Some Agricultural Products Now Exempt from Reciprocal Tariffs

On November 14, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order (EO): Modifying the Scope of the Reciprocal Tariff with Respect to Certain Agricultural Products. The EO exempts certain agricultural products, including coffee and tea, tropical fruits and fruit juices, cocoa and spices, bananas, oranges, and tomatoes, beef, and additional fertilizers from the reciprocal tariffs. The products have been added to Annex II to Executive Order 14257 [Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits]. The effective date of the exemption is retroactive to November 13, 2025.

Exempt Agricultural Products

From CSMS # 66814923 – 237 agricultural HTSUS classifications, and eleven additional categories of agricultural products, described in new subdivision (iii)(b) to U.S. note 2(v) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, are added to Annex II of Executive Order 14257, as amended, which identifies the products to which the reciprocal tariffs do not apply. The list of added agricultural products can be found in Annex I of the November 14, 2025, Executive Order. Thus, products that are properly classifiable under these 237 HTSUS classifications, or the eleven additional categories of products described in U.S. note 2(v)(iii)(b) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, are now exempt from reciprocal tariffs. 

9903.01.32

The following agricultural products are exempt from reciprocal tariffs when applying HTSUS 9903.01.32.

9903.02.78

The following agricultural products are exempt from reciprocal tariffs when applying HTSUS 9903.02.78.

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, empty capsules suitable for pharmaceutical use, 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 (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, other, nesoi, for religious purposes only (classifiable in subheading 3301.29.51)

Additional Information

Fact Sheet: Following Trade Deal Announcements, President Donald J. Trump Modifies the Scope of the Reciprocal Tariffs with Respect to Certain Agricultural Products – The White House

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