On July 30, 2025, President Trump issued an
Executive Order pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) imposing an additional forty percent (40%) ad valorem rate on certain products from Brazil. This rate shall be in addition to the existing ten percent (10%) tariff rate currently imposed on goods from Brazil.
The Executive Order provides that the new rate, applies to “goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time seven (7) days after [July 30].”
The 40% rate will not apply to the following:
- Goods that were loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading and in transit on final mode of transit prior to entry into the U.S. before 12:01 a.m. EDT seven days after July 30, 2025;
- Goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption before 12:01 a.m. EDT on October 5, 2025;
- Imports subject to Section 232 duties;
- Articles exempted by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b); and
- Articles set forth in Annex I including certain silicon metal, pig iron, civil aircraft an parts and components thereof, metallurgical grade alumina, tin ore, wood pump, precious metals, energy and energy products, and fertilizers.
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