Potential impact of"equivalent tariff"policy on the edible fungi industry and countermeasures

LÜ Yahui; WANG Shitong; LI Hanyue; ZHANG Runqing

doi:10.16861/j.cnki.zggc.2025.0468

Abstract：The 2025"equivalent tariff"policy implemented by the Trump administration has intensified global protection-ism,significantly impacting China's agricultural trade,particularly posing challenging to the low-profit and high-volume edible fungi industry.Based on revlevant data from China's edible mushroom industry and customs trade from 2015 to 2024,this article systematically analyzes the potential impact of this policy on China's edible mushroom industry chain and proposes countermeasures.The study finds that,in terms of industrial structure,China's edible mushroom production has continued to grow steadily,but its export dependency is low,with exports accounting for only 2％of total production.In terms of exprot markets,the U.S.,as the third-largest export market for China's edible mushrooms,contributes less than 6％of total export value,reflecting a pattern of high-volume but low-profit pattern.Regionally,exports to the U.S.are concentrated in five provinces,including,Shandong,Fujian,which account for 74.86％of the total,indicating a high level of regional risk.The direct impact of the"equivalent tariff"policy on China's edible mushroom industry is manifest-ed in soaring costs,heightened business risks,a deteriorating profitability environment due to market contraction,and sig-nificant amplification of policy shocks due to time constraints.The indirect impacts include supply chain disruptions,the compounding of non-tariff barriers,and a forced shift towards the domestic market.In the short term,the industry must strengthen both domestic and international fronts.In the medium-to-long term,it should focus on adaptive branding.For long-term viability,it must leverage technology to build a robust edible fungi germplasm(seed)industry,the sector's core competitive component.