Measure comes into force on October 14 and is necessary to protect US “national security”, says Republican
The president of the United States, (Republican Party), determined on Monday (29.Set.2025) the application of 10% tariffs on gross wood and sawed wood and 25% over upholstered furniture and kitchen cabinets.
Just as it had already done, the US government justified the decision based on national security, using.
Trump justified the imposition of tariffs stating that wood imports “are weakening the economy”North American,“resulting in persistent threats of closing of sawmills and interruptions of wood supply chains”. Here’s the document (PDF – 707 kB) and the product list (PDF – 158 kb), both in English.
According to the text, the new rates begin to be in force at 1:01 am (Brasília time) October 14. The document establishes that the rates will increase from January 1st to 30% of upholstered wood products and 50% for kitchen cabinets and bathrooms imported from countries that do not reach an agreement with the United States.
This is the 1st implementation in 3 sectors that would receive high tariffs. The other 2 sectors include patented pharmaceutical products and heavy trucks.
In the document, Trump argued that imports are weakening the domestic logging industry. “Due to the state of the United States logging industry, the country can be unable to meet the demands for wooden products that are crucial to national safety and critical infrastructure ”said the president.
The American said that wood products are used to “Infrastructure construction for operational tests, housing and storage for personnel and material, transportation of ammunition, such as ingredient in ammunition and as a component in anti -meat defense systems and thermal protection systems for nuclear reentry vehicles ”.
Affected countries
The decision affects Canada, the largest wood supplier sawing for the United States, as well as Mexico and Vietnam, important exporters of these products to the US market. According to Canadian producers already face combined tariffs antidumping and anti -subsidies of approximately 35% due to a dispute over wood extracted from Canadian public lands.
The text does not mention how these measures will affect the, which established a 20% rate in July, but has not yet been formally documented.
For nations that signed commercial agreements with the US, the measure offers some concessions. Tariffs on wooden products will be limited to 10%, while the and will be limited to 15%.
The sector in Brazil
In Brazil, the sector already faces difficulties due to. In, the (Brazilian Association of Mechanically Processed Wood Industry) stated that, from the announcement of taxation, on July 9, until September 15, around 4,000 layoffs were recorded.
In addition, about 5,500 workers would be on a collective vacation and 1,100 in layoff. The association estimates the loss of 4,500 jobs in the sector in the next 60 days.
“The scenario is also confirmed by the exports of August which, compared to July, point out 35% to 50% falls in the volume embedded for the United States of some of the main processed wood products ”says the note.
According to Abimci, the Brazilian logging sector exported US $ 1.6 billion in products to the US, a destination that concentrates about 50% of national production. In some segments, the dependence on the US market reaches 100%.
