The United States of America announced tariffs to Steel and Aluminum products.

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The United States of America announced tariffs to Steel and Aluminum products.

Due to recent investigations directed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, related with the shrinkage of internal production, increase on imports and alleged national security risks, President Trump issued two presidential proclamations imposing global tariffs to steel and aluminum imports, the highlights of the proclamations are the following:

• Global tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports were imposed, Canada and Mexico will be temporarily exempt from these measures due to their security relationship with the United States.
• Other countries may be able to qualify for a modification or removal of the tariffs.
• The effective date of the tariffs is March 23, 2018

HTS COVERED UNDER THE NEW TARIFFS.

Important to consider.

It is important to follow up the possible exclusions for each country and monitor the Re-negotiation process of NAFTA.

The links to review the two presidential proclamations are the following:

Steel articles.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-proclamation-adjusting-imports-steel-united-states/

Aluminum articles.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-proclamation-adjusting-imports-aluminum-united-states/

The lawyers of the customs and foreign trade practice group of our Firm will be pleased to respond to any doubts or questions in relation to this Newsletter. or any other matter.

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Mexico City, March 9th, 2018