TARIFF TRACKER
Imposes 25 percent Section 232 tariffs on automobiles and automobile parts
Automobiles entered on or after April 3, 2025 face a 25 percent tariff. Automobile parts face the tariff on a later Federal Register date, no later than May 3, 2025, with special USMCA treatment.
Updated October 12, 2026
STATUS
In effect
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EFFECTIVE
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Section 232
RATE
25%
25 percent tariff, in addition to other duties, fees, exactions and charges
COUNTRIES
All countries
PRODUCT FAMILIES
Autos/parts
COVERED GOODS
Automobiles and certain automobile parts, including passenger vehicles, light trucks, engines and engine parts, transmissions and powertrain parts, electrical components, and articles specified in Annex I or later annexes. The Federal Register publishes the Annex I as images, so the HTS lines are not listed here; see the source.
EXCLUSIONS
USMCA automobiles may be approved to apply the 25 percent tariff only to the non-U.S. content value. USMCA automobile parts are not subject to the 25 percent tariff until Commerce and CBP establish a process, except this does not apply to knock-down kits or parts compilations.
USMCA
For qualifying USMCA automobiles, importers may submit documentation on U.S. content and, if approved, apply the 25 percent tariff only to non-U.S. content. Qualifying USMCA automobile parts are not subject to the tariff until a process is established for applying it only to non-U.S. content.
WHAT TO DO (OUR GUIDANCE, NOT LEGAL ADVICE)
Classify imported vehicles and parts against the official annex or later Federal Register notices, and request supplier support for USMCA status and U.S. content. For USMCA automobiles, prepare documentation for Commerce approval; for parts, watch for the Federal Register notice establishing the non-U.S. content process.
SOURCES
Proclamation 10908, 90 FR 14705 (April 3, 2025)
Bureau of Industry and Security notice, 90 FR 44767 (September 17, 2025)
CSMS # 64624801 - GUIDANCE: Import Duties on Certain Automobiles (April 2, 2025)
CSMS # 64916652 - UPDATE to CSMS # 64913145:D GUIDANCE: Import Duties on Certain Automobile Parts (May 1, 2025)
CSMS # 64913145 - GUIDANCE: Import Duties on Certain Automobile Parts (May 1, 2025)
CSMS # 65475228 - GUIDANCE: 2025 United Kingdom Automobile Tariff Rate Quota (June 27, 2025)
CSMS # 65649652 - GUIDANCE: Applying Section 232 Import Duties on USMCA-Qualifying Passenger Vehicles and Light Trucks (July 16, 2025)
CSMS # 65794272 - GUIDANCE: Section 232 Import Duties on Copper and Copper Derivative Products (July 31, 2025)
CSMS # 66242844 - Updated Guidance - Implementation of the United States-Japan Agreement and Modification of Duties on Imports from Japan (September 15, 2025)
CSMS # 66336270 - Guidance - Implementation of Tariff-Related Elements of the United States-European Union Framework Agreement (September 24, 2025)
CSMS # 66492057 - GUIDANCE: Section 232 Import Duties on Timber, Lumber, and their Derivative Products (October 10, 2025)
CSMS # 66665333 - GUIDANCE: Import Duties on Medium- and Heavy-duty Trucks, Medium- and Heavy-duty Truck Parts and Buses (October 29, 2025)
CSMS # 66684128 - GUIDANCE: Duty Offset for Imports of Automobile Parts (October 31, 2025)
CSMS # 66987366 - Guidance - Implementation of Tariff-Related Elements of the United States-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment Deal (December 3, 2025)
CSMS # 69087399 - GUIDANCE: Duty Offset for Imports of Automobile and Medium and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Parts (June 29, 2026)
QUOTES FROM THE SOURCE
Signed: "IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five" (source)
Rate: "shall be subject to a 25 percent tariff with respect to goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption" (source)
Effective date: "on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 3, 2025, for automobiles, and on the date specified in the Federal Register for automobile parts, but no later than May 3, 2025" (source)
Covered goods: "passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks (collectively, automobiles) and certain automobile parts" (source)
Covered goods: "engines and engine parts, transmissions and powertrain parts, and electrical components) (collectively, automobile parts)" (source)
Countries: "all imports of articles specified in Annex I to this proclamation or in any subsequent annex to this proclamation" (source)
USMCA: "For automobiles that qualify for preferential tariff treatment under the USMCA, importers of such automobiles may submit documentation to the Secretary identifying the amount of U.S. content" (source)
USMCA: "shall not apply to automobile parts that qualify for preferential treatment under the USMCA until such time that the Secretary, in consultation with CBP, establishes a process" (source)
Exclusions: "For avoidance of doubt, clause (4) of this proclamation does not apply to automobile knock-down kits or parts compilations." (source)
Effective date: "DATES: This rule is effective September 17, 2025. Comments on this interim final rule must be received by the International Trade Administration no later than November 3, 2025." (source)
Covered goods: "process for including additional automobile parts articles for passenger vehicles and light trucks within the scope of the tariffs imposed by the President in the Automobile Proclamation" (source)
Covered goods: "The eight or ten-digit HTSUS classification requested to be included in the scope of the tariffs;" (source)
Status: "This interim final rule (IFR) establishes the requisite process." (source)
Status: "Duties on newly included articles will take effect on the date specified in that Federal Register notice." (source)
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Proclamation 10908 (signed Mar 26, 2025) imposes 25 percent on automobiles from Apr 3, 2025 and listed parts by May 3, 2025; CBP CSMS 69087399 of June 29, 2026 still applies Section 232 duties under Proclamation 10908, as amended.
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