US Names 77 Chinese Goods for Tariff Cuts. Check Your SKUs

The US and China named $60 billion of goods for tariff cuts on September 28, including 77 Chinese product lines headed for lower US duties.

If you run a high-ticket store on Shopify, the 77 lines reported so far are mostly small consumer goods, so your duty bill on furniture, outdoor gear, powersports or mobility products probably does not move. Your suppliers’ accessories, components and holiday add-ons might. That is the question to answer this week, and it is the reason I am covering this for the readers at Ecommerce Paradise.

Below: what the two governments published, how we got here, what I think it means for a store selling big-ticket goods (my guide to high-ticket dropshipping covers the model if you are new), and a short checklist for the next seven days.

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US and China Name $60B of Goods for Tariff Relief

The White House posted the framework documents on September 27, 2026, according to its U.S.-China Board of Trade release. They include working procedures, terms of reference for a “30-for-30” arrangement, a China import list and a US import list. The framework operates “consistent with their respective domestic laws and processes,” per the release.

The lists themselves followed on September 28, after President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in Washington on September 25, per Al Jazeera. Each side named about $30 billion of trade for reduced tariffs. That is $60 billion in total.

According to CNN Business, the US list covers 1,619 items of American exports headed to China, including corn, wheat, frozen meat, seafood, wood products, cosmetics, medical devices and coal. The Chinese list covers 77 items headed to the US. Soybeans, the largest US farm export to China, are not on it.

The 77 lines are the ones that matter to a US store owner. Outlets describe them a little differently. CNN lists toys, tableware, kitchen accessories, curtains, electric shavers and inflatable balls. UPI reports toys, sports equipment, car seats and holiday decorations. Al Jazeera names microwave ovens, fish hooks, artificial flowers and weighing scales. Read together, they point to small, low-priced consumer goods, but I have not seen the full 77-line schedule, so treat any single outlet’s list as partial.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the deal would “improve market access for about 30% of US exports to China,” per CNN. China’s Ministry of Commerce said the arrangement would “help stabilize China-US trade,” according to Al Jazeera.

Two details are missing from everything I read. None of the coverage gives the new tariff rate for each Chinese line, and none gives an effective date. Given the White House language about domestic legal processes, I would not assume the cuts are live at the border today.

The Truce Behind the Lists, and Its January 10 Deadline

The lists sit on top of a tariff truce that CNN says has been extended several times since May 2025. Under it, the US charges 30% on Chinese goods and China charges 10% on US goods, per CNN. The Associated Press, via Insurance Journal, reports the truce now runs through January 10, 2027.

CNN also reports the US goods trade deficit with China has fallen about 40% since Trump took office, on track for roughly $140 billion this year against about $295 billion in 2024. The deal adds a coal purchase pledge from China (10 million metric tons a year in 2027 and 2028), a plan to let foreign financial institutions open branches in China, and an AI incident communication channel, per the same reports.

I have tracked this thread all summer. The cost side is in my coverage of tariff refunds flowing to sellers.

The end of duty-free parcels is in De Minimis Dies July 24. Cheap Rivals Go Too. The policy side is in my post on the Section 301 replacement tariff.

The new tariffs on 60 countries widened the net beyond China. Freight moved too, which I covered in the ocean freight spike.

There is a counterpoint, and it is a fair one. Trade policy analyst Deborah Elms told Al Jazeera that “both sides have largely listed goods that do not move the needle on overall trade flows.” AP reports Chinese stocks fell after the announcement, with investors citing “few concrete details to cheer from the leaders’ summit and underlying tensions resurfacing.” Divisions on artificial intelligence and Taiwan remain, per Al Jazeera.

I found no analyst arguing the lists are large for consumers. The disagreement is only about whether they matter at all.

Why 77 Small Lines Matter Less to You Than the Jan. 10 Cliff

Everything in this section is my read, not reporting.

First-order impact: near zero for most high-ticket stores. If you sell furniture, patio sets, hot tubs, e-bikes, mobility scooters, safes or trailers, your landed cost is driven by other tariff lines and by freight. When trailers and safes landed on a new 25% list in August, that was a real cost change, and I wrote it up as Trailers and Safes Just Hit a New 25% Tariff List. Nothing on these 77 lines looks like that.

Second-order impact: accessories, add-ons and the cheap competitor down the street. Many high-ticket orders carry a $20 to $80 attachment, cover, cushion or holiday item. If your supplier imports those, a lower duty could show up in their wholesale sheet by winter. Cheaper toys and kitchen gear also make low-ticket rivals a little more aggressive on Google Shopping, which matters if you bid on the same accessory keywords.

Here is hypothetical math, and it is invented for illustration. Say a supplier imports a $50 accessory that carries a 30% tariff, or $15. If a line like that drops to 10%, the duty falls to $5, a $10 saving per unit. At 200 units a month, that is $2,000 of monthly savings across the supplier’s book, and you see only the share they pass on. Your supplier may keep all of it. That is why the ask goes in writing.

Third-order impact: the January 10 deadline. The lists are useful mostly as a signal that both governments want the truce to hold. They do not remove the cliff. If the truce lapses on January 10, 2027, the 30% level in CNN’s reporting could move, and it would hit you right after peak season, when you are re-buying inventory. My plan for a big-ticket store is to assume the cost stays flat, then stress-test a worse case before ordering spring stock.

Timing makes this more pressing. Retail Dive reported on September 28 that online holiday spending is expected to top $275 billion. I broke down the furniture numbers in Adobe’s holiday forecast post. More demand means more inventory decisions in the next six weeks. Those decisions get made on today’s cost sheet, not the one a tariff schedule might produce in December.

