The White House published the annex including the list of aluminum derivatives that will face additional 25% tariffs, unless the aluminum content in them was smelted and cast in the U.S.
Eighteen of the tariff lines are in Chapter 76, which means the entire value will be tariffed; the other 104 are in chapters 66, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 94, 95 or 96, and only the aluminum content in those goods will face the tariffs.
"For purposes of implementing the requirements in this proclamation, importers of aluminum derivative articles shall provide to CBP any information necessary to identify the aluminum content used in the manufacture of aluminum derivative articles imports covered by this Proclamation. CBP is hereby authorized and directed to publish regulations or guidance implementing this requirement as soon as practicable," the notice says.
There will be a public notice of when the tariffs will begin, once systems are in place to collect them.
The White House published its annex of steel derivative items that will be subject to Section 232 tariffs once CBP is ready to collect tariff revenue on those items.
There are 155 derivative items in chapter 73, which will face 25% tariffs; an additional dozen items will only owe duties on the steel content in them, and those are either in chapter 84 or 94.
The items in those chapters include bulldozer blades, parts of escalators and elevators, backhoe and front-loader attachments, plows, steel shelving, modular steel building units, brass lighting fixtures and other lighting fixtures.
"For purposes of implementing the requirements in this proclamation, importers of steel derivative articles shall provide to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol within the Department of Homeland Security (CBP) any information necessary to identify the steel content used in the manufacture of steel derivative articles imports, covered by this Proclamation. CBP shall implement the information requirements as soon as practicable," the notice said.
There will be public notification before the tariffs are due on the derivative items.
An increase in Section 232 tariffs on aluminum to 25% will also take March 12, the same date as changes to steel tariffs, as will a return on tariffs on aluminum from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Mexico, the EU and the U.K. after those countries’ exemptions and quota agreements are ended on that date.
The proclamation expanding tariffs on aluminum, announced and signed Feb. 10, also applies tariffs to a new list of aluminum derivatives listed in a still-unreleased annex. As with steel, the new derivatives won't be subject to Section 232 tariffs if they're processed from aluminum smelted and cast in the U.S. To qualify, importers will have to provide CBP additional data on aluminum content.
Derivatives classified outside of Chapter 76 of the tariff schedule will only face Section 232 tariffs on their aluminum content. The tariffs on goods in Annex 1 “that are not in chapter 76” will take effect upon notification from the Commerce Department “that adequate systems are in place to fully, efficiently, and expediently process and collect tariff revenue for covered articles."
Same as for steel, the aluminum proclamation sets a process for producers or trade associations to request goods be added to the list of derivatives subject to the additional tariffs.
And as with steel, no more exclusions from Section 232 aluminum tariffs may be considered or renewed, effective immediately. Granted product exclusions will remain in effect until they expire or until the “excluded product volume is imported, whichever occurs first.” All general product exclusions will end March 12.
Tariffs are set to take effect March 12 for steel and steel derivatives from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the U.K., Ukraine and the EU, said the presidential proclamation released late Feb. 10 that increases Section 232 duties on steel, in part by ending Section 232 exemptions and quota agreements for those countries.
New 25% tariffs on a list of additional steel derivative products, however, won't take effect until notification from the Commerce Department that “adequate systems are in place to fully, efficiently, and expediently process and collect tariff revenue for covered articles.” An annex to the proclamation that lists those additional products has yet to be released..
The additional products won't be subject to Section 232 tariffs if they're processed from steel melted and poured in the U.S. To qualify, importers will have to provide CBP additional data on steel content. The proclamation also sets a process for producers or trade associations to request goods be added to the list of derivatives subject to the additional tariffs. A fact sheet argued that the exemptions led to falling domestic production.
The proclamation also ends the process for exclusions from Section 232 steel tariffs. It says no more exclusions may be considered or renewed, effective immediately. Granted product exclusions will remain in effect until they expire or until the “excluded product volume is imported, whichever occurs first.” All general product exclusions will end March 12.
President Trump signed an executive order Feb. 10 that will hike tariffs on imported aluminum to 25%, ends quota arrangements with the EU, South Korea and Brazil in steel and aluminum, and curtails both product exclusions and the exemptions for Canada and Mexico.
The action will expand past the products covered by existing Section 232 tariffs to some downstream products.
Reporters at the White House who participated in a background briefing said fabricated structural steel and pre-stressed concrete strand are among the products that will be newly covered.
A White House official told International Trade Today that the tariffs will take effect March 4 for goods shipped before the announcement. Current general approved exclusions will be terminated, and the product exclusion process will end, the official said on background.
The text of the proclamation was not published by press time.
President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force 1 on Feb. 9, said he will impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum from all countries. Most countries' aluminum is currently subject to 10% tariffs, with Canada and Mexico exempted from Section 232 steel and aluminum duties. He did not say when the tariff changes would take effect.
