{"id":3670,"date":"2025-08-05T20:15:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/?p=3670"},"modified":"2025-08-05T20:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:37:24","slug":"the-blast-533-three-executive-orders-modifying-reciprocal-tariffs-increasing-canadas-tariff-rate-and-increasing-brazil-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/the-blast-533-three-executive-orders-modifying-reciprocal-tariffs-increasing-canadas-tariff-rate-and-increasing-brazil-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast #533 Three Executive Orders Modifying Reciprocal Tariffs, Increasing Canada\u2019s Tariff Rate and Increasing Brazil Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Imagen1-1024x170.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Imagen1-1024x170.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Imagen1-300x50.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Imagen1-768x127.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Imagen1-1536x255.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Imagen1-2048x340.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Imagen1-280x46.png 280w, https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Imagen1-1320x219.png 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"93\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3672 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image.png 333w, https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-280x78.png 280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 333px; 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In order to completely understand the&nbsp;orders, please read them fully. Below are only some of the key highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Modifying&nbsp;Reciprocal&nbsp;Tariffs&nbsp;\u2013 (note the dates&nbsp;and&nbsp;exceptions for goods in transit, below)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/07\/further-modifying-the-reciprocal-tariff-rates\">https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/07\/further-modifying-the-reciprocal-tariff-rates<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sec.&nbsp;2.&nbsp;Tariff&nbsp;Modifications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a)&nbsp;The Harmonized&nbsp;Tariff&nbsp;Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) shall be modified as provided in Annex II to this order (see actual EO for Annex II).&nbsp;These modifications shall be effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time 7 days after the date of this order, except that goods loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading&nbsp;and&nbsp;in transit on the final mode of transit before 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time 7 days after the date of this order,&nbsp;<strong>AND<\/strong>&nbsp;entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, before 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on October 5, 2025, shall not be subject to such additional duty&nbsp;and&nbsp;shall instead remain subject to the additional&nbsp;<em>ad valorem<\/em>&nbsp;duties previously imposed in&nbsp;Executive&nbsp;Order 14257, as amended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(b)&nbsp;Certain foreign trading partners identified in Annex I to this order have agreed to, or are on the verge of concluding, meaningful trade&nbsp;and&nbsp;security agreements with the United States.&nbsp;Goods of those trading partners will remain subject to the additional&nbsp;<em>ad valorem&nbsp;<\/em>duties provided in Annex I to this order until such time as those agreements are concluded,&nbsp;and&nbsp;I issue subsequent&nbsp;orders&nbsp;memorializing the terms of those agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(c) For a good of the European Union with a Column 1 Duty&nbsp;Rate&nbsp;that is less than 15 percent, the sum of its Column 1 Duty&nbsp;Rate&nbsp;and&nbsp;the additional<em>&nbsp;ad valorem&nbsp;<\/em>rate&nbsp;of duty pursuant to this order shall be 15 percent.&nbsp;For a good of the European Union with a Column 1 Duty&nbsp;Rate&nbsp;that is at least 15&nbsp;percent, the additional&nbsp;<em>ad valorem<\/em>&nbsp;rate&nbsp;of duty pursuant to this order shall be zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(d)&nbsp;Goods of any foreign trading partner that is&nbsp;<strong>not<\/strong>&nbsp;listed in Annex I to this order will be subject to an additional&nbsp;<em>ad valorem&nbsp;<\/em>rate&nbsp;of duty of 10 percent pursuant to the terms of&nbsp;Executive&nbsp;Order 14257, as amended, unless otherwise expressly provided.&nbsp;This&nbsp;rate&nbsp;shall be effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time 7 days after the date of this order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(e)&nbsp;The HTSUS shall also be modified by continuing to suspend headings 9903.01.43 through 9903.01.62&nbsp;and&nbsp;9903.01.64 through 9903.01.76,&nbsp;and&nbsp;subdivisions (v)(xiii)(1)\u2013(9)&nbsp;and&nbsp;(11)\u2011(57) of U.S. note 2 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, until the effective date of the modifications provided in&nbsp;Annex II to this order.&nbsp;Upon the effective date of the modifications provided in Annex II to this order, to facilitate implementation of the&nbsp;rates of duty provided in Annex I to this order, headings 9903.01.43 through 9903.01.62&nbsp;and&nbsp;9903.01.64 through 9903.01.76, which are organized by&nbsp;rate&nbsp;of duty,&nbsp;and&nbsp;subdivisions (v)(xiii) (1)-(9)&nbsp;and&nbsp;(11)-(57) of U.S. note 2 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS shall be terminated as&nbsp;to future entries&nbsp;and&nbsp;replaced by the new trading partner-specific headings provided in Annex II to this order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Amendment to&nbsp;Canada&nbsp;Tariffs&nbsp;\u2013 ((increase from 25% to&nbsp;35%) (note the date below)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/07\/amendment-to-duties-to-address-the-flow-of-illicit-drugs-across-our-northern-border-9350\">https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/07\/amendment-to-duties-to-address-the-flow-of-illicit-drugs-across-our-northern-border-9350<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sec.&nbsp;2.&nbsp;Implementation.&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;All articles that are subject to the additional&nbsp;<em>ad valorem&nbsp;<\/em>rate&nbsp;of duty of 25 percent under&nbsp;Executive&nbsp;Order 14193, as amended, shall instead be subject to an additional&nbsp;<em>ad valorem&nbsp;<\/em>rate&nbsp;of duty of&nbsp;35 percent.&nbsp;Accordingly, the Harmonized&nbsp;Tariff&nbsp;Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) shall be modified as provided in the Annex to this order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(b)&nbsp;The changes set forth herein shall be effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on August 1, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Annex<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on August 1, 2025, subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized&nbsp;Tariff&nbsp;Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) is modified as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;Heading 9903.01.10 of the HTSUS is amended by deleting \u201c25%\u201d each place that it appears&nbsp;and&nbsp;by inserting \u201c35%\u201d in lieu thereof;&nbsp;and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(b)&nbsp;Subdivision (j) of U.S. note 2 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS is amended by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(i) deleting \u201c25%\u201d&nbsp;and&nbsp;inserting \u201c35%\u201d in lieu thereof,&nbsp;and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(ii) deleting \u201cdescribed in headings 9903.01.11, 9903.01.12, 9903.01.13, 9903.01.14,&nbsp;and&nbsp;9903.01.15\u201d&nbsp;and&nbsp;inserting \u201cdescribed in headings 9903.01.11, 9903.01.12, 9903.01.13, 9903.01.14, 9903.01.15&nbsp;and&nbsp;9903.01.16\u201d in lieu thereof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Amendment to&nbsp;Brazil&nbsp;Tariffs&nbsp;\u2013 ((increase from 25% to&nbsp;35%) (note the dates&nbsp;and&nbsp;exceptions for goods in transit, below)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/07\/addressing-threats-to-the-us\">https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/07\/addressing-threats-to-the-us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ufeffSec. 2.&nbsp;Tariff&nbsp;Modifications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a)&nbsp;Articles of&nbsp;Brazil&nbsp;imported into the customs territory of the United States shall be, consistent with law, subject to an additional ad valorem&nbsp;rate&nbsp;of duty of 40 percent.&nbsp;This&nbsp;rate&nbsp;of duty shall be effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time 7 days after the date of this order, except those goods encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b) or set forth in Annex I to this order,&nbsp;and&nbsp;except for goods that (1) were loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading&nbsp;and&nbsp;in transit on the final mode of transit prior to entry into the United States, before 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time 7 days after the date of this order;&nbsp;and&nbsp;(2) are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption before 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on October 5, 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