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Ref. :EIC 111/3
EIC 111/3/13
9 April 2025
(Updated on 14 April 2025)
Dear Sirs,
Further to Commercial Information Circulars (CICs) No. 309/2025 and 310/2025 dated 3 April 2025 on US’ reciprocal tariff and further amendment to additional duties on products of China (including Hong Kong) as applied to low-value imports respectively, the US President signed on 8 April 2025 an executive order (i) amending the reciprocal tariff of an additional ad valorem duty for articles of China (including articles of Hong Kong) from 34% to 84% effective on 9 April 2025; and (ii) updating the additional duties as applied to low-value imports from China (including products of Hong Kong) starting 2 May 2025.
DETAILS
2.On 2 April 2025, the US President signed an executive order imposing a reciprocal tariff of an additional ad valorem duty on all imports from all trading partners. Among others, articles of China (including articles of Hong Kong) will be subject to a higher additional ad valorem rate of duty of 34% on 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) on 2 May 2025. Imported goods sent 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 on 2 May 2025. Moreover, 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 duty rate of either 30% of their value or US$25 per item on 2 May 2025 (increasing to US$50 per item after 1 June 2025). For details, please refer to CICs No. 309/2025 and 310/2025 of 3 April 2025.
3.On 8 April 2025, the US President signed an executive order (i) amending the reciprocal tariff of an additional ad valorem duty for articles of China (including articles of Hong Kong) from 34% to 84%, effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on 9 April 2025; and (ii) updating the additional duties as applied to low-value imports from China (including Hong Kong) starting 2 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 an increased duty rate of either 90% of their value or an increased tariff of US$75 per item on 2 May 2025 (increasing to US$150 per item on 1 June 2025).
4.For further details, please refer to the US President’s executive order, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)’s message and the Federal Register (FR) notice:
The US President’s executive order (8 April 2025)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/amendment-to-recipricol-tariffs-and-updated-duties-as-applied-to-low-value-imports-from-the-peoples-republic-of-china/
US CBP’s Cargo Systems Messaging Service Message - Updated Guidance - Reciprocal Tariffs on Goods of China, April 9, 2025, Effective Date
https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USDHSCBP-3db0e50?wgt_ref=USDHSCBP_WIDGET_2
FR notice (14 April 2025)
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-14/pdf/2025-06378.pdf
5.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact us at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Kwany KOU)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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