Duties, exclusions, trade agreements and customs rules that change landed cost.
President Trump's Oct. 23 proclamation under Section 338 pulls plywood, paper, machinery and refrigeration equipment off the 50% duty list and adds carpets, vinyl flooring, paints, valves and chest freezers, effective for entries on or after Oct. 30.
An executive order signed Oct. 16 set secondary tariffs of up to 100% on buyers of Russian oil, then waived them the same night. Rubio says officials want up to 60 days to weigh a return.
100% duty increase the order set on the five largest buyers of Russian oil and gas
A proposed rule would end post-arrival filing for informal entries, require a bond on each one and create a new electronic entry for international mail. Comments are due Dec. 7, and parts, samples and marketplace buys are all in scope.
$2,500 value ceiling for shipments covered by the proposal
The maker of syringes, needles and infusion pumps will expand U.S. output and use American steel for needles in exchange for conditional Section 232 relief. Hospital and health system buyers should expect more deals like it.
$19B BD's planned U.S. investment over several years
After the Supreme Court struck down the emergency-power tariffs in February, refunds are now showing up in earnings. Levi's, Kimberly-Clark, McCormick and e.l.f. show the choices procurement should help shape: margin, price or supply chain.
~$80M tariff refunds Levi's recorded last quarter
With four weeks to go and no Federal Register notice seeking comment, procurement teams sourcing covered Chinese-origin goods should plan for the 25% Section 301 duty to return on entries filed Nov. 10.
178 product exclusions still in force
The Section 232 duty on patented drugs and their ingredients, first applied to large companies in July, now reaches every importer. Generics are still exempt, but rates vary sharply by country and company.
100% default duty on patented drugs and APIs
The Section 301 action that replaced the expired 10% global surcharge in July adds 10% or 12.5% to imports from most trading partners, with wide exemptions procurement teams should be using.
60 economies covered
A one-year delay of the Section 232 wood products increases ends Dec. 31 unless more countries reach agreements. Procurement teams buying furniture, fixtures and cabinetry for 2027 projects should price the higher rates now.
50% kitchen cabinet and vanity tariff from Jan. 1, 2027, up from 25%
A Federal Register notice published Oct. 7 confirmed the July 2018 and August 2018 actions on Chinese imports did not lapse at their four-year anniversaries, and a statutory review of their scope is next.
July 6 & Aug. 23, 2018 the two Section 301 actions that did not terminate in 2026
U.S. port fees on Chinese-built and Chinese-operated ships stay scheduled to resume even as Washington and Beijing extend their broader truce to Jan. 10, and over 200 shippers are urging USTR to extend the pause.
$50 per net ton on Chinese-operated or Chinese-owned vessels
Each side will lower duties on roughly $30 billion of the other's goods, from household items and toys to U.S. farm products, coal and medical equipment. The cuts take effect only after domestic legal steps, and covered trade has already shrunk.
~$60B two-way trade covered, about $30 billion each way
CBP's court filing sets the third phase of the CAPE refund portal, covering about $11.4B of struck-down IEEPA duties, after $122B in certified claims already moved to Treasury.
$134.7B potential and certified refunds accepted by CAPE (as of Sept. 11)
