Effective August 18, 2025,in accordance with ?doption and Procedures of the Section 232 Steel andAluminum Tariff Inclusions Process?the Commerce Department will be addingadditional steel derivative products to Annex I of the HTSUS to be subject to Section232 duties. Further, Annex II makes technical corrections to theHarmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
ENTRY FILING INSTRUCTIONS
This guidance providesinstructions for importers, brokers, and filers on submitting entries to U.S.Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on certain steel derivative imports,effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn fromwarehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time onAugust 18, 2025. The following steel derivative products added tosubdivisions (m/n/t/u) of U.S. Note 16 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of theUnited States (HTSUS) are subject to Section 232 duties.
Review the attached steelHTS list to see the additional products (identified in bold) added to the belowChapter 99 HTSUS:
Report the Section 232steel derivative duties applicable to goods classified in the eight-digitsubheadings and the 10-digit statistical reporting number listed in theattached steel HTS list (hereinafter the ?ewly-added goods? under thefollowing Chapter 99 HTSUS numbers:
9903.81.90 (all countriesexcept the United Kingdom): Derivative iron or steel products listed insubdivision (m): the import duty is on the value of the steel content.
50 percent ad valorem dutyon the value of the steel content.
9903.81.91 (all countriesexcept the United Kingdom): Derivative iron or steel products listed insubdivision (n) (certain steel derivative articles not classified in Chapter 73subject to Section 232): the import duty is on the value of the steel content.
9903.81.91 also applies tonewly-added goods that were admitted to a U.S. foreign trade zone and granted?rivileged foreign status?before August 18, 2025, and entered forconsumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after August18, 2025.
50 percent ad valorem dutyon the value of the steel content.
9903.81.97 (UK only):Derivative iron or steel products listed in subdivision (t): the import duty ison the value of the steel content.
25 percent ad valorem dutyon the value of the steel content.
9903.81.98 (UK only):Derivative iron or steel products from United Kingdom listed in subdivision (u)(certain steel derivative articles not classified in Chapter 73 subject toSection 232): the import duty is on the value of the steel content.
9903.81.98 also applies tonewly-added goods that were admitted to a U.S. foreign trade zone and granted?rivileged foreign status?before August 18, 2025, and entered forconsumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after August18, 2025.
25 percent ad valorem dutyon the value of the steel content.
9903.81.92 (all countries,including the UK): Derivative steel or iron products listed in subdivisionsincluding (n) or (u) where the derivative iron or steel product was processedin another country from steel articles that were melted and poured in theUnited States.
9903.81.92 also applies tonewly-added goods that were admitted to a U.S. foreign trade zone and granted?rivileged foreign status?before August 18, 2025, and entered forconsumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after August18, 2025.
0 percent ad valorem duty.
See CSMS # 65236374 forsteel content reporting instructions.
Application of ReciprocalTariffs under EO 14257
The non-steel content of anarticle reported on a separate line per the instructions identified in CSMS65236374, is subject to Reciprocal tariffs under HTS 9903.01.25. Thesteel content subject to Section 232 duties is not subject to Reciprocal tariffsunder HTS 9903.01.33.
Drawback
No drawback shall beavailable with respect to the duties imposed pursuant to Proclamation 10896.
Effective August 18, 2025,in accordance with ?doption and Procedures of the Section 232 Steel andAluminum Tariff Inclusions Process?the Commerce Department will be addingadditional aluminum derivative products to Annex I of the HTSUS to be subject toSection 232 duties. Further, Annex II makes technical correctionsto the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
ENTRY FILING INSTRUCTIONS
This guidance providesinstructions for importers, brokers, and filers on submitting entries to U.S.Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on certain aluminum derivative imports,effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehousefor consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August 18,2025. The following aluminum derivative products added to subdivisions(j/k/r/s) of U.S. Note 19 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the UnitedStates (HTSUS) are subject to Section 232 duties.
Review the attachedaluminum HTS list to see the additional products (identified in bold) added tothe below Chapter 99 HTSUS:
Report the Section 232aluminum derivative duties applicable to goods classified in the eight-digitsubheadings and the 10-digit statistical reporting number listed in theattached aluminum HTS list (hereinafter the ?ewly added goods? under thefollowing Chapter 99 HTSUS numbers:
9903.85.07 (all countriesexcept the United Kingdom): Derivative aluminum products listed insubdivisions (j) (new aluminum derivative articles classified in Chapter 76subject to Section 232.
