Several agricultural inputs are exempt from the 10% across-the-board tariffs and the higher reciprocal duties applied to specific trade partners.
Agriculture Dot Com says that’s according to a list of carve outs published by the White House.
Products excluded from the new duties include potash, certain herbicides and pesticides, peat, lumber products, lubricating oils, some energy products, and certain pharmaceuticals, including tranquilizers and vaccines for veterinary use.
Diquat and paraquat are among the herbicides listed.
Representatives from the agriculture industry and farm-state lawmakers have been pushing the administration for weeks for a slate of exemptions to any new duties.
While the exemptions apply to the new 10% duties and reciprocal tariffs, the list doesn’t apply to the 25% tariffs already in place on Mexico and Canada, even though Canada is a major U.S. supplier of some of the listed items.
Multiple U.S. ag organizations fought hard for the exemptions.
