Overview
- President Trump signed a Dec. 31 proclamation pushing back the Jan. 1, 2026 increases on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities to Jan. 1, 2027, leaving the current 25% tariff in place.
- Under the September plan, rates were set to rise to 30% on certain upholstered furniture and to 50% on kitchen cabinets and vanities before the one-year delay.
- The duties were imposed under Section 232 after Commerce found wood-product imports threatened to impair national security.
- Importers and retailers gain short-term cost relief, and furniture prices have been running hot, with living-room, kitchen and dining furniture up 4.6% year over year in November versus a 2.7% overall CPI increase.
- Policy uncertainty persists as Commerce pursues additional Section 232 probes in other sectors and courts, including the Supreme Court, review the scope of tariff authority.