CBP issued technical fixes to Section 232 metals tariff codes and Tata Steel UK rule
CBP title: GUIDANCE: Technical Corrections to Section 232 Duties on Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper
This message is from May 6, 2026. Later CSMS messages may have changed it. See the latest trade news
What did CBP announce?
CBP announced technical corrections to the HTSUS codes created by Proclamation 11021's Section 232 duties on aluminum, steel, and copper. It created new subheading 9903.82.01 for covered articles containing no aluminum, steel, or copper, at a 0% additional duty rate, retroactive to April 6, 2026. CBP also clarified that U.K.-origin steel made by Tata Steel UK with melt and pour reported as the Netherlands could keep using the lower U.K. steel rate under headings 9903.82.04 and 9903.82.05, and count toward the 95 percent melt and pour threshold, until January 1, 2028.
What is Allied's position?
At the time, this affected entries of steel, aluminum, or copper articles and their derivatives filed on or after April 6, 2026, including entries already filed before the corrections were published. Later CSMS messages, including changes tied to the Learning Resources ruling and the end of IEEPA duties, may have changed how Section 232 duties apply to current entries. Clients with entries covered by these corrections, or by the Tata Steel UK melt and pour provision, should ask us to review their specific entries.
General information, not legal advice.
What does the CBP message say?
The purpose of this message is to provide guidance regarding the technical corrections to Annex IV of Presidential Proclamation 11021, “Strengthening Actions Taken to Adjust Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper into the United States.”
BACKGROUND
On April 2, 2026, the President issued Proclamation 11021, “Strengthening Actions Taken to Adjust Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper into the United States (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/04/strengthening-actions-taken-to-adjust-imports-of-aluminum-steel-and-copper-into-the-united-states/),” under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862). This proclamation imposes 10-50% additional duties on the full customs value of certain imports of steel, aluminum, copper articles (metal articles) and their derivatives from all countries, effective April 6, 2026. See 91 FR 18201 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/09/2026-06960/strengthening-actions-taken-to-adjust-imports-of-aluminum-steel-and-copper-into-the-united-states) and CSMS 68253075 (https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USDHSCBP-4117593?wgt_ref=USDHSCBP_WIDGET_2).
On April 29, 2026, the Secretary of Commerce published “Notice of Technical Corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States for (https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-08297/harmonized-tariff-schedule-of-the-united-states-for-duties-imposed-by-presidential-proclamation)
Duties Imposed by Presidential Proclamation 11021 (https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-08297/harmonized-tariff-schedule-of-the-united-states-for-duties-imposed-by-presidential-proclamation).” See 91 FR 23056 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/29/2026-08297/notice-of-technical-corrections-to-the-harmonized-tariff-schedule-of-the-united-states-for-duties).
New Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) classification 9903.82.01 established by this Notice is already effective in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). The ACE functionality for the acceptance of goods with a melt and pour country of the Netherlands under Headings 9903.82.04 and 9903.82.05 will be available on May 7, 2026.
GUIDANCE
This guidance provides instructions for importers, brokers, and filers on submitting entries to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) subject to Section 232 duties on imports of aluminum, steel, and copper.
The two changes listed below are retroactive with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on April 6, 2026.
1. The first change modifies the HTSUS creating new subheading:
9903.82.01: Articles provided for in subdivision (c) of U.S. note 16 to this subchapter that do not contain any aluminum, steel, or copper.
0% additional ad valorem rate of duty
2. This notice clarifies that U.K.-origin steel articles made by Tata Steel UK for which the reported country of melt and pour is the Netherlands can continue to be imported under the lower section 232 steel tariff rate for U.K.-origin steel and may be declared under Heading 9903.82.04 until January 1, 2028. Additionally, U.K.-origin steel articles made by Tata Steel UK for which the reported country of melt and pour is the Netherlands may also count toward the 95 percent of steel melted and poured under note 16(d) of the HTSUS (with respect to products under Headings 9903.82.04 and 9903.82.05) until January 1, 2028.
Refer to the attachment for the Chapter 1 to 97 HTSUS classifications which correspond to HTSUS classification 9903.82.01, and the other Chapter 99 headings established by Proclamation 11021.
For questions regarding Section 232 entry filing, contact the Trade Remedy Branch at TradeRemedy@cbp.dhs.gov (mailto:TradeRemedy@cbp.dhs.gov).
If you encounter any errors in filing an entry summary, contact your CBP client representative or the ACE Help Desk.