will provide the breathing room needed for Chinese and U.S. trade officials to reach a mutual agreement that benefits the U.S. animal food industry and agricultural economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a parallel development, U.S. trade officials also announced progress toward a trade agreement with the United Kingdom, the 19th-largest export market for U.S. animal food. While negotiations continue, the U.S. will retain a 10% tariff on British imports, and the U.K. will reduce or eliminate certain non-tariff trade barriers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new U.S.-U.K. trade agreement is slated to offer \u2018unprecedented access\u2019 of many American-made agricultural products to the United Kingdom, and we hope that includes animal feed,\u201d Cullman said.<\/p>\n

What the Pet Food Industry has to say about tariffs<\/h3>\n

Petfood Industry<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0recently surveyed its online community to gauge how the evolving tariff landscape could affect their pet food businesses. Between April 18 and May 3, over\u00a0200 responses<\/strong>\u00a0were collected from visitors to\u00a0PetfoodIndustry.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Industry-wide impact of tariffs<\/p>\n

Q1: What level of impact will tariffs have on the pet food industry as a whole?<\/strong><\/p>\n