He also told the reporters that he would be announcing his reciprocal tariff plan on Feb. 11 or 12.
Duty-free de minimis treatment is available for Chinese-origin goods again, but only until "notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expediently process and collect tariff revenue for all Chinese products," the White House said in an amendment to its Feb. 1 executive order on China tariffs.
The U.S. will delay its recently announced tariffs on Canada for “at least 30 days,” after President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reached a deal, said Trudeau in a tweet Feb. 3.
“I just had a good call with President Trump. Canada is implementing our $1.3 billion border plan — reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl,” Trudeau said. “Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border.”
“In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering,” Trudeau said. “I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million.
“Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together.”
President Donald Trump posted on social media that he is holding off on imposing tariffs on Mexico for a month. "I just spoke with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico. It was a very friendly conversation wherein she agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican Soldiers on the Border separating Mexico and the United States," he wrote. "These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl, and illegal migrants into our Country. We further agreed to immediately pause the anticipated tariffs for a one month period during which we will have negotiations headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and high-level Representatives of Mexico."
Trump said that he had just talked to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but was not so conciliatory. In that post, he wrote, "Canada doesn’t even allow U.S. Banks to open or do business there. What’s that all about? Many such things, but it’s also a DRUG WAR, and hundreds of thousands of people have died in the U.S. from drugs pouring through the Borders of Mexico and Canada."
He said he'd be talking to Trudeau again at 3 p.m.
Goods exempted from new tariffs on Canada and China because they were in transit when the tariffs were announced must be entered before Feb. 7 for Canada, and before March 7 for China, to qualify for the exemption, CBP said in a pair of Federal Register notices released the afternoon of Feb. 3.
According to the notices, goods subject to the 25% tariffs on Canadian goods will enter under subheading 9903.01.10, or 9903.01.13, for energy imports subject to a 10% duty. Canadian goods entering under the exemption for shipments in transit will enter under subheading 9903.01.14. New subheadings 9903.01.11 and 9903.01.12 will exempt donations and informational materials exempt from tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Goods from China subject to the tariffs will enter under subheading 9903.01.20. Goods exempt because they were in transit will enter under subheading 9903.01.23, and subheadings 9903.01.21 and 9903.01.22 will cover exempt donations and informational materials, respectively.
Both sets of tariffs won’t apply to special duty-free provisions of Chapter 98, except for goods of subheading 9802.00.40, 9802.00.50, 9802.00.60 and 9802.00.80, for which tariffs will apply to the value of the Canadian or Chinese content.
The notices say that, to implement the exclusion from de minimis of goods subject to the China and Canada tariffs, CBP will require formal entry for all mail shipments from China and Canada.
Hours after releasing an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on Canadian goods and a 10% tariff on energy goods from Canada, two additional orders came from the White House on Feb. 1: one setting a 10% tariff on goods from China and the other a 25% tariff on goods from Mexico.
The duties on China and Mexico will take effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Feb. 4, though goods in transit as of 12:01 a.m. ET on Feb. 1 will not be subject to the duties. For both orders, no drawback on goods subject to the tariffs will be allowed, nor will they qualify for duty-free de minimis treatment.
Trump cited the U.S. fentanyl crisis as the motivation for the tariffs, and he invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to levy the duties.
President Donald Trump signed on Feb. 1 an executive order setting a 25% tariff on most goods from Canada, but a 10% tariff on "energy goods." The emailed order says the tariffs will apply beginning 12:01 a.m. ET on Feb. 4, though goods in transit as of 12:01 a.m. ET on Feb. 1 will not be subject to the duties.
According to the order, "the sustained influx of illicit opioids and other drugs has profound consequences on our Nation, endangering lives and putting a severe strain on our healthcare system, public services, and communities." No drawback on goods subject to the tariffs will be allowed, nor will they qualify for duty-free de minimis treatment.
The executive order, which invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, does not apply to Mexico or China, although White House deputy press secretary Harrison Fields tweeted on Feb. 1 that Trump had "signed" tariffs not only against Canada, but against Mexico and China as well.
President Donald Trump told a reporter at the White House that a 25% tariff on Mexican and Canadian goods "is coming on Saturday." When the reporter asked if oil would be excluded, Trump replied, "I didn't say that. We're going to make the determination probably tonight, on oil."
He said if the oil was priced right, it might be spared.
President Trump, after saying tariff decisions on China would wait until he had talks with that country's president, returned to his previous stance in favor of the tariffs. He made the comments at a White House press conference Jan. 21.
"The fentanyl coming into Mexico is massive," he said, and segued to saying, "I had that talk with [Chinese] President Xi [Jinping], the other day, too, of China. 'We don't want that crap in that country. We've got to stop it.'" He said China was going to give the death penalty to those selling fentanyl for the illicit U.S. market, but Biden didn't follow through with the deal.
