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Commerce Adds 407 New HTS Codes to Section 232 Steel, Aluminum Tariffs

The Commerce Department will add 407 Harmonized Tariff Schedule codes to the lists of steel and aluminum derivatives subject to Section 232 tariffs, the agency said in a notice released late Aug. 15. Tariffs on the new additions take effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Aug. 18, 2025.

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Commerce also decided not to add 60 HTS codes “because they are subject to other ongoing investigations pursuant to Section 232 or other trade statutes.”

The new additions, at both the 8-digit and 10-digit subheading level, come as a result of the Section 232 inclusion process that the agency began in May. The next window for inclusion requests begins in early September.