Technical corrections and clarification to tariff rules for aluminum, steel, and copper imports
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This notice makes small but important fixes to the tariff schedule used for the new import duties on aluminum, steel, and copper products. It adds a new tariff code for goods listed under the metal-duty rules but that do not actually contain aluminum, steel, or copper, so those items are not charged the new duties. It also corrects a wording error in the tariff notes and confirms that certain U.K.-origin steel made by Tata Steel UK with melt-and-pour reported as the Netherlands can keep using the lower tariff treatment through January 1, 2028. Importers, customs brokers, and trade compliance teams need to update tariff classifications and entry filings for goods covered by these rules. The changes apply to entries on or after April 6, 2026.
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Key Changes
- Adds HTSUS heading 9903.82.01 for listed goods that do not contain aluminum, steel, or copper, so they are not charged the metal duties.
- Removes a mistaken sentence in the tariff notes to fix an inconsistency in Note 16.
- Confirms that certain U.K.-origin steel made by Tata Steel UK with Netherlands melt-and-pour reporting can keep using the lower tariff rate until January 1, 2028.
Obligations
What this law requires
Importers and customs filers must classify goods under new HTSUS heading 9903.82.01 when the goods fall under U.S. note 16 subdivision (c) but do not contain any aluminum, steel, or copper, because the new heading is the applicable non-duty classification for those items.
Importers and customs filers must update entry filings for goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after April 6, 2026 to reflect the technical corrections made to U.S. note 16 and the new Chapter 99 heading.
Filers must apply the corrected Chapter 99 note structure by treating Heading 9903.82.01 as included in U.S. note 16 subdivision (a), and must not use the deleted wording that limited Heading 9903.82.06 to subdivisions (c)(ii), (iv), (vi) and (vii).
U.K.-origin steel articles made by Tata Steel UK with reported country of melt and pour as the Netherlands may continue to be declared under Heading 9903.82.04 and receive the lower section 232 tariff treatment through January 1, 2028.
For purposes of HTSUS note 16(d), U.K.-origin steel articles made by Tata Steel UK with reported country of melt and pour as the Netherlands may be counted toward the 95 percent of steel melted and poured requirement for products under Headings 9903.82.04 and 9903.82.05 until January 1, 2028.