American customs began to apply Trump's new rates. What happens to goods in transit to the US
Trucks to customs, at the US-Canada border. Photo: Jeff Kowalsky / AFP / Profimedia
American customs agents began to collect the 10% unilateral tariff on Saturday by President Donald Trump for all imports from numerous countries, following other tax increases aimed at goods from 57 big commercial partners to start being applied next week, Reuters and Agerpres reports.
The 10% “basic” tariff entered into force in ports, airports and customs warehouses in the US at 00:01 ET (04:01 GMT, 07:01 in Romania), the first phase of Trump's initiative to reject the system of mutually agreed after World War II.
Kelly Ann Shaw, commercial lawyer at Hogan Lovells and a former commercial counselor at the White House during Trump's first term, said on a Brookings Institution event that the rates are expected to change over time, as countries are trying to negotiate lower rates, “but the change (decided by Trump) is quite seismic He trade with every country on earth. “
Countries initially hit by the 10% rate include Australia, Great Britain, Colombia, Argentina, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
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A Bulletin of the US Service for Customs and Border Protection has provided a 51 -day grace period for goods loaded on ships or aircraft and in transit to the US before 00:01 ET, on Saturday. These goods must reach the destination until 00:01 et on May 27, to avoid 10%tax.
At the same time, Wednesday, April 9, the “mutual” higher tariff rates of Trump, of 11% to 50%, will enter into force. In the case of imports from the European Union, the fare will be 20%, while Chinese goods will be applied a 34%rate, which will increase to 54%the new taxes imposed by Trump.
Trump's new rates do not target the goods subject to separate “national security” rates, including steel and aluminum, cars, trucks and car parts.
Its administration also published a list of over 1,000 categories of products exempted from tariffs. Evaluated at $ 645 billion in 2024 imports, they include oil, petroleum products and other energy products, pharmaceuticals, uranium, titanium, timber, semiconductors and copper.
