The following updated guidance was published in CSMS # 64724565 on April 11th, 2025:

The purpose of this message is to provide further guidance on the additional duties due on imported merchandise, which were imposed by Executive Order 14257, issued on April 2nd, 2025, and published in the Federal Register Notice, “Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits,” 90 FR 15041 (April 7th, 2025), as amended by Executive Order 14259, issued on April 8th, 2025, “Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports from the People’s Republic of China,” and as further amended by the Executive Order dated April 9th, 2025, “Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment.”

In accordance with the April 11th, 2025 Presidential Memorandum, “Clarification of Exceptions Under Executive Order 14257 of April 2nd, 2025, as amended” (the Memorandum), products properly classified in the headings and subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) listed in the Memorandum, are reproduced below. All products that are properly classified in these listed provisions will be excluded from the reciprocal tariffs imposed under Executive Order 14257, as amended, pursuant to Section 3(b)(iv) of that Order, effective for merchandise entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 AM EDT on April 5th, 2025:

• 8471
• 8473.30
• 8486
• 8517.13.00
• 8517.62.00
• 8523.51.00
• 8524
• 8528.52.00
• 8541.10.00
• 8541.21.00
• 8541.29.00
• 8541.30.00
• 8541.49.10
• 8541.49.70
• 8541.49.80
• 8541.49.95
• 8541.51.00
• 8541.59.00
• 8541.90.00
• 8542

For products classified in the above headings and subheadings, importers should report the secondary classification under heading 9903.01.32 to declare the exception from the reciprocal tariff provided in heading 9903.01.25, or in headings 9903.01.43 – 9903.01.62 or 9903.01.64 – 9903.01.76 on April 9th, 2025, or in heading 9903.01.63 since April 9th, 2025.

For products covered by the above HTSUS provisions entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after April 5th, 2025, filers should take action to correct entries as necessary to reflect the exception under heading 9903.01.32, as soon as possible within 10 days of the cargo’s release from CBP custody. Importers may request a refund by filing a post summary correction for unliquidated entries, or by filing a protest for entries that have liquidated but where the liquidation is not final because the protest period has not expired.

RIM will continue to closely monitor this evolving situation and provide updates as necessary. Please reach out to your RIM representative should you have any further questions.