{ "dataset": "trade.changes", "generated": "2026-08-27T16:33:08.166Z", "licence": { "compilation": "CC BY 4.0", "compilation_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "attribution": "Tariff Tracker, tarifftracker.io, published by PEF Consulting Partners Limited", "underlying": "The figures themselves belong to the bodies named in each dataset's sources. Most are Crown copyright under the Open Government Licence v3. Supplier tariff rates belong to the suppliers who publish them. Check the source terms before you rely on any of it commercially.", "corrections": "If a figure here is wrong, say so and we will correct it and record that we did." }, "docs": "https://tarifftracker.io/api/", "fields": "https://tarifftracker.io/api/v1/dictionary", "as_of": "2026-08-26", "sources": [ { "name": "USTR, Section 301 forced labour fact sheet", "url": "https://ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/fact-sheets/2026/july/fact-sheet-ustr-section-301-action-response-failure-60-economies-ban-imports-produced-forced-labor" }, { "name": "Federal Register, Section 122 import surcharge", "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/25/2026-03824/imposing-a-temporary-import-surcharge-to-address-fundamental-international-payments-problems" }, { "name": "Federal Register, timber and lumber amendment", "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/09/2026-00327/amendments-to-adjusting-imports-of-timber-lumber-and-their-derivative-products-into-the-united" }, { "name": "Federal Register, indefinite de minimis suspension", "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12670/indefinite-suspension-of-the-de-minimis-exemption-for-merchandise-arriving-through-all-modes-other" }, { "name": "White House, pharmaceuticals proclamation", "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/04/adjusting-imports-of-pharmaceuticals-and-pharmaceutical-ingredients-into-the-united-states/" }, { "name": "Troutman Pepper, three day suspension of the Section 338 duties", "url": "https://www.troutman.com/insights/three-day-suspension-of-section-338-additional-duties-on-canadian-imports/" }, { "name": "White & Case, first use of Section 338", "url": "https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/trump-administration-imposes-50-tariffs-certain-canadian-products-first-use-section" }, { "name": "Skadden, trade court strikes down Section 122", "url": "https://www.skadden.com/insights/publications/2026/05/us-trade-court-strikes-down-section-122-tariffs" }, { "name": "K&L Gates, Supreme Court decision on the IEEPA tariffs", "url": "https://www.klgates.com/Summary-Supreme-Court-Decision-on-IEEPA-Tariffs-2-20-2026" }, { "name": "Canada, Department of Finance countermeasures", "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2026/08/canada-announces-targeted-countermeasures-and-substantive-support-for-workers-and-businesses-in-response-to-us-tariffs.html" }, { "name": "Yale Budget Lab, state of US tariffs", "url": "https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/state-us-tariffs-scotus-ruling-update" }, { "name": "Penn Wharton Budget Model, effective tariff rates", "url": "https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/p/2026-08-10-effective-tariff-rates-and-revenues-updated-august-10-2026/" }, { "name": "Crowell, pharmaceutical tiered rate structure", "url": "https://www.crowell.com/en/insights/client-alerts/trump-administration-imposes-section-232-tariffs-on-patented-pharmaceutical-imports-tiered-rate-structure-takes-effect-beginning-july-31-2026" }, { "name": "White & Case, narrowly targeted semiconductor tariff", "url": "https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/president-trump-orders-narrowly-targeted-25-section-232-tariff-certain-advanced" } ], "caveats": [ "Rows with direction scheduled have been announced but are not yet in force, so they carry an effective date and no announcement date.", "Announced is not the same as in force, and neither is the same as collected. A measure can be announced, suspended and revived inside a month." ], "blanks": { "id": "The row is a scheduled measure rather than a logged change, and has no permalink yet.", "announced": "The row is scheduled: we hold the date it takes effect but not the day it was announced.", "target": "It applies by product worldwide rather than at one country.", "authority": "None recorded.", "severity": "The row is scheduled and has not been assessed." }, "count": 18, "rows": [ { "id": null, "announced": null, "effective": "2029-01-20", "actor": "United States", "target": null, "direction": "scheduled", "authority": "232", "severity": null, "title": "The zero pharmaceutical rate for holders of HHS most favoured nation pricing agreements ends.", "summary": "The zero pharmaceutical rate for holders of HHS most favoured nation pricing agreements ends." }, { "id": null, "announced": null, "effective": "2027-01-01", "actor": "United States", "target": null, "direction": "scheduled", "authority": "232", "severity": null, "title": "Upholstered furniture rises to 30% and kitchen