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On 2 April 2025, the US President signed an executive order imposing a reciprocal tariff on all imports from all trading partners. All articles imported into the US shall be subject to an additional ad valorem rate of duty of 10% effective from 5 April 2025 and all articles from specified trading partners imported into the US shall be subject to the specified country-specific ad valorem rates of duty effective from 9 April 2025. On the same date, the US President also signed an executive order announcing that duty-free de minimis treatment shall no longer be available for products of China (which include products of Hong Kong) imported into the US effective from 2 May 2025 and such imported merchandise shall be subject to additional duties.
Irrespective of the US’ announcements above, on 8 April and 9 April 2025, the US President signed executive orders (i) modifying reciprocal tariff rates of trading partners effective from 10 April 2025; and (ii) increasing the de minimis tariff for products of China (including products of Hong Kong) imported into the US starting 2 May 2025. On (i), among others, the reciprocal tariff of an additional ad valorem duty for articles of China (including articles of Hong Kong) imported into the US is amended to 125% effective from 10 April 2025. Besides, enforcement of the country-specific ad valorem rates of duty is suspended until 9 July 2025. Effective from 10 April 2025 and until 9 July 2025, all articles imported into the US from the specified trading partners shall be subject to an additional ad valorem rate of duty of 10%. As for (ii), all relevant postal items containing goods that are products of China (including products of Hong Kong) and sent to the US through the international postal network that are valued at or under US$800 and that would otherwise qualify for the de minimis exemption are subject to a duty rate of either 120% of their value or a tariff of US$100 per item effective from 2 May 2025 (increasing to US$200 per item effective from 1 June 2025). On the other hand, covered imported goods sent to the US through means other than the international postal network that are valued at or under US$800 and that would otherwise qualify for the de minimis exemption will be subject to all applicable duties effective from 2 May 2025, which shall be paid in accordance with applicable entry and payment procedures.
The HKSAR Government expressed strong disapproval of and discontent with the US’ imposition of the so-called reciprocal tariff as well as its elimination of the duty-free de minimis treatment for and imposition of duty on covered goods from Hong Kong. Once again, the HKSAR Government firmly requests the US to withdraw its so-called reciprocal tariff measures.
On 12 May 2025, the US and China issued a joint statement on US-China economic and trade meeting in Geneva. Subsequently, the US President on the same date signed an executive order (a) modifying reciprocal tariff rate for articles of China (including articles of Hong Kong) to 10% effective from 14 May 2025, by suspending 24 percentage points of the rate set forth in Executive Order 14257 (i.e. 34%) for an initial period of 90 days and the retention of the remaining ad valorem rate of 10% on those articles pursuant to the terms of said order, amongst others; and (b) decreasing the de minimis tariff for products of China (including products of Hong Kong) starting 14 May 2025. Effective from 14 May 2025, all relevant postal items containing goods that are sent through the international postal network that are valued at or under US$800 and that would otherwise qualify for the de minimis exemption are subject to a decreased duty rate of either 54% of their value or a tariff of US$100 per item that has been in effect since 2 May 2025.
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