Guidance on Tariff Rates for Products
of China under IEEPA Executive Orders (Effective 10 November 2025)
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IEEPA
Reciprocal Tariffs:
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The
reciprocal tariff rate for covered products of China, including Hong Kong and
Macau, is set at 10% ad valorem and will remain in force until 12:01
a.m. EST on November 10, 2026.
o
This rate
applies to products entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption prior to this date.
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Relevant
HTSUS heading: 9903.01.25.
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IEEPA
Fentanyl Tariffs:
o
Effective
November 10, 2025, the duty rate on goods from China and Hong Kong under
EO 14195 is reduced from 20% to 10% ad valorem.
o
Applies
to imports entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse on or after
12:01 a.m. EST November 10, 2025, except those classifiable under specific
headings for personal use or other exceptions.
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Relevant
HTSUS heading: 9903.01.24.
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General
Guidance:
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Imports
not qualifying for exceptions remain subject to both the IEEPA Reciprocal
10% tariff and IEEPA Fentanyl 10% tariff (as well as any other
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The
planned increase of reciprocal tariffs from 10% to 34% is delayed until
November 10, 2026.
This
guidance ensures that U.S. importers, customs brokers, and traders apply a 10%
ad valorem duty rate—down from the prior 20% rate on fentanyl-related
imports—on most products of Chinese origin, per newly issued Executive Orders.
Tariff Rates for Products of
China under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) Fentanyl and
Reciprocal Tariffs
The
purpose of this message is to provide guidance regarding the modified tariff rate
pursuant to Presidential Executive Order (EO) “Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates
Consistent with the Economic and Trade Arrangement Between the United States and
the People’s Republic of China,” issued on November 4, 2025, as well as guidance
regarding the modified tariff rate pursuant to EO “Modifying Duties Addressing the
Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China,” also issued on
November 4, 2025.
GUIDANCE
IEEPA Reciprocal
Heading
9903.01.63 and subdivision (xvii)(10) of U.S. note 2(v) to subchapter III of chapter
99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) will continue
to be suspended until 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on November 10, 2026. Covered
imported products of China, including covered products of Hong Kong and Macau, that
are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption prior to
12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on November 10, 2026 will continue be subject to
a reciprocal tariff of 10% ad valorem in accordance with Executive Order 14257 of
April 2, 2025 (Regulating Imports With a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices
That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits),
as amended. Filers will report such products as follows:
9903.01.25:
Articles the product of any country, except for products described in headings 9903.01.26–9903.01.33,
9903.02.02–9903.02.71, and 9903.96.01, and except as provided for in headings 9903.01.34
and 9903.02.01, as provided for in U.S. note 2(v) to subchapter III of chapter 99
of the HTSUS, will be assessed an additional ad valorem duty rate of 10%.
IEEPA China Fentanyl
Effective
November 10, 2025, the ad valorem duty rate for goods that are the products of China
and Hong Kong applicable under EO 14195, as amended, has been lowered from 20% to
10%. The following HTSUS classification and additional duty rate will apply for
goods that are the products of China and Hong Kong, entered for consumption, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard
time on November 10, 2025:
9903.01.24:
All imports of articles that are products of China and Hong Kong, other than products
classifiable under headings 9903.01.21, 9903.01.22, and 9903.01.23, and other than
products for personal use included in accompanied baggage of persons arriving in
the United States, as provided for in U.S. note 2(u) to subchapter III of chapter
99 of the HTSUS, will be assessed an additional ad valorem rate of duty of 10%.
As
a general reminder, such products of China and Hong Kong that do not qualify for
an exception remain subject to the additional ad valorem rates of duty imposed by
both the IEEPA Reciprocal Tariffs and the IEEPA Fentanyl Tariffs as well as any
other applicable duties.