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August Update: Tariffs

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August Update: Tariffs

August Update: Tariffs

 

Tariff Overview by Country

🇧🇷 Brazil

Product Category

Tariff Rate

Notes

General imports from Brazil

40%

Applies unless otherwise exempted (Sec. 2(a))

Specific exempt products (e.g., civil aircraft, fertilizers)

0%

Listed in Annex I (Sec. 3(b))

Products already subject to Executive Order 14257

40% + 10%

Duties may stack with EO 14257 if applicable (Sec. 3(c))

Foreign Trade Zones (non-domestic status goods)

40%

Must be admitted as “privileged foreign status” (Sec. 3(d))

Effective Date: 7 days after July 30, 2025 (August 6, 2025)

Exempt Products:

 

 

🇨🇦 Canada

Product Category

Tariff Rate

Notes

General Canadian goods (formerly 25%)

35%

Increased from prior rate under EO 14193 (Sec. 2(a))

Energy and energy-related goods

10%

No changes noted from prior EO

Potash

10%

Previously reduced (Sec. 1)

Canadian goods violating USMCA “rules of origin” (transshipped)

40%

Applies in lieu of base duty (Sec. 3(a))

Effective Date: August 1, 2025

Reference: Canada July 31 Tariff Executive Order, Sections 1-3

 

🇮🇳 India

Product Category

Tariff Rate

Notes

General imports from India

25%

In response to India’s continued purchase of Russian Federation oil

Applies in addition to General Imports from India Tariff

25% + 10%

Except for goods exempt under Annex II of EO 14257

Effective Date: August 27, 2025

 

 

 

🌍 Global Tariff Updates (Reciprocal Tariff Order)

Tariff rates based on each trading partner’s cooperation and trade balance status:

Country

Tariff Rate

Afghanistan

15%

Algeria

30%

Angola

15%

Bangladesh

20%

Bolivia

15%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

30%

Botswana

15%

Brazil (see above)

50%

Brunei

25%

Cambodia

19%

Cameroon

15%

Canada

35%

Chad

15%

China

30%

Costa Rica

15%

Côte d’Ivoire

15%

Democratic Republic of Congo

15%

Ecuador

15%

Equatorial Guinea

15%

European Union

15%

Falkland Islands

10%

Fiji

15%

Ghana

15%

Guyana

15%

Iceland

15%

India

25% (50% on 8/27)

Indonesia

19%

Iraq

35%

Israel

15%

Japan

15%

Jordan

15%

Kazakhstan

25%

Laos

40%

Lesotho

15%

Libya

30%

Liechtenstein

15%

Madagascar

15%

Malawi

15%

Malaysia

19%

Mauritius

15%

Mexico

25%

Moldova

25%

Mozambique

15%

Myanmar (Burma)

40%

Namibia

15%

Nauru

15%

New Zealand

15%

Nicaragua

18%

Nigeria

15%

North Macedonia

15%

Norway

15%

Pakistan

19%

Papua New Guinea

15%

Philippines

19%

Serbia

35%

South Africa

30%

South Korea

15%

Sri Lanka

20%

Switzerland

39%

Syria

41%

Taiwan

20%

Thailand

19%

Trinidad and Tobago

15%

Tunisia

25%

Turkey

15%

Uganda

15%

United Kingdom

10%

Vanuatu

15%

Venezuela

15%

Vietnam

20%

Zambia

15%

Zimbabwe

15%

All Other

10%

European Union Note:

  • If the current Column 1 duty rate is <15%, the total duty is increased to 15%.
  • If the current Column 1 duty rate is ≥15%no additional duty is applied.

 

Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/

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