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CSMS # 64680374 - GUIDANCE – Reciprocal Tariffs, April 5 and April 9, 2025, Effective Dates
The purpose of this message is to provide further guidance on the additional duties due on imported merchandise which were imposed by Executive Order 14257, issued April 2, 2025, and published in the Federal Register Notice, “Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits,” 90 FR 15041 (Apr. 7, 2025). The implementing annexes, with the country-specific rates listed in Annex I, the product-specific exclusions listed in Annex II, and the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) modifications listed in Annex III, are published in the Federal Register along with the text of the Executive Order.
The amended rates and Chapter 99 headings were published as part of Revision 7 to the 2025 Basic Edition of the HTSUS on April 4, 2025 (https://hts.usitc.gov/).
This guidance is an update to CSMS # 64649265 issued April 4, 2025, “GUIDANCE – Reciprocal Tariffs, April 5, 2025, Effective Date”, adding the actions that are effective April 9, 2025, along with those effective on April 5, 2025.
GUIDANCE
CHAPTER 99 SECONDARY CLASSIFICATION REQUIRED
With the implementation of the above Executive Order, effective April 5, 2025, filers must report at least one HTSUS Chapter 99 secondary classification related to the reciprocal tariffs. All imported merchandise must be reported with either the HTSUS classification under which the reciprocal tariff applies or one of the HTSUS classifications pursuant to which the merchandise is excepted from the reciprocal tariff.
APPLICATION OF ADDITIONAL DUTY RATES
The additional rates of duty established by reciprocal tariffs are in addition to any other duties, taxes, fees, exactions and charges that apply to imported articles.
All imported goods, other than those that fall within the identified exceptions, entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time (EDT) on April 5, 2025, are subject to the following HTSUS secondary classification and duty rate:
9903.01.25: Additional ad valorem duty rate of 10%
Effective April 9, 2025, a country-specific ad valorem rate of duty will apply to imported goods of 83 countries and will replace the 10% additional ad valorem duty rate under 9903.01.25. Imported goods of the countries identified below in 9903.01.43 – 9903.01.76, other than those that fall within the identified exceptions, entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. EDT on April 9, 2025, are subject to the following HTSUS classifications and additional ad valorem duty rates. Read More→
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