Section 232 Tariffs Could be Extended to More Metal Products

The Bureau of Industry and Security is requesting public comments no later than Aug. 27 on a proposal to impose Section 232 tariffs on the following steel, aluminum, and copper derivative articles.

– aluminum powder of a non-lamellar structure (HTSUS 7603.10.0000)

– brass wind musical instruments and parts and accessories thereof (HTSUS 9205.10.0000

and 9209.99.4080)

– parts of welding machines and apparatus (HTSUS 8515.90.2000)

– free-standing floor safes (HTSUS 8303.00.0000)

– electric conductor cables (HTSUS 8544.49.2000, 8544.49.3040, 8544.49.3080, and

8544.60.4000)

– fire extinguishers (HTSUS 8424.10.0000)

– parts of heat exchange units (HTSUS 8419.90.3000)

– parts of linear acting hydraulic power engines and motors (HTSUS 8412.90.9005)

– mobile lifting frames on tires and straddle carriers (HTSUS 8426.12.0000)

– other self-propelled cranes and mobile lifting frames (HTSUS 8426.41.0090)

– tanker trailers and semi-trailers (HTSUS 8716.31.00)

– self-loading or self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agricultural purposes (HTSUS

8716.20.00)

– other trailers and semi-trailers (HTSUS 8716.40.00)

– filled steel containers of the following chemicals and related items: (1) propane, liquefied, other than minimum purity of 90 liquid volume percent (HTSUS 2711.12.0020), (2) oxygen (HTSUS 2804.40.0000), and (3) propene (propylene) (HTSUS 2901.22.0000)

BIS states that all of these products would generally be subject to a 25 percent Section 232 tariff, with the following exceptions.

– self-propelled cranes, mobile lifting frames, and straddle carriers would generally be subject to the rates of duty described in this article because they are a type of mobile industrial equipment

– self-loading or self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agricultural purposes would generally be subject to a 15 percent tariff because they are a type of agricultural equipment

– filled steel containers and related items for the above-specified chemicals would generally be

subject to a 50 percent tariff, which would only apply to the value of the metal container and not its contents