The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will include multiple additional items as steel and aluminum derivative products, which will be subject to the Section 232 measures on their steel and aluminum content.
The BIS's notice will be published in the Federal Register on August 19, 2025, with the effect of the measure for the additional derivative products, entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on August 18, 2025. Only the value of the steel or aluminum content in these derivative products will be subject to the Section 232 tariff, as with the previous list of derivative products.
The notice identifies 407 HTSUS codes as part of the first cycle of the Section 232 Inclusions Process, which started in May 2025. Interested persons may request the inclusion of additional articles incorporating steel and aluminum to Section 232 measures. Such requests can be submitted to the BIS during a two-week period at the beginning of May, September, and January.
The derivative products include various articles containing steel or aluminium, such as air compressors, cables, steel mill rolls, fluid end blocks of hydraulic power pumps, and wind towers as part of a wind-powered electric generating set with nacelles and/or rotor blades. In addition, the measure covers household items, including silverware, knives, forks, spoons, bar stools with metal frames or dining chairs with aluminum frames, dumbbells and kettlebells, as well as filled aerosol packages (i.e., metal containers), e.g. those containing foodstuffs, lubricants, spray paint, perfume, sunscreen, or deodorants. Some tools are also affected, including chain saws, electric hand saws, gas-powered leaf blowers, gas-powered string trimmers, multi-tools, grinders and sanders. And many more. The entire list can be consulted at this link.
The steel derivative articles falling under subdivisions (m/n/t/u) of U.S. Note 16 of the HTSUS are subject to 50 percent duty for all countries, other than the UK, and 25 percent in the case of the UK. In cases where the derivative iron or steel products, subdivisions (n) or (u), were processed in another country from steel articles that were melted and poured in the United States, they do not attract the Section 232 duty. See the relevant CBP Guidance.
Similarly, aluminum derivative articles falling under subdivisions (j/k/r/s) of U.S. Note 19 of the HTSUS are subject to 50 percent duty for all countries, other than the UK, and 25 percent in the case of the UK. Derivative aluminum products listed in subdivisions (j), (k), (r), or (s), which were processed in another country from aluminum articles smelted and cast in the United States, are subject to a 0 percent duty. See the relevant CBP Guidance on the matter.
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