CBP Update on Tariff Rates for China Products under IEEPA Fentanyl and Reciprocal Tariffs
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today, Nov. 7, provided guidance to the trade 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 Nov. 4, 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 Nov. 4.
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 HTSUS will continue to be suspended until 12:01 a.m. ET on Nov. 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imported products of China, including covered products of Hong Kong and Macau, that are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption prior to 12:01 a.m. ET on Nov. 10, 2026, will continue be subject to a reciprocal tariff of 10% ad valorem in accordance with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.
Entry 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 Nov. 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and additional duty rate will apply for goods that are the products of China and Hong Kong, entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. ET on Nov. 10, 2025: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 U.S., 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%.
CBP said, “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.”
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