Some Electronic Equipment Excepted From the Latest Tariffs
April 12, 2025 Leave a comment
The Administration has announced the first product-based exceptions to the broad tariffs that it has issued on imported goods. The full announcement can be seen in the Presidential Memorandum.
Items under the following headings and subheadings appear to be excepted from the duties imposed by Executive Order 14257.
- 8471
- 8473.30
- 8486
- 8517.13.00
- 8517.62.00
- 8523.51.00
- 8524
- 8528.52.00
- 8541.10.00
- 8541.21.00
- 8541.29.00
- 8541.30.00
- 8541.49.10
- 8541.49.70
- 8541.49.80
- 8541.49.95
- 8541.51.00
- 8541.59.00
- 8541.90.00
- 8542
These are mostly aimed at computers, smartphones, modems/routers, solid state storage, monitors/displays. They also include semiconductors and integrated circuits, and some production equipment for such items. Although these headings and subheadings do not intrinsically describe aircraft parts, there may be certain aircraft parts that are properly classified under some of these headings and subheadings, like certain displays and certain onboard computer equipment.
More importantly, this shows that the White House is willing to except certain favored industries, so it is possible that an aviation exception could be carved-out.
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