US : Modifications to Additional Duties and Reciprocal Tariff Rates on Products of China (including Hong Kong)

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Ref. :EIC 111/3
 EIC 111/3/13

5 November 2025
(Updated on 10 November 2025)

Dear Sirs,

Further to Commercial Information Circular (CIC) No. 951/2025 dated 3 November 2025 on the US’ trade and economic deal with China, the US President signed on 4 November 2025 two executive orders announcing the modification of additional tariffs and the continuation of the suspension of heightened reciprocal tariffs on products of China (including products of Hong Kong).

DETAILS

2.Pursuant to the executive order signed by the US President dated 1 February 2025, all articles that are products of China shall be subject to an additional 10% ad valorem rate of duty with effect from 4 February 2025. On 5 February 2025, the US Customs and Border Protection announced that the concerned articles include products of Hong Kong. Subsequently, on 3 March 2025, the US amended the additional duties on products of China (including products of Hong Kong) from 10% to 20% effective from 4 March 2025.

3.On 2 April 2025, the US President signed an executive order imposing reciprocal tariff on all imports from all trading partners effective from 5 April 2025, with subsequent modifications. On 12 May 2025, pursuant to the joint statement on US-China economic and trade meeting in Geneva, the reciprocal tariff rate for articles of China (including articles of Hong Kong) shall be modified to 10% effective from 14 May 2025, by suspending 24 percentage points of the additional ad valorem rate of duty on articles of China (including articles of Hong Kong) set forth in Executive Order 14257 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. Subsequently, pursuant to the joint statement on US-China economic and trade meeting in Stockholm issued on 11 August 2025, the 10% reciprocal tariff on articles of China (including articles of Hong Kong) remains in effect until 10 November 2025.

4.On 1 November 2025, the US published a White House’s fact sheet on reaching a trade and economic deal with China. On 4 November 2025, the US President signed two executive orders announcing respectively-

1. modification of additional tariffs for products of China (including products of Hong Kong) to 10% effective from 10 November 2025. All articles that are subject to the additional ad valorem rate of duty of 20% under Executive Order 14195, as amended, shall instead be subject to an additional ad valorem rate of duty of 10%, effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption from 10 November 2025. The US shall determine whether any additional modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) are necessary to effectuate the subject order and shall make such modifications through notice in the Federal Register (FR); and
2. continuation of the suspension of the heightened reciprocal tariffs on products of China (including products of Hong Kong) until 10 November 2026. As such, the current 10% reciprocal tariff shall remain in effect during this suspension period.

5.For further details, please refer to the US President’s executive orders, the FR notices and the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)’s message:

The US President’s executive orders (4 November 2025)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/11/modifying-duties-addressing-the-synthetic-opioid-supply-chain-in-the-peoples-republic-of-china/  

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/11/modifying-reciprocal-tariff-rates-consistent-with-the-economic-and-trade-arrangement-between-the-united-states-and-the-peoples-republic-of-china/ 

FR notices (7 November 2025)
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-07/pdf/2025-19825.pdf

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-07/pdf/2025-19826.pdf

US CBP’s Cargo Systems Messaging Service Message (7 November 2025)
https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USDHSCBP-3fa83c4?wgt_ref=USDHSCBP_WIDGET_2

6.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

Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.