On April 2, 2026, the Trump Administration issued a Proclamation modifying the Section 232 tariffs on imported copper, steel and aluminum, including derivatives of these products. Rather than calculating the amount of these items in derivative products, the new order sets a 25% duty on the value of the imported item containing these materials with further reductions in specific cases.
The Proclamation also establishes clear rules for calculating Section 232 metals tariffs:
Articles made entirely or almost entirely of aluminum, steel, or copper – such as steel coils and aluminum sheet -- will pay a flat 50% on their full value;
Derivative articles substantially made of steel, aluminum, or copper will pay a flat 25% on their full value;
To accelerate the massive industrial base buildout currently underway across the United States certain metal-intensive industrial equipment and electrical grid equipment will pay 15% through 2027;
Products made abroad but entirely with American steel, aluminum, and copper will be subject to lower tariffs of 10%; and
Products made of 15% or less steel, aluminum, or copper will no longer be subject to Section 232 metals tariffs.
These provisions apply to good entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 am EST on April 6, 2026. A good summary of this Proclamation can be viewed here.
The full order can be reviewed here, and the fact sheet here.
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