New Steel Derivatives Added to 50% Section 232

On June 16, 2025, the Commerce Department published a Federal Register notice adding additional steel derivative products to the Annex listing the products subject to Section 232 duties.   See 90 FR 25208.

CSMS# 65405824 - GUIDANCE: Section 232 Additional Steel Derivative Products

ENTRY FILING INSTRUCTIONS

• Per Federal Register 90 FR 25208, effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 23, 2025 the following steel derivative products classified in Chapters 84, 85 and 94 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) are subject to Section 232 duties:

(1) combined refrigerator-freezers under HTSUS subheading 8418.10.00;

(2) small and large dryers under HTSUS subheadings 8451.21.00 and 8451.29.00;

(3) washing machines under HTSUS subheadings 8450.11.00 and 8450.20.00;

(4) dishwashers under HTSUS subheading 8422.11.00;

(5) chest and upright freezers under HTSUS subheadings 8418.30.00 and 8418.40.00;

(6) cooking stoves, ranges, and ovens under HTSUS subheading 8516.60.40;

(7) food waste disposals under HTSUS subheading 8509.80.20; and

(8) welded wire rack under statistical reporting number 9403.99.9020.

(Note that HTSUS 9403.99.9020 is also subject to Section 232 measures on aluminum derivatives articles per Proclamation 10895)

Report the Section 232 steel derivative duties applicable to goods classified in the eight-digit subheadings and the 10-digit statistical reporting number listed above (hereinafter the “newly-added goods”) under the following Chapter 99 HTS numbers:

• 9903.81.91 (all countries except the United Kingdom): Derivative iron or steel products listed in subdivision (n) (certain steel derivative articles not classified in Chapter 73 subject to Section 232): the import duty is on the value of the steel content.
  • 9903.81.91 also applies to newly-added goods that were admitted to a U.S. foreign trade zone and granted “privileged foreign status” before June 23, 2025, and entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after June 23, 2025.
    
    50 percent ad valorem duty on the value of the steel content.

• 9903.91.98 (UK only): Derivative iron or steel products from United Kingdom listed in subdivision (u) (certain steel derivative articles not classified in Chapter 73 subject to Section 232): the import duty is on the value of the steel content.
  • 9903.91.98 also applies to newly-added goods that were admitted to a U.S. foreign trade zone and granted “privileged foreign status” before June 23, 2025, and entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after June 23, 2025.
    
    25 percent ad valorem duty on the value of the steel content.

• 9903.81.92 (all countries, including the UK): Derivative steel or iron products listed in subdivisions including (n) or (u) where the derivative iron or steel product was processed in another country from steel articles that were melted and poured in the United States.
  • HTS 9903.81.92 also applies to newly-added goods that were admitted to a U.S. foreign trade zone and granted “privileged foreign status” before June 23, 2025, and entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after June 23, 2025.
    
    0 percent ad valorem duty.

See CSMS # 65236374 for steel content reporting instructions.