New tariffs specialists for each industry was announced by the President of the USA, Donald Trump Aiming heavy trucks, as well as kitchen cabinets, bathrooms and upholstered furniture, expanding a commercial agenda aimed at boosting domestic industries by increasing import taxes.
The 25% duty on heavy trucks, the 30% tax on upholstered furniture and the 50% import tax on kitchen cabinets and bathrooms will begin on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, US President Trump said in social media posts (25.9.25).
“In order to protect our large manufacturers of our heavy trucks from unfair external competition, I will impose a 25% duty on October 1, 2025, on all the” heavy (big!) Trucks “manufactured in other parts of the world,” Trump wrote.
Trump’s duties announcements on Thursday night – including a 100% duty on surnames or patent -patented medicinal products – follow a series of investigations by the Ministry of Commerce on imports, all advanced for national security reasons.
Neither the White House nor the Ministry of Commerce have published details of their plans or how they are implemented, with less than a week before the president’s implementation date.
Investigations conducted under Article 232 of the Act on Extension of Trade allow the President to impose duties on goods considered critical to national security, a principle in which Trump has turned extensively to lay the groundwork for contributions in many areas.
Duties in particular the industry will generally be added to the so -called Trump mutual duties, which are based on countries, although some countries, including the European Union and Japan, have entered into agreements to prevent the accumulation of charges on each other.
The Ministry of Commerce began in April a commercial survey of mid -range and heavy trucks and spare parts, claiming then that a “small number” of foreign suppliers had dominated US imports due to subsidies and “aggressive commercial practices”.
This survey covered more than 10,000 kg trucks, as well as spare parts and derivatives – vehicles intended for the transportation of goods across North America, as opposed to lighter trucks that are popular with consumers.
The new duties threaten an industry already pressured by duties on steel and aluminum imports, as well as by the most stringent environmental regulations that have reduced the demand for heavy and medium vehicles. However, supporters of duties planned by the president for heavy trucks have said they would help protect the nation’s domestic production and industrial base.
Trump’s duties for imported heavy trucks “are a huge victory for US workers and great American manufacturers”, such as Peterbilt, Kenworth, Daimler Truck Holding AG’s Freightliner brand and Mack Trucks Inc. by Volvo Group, said Nick Iacovella, with the coalition for a prosperous America. “This energy will enhance this vital sector and protect it from unfair foreign competition.”
Paccar’s shares, which holds Peterbilt and Kenworth, rose 5.7% to transactions after closing the hours.
International Motors, LLC – formerly known as Navistar – depends more on imports, with about 98% of its US trucks coming from Mexico, followed by Daimler with about 83%. On the contrary, Paccar and Volvo produce almost all their American trucks in America.
About 245,000 medium and heavy trucks were imported to the US last year, a trade flow of more than $ 20 billion worth of dollars, according to information from the Ministry of Commerce.
Trump had previously announced – without details – an upcoming duty on imported furniture, expected in the context of his continued government’s survey of foreign timber. Furniture retailers who could be influenced by Thursday’s statements include Wayfair, Arhaus, Williams-Sonoma and RH, which manages the chain formerly known as restoration hardware.
Trump’s scheduled duty on imported cabinets, however, does not respond to the recommendations of some representatives of the sector and supporters in the Capitol, who say that manufacturers of origin states are threatened by cheap foreign competitors. More than twelve legislators had pushed the Ministry of Commerce to implement duties at least 60% to imported wood products, such as cabinets and sinks. Some have encouraged the government to impose duties on the cabinets at 100%.
According to the White House, the US has been a purely importer of timber since 2016, as foreign imports are increasingly contributing to domestic demand. The White House claimed in March that many of these imports benefit from state subsidies and practices of marketing offensive businesses, unjustly harm the competitiveness of domestic companies.
The new duties are part of an expanding group of sectoral duties covering a growing number of consumer goods – from mobile phones to industrial machinery used to build them. The US has already imposed duties on imported steel and aluminum, and a number of other surveys referred to in Article 232 are still being carried out in solar panels, commercial aircraft, semiconductors manufactured abroad.