U.S. Executive Order Delays the Effective Date of Country-Specific Reciprocal Tariffs to August 1st (now Aug 7)

*Updated July 31, 2025:  New reciprocal tariff rates announced today will apply to goods imported on or after 12:01 a.m. EDT, August 7, 2025, with a transition window for goods in transit until October 5, 2025

CBP Guidance CSMS# 65829726 - GUIDANCE: Reciprocal Tariff Updates Effective August 7, 2025

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President Trump issued an Executive Order which officially postpones the effective date of the country-specific reciprocal tariffs from 12:01 a.m. ET on July 9 to 12:01 a.m. ET on Aug. 1, 2025.

The country-specific reciprocal tariffs were first announced by the Trump Administration on April 2, 2025, but were postponed 90-days on April 9.

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This extends Executive Order 14266 until 12:01 a.m. ET on August 1, 2025.

With respect to the PRC, the separate tariff suspension effectuated by Executive Order 14298 of May 12, 2025 (Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates To Reflect Discussions With the People’s Republic of China), remains in effect and is unaltered by this order," President Trump said in the above Executive Order.

The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) shall be modified, effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on July 9, 2025, by suspending headings 9903.01.43 through 9903.01.62 and 9903.01.64 through 9903.01.76, and subdivisions (v)(xiii)(1)-(9) and (11)-(57) of U.S. note 2 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, until 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on August 1, 2025.

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