TARIFF TRACKER
Imposes a 50 percent Section 232 tariff on covered copper products
Proclamation 10962 imposes a 50 percent Section 232 tariff on covered semi-finished copper products and intensive copper derivative products entered on or after August 1, 2025. The duty applies only to copper content, with non-copper content still subject to other applicable duties.
Updated October 12, 2026
STATUS
Replaced
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EFFECTIVE
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Section 232
RATE
50% copper content
50 percent tariff on the copper content of covered articles, in addition to other duties
COUNTRIES
All countries
PRODUCT FAMILIES
Copper
COVERED GOODS
Covered goods are semi-finished copper products and intensive copper derivative products listed in the Annex. The Federal Register publishes the Annex as images, so the HTS lines are not listed here; see the source.
EXCLUSIONS
Products also subject to Proclamation 10908 auto duties are subject to the auto duties instead of this proclamation. Non-copper content is not subject to the copper duty and remains subject to reciprocal and other applicable duties.
WHAT TO DO (OUR GUIDANCE, NOT LEGAL ADVICE)
Check copper SKUs against the official Annex before entry (the Federal Register publishes its HTSUS tables as images). For covered goods entered on or after August 1, 2025, prepare copper content declarations, review auto-duty overlap, and update landed cost quotes.
SOURCES
Proclamation 10962, 90 FR 37727 (August 5, 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 # 66987366 - Guidance - Implementation of Tariff-Related Elements of the United States-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment Deal (December 3, 2025)
Proclamation 11021, 91 FR 18201 (April 9, 2026)
QUOTES FROM THE SOURCE
Signed: "Proclamation 10962 of July 30, 2025" (source)
Rate: "as set forth in the Annex to this proclamation, shall be subject to a 50 percent tariff." (source)
Rate: "The additional duties described in clauses 1 through 3 of this proclamation shall apply only to the copper content of articles subject to this proclamation." (source)
Effective date: "This tariff shall be effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on August 1, 2025" (source)
Covered goods: "all imports of semi- finished copper products and intensive copper derivative products, as set forth in the Annex to this proclamation" (source)
Countries: "all imports of semi- finished copper products and intensive copper derivative products" (source)
Exclusions: "If any product is subject to tariffs under both this proclamation and Proclamation 10908 of March 26, 2025 (Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States), as amended, the product shall be subject to the duties imposed pursuant to Proclamation 10908" (source)
Status: "Any provision of previous proclamations and Executive Orders that is inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation is superseded to the extent of such inconsistency." (source)
Status: "the additional ad valorem duty imposed pursuant to section 232 on aluminum articles and aluminum derivative articles under Proclamation 9704, as amended; on steel articles and steel derivative articles under Proclamation 9705, as amended; and on copper articles and copper derivative articles under Proclamation 10962 shall apply to the full customs value of the imported product, regardless of metal content." (source)
Status: "the applicable additional ad valorem rate of duty imposed pursuant to section 232 under Proclamation 9704, as amended; Proclamation 9705, as amended; and Proclamation 10962 for all aluminum and steel articles, most copper articles, and certain derivative articles of aluminum and steel, as listed in Annex I-A to this proclamation, shall be:" (source)
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Proclamation 10962 (signed July 30, 2025) imposed 50 percent on the copper content of listed copper products from Aug 1, 2025; Proclamation 11021 moved copper to full customs value from Apr 6, 2026 (50 percent for most copper articles in Annex I-A, 25 percent for Annex I-B) and ended its inclusion process.
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