"We're talking about a tariff of 10% on China" over the fentanyl smuggling, he said. When asked how soon, he said: "Probably February 1st."
At the same press conference, Trump warned the European Union is "going to be in for tariffs. It's the only way you're going to get fairness."
President Donald Trump told reporters that his administration is still thinking of imposing 25% tariffs on both Mexican and Canadian goods "because they're allowing vast numbers of people -- Canada's a very bad abuser also -- vast numbers of people to come in, and fentanyl to come in. I think we'll do it February 1st."
He was less definitive on his plans for hiking tariffs on China. He earlier had said a 10% tariff would be added to Chinese goods over fentanyl. On Jan. 20, as he signed an executive order delaying a shutdown of TikTok, he said the 10% tariff threat "was only because of fentanyl," and said he had other concerns too, such as China controlling the Panama Canal. (China does not control the Panama Canal, but it does own ports near its entrance.)
But he said he would not be putting 60% tariffs on goods from China -- at least not unless he needed them to pressure China to allow a sale of TikTok. He said he wanted the U.S. government to get half the value of TikTok, and said that if China wouldn't approve a sale, he'd consider that "a hostile act," and he might impose tariffs in response. "I'm not saying I would, but you could totally do that," he added. He said if he put 20, 30, 40, 50, even 100% tariffs on China, it would then approve a divestiture.
When asked if he would put a 10% tariff on all imports, he replied, "I may, but we're not ready for that yet."
No goods subject to special trade remedies would be able to enter de minimis -- which primarily affects goods subject to Section 301 tariffs -- under a proposed rule released by CBP Jan. 17.
Because CBP needs to know the classification to determine if goods could enter duty-free under this regime, CBP is proposing to require a 10-digit HTS code on all packages -- including those cleared off manifest, in addition to packages in the "enhanced entry" stream the agency described in an earlier proposed rule that would replace the Type 86 process.
The government said because the revenue from these tariffs is projected to be between $5.9 billion and $7.8 billion in 2025, it "anticipates that the amount of additional revenue to be collected under the proposed exception would substantially outweigh the expense and inconvenience to the U.S. Government of collecting the duties."
The agency acknowledged that applying this new regime to international mail would be challenging. "While CBP has included international mail in the scope of this proposed rulemaking, CBP seeks public comments that address the operational feasibility in the international mail environment," the notice said.
The Department of Homeland Security has added 37 more companies to its list of entities that may be using forced labor from the Xinjiang region of China, bringing the total number of companies on the list to 144. Three energy companies were added to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List in the category of companies allegedly harboring or using forced labor, while 35 companies within the textile, energy and solar industries were added for sourcing materials from the Xinjiang region or participating in government-supported poverty alleviation schemes. One company, a zinc manufacturer, was flagged for using forced labor and sourcing materials from the Xinjiang region. The listings take effect Jan. 15, according to a Federal Register notice.
Type 86 entries would be replaced by an "enhanced entry process" if a proposed rule becomes final, but clearing goods off the manifest via a "basic" entry process would still be possible for de minimis shipments, CBP said in a notice of proposed rulemaking scheduled for publication Jan. 14.
The NPRM makes several other significant changes to its approach to de minimis packages. One, if an importer exceeds $800 in value in shipments in one day across multiple packages, none of the packages would be eligible for duty-free entry. Also, the ability to send packages to different employees at the same business to get around the $800 limit would no longer exist. Only the owner or buyer is considered for de minimis, not a consignee that is receiving the goods.
The regulation would also change language allowing the duty exemption from "shall" to "may," with the notice saying: "the administrative exemptions are a privilege and not an absolute right."
Importing through the mail would have to be done through the enhanced entry process.
The "basic" entry process would be quite similar to current processes for goods cleared off the manifest, except that the "ultimate consignee" would be replaced with the name and address of the final deliver-to party, if that's different from the buyer. It also would require the buyer's or owner's name because that would be who the $800 limit is linked to.
For the enhanced entry, CBP will require:
- Clearance tracing identification number
- Country of shipment
- HTS code (but waivers will be available for "for filers with demonstrated capabilities and histories of segmenting out goods subject to PGA requirements.")
- Either the marketplace' product listing URL, a product picture, a SKU or product code, and/or a foreign security scanning report, such as a shipment x-ray
- Seller name and address
- Purchaser name and address
- PGA data, if warranted
- Marketplace name and website
Comments on the proposed rule may be filed by March 17 at https://www.regulations.gov, via docket number USCBP-2025-0002
The notice said the administration intends to publish the other notice of proposed rulemaking, which would restrict which goods are eligible for de minimis entry, "in the coming days."
If these rules become final, they would not end the Section 321 Data Pilot. There will be changes to that pilot that will be announced in a later FR notice, the administration said.