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Proclamation 10327

Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States

This proclamation replaces the 10 percent tariff on EU aluminum imports with a tariff-rate quota system, allowing specified volumes of EU aluminum to enter duty-free through December 31, 2023. The arrangement requires certificates of analysis and commits both parties to negotiate global steel and aluminum arrangements by October 31, 2023. The 10 percent tariff remains in place for all other countries not covered by existing exemptions.

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Impact dates

  1. EU tariff-rate quota arrangement expires

  2. Negotiations on global steel and aluminum arrangements to conclude

  3. Tariff-rate quota and certificate requirement take effect; HTSUS amendments effective

Key directives

  • Establish tariff-rate quota on EU aluminum: 18,000 metric tons unwrought; 366,040 metric tons semi-finished wrought
  • Require certificate of analysis for in-quota treatment
  • Amend HTSUS U.S. note 19 to subchapter III of chapter 99
  • Secretary to recommend updates to in-quota volumes as warranted
  • Secretary, in consultation with DHS and USTR, to ensure compliance with certificate requirement
  • Maintain 10% tariff on non-EU countries (except Argentina, Australia, Canada, Mexico)

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Tariff-rate quota takes effect January 1, 2022 at 12:01 a.m. EST
  • Certificate of analysis requirement becomes effective

Near term (90d)

  • Implementation of quota tracking and compliance systems

Long term

  • Tariff-rate quota expires December 31, 2023 unless extended
  • Negotiations on global steel and aluminum arrangements due by October 31, 2023
  • Potential revisit of determination based on monitoring results

Risks & tensions

  • Tension between quota liberalization and domestic industry protection—quota volumes may be contested
  • October 2023 negotiation deadline is ambitious for complex global arrangement; failure could snap tariffs back
  • Certificate of analysis requirement creates new compliance burden and enforcement uncertainty
  • Monitoring clause allows presidential revisit, creating policy uncertainty for EU exporters
  • Transshipment risk through exempt countries (Argentina, Australia) if EU quota fills
Proclamation 10327: Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States · Executive Orders