Agricultural Products Exempt from IEEPA Brazil Tariffs

On November 20, 2025, the White House issued Executive Order 14361 (EO) that modifies the tariff action (EO 14323) on imports from Brazil. This modification adds certain agricultural products- including coffee and tea, tropical fruits and fruit juices, cocoa and spices, bananas, oranges, tomatoes, and beef– to Annex I of the IEEPA Brazil tariff action. Annex I is a list of Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) numbers that are exempt from the IEEPA Brazil tariffs, which impose an additional duty of 40% on products from Brazil.

The newly added items are exempt from the IEEPA Brazil tariffs starting November 13, 2025.

Exempt Agricultural Products

238 agricultural HTSUS classifications, and eleven additional categories of agricultural products are now excluded from the IEEPA Brazil tariff action. The list of added HTSUS numbers is available in Annex II of the modification order. The HTSUS are exempt by applying one of two exclusion numbers, 9903.01.81 or 9903.01.90.

9903.01.81

The following agricultural products are exempt from IEEPA Brazil tariffs when applying HTSUS 9903.01.81. The list can be found in new subdivision (b) to U.S. note 2(x)(iii) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS.

9903.01.90

The following agricultural products are exempt from IEEPA Brazil tariffs under 9903.01.77 when applying exemption HTSUS 9903.01.90. The list can be found in new subdivision (b) to U.S. note 2(x)(iii) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS.

1. Etrogs (classifiable in subheading 0805.90.01)
2. Tropical fruit, nesoi, frozen, whether or not previously steamed or boiled (classifiable in subheading 0811.90.80)
3. Date palm branches, Myrtus branches or other vegetable material, for religious purposes only (classifiable in subheading 1404.90.90)
4. Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and similar baked products, nesoi, and puddings, whether or not containing chocolate, fruit, nuts or confectionery, for religious purposes only (classifiable in subheading 1905.90.10)
5. Bakers’ wares, communion wafers, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products, nesoi, for religious purposes only (classifiable in subheading 1905.90.90)
6. Acai (classifiable in subheading 2008.99.21)
7. Citrus juice of any single citrus fruit (other than orange, grapefruit or lime), of a Brix value not exceeding 20, concentrated, unfermented, except for lemon juice (classifiable in subheading 2009.31.60)
8. Coconut water or juice of acai (classifiable in subheading 2009.89.70)
9. Coconut water juice blends, not from concentrate, packaged for retail sale (classifiable in subheading 2009.90.40)
10. Acai preparations for the manufacture of beverages (classifiable in subheading 2106.90.99)
11. Essential oils other than those of citrus fruit, nesoi, for religious purposes only (classifiable in subheading 3301.29.51)

Additional Resources

CSMS # 66871909 – UPDATE: Agricultural Products Exempted from Brazil Tariffs

40% Tariff on Brazilian Products Starts Aug 6 – NNR Global Logistics

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