We want to inform you about significant changes announced on February 10, 2025, regarding tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. President Trump has issued two Proclamations adjusting imports of steel and aluminum into the United States.
The Proclamations will affect a range of downstream products, including steel and aluminum extrusions, slabs, sheets, and coils, as well as finished metal goods.
Effective March 12, 2025, 25% ad valorem rate of duty on steel and 10-25% ad valorem rate of duty on steel derivatives will apply to imports from all countries including imports from Canada, Mexico and Ukraine.
All Section 232 country exemptions and quota agreements will be terminated, and only products smelted and poured in the U.S. will remain exempt. All imports of steel from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, EU countries, Japan, Mexico, South Korea and United Kingdom will be subject to 25% ad valorem rate of duty and steel derivative articles will subject to 10% or 25% ad valorem rate of duty.
Tariffs on aluminum articles and derivative aluminum articles increase from 10% to 25% ad valorem rate and apply to all countries except Russia.
Imports of specified derivative aluminum articles of Russia, and all imports of specified derivative aluminum articles, where any amount of primary aluminum used in the manufacture of the derivative aluminum articles is smelted in Russia, or the derivative aluminum articles are cast in Russia, shall be subject to the 200% ad valorem rate of duty.
These rates of duty shall not apply to derivative aluminum articles processed in another country from aluminum articles that were smelted and cast in the United States.
Furthermore, additional steel derivative articles and aluminum derivative articles will be included in the scope and subject to 25% duties. The process for including additional derivative articles will be established within 90 days.
As of 11:59 pm on February 10, 2025, no product exclusion requests or renewals will be considered. Granted product exclusions shall remain effective until their expiration dates or until the excluded product is imported, whichever occurs first.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will enforce strict measures to prevent misclassification or evasion of duties, and penalties will be imposed for non-compliance without consideration of mitigating factors.
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