US EditionUS Opens Furniture Import Probe, Setting Up Potential Tariffs Within 50 Days
The tariff probe aims to revive U.S. furniture manufacturing, which employs 340,000 workers, down nearly 50% since 2000, by addressing rising imports from China and Vietnam.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump announced a major probe into imported furniture, stating on Truth Social, `Furniture coming from other Countries into the United States will be Tariffed at a Rate yet to be determined`.
- The probe is a Section 232 review of imports, framed by the Trump administration as a national security assessment of timber, lumber and derivative products to reduce reliance on foreign manufacturing.
- Trade data show the United States imported about $25.5 billion in furniture in 2024, with about 60% from Vietnam and China, while the Consumer Price Index shows furniture prices rose 0.9% month-to-month and shares of Wayfair, RH and Williams-Sonoma tumbled on Friday.
- Trump set a 50-day timeline for the probe, with duties “yet to be determined,” and the White House said new tariffs won’t stack on existing ones targeting China and Vietnam.
- The president said tariffs aim to revive production in states like North Carolina, South Carolina and Michigan, with furniture and wood products employment falling from 1.2 million in 1979 to 340,000 today, while Section 232 could legally support duties if courts uphold other sector probes.
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The announcement by US President Donald Trump marks a new stage in his commercial offensive, while other strategic sectors are already subject to surtaxes.
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President Donald Trump announced Friday that his administration is considering tariffs on furniture imports, with an investigation underway and a report expected within 50 days. “This will bring the Furniture Business back to North Carolina, South Carolina, Michigan, and States all across the Union,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform. The move reinforces Trump’s America First agenda, with policies aimed at reshoring manufacturing and bui…
President Donald Trump said the U.S. is conducting a “great investigation into tariffs on furniture entering the country,” which paves the way for the imposition of sector-specific taxes. “In the next 50 days, that investigation will be completed, and furniture coming from other countries to the U.S. will be taxed with a tariff whose rate is yet to be determined,” Trump said in a social media publication this Friday, ensuring that the bill would…
Trump announces tariff investigation into furniture imports to restore U.S. manufacturing
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