Here is what I would not do. I would not slash accessory prices to win a promotion on the strength of a list with no effective date. I would not tell customers prices are dropping because of a trade deal. And I would not delay a holiday reorder waiting for a cut that may cover none of your lines. A missed Q4 in-stock window costs far more than a few points of duty.

Thresholds I would use. If fewer than 2% of your SKUs, or of your suppliers’ SKUs, match a line on the lists, do nothing except log it. If 2% to 10% match, request revised supplier pricing. If more than 10% match, treat this as a margin project and rebuild your price sheet. Those cutoffs are my rules of thumb, not an industry standard.

Some of you are on freight-heavy catalogs, and for you freight is still the bigger swing than duty. My freight-first operating guide shows how I would model it.

Now the supplier side. US-based suppliers with authorized-dealer agreements insulate you from most tariff swings, which is why I keep pushing them. A directory like Wholesale2b lets you compare domestic catalogs side by side.

Inventory Source works the same way for automated product feeds. You can see how I set one up in my Wholesale2b walkthrough. If a supplier imports everything and cannot tell you the country of origin, that is a risk to price in.

For the products themselves, my high-ticket niches list is a good place to start when you are weighing which categories carry import exposure. If you are sourcing from overseas agents anyway, read my roundup of China sourcing agents for Shopify before you sign anything.

Watch your books too. A duty change hits gross margin before it hits revenue. Finaloop is bookkeeping built for ecommerce, and it is where I would watch margin trends. My piece on why growing stores run short of cash explains the timing gap between paying duty and getting paid.

If tracking all of this sounds like a second job, that is the point of running a store on a stable supplier base. My team builds and runs those stores in the turnkey done-for-you service, including supplier onboarding with authorized-dealer terms and landed-cost modeling from day one.

Costs shift, but a store with tight systems absorbs it. Want my team to scale the store you already have without margin surprises? See the scaling service →

Six Steps to Check Your Landed Cost Before Peak Season

None of this needs a customs degree. I am not a lawyer or a licensed customs broker, so confirm classifications with one before you change prices. Here are the six steps, in the order I would do them.

Export your active SKUs from Shopify with cost, supplier and country of origin. Ask each supplier for the HTS code on every imported item, then compare the codes against the lists the White House published.
Email each supplier and ask two questions in writing: does any SKU appear on the reduced-tariff lists, and if so when does your wholesale price change. Keep the replies, because they matter if a price dispute follows. A short note works: “Do any items I sell from you fall on the September 28 US-China reduced-tariff lists, and if so, what changes in my cost and when?”
Hold your prices. If your supplier drops cost, do not cut retail or break MAP policy. Keep the difference as margin for the January risk.
Rebuild landed cost for your top 20 SKUs with duty, freight and fees. Use Easyship to price duties and shipping side by side for a quick check.
Check whether you are owed money. If you paid duties that are now eligible for refunds, read Big Retailers Are Pocketing Tariff Refunds. Get Yours, and review how Shopify handled pay-later duties for your checkout settings.
Put January 10, 2027 on your calendar. Decide now how much spring inventory you will pre-buy before that date, and ask suppliers whether they will hold prices through Q1. If you want a second set of eyes on the plan, book a call at ecommerceparadise.com/discovery.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do these tariff cuts apply to furniture or outdoor products?
Nothing I read names furniture, outdoor gear or powersports. The reported lines are small consumer goods. Until the full schedule is public, check your own HTS codes instead of assuming.

When do the lower tariffs take effect?
The coverage I reviewed gives no effective date, and the White House says the framework operates under each country’s domestic legal processes. Do not reprice until a supplier or broker confirms a change in writing.

Should I lower my prices if my supplier’s cost drops?
Not automatically. The truce runs only through January 10, 2027, so I would keep the margin as a buffer. My high-ticket ads conversion guide shows where to spend savings instead, such as ad spend that converts.

How do I find suppliers that avoid tariff swings?
Start with US manufacturers that offer authorized-dealer agreements. Platforms like Spocket include US-based suppliers. My Spocket setup guide shows the process.

What if I am new and have not picked a niche?
Grab my free niches list at ecommerceparadise.com/niches. Then read everything you need to launch a high-ticket store before you spend on inventory.

How do I pay overseas suppliers without losing money on currency?
Multi-currency accounts cut the conversion cost. Wise is the one most owners start with. Airwallex is worth a look for higher volume.

Is this tax or legal advice?
No. This is reported information plus my opinion. For tariff classification and refund claims, talk to a licensed customs broker or trade attorney. My brutal truth about high-ticket dropshipping explains why I push owners to get pro help early.

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That is the read for now. The full 77-line schedule and the effective dates are what I am watching next. Subscribe to the YouTube channel for daily breakdowns. More breaking news coming through the day.

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Trevor Fenner

Trevor Fenner is an ecommerce entrepreneur and the founder of Ecommerce Paradise, a platform focused on helping entrepreneurs build and scale profitable high-ticket ecommerce and dropshipping businesses. With over a decade of hands-on experience, Trevor specializes in high-ticket dropshipping strategy, niche and product selection, supplier recruiting and onboarding, Google & Bing Shopping ads, ecommerce SEO, and systems-driven automation and scaling. Through Ecommerce Paradise, he provides free education via in-depth guides like How to Start High-Ticket Dropshipping, advanced training through the High-Ticket Dropshipping Masterclass, and fully done-for-you turnkey ecommerce services for entrepreneurs who want a faster, more hands-off path to growth. Trevor is known for emphasizing sustainable, real-world ecommerce models over hype-driven tactics, helping store owners build scalable, sellable, and location-independent brands.