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PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION- 232 INCREASES- ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF ALUMINUM AND STEEL INTO THE UNITED STATES

June 4, 2025

On June 3, 2025, the President signed a proclamation, “Adjusting Imports of Aluminum and Steel into the United States.” This proclamation addresses previous statements on increasing steel and aluminum duties from 25% to 50%.

Per the proclamation, all countries except for U.K. will now be subject to 50% for 232 tariffs on steel/aluminum and derivatives. Steel/aluminum and derivative imports from the U.K. will remain at 25% at least through July 9.  The Commerce Secretary may adjust the rate at that time if needed.

This is effective for consumption entries as of 12:01am Eastern time June 4, 2025, and there are no in-transit exemptions, and no drawback is allowed on these duties.

With regards to steel/aluminum and derivative items,duties will be applied as follows:

  • Automobiles/auto parts
    • Section 232 automobiles and auto parts
      • Automobiles will be subject to 25% tariff rate
      • Auto parts will be subject to 25% tariffs on the non-U.S. content
  • Products of Canada/Mexico
    • Section 232 steel/aluminum
      • Items will be subject to 50% tariff rate
      • IEEPA Drug/Border tariff will not apply to Section 232 steel/aluminum items at 50%
    • 232 derivatives
      • 232 derivatives will be subject to 50% tariff rate on non-U.S. steel/aluminum content value
      • 232 derivatives will be subject to 25% IEEPA Drug/Border tariff on the other (non-steel/aluminum content)
  • Products of countries other than Canada/Mexico
    • Section 232 steel/aluminum
      • Items will be subject to a 50% tariff rate (25% for the U.K.)
      • IEEPA Drug/Border tariff (20%) WILL apply to items from China
    • 232 derivatives
      • 232 derivatives will be subject to 50% tariff rate on non-U.S. steel/aluminum content value (25% for the U.K.)
      • 232 derivatives will be subject to the current reciprocal tariff rate (10% June 4) on other (non-steel/aluminum content)

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Presidential ProclamationCSMS 65236374 Steel and Steel Derivative ProductsCSMS 65236645 Aluminum and Aluminum Derivative ProductsCLIENT ADVISORY-PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION-232 INCREASES
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RECIPROCAL MODIFICATION

The President has signed an executive order on September 5. This order provides an updated version of Annex II to Executive Order 14257.

New additions to Annex II are in 9 Chapters of the HTSUS. The chapters are 25, 26, 28, 29, 47, 71, 72, 75, and 85. The full list can be reviewed by clicking on the excecutive order link below.

Also, there were some items that were removed from Annex II and will now be subject to reciprocal tariffs. These HTS include 2818.30.00, 3824.99.93, 3907.29.00, 3907.30.00, 3907.61.00, 3907.69.00, 3907.99.50, and 3910.00.00. These will all now be subject to reciprocal tariffs.

These changes took effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern on September 8.

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US-JAPAN

The President has signed an executive order on September 4. This order sets the parameters for the United States-Japan agreement.

In general, items will be subject to a baseline 15% duty rate on most items which are of Japanese origin. The order also  states that “The tariffs set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall apply retroactively to products of Japan entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. ET on August 7, 2025.”

CBP has advised that Post Summary Corrections or Protests should not be filed until CBP has provided additional guidance through a CSMS message on how to process any corrections.

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BIS ADDS MORE HTS TO 232

The US Department of Commerce has posted for public inspection a Federal Register Notice that will be published in the Federal Register on August 19, 2025. This notice states that “BIS (Bureau of Industry and Security) is adding 407 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States codes to the list of products that will be considered as steel or aluminum derivative products.

Per the FRN, “The non-steel and non-aluminum content will remain subject to the reciprocal and other applicable tariffs.” It goes on to note “The complete list of HTSUS codes added to the Section 232 tariffs by today’s action is listed in the annexes to this notice.”

Finally, the notice indicates that “The duties set out in the annex for these additional steel and aluminum derivatives are effective for…products that are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on August 18, 2025.

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