US BIS adds household appliances and welded wire to Section 232 steel derivative tariff list

Mechanism

This notice is a direct Annex I product-list expansion, distinct from the standing inclusions-process mechanism BIS adopted separately on 2025-05-02 ([2025-05-02-us-bis-section-232-steel-aluminum-inclusions-process](2025-05-02-us-bis-section-232-steel-aluminum-inclusions-process.md)). It implements Presidential Proclamation 10947 (2025-06-03), which raised the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariff rate from 25% to 50% ad valorem for all countries except the UK, by extending the derivative-products annex to cover a cluster of finished steel-intensive household appliances plus welded wire. As with other Section 232 derivative designations, only the steel content value of each listed product is subject to the 50% duty — the non-steel content of the same import continues to face whichever reciprocal or Section 301 tariffs would otherwise apply.

Downstream implications

• Extends Section 232 coverage from raw/semi-finished steel derivatives

into finished consumer durables (major appliances), raising landed cost for appliance importers and manufacturers sourcing steel-intensive components internationally.

• Foreshadows the broader 407-HTSUS-code inclusions-process cycle finalized

two months later ([2025-08-19-us-bis-section-232-steel-aluminum-407-derivative-inclusions](2025-08-19-us-bis-section-232-steel-aluminum-407-derivative-inclusions.md)), which used the separate standing-process mechanism to add hundreds more codes.

• UK-origin goods are carved out of the 50% rate per Proclamation 10947,

creating a differentiated compliance path for UK appliance/wire exporters versus all other origins.

Open questions

• Full content-value-split methodology for the newly listed appliance

HTSUS codes (i.e., how importers apportion steel vs. non-steel value) is set out in the CBP implementing guidance, not reproduced here.