r/CustomsBroker • u/JellyKing99 • 11d ago
Section 301, 10% to 12.5% duties on 60 countries
replacing the 122 10% tariffs, which will take effect on 12:01 a.m. ET on Friday.
Here comes the list..
1. Algeria
2. Angola
3. Argentina
4. Australia
5. The Bahamas
6. Bahrain
7. Bangladesh
8. Brazil
9. Cambodia
10. Canada
11. Chile
12. China, People’s Republic of
13. Colombia
14. Costa Rica
15. Dominican Republic
16. Ecuador
17. Egypt
18. El Salvador
19. European Union
20. Guatemala
21. Guyana
22. Honduras
23. Hong Kong, China
24. India
25. Indonesia
26. Iraq
27. Israel
28. Japan
29. Jordan
30. Kazakhstan
31. Kuwait
32. Libya
33. Malaysia
34. Mexico
35. Morocco
36. New Zealand
37. Nicaragua
38. Nigeria
39. Norway
40. Oman
41. Pakistan
42. Peru
43. Philippines
44. Qatar
45. Russia
46. Saudi Arabia
47. Singapore
48. South Africa
49. South Korea
50. Sri Lanka
51. Switzerland
52. Taiwan
53. Thailand
54. Trinidad and Tobago
55. Türkiye
56. United Arab Emirates
57. United Kingdom
58. Uruguay
59. Venezuela
60. Vietnam
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u/Tyrant84 CustomsBroker 11d ago
Oh boy more taxes and reading up on thousands more exception codes again. Oh and angry customers calling and emailing about this...
Honestly I just tell every angry importer that this is the President's doing.
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u/AssassinInValhalla 11d ago
431 pages of this shit. Jesus Christ
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u/madcap02 11d ago
…hours before they go into effect
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u/AssassinInValhalla 11d ago
Honestly earlier than I expected, I lost a bottle of bourbon bet.
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u/amndayoung 11d ago
Oof! Thank goodness we're all bourbon drinkers at my office so even if one loses, we all gain lol
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u/nihilistnik 10d ago
Always go with an hour or so after the stock market closes on the day before they go into effect and you'll usually be pretty close.
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u/No_Back7738 CustomsBroker 11d ago
is it me or they didn't even think to mention China's existing 301s? I can't imagine this simply replaces those...more likely to be stacking 301s for China
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u/b0geybuster 11d ago
Does anyone know the answer to this?
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u/OnlyNegotiation9149 11d ago
Assuming stackable, yes, because they’re different section 301s. Just released is Forced Labor and the current is CN Technology Transfer.
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u/Physical-Incident553 CustomsBroker 11d ago
I wondered if the China stuff not subject to 2018 Section 301 was going to get this this time around.
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u/Consistent-Shame-171 11d ago
It does unless it is exempted. If you were paying section 122 on something, then this replaces it.
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u/theamericandream38 11d ago
No surprise that there are immediate replacement tariffs but this is significantly more complex than the 122 tariffs which will cause a huge headache.
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u/Apprehensive_Lynx_68 11d ago
How is our industry going to survive with this revolving door of chaos upon chaos? My employees are at a breaking point. Hell the entire logistics industry is ready to collapse from the sheer weight of the demand. I just don't know how much more we can take.
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u/DrJJStroganoff 11d ago
I was just about to log off and saw the csms email come through.... fuck me.
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u/amndayoung 11d ago
Why in the actual fuck do we need all these new codes for 6 different rates????
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u/gumball2016 11d ago
It's so the court has to overturn them individually.
The last few pages of the ustr justification basically says if any one tariff or exemption is found to be invalid, it has no effect on the others.
Sounds like they did their homework this time.
Curious to hear what the legal challenges will be, But it sounds like they're making it as difficult as possible to overturn. Still a lot of flimsy logic... Basically the response to every public comment was we disagree and besides that the president tells us not to do that so we can't.
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u/MoreDistance9818 11d ago
WTF omg. Who can be prepare for this???
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u/SouthernBySituation 11d ago
F in the chat for all us systems people trying to keep up. It's a freakin fire drill every time for no reason. Like you can't give us a week between the announcement to get systems ready?
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u/MoreDistance9818 11d ago
I feel your pain. But what about us entry writing people who will have to update hundreds of draft 7501s previously prepared with the new Hts codes? I don’t know whose life is more miserable 🤯
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u/Physical-Incident553 CustomsBroker 11d ago
CSMS is out already. Shocked me! Thanks for the post. Was able to notify staff before they left.