cabinets and vanities to 50%. Delayed a year by the amendment of 9 January 2026.", "summary": "Upholstered furniture rises to 30% and kitchen cabinets and vanities to 50%. Delayed a year by the amendment of 9 January 2026." }, { "id": null, "announced": null, "effective": "2027-01-01", "actor": "United Kingdom", "target": null, "direction": "scheduled", "authority": "GB", "severity": null, "title": "The UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism starts, adding a carbon price at the border on aluminium, cement, fertiliser, hydrogen, iron and steel.", "summary": "The UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism starts, adding a carbon price at the border on aluminium, cement, fertiliser, hydrogen, iron and steel." }, { "id": null, "announced": null, "effective": "2026-11-10", "actor": "United States and China", "target": null, "direction": "scheduled", "authority": "301", "severity": null, "title": "The date to which the United States committed to maintain its suspension of heightened reciprocal tariffs. The legal basis for the United States side was removed by the February ruling.", "summary": "The date to which the United States committed to maintain its suspension of heightened reciprocal tariffs. The legal basis for the United States side was removed by the February ruling." }, { "id": null, "announced": null, "effective": "2026-10-22", "actor": "United States", "target": null, "direction": "scheduled", "authority": "CBP", "severity": null, "title": "Chapter 98 duty free claims, free trade agreement claims and goods regulated by partner government agencies become ineligible for the postal process.", "summary": "Chapter 98 duty free claims, free trade agreement claims and goods regulated by partner government agencies become ineligible for the postal process." }, { "id": null, "announced": null, "effective": "2026-09-29", "actor": "United States", "target": null, "direction": "scheduled", "authority": "232", "severity": null, "title": "Section 232 pharmaceutical tariff extends from Annex III companies to all other companies.", "summary": "Section 232 pharmaceutical tariff extends from Annex III companies to all other companies." }, { "id": "2026-08-25-canada-retaliation", "announced": "2026-08-25", "effective": "2026-09-08", "actor": "Canada", "target": "United States", "direction": "retaliation", "authority": "CA", "severity": "increase", "title": "Canada answers Section 338 with dollar for dollar counter tariffs", "summary": "Canada imposed duties of 15%, 25% and 50% across roughly 700 products worth C$27.6bn, about US$20bn, close to 4.5% of its imports from the United States. Steel, aluminium, furniture and clothing take 50%. Cheese, appliances and some seafood take 25%. Electronics and tools take 15%. A C$7.5bn support package for affected businesses accompanies the measure, on top of roughly C$25bn already provided." }, { "id": null, "announced": null, "effective": "2026-09-08", "actor": "Canada", "target": null, "direction": "scheduled", "authority": "CA", "severity": null, "title": "Counter tariffs of 15%, 25% and 50% on about 700 United States products take effect.", "summary": "Counter tariffs of 15%, 25% and 50% on about 700 United States products take effect." }, { "id": "2026-08-22-section-338-canada", "announced": "2026-08-22", "effective": "2026-08-22", "actor": "United States", "target": "Canada", "direction": "imposition", "authority": "338", "severity": "increase", "title": "First ever use of Section 338 puts 50% on Canadian dairy, vehicles and alcohol", "summary": "Three proclamations cover 554 subheadings across dairy, motor vehicles, alcoholic beverages, wood, paper and hockey equipment, together about $20bn of annual imports or about 5.2% of the $382bn imported from Canada in 2025. The stated grounds are EU favourable dairy quota access, Canada's 25% retaliatory tariff on United States motor vehicles, and provincial boycotts of United States alcohol. Qualifying under USMCA does not exempt goods." }, { "id": "2026-07-31-pharma-232", "announced": "2026-07-31", "effective": "2026-07-31", "actor": "United States", "target": "Worldwide", "direction": "imposition", "authority": "232", "severity": "increase", "title": "Section 232 pharmaceutical tariff begins phasing, at 100% only for some", "summary": "Annex III companies from 31 July 2026, all others from 29 September 2026. The 100% headline applies to a minority of the trade. The European Union, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland and Liechtenstein are capped at 15%. The United Kingdom is tariff free for a minimum of three years. Thirteen companies holding HHS most favoured nation pricing agreements pay nothing until 20 January 2029, and an approved onshoring plan brings the rate to 20%." }, { "id": "2026-07-24-section-301-forced-labour", "announced": "2026-07-24", "effective": "2026-07-24", "actor": "United States", "target": "60 economies", "direction": "imposition", "authority": "301", "severity": "increase", "title": "Section 301 forced labour tariffs replace the