The United States will implement new rates for wood imports, as well as derived products, such as upholstered furniture and kitchen cabinets from October 14, in executive order signed by President Donald Trump Monday.
Imports of soft wood and wood will face a 10%rate rate, while upholstered wood products, including sofas, sofas and chairs, will have 25%. Kitchen and vanities, as well as the parts used in the manufacture of these products, will also be subject to 25%, according to the order.
From January 1, the United States will increase the rate for upholstered furniture up to 30% while executing the kitchen cabinets rate, vanities and 50% associated parts.
There are some exceptions based on fares that the United States has reached with select commercial partners such as the United Kingdom, Japan and the European Union, according to the order. Wooden goods and imported furniture from the United Kingdom will face 10% rate, while these Japan and EU products will have 15% taxes.
In addition, the previously implemented rates of the Trump administration in cars and car parts will replace the fees of wood products, according to the order. This means that if a imported wood product would be subjected to two fees, only 25% of the car and the automatic birth rate would be charged.
Imports of wood products will not be subject to specific rates of the country implemented by the International Economic Economic Powers Act, also known as Trump’s “reciprocal rates”. The Supreme Court is planned to hear arguments about the legality of these taxes in November.
The last order encodes some of the rates Trump announced on social networks last week, clarifying details, such as which products will be covered and when the duties will begin. The President originally said that taxes would come into force on October 1.
Wooden rates are the result of an investigation of Section 232 for months of the Department of Commerce. The conclusions of the review were given to Trump on July 1, and found that current amounts of import and foreign trade practices related to wood products were a threat to national security, according to Monday. The Trump administration has previously installed the rates of section 232 in steel and aluminum imports, as well as cars and car pieces.
Beyond the implementation of the rates, Monday’s order is directed by the Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to create an process to consider an enlarged list of goods covered under new taxes as a means of protecting national security.
The Secretary of Commerce is also responsible for “ determining if there is a threat of sub -validation of wood products ” and delivering an updated report on the national wood product industry on October 1, 2026, to evaluate if additional rights must be implemented.
