BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
In Proclamation 9704 of March 8, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States), Proclamation 9705 of March 8, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States), and Proclamation 10962 of July 30, 2025 (Adjusting Imports of Copper Into the United States), it was determined under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, that the importation of aluminum, steel, and copper in certain quantities or conditions poses a risk to national security. Consequently, actions under section 232 were taken to regulate imports of these materials and their derivatives to safeguard national security. Specifically, tariff regimes were established, imposing additional ad valorem duties on specific imports of these metals to mitigate the identified threats.
In these measures, the Secretary of Commerce was instructed to establish a process for expanding the scope of additional duties to include more metal products under Proclamations 9704, 9705, and 10962. The Secretary was also empowered to include additional derivative articles when it is determined that their imports pose a threat to national security or compromise the objectives of the actions taken. Furthermore, the Secretary was tasked with monitoring the impact of metal imports on national security, providing updates, and offering recommendations for further Presidential action if needed under section 232.
Based on the Secretary’s assessments, information, opinions, and recommendations regarding the tariff regimes and national security threats outlined in Proclamations 9704, 9705, and 10962 have been received.
The Secretary has indicated that the additional ad valorem duties on metal imports have bolstered the American aluminum, steel, and copper industries while addressing national security threats. The effectiveness of the aluminum and steel tariff regimes has improved due to actions in Proclamations 10895, 10896, and 10947, which increased duty rates and closed loopholes. As a result, domestic capacity utilization has risen from approximately 39% in 2017 to 50.4% for aluminum production, and from 72.3% to 77.2% for steel production, moving closer to the target of 80% utilization recommended by the Secretary. The Secretary believes that without these tariff regimes, domestic capacity utilization would not have reached current levels.
The Secretary highlighted further opportunities to enhance the tariff regimes’ effectiveness in addressing national security threats. It was suggested that ad valorem tariffs should apply to the full customs value of metal articles and their derivatives.
The Secretary also recommended modifying the scope of derivative articles subject to tariffs under Proclamations 9704 and 9705. Certain derivatives should remain under tariffs to prevent circumvention and because they contribute to national security threats. Conversely, others should be excluded as they currently do not significantly address these threats.
Taking the Secretary’s new information, opinions, and recommendations into account, along with other relevant factors, it has been determined that it is necessary to modify the tariff regimes for metal products as outlined below.
The tariffs imposed under Proclamations 9704, 9705, and 10962 will be modified to apply to the full customs value of aluminum, steel, and copper articles and their derivatives, irrespective of metal content.
The full-value ad valorem tariffs on aluminum and steel articles, certain copper articles, and certain derivatives will be set at a 50% duty rate, with reduced rates for certain UK products and derivatives made entirely with US metals. Full-value tariffs on certain copper articles and derivatives will generally be set at 25%, with reduced rates for certain UK derivatives and those made entirely with US metals.
The aluminum, steel, and copper derivatives inclusions processes established in Proclamations 10895, 10896, and 10962 will be terminated. The Secretary and the United States Trade Representative (Trade Representative) are authorized to include additional derivative articles within the tariff scope when they jointly determine that imports threaten national security objectives. They may solicit input from domestic producers, industry associations, or other parties in making these determinations.
The scope of derivative articles subject to tariffs under Proclamations 9704 and 9705 will also be modified, based on new information and recommendations regarding their contribution to national security threats and the necessity of tariffs for preventing circumvention and effectively addressing these threats.
These modifications are deemed necessary to adjust metal imports more effectively, addressing national security threats by strengthening domestic manufacturing, reducing foreign reliance, encouraging domestic production expansion, fostering research and development, and training workers in strategic product production.
Section 232 authorizes the President to adjust imports of articles and derivatives that threaten national security, ensuring that such imports do not impair national security.
Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 authorizes the President to integrate statutes affecting import treatment into the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), including changes to duty rates and import restrictions.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 232, section 604, and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, do hereby proclaim as follows:
(1)
Effective for goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 6, 2026, the additional ad valorem duty imposed under section 232 on aluminum and steel articles, and their derivatives under Proclamations 9704, 9705, and 10962, will apply to the full customs value of the imported product, regardless of metal content.
