United States
The US Changes are merged in our data and delivered across our products as of Feb 4, 2025. Effectively, an additional 10% duty for all products from China and Hong Kong.
- Only tariffs against China\HK were implemented in the end, as agreements were reached with Canada and Mexico.
- New codes were added to Chapter 99 to implement these duties. We applied these to all the HS codes in Chapters 1-97.
- 9903.01.20: All imports of articles that are products of China and Hong Kong, other than products classifiable under headings 9903.01.21, 9903.01.22, and 9903.01.23, and other than products for personal use included in accompanied baggage of persons arriving in the United States – an additional ad valorem rate of duty of 10%.
- For the following products excluded from the additional duties, one of the following HTS classifications apply:
- 9903.01.21: Articles the product of China and Hong Kong that are donations, by persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, of articles, such as food, clothing, and medicine, intended to be used to relieve human suffering.
- 9903.01.22: Articles the product of China and Hong Kong that are informational materials, including but not limited to, publications, films, posters, phonograph records, photographs, microfilms, microfiche, tapes, compact disks, CD ROMs, artworks, and news wire feeds.
- 9903.01.23: Except for products described in headings 9903.01.21 and 9903.01.22, and other than products for personal use included in accompanied baggage of persons arriving in the United States, articles the product of China and Hong Kong that: (1) 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the United States, before 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on February 1, 2025; and (2) are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on February 4, 2025, and before 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on March 7, 2025.
China:
- China is retaliating, with an announcement from China’s Ministry of Finance here. Descartes has added these additional duties as of Feb 5, 2025. The announcement includes 2 sets of HS codes, one with an additional 10% and one with an additional 15% tariff. These new rates are not effective until Feb 10th. Note that we also have a set of HS code changes pending for China to be delivered in the coming days.
Canada
- POSTPONED till further notice
- Canada has posted their list of goods to retaliate. They have a few pages on the CBSC site detailing and explaining the situation. ( link1 link2 ) The additional duty is effective Feb 4, but do not apply to goods in transit on February 4th.
- Main list: List of products from the United States subject to 25 per cent tariffs effective February 4, 2025 – Canada.ca
Mexico
- POSTPONED till further notice.
- MX never got as far as posting any information about retaliation. They have agreed to some things at the border and no additional duties are proposed.