[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 70 (Monday, April 14, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: 2025-06378]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 70 / Monday, April 14, 2025 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 14259 of April 8, 2025
Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated
Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports From the
People's Republic of China
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.),
section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19
U.S.C. 2483), and section 301 of title 3, United States
Code, I hereby determine and order:
Section 1. Background. In Executive Order 14257 of
April 2, 2025 (Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal
Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to
Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade
Deficits), I declared a national emergency arising from
conditions reflected in large and persistent annual
U.S. goods trade deficits, and imposed additional ad
valorem duties that I deemed necessary and appropriate
to deal with that unusual and extraordinary threat,
which has its source in whole or substantial part
outside the United States, to the national security and
economy of the United States. Section 4(b) of Executive
Order 14257 provided that ``[s]hould any trading
partner retaliate against the United States in response
to this action through import duties on U.S. exports or
other measures, I may further modify the [Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States] to increase or
expand in scope the duties imposed under this order to
ensure the efficacy of this action.'' I further
declared pursuant to Executive Order 14256 of April 2,
2025 (Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the
Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic
of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports) that duty-
free de minimis treatment on articles described in
section 2(a) of Executive Order 14195 is no longer
available effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time
on May 2, 2025.
On April 4, 2025, the State Council Tariff Commission
of the People's Republic of China (PRC) announced that
in response to Executive Order 14257, effective at
12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 10, 2025, a
34 percent tariff would be imposed on all goods
imported into the PRC originating from the United
States. Pursuant to section 4(b) of Executive Order
14257, I am ordering modification of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) and taking
other actions to increase the duties imposed on the PRC
in response to this retaliation. In my judgment, this
modification is necessary and appropriate to
effectively address the threat to the national security
and economy of the United States.
Sec. 2. Tariff Increase. In recognition of the fact
that the PRC has announced that it will retaliate
against the United States in response to Executive
Order 14257, the HTSUS shall be modified as follows.
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 April 9, 2025:
(a) heading 9903.01.63 of the HTSUS shall be
amended by deleting ``34%'' each place that it appears
and by inserting ``84%'' in lieu thereof; and
(b) subdivision (v)(xiii)(10) of U.S. note 2 to
subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS shall be
amended by deleting ``34%'', and inserting ``84%'' in
lieu thereof.
Sec. 3. De Minimis Tariff Increase. To ensure that the
imposition of tariffs pursuant to section 2 of this
order is not circumvented and that the purpose
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of Executive Order 14257 and this action is not
undermined, I also deem it necessary and appropriate
to:
(a) increase the ad valorem rate of duty set forth
in section 2(c)(i) of Executive Order 14256 from 30
percent to 90 percent;
(b) increase the per postal item containing goods
duty in section 2(c)(ii) of Executive Order 14256 that
is in effect on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight
time on May 2, 2025, and before 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time on June 1, 2025, from 25 dollars to 75
dollars; and
(c) increase the per postal item containing goods
duty in section 2(c)(ii) of Executive Order 14256 that
is in effect on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight
time on June 1, 2025, from 50 dollars to 150 dollars.
Sec. 4. Implementation. The Secretary of Commerce, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, and the United States
Trade Representative, as applicable, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Assistant to the President for Economic
Policy, the Senior Counselor for Trade and
Manufacturing, the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs, and the Chair of the
International Trade Commission, are directed to take
all necessary actions to implement and effectuate this
order, consistent with applicable law, including
through temporary suspension or amendment of
regulations or notices in the Federal Register and
adopting rules and regulations, and are authorized to
take such actions, and to employ all powers granted to
the President by IEEPA, as may be necessary to
implement this order. Each executive department and
agency shall take all appropriate measures within its
authority to implement this order.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the
head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
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(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 8, 2025.
[FR Doc. 2025-06378
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