(2)
Effective for goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 6, 2026, the additional ad valorem rate of duty under section 232 for all aluminum and steel articles, most copper articles, and certain derivatives, as listed in Annex I-A, shall be:
(a)
50 percent, unless a lower rate applies under clause (2)(b) or (2)(c).
(b)
25 percent for UK products, where the aluminum is entirely smelted or cast in the UK, or the steel is entirely melted and poured in the UK.
(c)
10 percent for derivative articles, where the aluminum, steel, or copper content is entirely smelted and cast in the United States.
(3)
Effective for goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 6, 2026, for copper articles and aluminum and steel derivatives listed in Annex I-B, the additional ad valorem rate of duty under section 232 shall be:
(a)
25 percent, unless a lower rate applies under clause (3)(b)–(3)(c).
(b)
15 percent for UK aluminum or steel products, where the aluminum is entirely smelted or cast in the UK, or the steel is entirely melted and poured in the UK.
(c)
10 percent for articles where the aluminum, steel, or copper content is entirely smelted and cast in the United States.
(4)
Effective for goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 6, 2026, products listed in Annex II will no longer be subject to additional ad valorem duties under Proclamations 9704 and 9705.
(5)
Effective for goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 6, 2026, until 11:59 p.m. eastern standard time on December 31, 2027, the additional ad valorem rate of duty under Proclamations 9704 and 9705 for imports listed in Annex III shall be:
(a)
Determined by the product’s current ad valorem rate under Column 1 of the HTSUS, unless a lower rate applies under clause (5)(b) or a higher rate applies under clause (5)(c). If the Column 1 Duty Rate is less than 15 percent, the sum of the Column 1 Duty Rate and the additional section 232 ad valorem rate shall be 15 percent. For products with a Column 1 Duty Rate of at least 15 percent, the additional section 232 rate shall be zero percent.
(b)
10 percent, based on the product’s current ad valorem rate in the same manner outlined in clause (5)(a), for derivatives where the aluminum is entirely smelted and cast in the United States or the steel is entirely melted and poured in the United States.
(c)
25 percent for products imported from trading partners without normal trading relations with the United States.
(6)
At the direction of, or with the concurrence of, the President, the Secretary and the Trade Representative may revoke benefits under clause (5) for any trading partner’s products if imports of derivatives from that partner increase in a manner undermining national security objectives. The revocation will apply to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on the date of the finding or the earliest practicable effective date, as noted in the Federal Register by the Secretary and the Trade Representative. Products from that trading partner will then be subject to the applicable rate under clause (3) if listed in Annex I-B. Any revocation will be executed through notice in the Federal Register issued by the Secretary and the Trade Representative.
(7)
Effective for goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on January 1, 2028, the additional ad valorem rate of duty under Proclamations 9704, 9705, and 10962 for imports listed in Annex III shall be the rates specified in clause (3).
(8)
All imports of aluminum articles and derivatives specified in Annex I-A, I-B, or III from Russia or where any primary aluminum is smelted in Russia, or articles are cast in Russia, will remain subject to the 200 percent ad valorem rate established in Proclamation 10522 of February 24, 2023, for goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the effective dates of clauses (2), (3), and (5).
(9)
Goods specified in Annex I-A, I-B, and III listed as articles or derivatives of more than one metal shall only be subject once to the respective duty rates established in clause (2), (3), or (5) even if containing aluminum and steel, aluminum and copper, steel and copper, or all three. Goods specified in Annex I-B or III without aluminum, steel, or copper content, as detailed in Annex IV, shall not be subject to duties in clauses (3) and (5). Additionally, goods not classifiable in HTSUS Chapters 72, 73, 74, and 76 and lacking sufficient aluminum, steel, or copper content, as set forth in Annex IV, shall not be subject to duties in clauses (3) and (5).
(10)
This proclamation does not alter or supersede actions implementing prior agreements with the United Kingdom, European Union, Japan, Republic of Korea, or other trading partners to reduce section 232 tariffs on certain aluminum, steel, and copper articles and derivatives falling under the WTO Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft and used as civil aircraft or parts.
