Overview

• The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security designated 407 additional items as steel and aluminum derivatives, with the change taking effect Monday and the notice now published in the Federal Register.
• The move applies the doubled 50% steel and aluminum duties to the metal content of the newly covered consumer and industrial goods.
• Covered products range from wind turbines, cranes, bulldozers and railcars to furniture, motorcycles, baby seats and tableware, with one estimate putting the affected import value in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
• Importers and customs brokers report minimal lead time, no clear in‑transit exemption and muddled guidance, requiring detailed supplier data on metal weight, value share and country of cast or smelt.
• The administration says the policy closes tariff‑evasion loopholes and bolsters domestic producers, drawing praise from steelmakers while logistics firms warn of higher costs and operational disruption.