TARIFF TRACKER
Directs talks on processed critical minerals after a Section 232 finding
This proclamation finds that imports of processed critical minerals and derivative products threaten national security. It directs Commerce and USTR to negotiate agreements and consider price floors or other trade-restricting measures, but it does not impose a duty rate in the text.
Updated October 12, 2026
STATUS
Proposed
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Section 232
COUNTRIES
All countries
PRODUCT FAMILIES
Electrical, Semiconductors/electronics, Chemicals/plastics, Autos/parts, Industrial machinery
COVERED GOODS
Processed critical minerals and their derivative products, including rare earth permanent magnets. No HTS chapters or headings are listed in the text.
WHAT TO DO (OUR GUIDANCE, NOT LEGAL ADVICE)
Map imported critical mineral inputs and derivative products in your supply chain and watch for negotiated agreements, price floors or other trade-restricting measures. No duty rate is imposed in this text, but Commerce and USTR must update the President within 180 days.
SOURCES
Proclamation 11001, 91 FR 2439 (January 20, 2026)
QUOTES FROM THE SOURCE
Signed: "I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-six" (source)
Covered goods: "imports of processed critical minerals and their derivative products (PCMDPs) on the national security of the United States" (source)
Covered goods: "rare earth permanent magnets--a derivative product of processed critical minerals--are used in and vital to nearly all electronics and vehicles." (source)
Countries: "imports of PCMDPs from any country." (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of previous proclamations and Executive Orders that is inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation is superseded to the extent of such inconsistency."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)
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