President Trump issued an Executive Order on February 1, 2025 to impose additional tariffs of 25% on all articles that are products from Canada and Mexico, and 10% on products from China. Energy and energy products from Canada will have a 10% tariff. In the case of China, the new 10% tariff is in addition to any existing tariffs.
The new tariffs, or additional duties will apply to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on February 4, 2025, except that goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, after such time that were loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading or in transit on the final mode of transport prior to entry into the United States before 12:01 a.m. eastern time on February 1, 2025, shall not be subject to such additional duty, but only if the importer certifies to CBP as specified in the Federal Register notice”.
Current laws do not mandate an exclusion process. These tariffs will apply to all goods without exclusion. It is also worth noting that drawback benefits will not be available with respect to duties imposed pursuant to the Executive Order.
For detailed information about these tariffs please review the Executive Order and the Fact Sheet.
We are now waiting for U.S. Customs to issue operational instructions for the implementation of the Executive Order in regards to the entry of the affected merchandise, including information about new Harmonized Tariff Schedule numbers, and when the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) system will be able to handle the new tariffs, however, this will not affect the effective day of the Executive Order in any way.
