The decision, approved by the State Council, implements outcomes from the eighth round of China-US economic and trade consultations, according to the ministry’. It keeps on hold both the special port fee collection and the investigation into the impact on the security and development interests of the shipping and shipbuilding industries and related industrial and supply chains.
China has extended the suspension of special port fees on US ships and a related investigation into shipping, shipbuilding and associated supply chains until January 10, 2027.
Approved by the State Council, the move follows bilateral trade consultations and continues measures first suspended in November 2025, alongside the US suspension of Section 301 maritime measures.
The suspension covers three documents issued in 2025: the ministry’s announcement on collecting special port fees from US ships, related implementation measures issued by the ministry’s general office, and the ministry’s announcement launching the investigation, as per Chinese media reports.
China had first announced a one-year suspension of the special port fees and the probe on November 10, 2025, in line with consensus reached during China-US economic and trade talks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. That move was synchronised with the US side’s suspension of the final measures of its Section 301 investigation into China’s maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors.
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