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This is a presidential proclamation (Proclamation 11000, signed December 31, 2025) that amends an earlier proclamation imposing tariffs on imported wood products under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the law that allows the president to restrict imports deemed a threat to national security. It delays a scheduled tariff increase while trade negotiations with other countries continue.
The original proclamation (Proclamation 10976, September 29, 2025) had set tariff rates of 25 percent on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets, and vanities, with those rates scheduled to rise on January 1, 2026 — upholstered furniture to 30 percent and kitchen cabinets and vanities to 50 percent. This proclamation pushes that increase back by one year, so the higher rates now take effect January 1, 2027 instead. The existing tariffs — 10 percent on certain softwood timber and lumber, and 25 percent on the furniture and cabinet categories — remain in place unchanged during the delay. Countries that reach a qualifying trade agreement with the United States before the increase date would be exempt from the higher rates. The U.S. Trade Representative is directed to continue negotiations and must provide a progress update roughly 180 days after the original September 2025 proclamation.
U.S. importers of softwood lumber, upholstered wooden furniture, kitchen cabinets, and vanities continue to pay the current tariff rates through the end of 2026 rather than facing the steeper rates that had been set to begin January 1, 2026. Domestic wood product manufacturers and the construction industry — which depend on lumber supply and pricing — are affected by the tariff structure that remains in place. Foreign exporters of these goods, particularly those in countries currently negotiating agreements with the United States, face continued uncertainty about what rate will apply after January 1, 2027.