The United States announced exemption of "counter tariffs" on laptops, smartphones, integrated circuits, and other products.

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued the latest announcement on the evening of the 11th, regarding the implementation of equivalent tariff measures under Executive Order 14257, announcing a list of products and customs guidelines that are explicitly excluded. According to the Cargo Information System Message Service (CSMS #64724565) announcement, CBP has explicitly stated that products correctly classified under the listed Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) numbers and subnumbers are eligible for the exclusion of equivalent tariffs. According to the memorandum, these products will no longer be subject to the additional country-specific tariff rates implemented under Executive Order 14257 (published on April 2, 2025). This measure will take effect from 12:01 am Eastern Time on April 5, 2025. The 20 tariff exemption codes released by CBP include: 8471 8473.30 8486 8517.13.00 8517.62.00 8523.51.00 8524 8528.52.00 8541.10.00 8541.21.00 8541.29.00 8541.30.00 8541.49.10 8541.49.70 8541.49.80 8541.49.95 8541.51.00 8541.59.00 8541.90.00 8542 These 20 tariff exemption codes include categories such as laptops, smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and other consumer electronics products, as well as TVs and products related to CECEP Solar Energy. Additionally, CBP also reminded that a recent system update failure caused some goods to not correctly apply the 10% tariff, which has been fixed on the 11th. CBP requires businesses to resubmit affected customs summaries to maintain compliance and rights.