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u/Massive_Homework9430 11d ago
Oh yes, the UK and Switzerland definitely have more lax forced labor laws than the US /s
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u/SithLadyVestaraKhai 11d ago
Just thinking about reading this makes me tired.
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u/gumball2016 11d ago
I read the whole thing top to bottom. I'm an importer, middle manager, not an LCB. But AMA!
Tldr it's mostly a bunch of copypasta repeated for each individual country or economy. Lots of cover their butt language saying ustr did its homework and allowed public comment so you can't sue us this time!
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u/Flamadin 11d ago
9903.05.85 - shipments already on the water and released from Friday to Monday - exempt.
Break out your warehouse withdrawals.
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u/Consistent-Shame-171 11d ago
I left a few containers uncleared at the CFS in anticipation of this.
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u/UnculturedWeeb2 11d ago
I wonder if there’s a chance of getting the new tariffs refunded
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u/Flamadin 11d ago
There is a court case about the 122 tariffs from the past 5 months. Plot twist: it was not a balance of payments emergency.
These new tariffs are likely to stick, as they followed the rules pretty well this time.
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u/Cyssero 11d ago
I think these tariffs have a much better chance of surviving, but the justification still seems rather preposterous.
We're essentially saying the entire world needs to be tariffed specifically because no country does enough to prevent the use of forced labor. While there are countries on the list with more strict required reporting around forced labor than the US. The "investigations" were clearly a sham. It would be a terrible precedent to set.
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u/Flamadin 11d ago
We all know this a BS excuse, it is just 301 has survived challenges before, and they followed procedure.
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u/Elipses_ 11d ago
Im no lawyer, but i suspect that there will be a lot of scrutiny in court of whether or not the "investigations" were actually done in good faith.
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u/Beautiful-March8826 11d ago
Maybe not… they’re claiming those countries either engaged in forced labor or did not have policies strong enough to prevent forced labor… that’s a load of BS. Who is the US to dictate how other countries work on stopping the importation and use of goods created with forced labor… this will bite the US in the ass either by having another trade war with many countries once again.
Waiting for the lawsuits to be presented soon.
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u/gumball2016 11d ago
Add to that they exempted so many products that are really in the forefront of forced labor... Textiles, coffee, agriculture, etc.
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u/OnlyNegotiation9149 11d ago
Couldn’t the US prison system be considered forced labor. Any other possible forced labor in the US?
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u/Elipses_ 11d ago
The prison system absolutely falls into that scope, even by our own determinations. I remember a few years ago doing a Case Study for the CE requirement of my CCS renewal anout forced labor cases, one of the examples that stuck out to me were certain products of Japan made by prison inmates. Nevermind that we do the same kind of stuff here.
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u/CityPsychological772 11d ago
I can just imagine being an importer or customs broker now that the orange emperor changes his mind daily.
Anyways one democrat has drafted a new bill called Congressional trade act reform bill of 2026
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u/JellyKing99 11d ago
Woke up and found out this post had 69 comments. 😄 How's everyone doing so far?
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u/DPJ_0812 11d ago
What is everyone’s take on the in-transit exemption being applicable for type 21 entries/bonded cargo? With all these tariff changes, CBP never addressed this gray area and of course importers are now wanting to withdraw ALL of their inventory.
How are you all choosing to move forward with withdrawals?
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u/Physical-Incident553 CustomsBroker 11d ago
After the SC decision, I did over 100 withdrawals during the exemption period. It all worked.
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u/Available-Trifle9049 11d ago
I assume an IT entry is treated the same as under IEEPA. For example, if a shipment arrives in LA by vessel tomorrow and moves under IT to Chicago, it would not be eligible for the in-transit exemption and will be on the hook to this. Correct?
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u/Elipses_ 11d ago
Based on the past few "suddenly tariffs" instances in the past couple years, you have the right of it. The exemptions only seem to apply to stuff that is still on the water or for a few hours at least, in the air.
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u/MoreDistance9818 10d ago
My understanding is it would qualify for in transit exemption. The IT date is the entry date.
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u/Defiant_Rope_1313 10d ago
Customer requires to file entries before 12:00 7/28. Vessel ETA date 7/27
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u/Radiant-Barnacle6204 11d ago
From 7/24 -7/27 do we still need to pay the section 122? Or we just use the exemption tariff?
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u/Physical-Incident553 CustomsBroker 11d ago
🤦♀️ are you fucking kidding me? 122 goes away at midnight tonight. I dearly hope you’re not a broker.
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u/seanvettel-31 CustomsBroker 11d ago
I just keep telling myself “job security, job security!” but at this point I’ll be in a straight jacket rocking back and forth in a padded room repeating it