TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TRADE ALERT – IMPORTS
HEADLINE	Implementation of Additional Duties on Products from Mexico
DATE	March 3 2025
AGENCY	Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
STATUS	25% duties implemented on all goods from Mexico (except donated items intended to relieve human suffering under 9903.01.02, informational items under 9903.01.03, and products for personal use included in accompanied baggage of persons arriving in the U.S.)
EFFECTIVE DATE	March 4 2025, 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time
BACKGROUND	On February 1, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order imposing 25% duties on all goods from Mexico.   On February 3, 2025, Mexico negotiated a 30-day extension with President Trump until March 3.
DETAILS	CBP’s Notice of modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. (HTSUS) to implement the increased duties on products of Mexican origin was published for public inspection on March 3, 2025. It is scheduled for official publication on March 6, 2025. The duties will be effective at 12:01 a.m. ET on March 4, 2025. • HTS 9903.01.01 imposes 25% duties on all products of Mexico. Pursuant to the Notice, a good is a “product of Mexico” if it is determined to be so pursuant to part 102 of Title 19, or if the good was last substantially transformed in Mexico. • The de minimis exemption for duty-free treatment is allowed to continue for goods imported from Mexico until the Secretary of Commerce notifies the President that adequate procedures are in place to handle those entries. • The Notice reiterates additional exceptions for certain personal and humanitarian shipments. • The additional duties do not apply for goods properly claimed under a provision of Chapter 98, except the additional duties apply to the value of repairs declared under 9802.00.40, 9802.00.50, and 9802.00.60. For 9802.00.80, the additional duties apply to the value of the article assembled abroad, less the cost of value of such products of the United States. It is possible that the Notice may be modified or revoked prior to the official publication, as was the case when the duties were first announced in February
BASIS	International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 U.S. Code § 1701 et seq.; the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA); section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483); and section 301 of title 3, United States Code.
HTS/  PRODUCTS	Subheading 9903.01.01 will impose an additional 25% tariff to all goods of Mexico.
COUNTRY	Mexico
CITE	Federal Register :: Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of Mexico Pursuant to the President’s Executive Order 14194, Imposing Duties To Address the Situation at Our Southern Border Federal Register :: Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border Federal Register :: Imposing Duties To Address the Situation at Our Southern Border Amendment to Duties to Address the Situation at our Southern Border – The White House Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border – The White House

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