TARIFF TRACKER
Implements U.S.-Korea deal Section 232 rates for Korean autos, parts, wood and civil aircraft
The notice set a 15 percent total Section 232 rate for Korean autos, auto parts and wood products and removed Section 232 metal duties from Korean civil aircraft goods. It also capped IEEPA reciprocal duties on Korean goods, a part that ended when IEEPA duties ended in February 2026.
Updated October 12, 2026
STATUS
In effect
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EFFECTIVE
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Other
RATE
Up to 15%
15% total duty (Column 1 plus Section 232) on Korean autos, auto parts and wood products where Column 1 is below 15%; no Section 232 duty where Column 1 is 15% or higher. Covered civil aircraft are excluded from Section 232 metal duties. The 15% cap on IEEPA reciprocal duties ended with those duties on Feb 20, 2026.
COUNTRIES
South Korea
PRODUCT FAMILIES
Autos/parts, Lumber/wood
COVERED GOODS
Korean passenger vehicles and light trucks, parts of passenger vehicles and light trucks, wood products under U.S. note 37(d) and (f), and specified civil aircraft, engines, parts, components, subassemblies and ground flight simulators.
EXCLUSIONS
Civil aircraft other than military aircraft and unmanned aircraft, plus their engines, parts, components, subassemblies, and ground flight simulators and parts, are not subject to the listed reciprocal, copper, steel, and aluminum duties. The new South Korea reciprocal headings also exclude products described in headings 9903.01.30-9903.01.33, 9903.02.78, and 9903.02.81, and exceptions in 9903.01.34 and 9903.02.01.
WHAT TO DO (OUR GUIDANCE, NOT LEGAL ADVICE)
Review South Korean-origin entries and open quotes for autos and parts from November 1, 2025, and for reciprocal tariff goods, wood products, and civil aircraft items from November 14, 2025. Confirm the applicable column 1 General or Special rate, including KORUS claims, because the new treatment depends on whether that rate is below 15 percent or at least 15 percent.
SOURCES
QUOTES FROM THE SOURCE
Signed: "[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 231 (Thursday, December 4, 2025)]" (source)
Effective date: "A. Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on November 1, 2025" (source)
Effective date: "B. Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on November 14, 2025" (source)
Rate: "9903.94.61........... Passenger vehicles and 15%................ 15%................ No change." (source)
Rate: "9903.76.23........... Wood products of South 15%................. 15%................ No change"." (source)
Covered goods: "Headings 9903.94.60 and 9903.94.61 set forth the ordinary customs duty treatment for certain passenger vehicles and light trucks" (source)
Covered goods: "heading 9903.76.23 provides the ordinary customs duty treatment of wood products of South Korea described in subdivisions (d) and (f) of this note." (source)
Countries: "This notice amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to implement certain tariff elements of that deal, adjusting tariffs on certain articles that are products of the ROK" (source)
Exclusions: "goods of the ROK that fall under the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft, except for unmanned aircraft, will not be subject to tariffs imposed pursuant to" (source)
Status: "1. Heading 9903.02.56 is terminated." (source)
Status: "For automobile parts from Japan, the United Kingdom, the member countries of the European Union ... South Korea, and Taiwan, the additional tariff rate for automobile parts is calculated based on the difference between the column one duty rate and the 232 duty rate." (source)
Status: "This order does not affect any other duties, including duties imposed under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962" (source)
Rate: "the sum of the column 1 duty rate and the additional ad valorem rate of duty pursuant to Executive Order 14257, as amended, will be 15 percent." (source)
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The Commerce and USTR notice (Dec 4, 2025) set Korean autos and parts (from Nov 1, 2025) and wood products (from Nov 14, 2025) to 15 percent total under Sections 232, exempted civil aircraft, and also capped the IEEPA reciprocal rate; the reciprocal part ended with EO 14389, while CBP CSMS 69087399 of June 29, 2026 still applies the Korean auto parts treatment.
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