(11)
The inclusion processes under clause (7) of Proclamation 10895, clause (6) of Proclamation 10896, and clause (3) of Proclamation 10962 are terminated. The Secretary and the Trade Representative are authorized to include additional derivative articles under Proclamations 9704, 9705, and 10962 when imports increase in a manner threatening national security or undermining the objectives of actions taken. This authority allows metal containers to be included under tariffs, even if filled with items not subject to tariffs. The additional ad valorem rate under clause (3) applies to new derivatives unless similar articles are listed in Annex I-A, in which case the rate under clause (2) applies. Duties on products included will follow conditions in clause (9). Any inclusion applies to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on the date of the requisite finding or the first practicable effective date, as noted in the Federal Register by the Secretary and the Trade Representative. They are also authorized to reconsider inclusion decisions, including modifications or reversals.
(12)
Products described in clauses (2), (3), and (5), except those eligible for “domestic status” as in 19 CFR 146.43, subject to duty imposed by this proclamation and admitted into a U.S. foreign trade zone after the effective date may only be admitted under “privileged foreign status” as in 19 CFR 146.41, and any products admitted prior will be subject to ad valorem rates upon entry for consumption related to the classification under the applicable HTSUS subheading.
(13)
Manufacturing drawback claims under subsections (a) and (b) of section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, will be available for duties imposed by this proclamation on articles meeting these conditions:
(a)
The article is classifiable in an HTSUS provision listed in Annex I-B or III, or included in tariff scope per clause (11).
(b)
The article is not subject to an antidumping or countervailing duty order, regardless of the listed country or countries.
(c)
The article is a product of Trade Agreement Partners, including the United Kingdom, European Union, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Canada, and any trading partner with a final Reciprocal Trade Agreement with the United States.
(d)
The article’s aluminum content is entirely smelted and cast in a Trade Agreement Partner country, the steel content is entirely melted and poured in such a country, or the copper content is entirely smelted and cast there.
(14)
Except as provided in clause (13), no other drawback claims will be available for duties imposed by this proclamation.
(15)
The Secretary and the Trade Representative, in consultation with the Chair of the United States International Trade Commission, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and any other appropriate senior official, will determine if modifications to the HTSUS are necessary to implement this proclamation or actions taken, and will make such modifications through notice in the Federal Register. They may also make technical corrections to any Annex.
(16)
The Secretary will continue to monitor metal product imports. The Secretary and the Trade Representative will review the status of imports regarding national security. They will inform the President of any circumstances that might require further Presidential action under section 232 or indicate that any actions taken are no longer necessary.
(17)
The Secretary and the Trade Representative will jointly provide an update within 90 days of this proclamation, including information on metal product imports regarding national security threats found in Proclamations 9704, 9705, and 10962; U.S. production of aluminum, steel, and copper; any actions by foreign trading partners to mitigate those threats; and any other relevant circumstances or recommendations concerning these threats.
(18)
To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Secretary, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Trade Representative are directed and authorized to take all appropriate actions to implement and effectuate this proclamation and any actions contemplated, including through temporary suspension or amendment of regulations or notices in the Federal Register, and by adopting rules, regulations, or guidance, employing all powers granted to the President, including by section 232. The head of each executive department and agency is authorized and shall take all appropriate measures within their authority to implement this proclamation. The head of each agency may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate authority for appropriate measures within the agency.
(19)
The Secretary, in consultation with the Trade Representative and any other senior official deemed appropriate, may issue regulations and guidance consistent with this proclamation, including addressing operational necessity.
(20)
CBP may take any appropriate measures to administer and enforce tariffs imposed by this proclamation. To implement this proclamation, CBP is authorized to take action, including rules, regulations, or guidance to determine whether a product contains metal(s) subject to this proclamation, and to address illegal transshipment, undervaluation, and other tariff evasion methods. Importers must provide CBP with information to identify the countries where copper used in manufacturing copper article imports is smelted and where such imports are cast. CBP will implement smelt and cast information requirements as soon as practicable.
(21)
Any provision of previous proclamations and Executive Orders inconsistent with this proclamation is superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
(22)
If any provision of this proclamation or the application of any provision to any individual or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this proclamation and its application to other individuals or circumstances shall not be affected.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
ANNEXES I-A, I-B, II, III & IV
