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On Tuesday, the U.S. Commerce Department raised steel and aluminum tariffs on more than 400 products, including wind turbines, mobile cranes, appliances, bulldozers, railcars, motorcycles, marine engines, furniture, and hundreds more.
The department added 407 product categories to the list of “derivative” steel and aluminum products covered by sectoral tariffs, which apply a 50% tariff on steel and aluminum content and the country rate on non-steel and non-aluminum content.
In a research note, Evercore ISI estimated the move will raise the effective tariff rate by 1 percentage point for more than 400 product codes representing over $200 billion in imports last year.
The department is also adding imported parts for automotive exhaust systems and electrical steel for electric vehicles, buses, air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, and dryers to the new tariffs.
The department was advised not to add the parts by foreign automakers, who said the U.S. cannot meet demand.
The department is also adding imported parts for automotive exhaust systems and electrical steel for electric vehicles, buses, air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, and dryers to the new tariffs.
The department was advised not to add the parts by foreign automakers, who said the U.S. cannot meet demand.
Tesla created a tab and unsuccessfully requested Commerce to reject a request to add steel products used in electric vehicle motors and wind turbines, claiming the U.S. lacked the capacity to produce this steel.
Compressors, pumps, and metal in imported cosmetics and beauty packaging like aerosol cans are subject to immediate tariffs.
"Today's action expands the steel and aluminum tariffs and eliminates circumvention; this supports the continued revitalization of the American steel and aluminum industries," said Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Jeffrey Kessler.
Compressors, pumps, and metal in imported cosmetics and beauty packaging like aerosol cans are subject to immediate tariffs.
"Today's action expands the steel and aluminum tariffs and eliminates circumvention; this supports the continued revitalization of the American steel and aluminum industries," said Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Jeffrey Kessler.
Steelmakers like Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF.N), Nucor (NUE.N), and others petitioned the administration to include more steel and aluminum auto parts in tariffs.
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