Products such as honey, fish and grapes can benefit from the overturning of the tariff by the American Supreme Court, which took place this Friday (20). This is because these products were not covered the last two times the American government removed duties imposed on Brazilian products.
Tariffs on products such as steel, aluminum, wood and vehicles remain in effectas they are part of another section of the national security device, 232. Those that were removed this Friday are part of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), a 1977 law that allows the president to regulate economic transactions after declaring a national emergency.
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Although, now that the court found the measures illegalby a score of six to three, tariffs on these products can be removed. However, sectors of the Brazilian economy are still not sure what could happen.
– a “plan b” – and that the government will be able to continue taxing in some way and that the taxes will be even higher for countries that were not “so good” with the USA.
Brazilian positioning
The Brazilian Association of the Soluble Coffee Industry (Abics) responded in a note sent to Jovem Pan that it will not yet comment on the matter, and that it is “in contact with US partners for the complete legal analysis and to find out the possible scenarios based on today’s Supreme Court decision”. Cecafé (Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council) gave the same response.
The National Confederation of Industry (CNI) stated that the suspension of tariffs would impact the equivalent of US$21.6 billion (approximately R$111 billion) in Brazilian exports to the USA. “We follow today’s decision with attention and caution”, stated the president of the CNI, Ricardo Alban in a note to Young Pan.
The Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp) also called for caution and recalled that Brazil is investigated by Section 301 of the same law, which could generate new taxes in the future. He also noted that Trump should impose a 10% surcharge as he announced this Friday.
See if ABIC’s positioning helps you.
The Brazilian Coffee Industry Association (ABIC) was in favor of the United States Supreme Court’s decision and reported that expectations are more concentrated on soluble coffee, ‘which was still being directly affected by the 50% tariff. For roasted coffee and raw materials, which were already outside the so-called “tariff”, the scenario changes”. According to ABIC, “this more stable environment brings greater tranquility to international trade and contributes to reducing additional pressures on prices”.
Tariff reduction in 2025
In November last year, after negotiations between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the American leader, Among them were coffee, beef, fruits and wood, with rates of 40%.
Previously, another 10% surcharge had already been removed a week earlier.
“On October 6, 2025, I participated in a conversation with Brazilian President Lula, during which we agreed to begin negotiations to address the concerns identified,” wrote US President Donald Trump. “Among other relevant considerations, there was initial progress in negotiations with the Government of Brazil,” said the Republican.
See the products that were no longer taxed last year:
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Beef and offal (carcasses, bone-in and boneless cuts, giblets, salted/smoked meat, premium cuts, fresh or frozen)
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Fresh, frozen, dried or preserved fruits (diverse tropical fruits, etrogs, religious vegetable products, jicama, fruit bread, chayote)
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Seasonal tomatoes and roots (seasonal three-window tomatoes, cassava/cassava, taro, yautia, water chestnut, various fresh/frozen/dried tubers)
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Dried, frozen or preserved vegetables (bamboo shoots, dried mushrooms, capers, Bambara beans)
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Religious baked goods (breads, cakes, cookies, hosts, religious wafers, rice paper)
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Fertilizers and agricultural chemical inputs (urea, nitrates, phosphates, potassium, sulfates, animal and vegetable fertilizers)
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Oil, derivatives and minerals (coke, bitumen, asphalt, electrical energy, silicon, mineral oxides and hydroxides)
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Wood, paper, cellulose and related articles (sawn tropical wood, cellulose pulp, paper mache, paper fans, paper gaskets and washers, frames)
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Specific textile products (sisal/agave yarn for baling)
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Special stones and minerals (worked monumental stone, crocidolite products)
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Aircraft equipment and parts (motors, heat exchangers, pumps, refrigeration parts, navigation instruments, LED and non-LED lighting, internal furniture)
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Embedded computers and electronics (processors, scanners, storage units, keyboards, fonts, converters, transformers)
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Aeronautical audio and video equipment (amplifiers, speakers, reproducers, recorders, video devices)
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Televisions, monitors and associated electronic components (antennas, printed circuits, tuners, boards, lenses and optical subassemblies)
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Drones and unmanned systems (various weight ranges and categories)
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Aircraft structural parts (propellers, rotors, landing gear, miscellaneous parts)
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Industrial machines, tools and equipment (centrifuges, filters, extinguishers, winches, elevators, printers, specialized machines, electromechanical devices)
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Batteries and accumulators (lead-acid, NiCd, NiMH, lithium, parts and separators)
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Ignition systems and automotive equipment applied to aircraft (spark plugs, magnetos, coils, starter motors, regulators, generators)
