April 10, 1:18 a.m. EST
Trump posted on truth social that China lacks respect for the world market and that tariffs on China will be raised to 125 percent and take effect immediately.
April 9, 2025 10:57 PM EST
Effective April 10, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. EDT for imports from China (including products from Hong Kong and Macao) entering for consumption or withdrawn from warehouses for consumption, an additional ad valorem tariff of 125 percent will be imposed on articles originating in China (including Hong Kong and Macao).
Instead, because other countries have not retaliated against the U.S. with countermeasures, Trump will delay reciprocal tariffs for those countries for 90 days, charging only a 10% reciprocal tariff.
April 8, 2025 6:58 PM EST
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued an announcement that the 34% reciprocal tariffs on China, originally scheduled for April 9, were increased to 34% + 50% = 84%.
The White House announced that tariffs on Chinese goods would be increased by another 50% from April 9, and counting the 34% and 20% previously announced or already in effect, the cumulative increase in tariffs this year is 104%. Before that there is the 25% since 2018, and counting the base rate, the tariff on Chinese goods after April 9 is the base rate + 129%.
This CSMS information updates CSMS 64680374 to include only the following information.
Subject to the exceptions already identified in CSMS 64680374, imports from China that are put into storage for consumption or taken out of storage for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. EST on April 9, 2025, are subject to duty at the following HTSUS classifications and additional ad valorem rates.9903.01.63: Articles that are the product of China (including Hong Kong and Macao) will be subject to an additional 84 percent ad valorem duty rate.