expiring Section 122 surcharge", "summary": "Effective 12.01am on 24 July 2026, immediately after Section 122 expired. Seventeen economies including Canada, Mexico, India and the United Kingdom pay 10% additive because they operate or have committed to a forced labour import prohibition. The European Union and Taiwan pay net of MFN to reach 10%. Japan, Korea and Switzerland are charged to a 12.5% combined rate. All other investigated economies pay 12.5% additive. China's aggregate Section 301 exposure reaches 37.5%. Goods entered duty free under USMCA are exempt, which is the opposite of the Section 338 treatment and the most common point of confusion." }, { "id": "2026-07-24-section-122-expiry", "announced": "2026-07-24", "effective": "2026-07-24", "actor": "United States", "target": "Worldwide", "direction": "expiry", "authority": "122", "severity": "decrease", "title": "Section 122 global 10% surcharge expires at its statutory limit", "summary": "Section 122 carries a hard 150 day life under 19 USC 2132 and cannot be renewed by proclamation. The Court of International Trade had already invalidated it on 7 May 2026, but the government appealed and obtained a stay on 12 May, so collection continued to expiry and refunds were ordered only for three named plaintiffs. The surcharge lapsed on 24 July 2026 and was replaced the same minute by the Section 301 forced labour tariff." }, { "id": "2026-07-24-postal-ddp", "announced": "2026-07-24", "effective": "2026-07-24", "actor": "United States", "target": "Worldwide", "direction": "adjustment", "authority": "CBP", "severity": "decrease", "title": "Postal delivered duty paid threshold raised to $2,500", "summary": "The postal informal entry and delivered duty paid ceiling rose to $2,500. The $800 commercial de minimis exemption remains suspended and was made indefinite by interim final rule effective 24 June 2026. From 22 October 2026, Chapter 98 duty free claims, free trade agreement claims and goods regulated by partner government agencies become ineligible for the postal process." }, { "id": "2026-07-22-brazil-301", "announced": "2026-07-22", "effective": "2026-07-22", "actor": "United States", "target": "Brazil", "direction": "imposition", "authority": "301", "severity": "increase", "title": "25% Section 301 tariff on Brazil, with over 1,600 subheadings exempt", "summary": "A separate country investigation produced a 25% tariff on Brazilian goods, which then stacks with the 12.5% forced labour layer for a potential 37.5%. More than 1,600 HTS subheadings are exempted, so the exemption list is the first place to look." }, { "id": "2026-05-07-cit-section-122", "announced": "2026-05-07", "effective": "2026-05-07", "actor": "Court of International Trade", "target": "United States", "direction": "invalidation", "authority": "122", "severity": "decrease", "title": "Trade court strikes down the Section 122 surcharge, but collection continues", "summary": "The Court of International Trade held that the 10% surcharge exceeded the President’s authority under 19 USC 2132. The government appealed the following day and obtained a stay on 12 May, so importers kept paying to expiry. Refunds with interest were ordered for three named plaintiffs only. If you paid the surcharge and were not a plaintiff, you did not get it back." }, { "id": "2026-02-24-section-122", "announced": "2026-02-24", "effective": "2026-02-24", "actor": "United States", "target": "Worldwide", "direction": "imposition", "authority": "122", "severity": "increase", "title": "Section 122 10% global surcharge fills the gap left by IEEPA", "summary": "Four days after the Supreme Court invalidated the IEEPA reciprocal tariffs, a 10% global surcharge was imposed under Section 122 balance of payments authority, carrying a statutory 150 day limit from the outset." }, { "id": "2026-02-20-scotus-ieepa", "announced": "2026-02-20", "effective": "2026-02-20", "actor": "Supreme Court", "target": "United States", "direction": "invalidation", "authority": "IEEPA", "severity": "decrease", "title": "Supreme Court strikes down the IEEPA reciprocal tariffs", "summary": "The Court held that IEEPA does not authorise tariffs at all, which removed the trafficking tariffs on Canada and Mexico as well as the reciprocal schedule running from a 10% baseline to a 145% peak on China. This is the pivot point of the whole story: every measure in force today rests on a different statute, chosen for its durability against challenge." }, { "id": "2026-01-15-semiconductors", "announced": "2026-01-15", "effective": "2026-01-15", "actor": "United States", "target": "Worldwide", "direction": "imposition", "authority": "232", "severity": "increase", "title": "25% Section 232 tariff on advanced semiconductors", "summary": "Far narrower than the name suggests. Logic integrated circuits inside specified performance and memory bandwidth bands only, with nine end use exceptions including data centres, research and development, repairs and consumer electronics. Semiconductor manufacturing equipment is not covered in this phase." } ] }