50 percent ad valorem dutyon the value of the aluminum content.
9903.85.08 (all countriesexcept the United Kingdom): Derivative aluminum products listed insubdivisions (k) (new aluminum derivative articles not classified in Chapter 76subject to Section 232): the import duty is based upon the value of the aluminumcontent.
50 percent ad valorem dutyon the value of the aluminum content.
9903.85.09: Derivative aluminum products listed in subdivisions (j), (k), (r), or (s) (newaluminum derivative articles processed in another country from aluminumarticles smelted and in the United States subject to Section 232):(j)/(r)(k)(s)
0 percent ad valorem duty.
9903.85.14 (UK only):Derivative aluminum products listed in subdivisions (r) (new aluminumderivative articles classified in Chapter 76 subject to Section 232).
25percent ad valorem duty on the value of the aluminum content.
9903.85.15 (UK only):Derivative aluminum products listed in subdivisions (s) (new aluminumderivative articles not classified in Chapter 76 subject to Section 232): theimport duty is based upon the value of the aluminum content.
25 percent ad valorem dutyon the value of the aluminum content.
See CSMS # 65236645 foraluminum content reporting instructions.
Application of ReciprocalTariffs under EO 14257
The non-aluminum content ofan article reported on a separate line per the instructions above is subject toReciprocal tariffs under HTS 9903.01.25.
The aluminum contentsubject to Section 232 duties per the instruction above is not subject toReciprocal tariffs under HTS 9903.01.33.
Duties for Aluminum fromRussia
The 200 percent duty on anyaluminum products and derivative aluminum products subject to Section 232 thatare products of Russia, or where any amount of primary aluminum used in themanufacture of the aluminum articles is smelted in Russia, or where thealuminum articles are in Russia, is still in effect. These dutiesare to be applied to the entire value of the imported good. Importersshould continue to report HTSUS heading 9903.85.67 for aluminum products; andheading 9903.85.68 for aluminum derivative products; subject to the 200 percentRussia aluminum duties.
9903.85.68 and 9903.85.70:Derivative aluminum articles that are products of Russia, or where any amountof primary aluminum used in the manufacture of the aluminum articles is smeltedin Russia, or where the aluminum articles are in Russia, when suchderivative articles are provided for in the headings or subheadings enumeratedin note 19(a)(iii) or notes 19(i), 19(j) or 19(k) as applicable per the date ofentry for consumption or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.
Smelt and Cast ReportingRequirements
To report the primarycountry of smelt, secondary country of smelt, or country of most recent. Importers must report the International Organization forStandardization (ISO) code on aluminum articles and derivative aluminumarticles on all countries subject to section 232.
Filers must report ??forprimary country of smelt; and/or secondary country of smelt. Filers may notreport ??for both primary country of smelt and secondary country of smelt.
For the ImportersAdditional Declaration Record Type 07 if either the derivative aluminumprimary and/or secondary country of smelt or country of is unknown, report?N?(unknown) for the ISO country code. When reporting ?N? the 200 percentSection 232 duties for Russia aluminum will be assessed on the entry summaryline.
If the imported aluminum ismanufactured only from recycled aluminum, then filers should report ??for thesecondary country of smelt, and report the country reported as the country oforigin of the imported article as the secondary country of smelt code. Take note that aluminum manufactured only from recycled aluminum is notcommon. Importers must be able to provide manufacturing documents, uponrequest, to substantiate the manufacturing process for the recycled aluminumproduct.
Country of Origin: If theimported product was smelted and in the United States, then the importerwill report ?S?for the country of smelt and ?S?for the country of .
Drawback
No drawback shall beavailable with respect to the duties imposed.
Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ)
Any aluminum articles orderivative aluminum articles, except those eligible for admission under?omestic status?as defined in 19 CFR 146.43, that are subject to the dutyimposed by this Proclamation and that are admitted into a U.S. foreign tradezone on or after the Commerce certification date, in accordance with clause 9,may be admitted only under ?rivileged foreign status?as defined in 19 CFR146.41, and will be subject upon entry for consumption to any ad valorem ratesof duty related to the classification under the applicable HTS subheading.
The smelt and reporting requirements also apply to goods admitted into a U.S. FTZ andwithdrawn from the FTZ for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. Eastern DaylightTime on August 18, 2025.
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