# Trump Tariffs Brazil

*Last updated: 2026-07-08*

> As of July 2026 — In summer 2025 the United States imposed a peak tariff of 50 percent on imports from Brazil, made up of the 10 percent reciprocal baseline tariff (EO 14326) and an additional, politically motivated 40 percent surcharge (Executive Order 14323 of 30 July 2025, effective 6 August 2025).

As of July 2026 — In summer 2025 the United States imposed a peak tariff of 50 percent on imports from Brazil, made up of the 10 percent reciprocal baseline tariff (EO 14326) and an additional, politically motivated 40 percent surcharge (Executive Order 14323 of 30 July 2025, effective 6 August 2025). The 40 percent surcharge was explicitly not a conventional trade measure but a response to the prosecution of former president Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian rulings on social-media regulation and the country's BRICS policies; its legal basis was the emergency statute IEEPA. Annex I exempted key goods (including orange juice, civil aircraft and parts, certain machinery and metals, energy products). Following talks between Trump and President Lula, a proclamation of 13 November 2025 removed the 40 percent tariff on numerous agricultural goods (coffee, beef, cocoa, fruit, açaí, nuts, spices); the share of affected exports fell from around 36 to about 22 percent. With the Supreme Court ruling of 20 February 2026 the IEEPA basis lapsed entirely: the reciprocal tariff and the 40 percent surcharge expired on 24 February 2026 and were replaced by the temporary 10 percent Section 122 surcharge. Section 232 sector tariffs (steel, aluminium, copper) still apply on top. In a Section 301 determination of 1 June 2026 the US Trade Representative (USTR) found several Brazilian trade practices (including digital trade and electronic payment services, ethanol market access, intellectual-property protection, illegal deforestation) to be unreasonably burdensome and proposed a 25 percent additional tariff with an extensive exemption list (more than 1,600 HTS subheadings, of which around 430 apply only to civil aircraft; goods already covered by Section 232 such as steel, aluminium and copper are excluded); after public consultation (until 1 July, hearing 6 July 2026) the USTR must decide on the measure by the statutory deadline of 15 July 2026. Not to be confused with anti-dumping duties.

**Source:** White House Executive Order 14323 (40 % Brasilien, 30.07.2025, wirksam 06.08.2025) & EO 14326 (reziprok 10 %); White House „Modifying the Scope of Tariffs on the Government of Brazil", 13.11.2025 (Agrar-Ausnahmen Kaffee/Rindfleisch/Kakao/Früchte); US Supreme Court, Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, 20.02.2026 (IEEPA-Aus); Kelley Drye (IEEPA→Section 122); USTR Section-301-Determination Brasilien vom 01.06.2026 & Federal Register 2026-11158 (Vorschlag 25 %, >1 600 HTS-Ausnahmen inkl. ~430 Luftfahrt, gesetzlicher Stichtag 15.07.2026, Konsultation bis 01.07., Anhörung 06.07.2026). Stand: Juli 2026.

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| Property | Value |
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| Term | Trump Tariffs Brazil |
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| Last updated | 2026-07-08 |
| Source | White House Executive Order 14323 (40 % Brasilien, 30.07.2025, wirksam 06.08.2025) & EO 14326 (reziprok 10 %); White House „Modifying the Scope of Tariffs on the Government of Brazil", 13.11.2025 (Agrar-Ausnahmen Kaffee/Rindfleisch/Kakao/Früchte); US Supreme Court, Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, 20.02.2026 (IEEPA-Aus); Kelley Drye (IEEPA→Section 122); USTR Section-301-Determination Brasilien vom 01.06.2026 & Federal Register 2026-11158 (Vorschlag 25 %, >1 600 HTS-Ausnahmen inkl. ~430 Luftfahrt, gesetzlicher Stichtag 15.07.2026, Konsultation bis 01.07., Anhörung 06.07.2026). Stand: Juli 2026. |

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