On June 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) to conform with General Terms of the United States of America-United Kingdom Economic Prosperity Deal (Executive Order 14309) with respect to automobiles, automobile parts, civil aircraft
Updated CSMS Guidance on Steel and Derivatives
One June 24, 2025 CBP published updated guidance via a CSMS Message on Section 232 tariffs, correcting the number for preexisting HTSUS subheading 9903.81.98. The change effects steel or iron derivative items imported from the United Kingdom.
Additionally, the CSMS Message added certain steel imports in Chapters 84
On May 15, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued further guidance via the Cargo Systems Messaging Service (“CSMS”) for determining the order in which the various tariffs will apply to an article when that article is subject to more than one of the tariff actions identified in Executive Order (“EO”) 14289 (90
On May 11, 2025, the U.S. announced that it had reached an agreement with China to mutually reduce tariffs against each country for 90 days. The reduced rates, discussed below, will take effect for goods entered on or after May 14, 2025. The reduced rates will not be retroactive and will only apply to entries effective May 14, 2025, and forward.
On April 29, 2025, President Trump issued a Proclamation (the “Proclamation”) amending the tariffs applicable to imports of automobiles and automobile parts. For a complete discussion on the tariffs imposed on automobiles and automobile parts, see our separate blog posts here and here.
The Proclamation issued on April 29th, amends Proclamation 10908 which first
On April 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a notice regarding changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) eliminating the Section 321 de minimis exemption for goods from China, which had previously permitted shipments valued at under $800 to be entered into the U.S. informally and duty-free.
The notice
On March 3, 2025, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) released advanced Federal Register notices providing modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) in order to implement the steel and aluminum tariffs announced by the President on February 10, 2025. Our prior update on these tariffs and the products affected are
On February 14, 2025, the White House released Annex I of the February 10, 2025 Proclamations expanding the Section 232 duties to cover certain additional derivative products of steel and aluminum. The additional derivative products are identified by Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”) code in each annex.
As discussed in our
On November 1, 2022, the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) released the questionnaire it is requesting interested parties to submit for its consideration related to the economic impact of the Section 301 tariffs. The portal to submit responses to the questionnaire will open on November 15, 2022, and will remain open until January 17, 2023.