What changed

Every change to the duties CBP collects, newest first, each with its official source. Court rulings are listed too, but a ruling alone doesn't change what you pay.

September 2026

Sep 29, 2026Section 232 tariff on patented medicines starts for all other companiesFrom Sep 29, 2026, the Section 232 tariff on patented pharmaceuticals and their ingredients applies to every company, not just those listed in Annex III of Proclamation 11020. A new heading exempts goods solely for clinical trials, research or other non-commercial use.
Sep 29, 2026Import bans on some Canadian products on the Section 338 lists take effectFrom Sep 29, 2026, certain Canadian products on the Section 338 alcoholic-beverages, dairy and motor-vehicles lists can't be imported at all. Goods imported before then can still be entered and pay the 50% duty; other listed products keep paying 50%.
Sep 15, 2026Canada Section 338 lists change, and goods under Section 232 lose their exemptionFrom Sep 15, 2026, 122 classifications were added to and 10 removed from the Section 338 alcoholic-beverages and motor-vehicles lists for Canadian goods, and goods on those two lists pay the 50% even when Section 232 duties apply. The dairy list didn't change.
Sep 3, 2026Section 232 tariffs on drones and drone parts startFrom Sep 3, 2026, drones pay a Section 232 tariff on top of the regular duty: 100% for larger drones, drones with thermal imaging, docking stations and certain parts, and 25% for other small drones. Other drone parts are scheduled to pay 25% from Feb 9, 2027.

August 2026

Aug 22, 2026Section 338 duties of 50% on listed Canadian products startFrom Aug 22, 2026, three lists of Canadian products pay an extra 50% under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, in response to Canada's treatment of U.S. alcoholic beverages, dairy and motor vehicles. The start moved from Aug 19 after a three-day suspension.
Aug 15, 2026Section 201 safeguard tariff on quartz surface products startsFrom Aug 15, 2026, quartz surface products such as engineered quartz slabs and countertops pay a four-year safeguard tariff on top of the regular duty: 25% within a quarterly quota and 50% beyond it, with rates falling each year. Many countries are excluded.
Aug 6, 2026Section 232 tariff and minimum import prices on polysilicon and solar products announced for Dec 4Proclamation 11052 sets a 15% Section 232 tariff on polysilicon ingots and derivatives such as wafers, solar cells and modules, plus minimum import prices, for goods entered from Dec 4, 2026. Commerce can bar importers it finds stockpiling before then.

July 2026

Jul 31, 2026Section 232 tariff on patented medicines starts for listed companiesFrom Jul 31, 2026, patented pharmaceuticals and their ingredients from the companies listed in Annex III of Proclamation 11020 pay a total of 100% with the regular duty, 15% for the EU, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and nothing extra for the UK.
Jul 24, 2026Section 122 import surcharge ends after 150 daysThe 10% Section 122 surcharge on imports from every country expired at the close of Jul 23, 2026, the end of the 150 days set by Proclamation 11012. It isn't collected on goods entered after that.
Jul 24, 2026Forced-labor tariffs start on imports from 60 economies (Section 301)USTR put a 10% or 12.5% tariff on products of 60 economies it found don't ban, or don't effectively enforce a ban on, imports made with forced labor. For five economies the rate is a floor that includes the regular duty.
Jul 22, 202625% Section 301 tariff on products of Brazil startsUSTR put a 25% Section 301 tariff on products of Brazil entered from Jul 22, 2026, over Brazil's practices on digital trade, tariffs, anti-corruption, intellectual property, ethanol and deforestation. Many goods are exempt, including those under Section 232 tariffs.

June 2026

Jun 8, 2026Section 232 metals tariffs change for farm, HVAC and mobile industrial equipmentFrom Jun 8, 2026, farm equipment and certain residential HVAC products join the Section 232 metals group that pays 15% in total, mobile industrial equipment pays 25% (15% in total from 11 economies), and aluminum lithographic plates and steel racks are added.

May 2026

May 14, 2026Section 301 exemption for China cranes under pre-May 2024 contracts endsShip-to-shore gantry cranes of China that fulfill sales contracts dated before May 14, 2024 were exempt from the 25% Section 301 tariff only if entered before May 14, 2026. From that date they pay it like other such cranes.
May 1, 2026Taiwan's auto parts and some wood products get a 15% Section 232 rateFrom May 1, 2026, Taiwan's auto parts pay 15% in total with the regular duty (nothing extra at 15% or more), its upholstered wooden furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities pay 15%, and listed civil aircraft components are exempt from the metals tariffs.

April 2026

Apr 6, 2026Section 232 steel, aluminum and copper tariffs move to full value and new rate groupsFrom Apr 6, 2026, Section 232 metals tariffs are charged on the full customs value of goods, whatever their metal content: 50% on steel, aluminum and most copper articles, 25% on other copper articles and many derivatives, and a 15% total for a group of equipment.

February 2026

Feb 24, 2026CBP stops collecting IEEPA tariffsDuties imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, including the reciprocal tariffs, the fentanyl tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, and the tariff on Brazil, are no longer collected on goods entered from Feb 24, 2026 (Executive Order 14389).
Feb 24, 202610% Section 122 import surcharge starts for 150 daysA temporary 10% surcharge under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 applies to imports from every country entered from Feb 24, 2026, with many exemptions, including goods under Section 232 tariffs and USMCA goods of Canada and Mexico entered free.
Feb 7, 202625% IEEPA tariff on goods of India over Russian oil endsThe additional 25% tariff on products of India, imposed in August 2025 under IEEPA because India was importing Russian oil, no longer applies to goods entered from Feb 7, 2026 (Executive Order 14384).

January 2026

Jan 15, 2026Section 232 tariff on certain advanced computing chips startsA 25% Section 232 tariff applies from Jan 15, 2026 to a narrow group of advanced computing chips, and articles containing them, classified in 8471.50, 8471.80 or 8473.30. Chips imported for U.S. data centers and several other U.S. uses don't pay it.
Jan 1, 2026Last stage of the 2024 China tariff increases takes effect (Section 301)Section 301 tariffs on some products of China rose on Jan 1, 2026, the last scheduled stage of the 2024 increases: 25% on natural graphite, permanent magnets and lithium-ion batteries, 50% on textile respirators and face masks, and 100% on rubber medical and surgical gloves.
Jan 1, 2026Section 301 tariff on Nicaragua starts at 0%, set to rise to 10% in 2027 and 15% in 2028USTR's Section 301 tariff on products of Nicaragua that don't originate under CAFTA-DR took effect on Jan 1, 2026 at 0%. It is scheduled to rise to 10% for goods entered from Jan 1, 2027 and 15% from Jan 1, 2028.