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CSMS # 64916414 - Executive Order Addressing Certain Tariffs on Imported Articles

The Executive Order (EO), “Addressing Certain Tariffs on Imported Articles,” signed on April 29, 2025, sets out the procedure for determining which of multiple tariffs will apply to an article when that article is subject to more than one of the tariff actions listed in the EO.  Specifically, the EO pertains to the application of tariffs imposed by the following presidential actions: 

a)   Proclamation 10908 of March 26, 2025 (Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States);

b)   Executive Order 14193 of February 1, 2025 (Imposing Duties To Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border), as amended,

c)   Executive Order 14194 of February 1, 2025 (Imposing Duties To Address the Situation at Our Southern Border), as amended;

d)   Proclamation 9704 of March 8, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum
Into the United States), as amended; and

e)   Proclamation 9705 of March 8, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States), as amended.

The EO applies retroactively to entries of merchandise subject to the applicable tariffs identified above and entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after March 4, 2025.

CBP will publish refund procedures and any necessary updates to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) in a Federal Register Notice no later than May 16, 2025. Filers should refrain from requesting refunds until refund procedures are announced in the Federal Register Notice.