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Current Reciprocal Tariff Exemptions and Exclusions Late Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued an update of items excluded from reciprocal tariffs. The update includes some additional new HTSUS Numbers that have yet to be published in a Presidential Order. They include goods such as: 8471                8473.30           8486                8517.13.00 8517.62.00      8523.51.00      8524                8528.52.00 8541.10.00      8541.21.00      8541.29.00      8541.30.00 8541.51.00      8541.59.00      …

Charts on the Reciprocal and IEEPA and Other Tariffs Carmichael has put together charts as an overview to explain the details on President Trump’s tariffs. It includes all the current additional duties assessed by this administration, the duty rates, and the effective dates. They include a chart of the countries and duty assessments for the 60 countries assessed with more …

Pause on High Reciprocal Tariffs Except for China Who Faces Higher Tariffs President Trump announced a pause on reciprocal tariffs for the 60 countries with specific higher rates that were to start on April 9, that he announced last week. The general rate of 10% for all countries remains in place since April 4, including the countries that were to …

Quick Summary on Trump Tariffs This is our summary of the recent notices for additional duties being assessed by the Trump Administration.  Guidance for the applications of the tariffs has not been issued by CBP.  We will be watching for the progress closely and will send out additional information and/or changes as we receive them. Reciprocal Tariffs On Thursday, President …

Tidbits on Tariffs. More to Follow There is a Change in Instructions for the Smelt and Cast Declaration for Aluminum Derivatives For derivative aluminum, the filer, as an interim solution, may report any country other than the United States if the filer does not know the country of smelt or cast. Importers may submit a post-summary correction to update the …

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Big Change in Mexico and Canada IEEPA Additional Duties On Thursday, President Trump issued two new executive orders dealing with the additional IEEPA additional duties.  Any products of Canada and Mexico that qualify for Duty-Free treatment under the United States-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement (USMCA) will not be subject to the IEEPA additional tariffs.  These orders with the exemptions that began …

President Trump Grants Exemptions for Some of Canada and Mexico Tariffs Today President Trump announced that he was issuing two executive orders granting a temporary exemption from additional tariffs on products from Mexico and Canada that qualify for entry under the United States-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement (USMCA). These exemptions will become effective at 12:01 AM on March 7. The orders …

Mexico and Canada Additional Tariffs Will Not Be Postponed at This Time On Sunday, President Trump told the press that the additional tariffs for Canada and Mexico that were postponed until March 4, 2025, will not be extended again and will go into effect at 12:01 AM on March 4, 2025.  He also stated that he will increase the additional …

Mexico and Canada Additional Duties Postponement Has Not Yet Been Extended The postponement of additional tariffs to be assessed against Canada and Mexico was postponed until March 4, 2025. Early in the week, President Trump had said that he was planning to extend the postponement of duty assessments, but yesterday he announced that the additional duties will be effective on …

ILA Members Have Ratified the Union Contract The contract agreed upon by the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) was ratified by the rank-and-file members of the ILA. Steel and Aluminum Tariffs President Trump decided that the current Section 232 tariffs on aluminum and steel were not accomplishing their goals. He issued two executive orders …

Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Will be Expanded and/or Increased on March 12 President Trump issued two executive orders on February 10, 2025, that will expand and increase Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.  In 2018 additional tariffs of 25% were placed on steel and 10% on aluminum from all countries.  Later the U.S. imposed quotas for steel …

Products of China Temporarily Regain Eligibility for De Minimis Duty-Free Treatment President Trump has issued an executive order that duty-free treatment under de minimis has been temporarily reinstated on shipments under $800.00 due to processing systems not being in place to properly process and collect the duty on the packages with Chinese goods.  This change is temporary and will end …

Trump Postpones Additional Duties on Canada President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau had a lengthy call today and have agreed on actions that have caused President Trump to postpone the additional duties for 30 days while the proposals discussed are put in place as per a tweet from Prime Minister Trudeau. Canada will increase the resources to stop the flow …

Trump is Postponing the Mexico Increased Duties After a phone call this morning with Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum, U.S. President Trump announced on social media that due to cooperation with Mexico will pause the additional 25% tariffs on Mexico for one month. This pause will allow for negotiations between the United States and Mexico for resolutions. There is nothing published …

Trump Issues Executive Order on Additional Duties for Canada, Mexico, and China On Saturday, February 1, 2025, President Trump issued three executive orders establishing additional duties on products made in Canada, Mexico, and China. Canada will have all its products assessed 25% except on energy resources that will be detailed in a Federal Register Notice (FRN) that will be issued …

Trump will Impose Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday In a White House briefing today by White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt announced that on Saturday, February 1, 2025, President Trump will assess tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China. Canada and Mexico will have 25% tariffs placed on certain products and China will have 10% assessed.  The anticipated effective …

Trump Issued America First Trade Memo On January 20 With all the speculation on when Trump will enact the new tariffs, we should first look at a memorandum that President Trump signed on his first day in office. His memo on America First Trade Policy was issued to several agencies and offices that gave instructions to investigate and review how …

ILA and USMX Reach Tentative Agreement – Strike Averted The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year Master Contract.  The agreement must now be ratified by the union rank and file.  Both sides agreed to operate under the current contract while the ILA can schedule a ratification …