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Customer Advisory: Important Updates on U.S. Import Tariffs
Aug. 12, 2025
Customer Advisory
Important Updates on U.S. Import Tariffs
Per Executive Order issued late last night, heading 9903.01.63 will continue to be suspended for a further period of 90 days, until 12:01 a.m. EDT, November 10, 2025. Covered imported products of China, including covered products of Hong Kong and Macau, which are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption prior to that will continue to be subject to a reciprocal tariff of 10% ad valorem. Details are reflected in U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) 65894387.
Updated guidance provided on the additional duties due on imported merchandise, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), effective on goods of the European Union (EU) after 12:01 a.m. EDT on August 7, 2025.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) republished and superseded the Federal Register (FR) notice, renamed the Global Business Identifier (GBI) Evaluation Proof of Concept (EPoC) to the Global Business Identifier Test (GBI Test), and adds Altana Technologies USG Inc. (Altana) as a new Identity Management Company (IMC), and establishes a process for other IMCs to support CBP in the test.
The new treatment schedule describes a process to provide an emergency phytosanitary destruction method for dunnage, pallets, wood packaging material (WPM), and other non-compliant wood products. An approved Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) compliance agreement must be in place for the secure disposal equipment to be authorized to treat/destroy violative WPM.
Note two "key points" among its FY2026 fees:
- The Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) ad valorem rate of 0.3464% will NOT change.
- The MPF minimum and maximum for formal entries (class code 499) will change:
- The minimum will change from $32.71 to $33.58; and
- The maximum will change from $634.62 to $651.50.
- Upcoming National Customs Training Initiative (NCTI) Webinars, all free and all start at 1:30 p.m., EDT:
- Classification of Plaited Articles of Chapter 46 – Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
- Traveling Through the Rules of Heading 4202 – Thursday, August 14, 2025.
- Other Made-up Textiles Articles of Subheading 6307.90 – Tuesday, August 26, 2025.
- All About Chapter 62 Blouses – Wednesday, August 27, 2025.
- Overview of Chapter 28 Chemicals – Wednesday, September 3, 2025.
- Let's Make a Date to Discuss Date & Date Related Products – Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
- What Two Letters Spell Candy? C and Y! – Tuesday, September 18, 2025.
To view past webinar recordings, click here.
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