On June 3, 2025, an Executive Order (EO) was issued adjusting the Section 232 tariff on aluminum and aluminum derivative products (DPL) from 25% to 50%. In addition to the adjustment in the 232 tariff, the EO also contains language that adjusts how the 232 tariff is applied. The following is a summary of the key points. Aluminum and aluminum derivative products within HTS Ch. 76 and outside HTS Ch. 76: the 50% duty applies only to the aluminum content. Any non-aluminum content in these products will be subject to the reciprocal tariff (currently at 10%). This is a change from the February 10, 2025, EO for aluminum and aluminum derivative products in HTS Ch. 76 where the 232 tariff was applied to the full value of the product. With the most recent EO, the 232 tariff now applies only to the aluminum content and the 10% reciprocal tariff applies to the non-aluminum content. The current EO also changes how the 232 Auto tariffs, 232 aluminum tariffs ...
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) has led the U.S. aluminum extrusion industry in achieving level competition by winning tariff protection that offsets unfair trade practices of extruders/importers of aluminum profiles produced in China. Our efforts have been of enormous value to domestic extruders and suppliers. Conservatively, an estimated 800 million pounds per year of extrusions are being produced in the U. S. that would have otherwise been lost to China.