Steel from Brazil: 50% US Tariff (2026)
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The Supreme Court struck down the 2025 IEEPA tariffs and a $166B refund pool is open. See your personalized refund opportunity & filing roadmap.
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Paid IEEPA duty on imports of Steel from Brazil in 2025–early 2026?
The Supreme Court struck down IEEPA reciprocal (and fentanyl/trafficking) tariffs on February 20, 2026. The Importer of Record — or the licensed broker who filed the original entries — can seek that IEEPA layer back through CBP’s CAPE process. This is not a consumer check, and it is not a guaranteed amount.
- Who can file: the original Importer of Record (or that entry’s filing broker), not the retail customer.
- Window: IEEPA duties collected from early 2025 through February 24, 2026 (reciprocal rates generally from April 2025; China/Canada/Mexico fentanyl layers started earlier).
- Not refundable: Section 232 (steel/aluminum/autos), China Section 301, MFN base duty, or the current Section 301 forced-labor tariff / EU 15% deal rate.
Illustrative example only: $50,000 of IEEPA-period imports of Steel from Brazil at the published 10% IEEPA rate carried about $5,000 of IEEPA duty. That IEEPA layer — plus statutory interest (6–7% compounded daily under 19 CFR 24.36) — is what CAPE can refund. Your actual figure comes from your 7501s, not this example.
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Brazil is one of the world's largest steel exporters and a significant supplier to the US market. Brazilian steel articles face a 50% Section 232 tariff; derivative steel articles face 25% on full customs value, and the base surcharge (the Section 301 forced-labor tariff that replaced the 10% Section 122 rate on July 24, 2026) does not stack on the metal content of a Section 232 article — so a wholly-steel article is 50%, not 60%.
Brazil had previously negotiated a quota arrangement with the US for Section 232 (similar to South Korea), but this arrangement was terminated when steel tariffs were doubled to 50% in June 2025. Brazilian steel now faces the full 50% rate with no quota relief.
Key Brazilian steel exports to the US include: semi-finished steel slabs (used by US mills for further processing), flat-rolled products, steel pipe and tube, and specialty steel grades. Major Brazilian steel producers include Gerdau (which also operates US mills), CSN, Usiminas, and ArcelorMittal Brazil.
The SCOTUS ruling did not affect the Section 232 steel rate — Section 232 is independent of the IEEPA tariffs that the Court struck down. The 50% Section 232 component (the entirety of the steel-article tariff) was unaffected by the ruling.
At 50% on steel articles, Brazilian steel is at the same tariff level as most other countries (China, Japan, EU members, India), all of which face 50% Section 232 on wholly-steel articles and 25% on derivatives. The exceptions that offer lower rates: Australia at 10% (Section 232 exempt), the UK's 25% Section 232 arrangement (EPD), and South Korea (quota arrangement).
For importers sourcing Brazilian steel: Gerdau's US operations (mills in Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and elsewhere) produce domestically and avoid the tariff entirely. This vertical integration strategy is increasingly common — importing semi-finished slabs for domestic finishing can sometimes yield lower effective rates than importing finished products, depending on the HTS classification.
Foreign Trade Zones can provide some relief if the finished product faces lower duties than the steel input (inverted tariff situation).
Steel Tariffs by Country: Where It’s Cheapest to Import in 2026
Brazil ranks #2 of 13 major steel sources by effective US tariff. Cheapest first — click any country for its full breakdown.
| Source country | 2026 rate | vs. Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 0% | 50 pts cheaper |
| Brazil (this page) | 50% | — |
| Canada | 50% | same |
| China | 50% | same |
| Germany | 50% | same |
| Italy | 50% | same |
| Japan | 50% | same |
| Mexico | 50% | same |
| Netherlands | 50% | same |
| Spain | 50% | same |
| Taiwan | 50% | same |
| Turkey | 50% | same |
| Vietnam | 50% | same |
Effective 2026 rates for typical goods in this category (MFN base + the Section 301 forced-labor tariff that replaced Section 122 on July 24, 2026, plus Section 301/232 where they apply). Your exact duty depends on the specific HTS code — South Korea is currently the lowest-tariff major source at 0%. Tariffs are one input; weigh freight, lead time, and quality too.
Calculate Your Steel Duty from Brazil
Search by product name or HTS code — the same lookup as the HTS code finder, then we stack 2026 country layers. Prefer a category estimate? .
Duty is calculated on this amount. Add freight and fees below for an estimated total import cost.
Add freight and fees (estimated landed cost)
Optional. Freight, insurance, and other fees are your estimates — not a quote. MPF and HMF below are formula estimates from published CBP rates, not a guarantee.
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