The US has postponed the planned 2026 tariff increases on upholstered furniture and kitchen cabinets to 2027, following earlier 2025 measures imposing duties on timber, lumber, and related wood products.
The Trump Administration has postponed the planned 2026 tariff hikes on upholstered furniture and kitchen cabinets to 1 January 2027, according to a proclamation issued on 31 December 2025.
This follows the Trump Administration’s earlier proclamation on 29 September 2025, which imposed tariffs on timber, lumber, and related wood products. Under the original measures, effective 14 October 2025, a 10% ad valorem duty was applied to softwood timber and lumber, while upholstered wood products, kitchen cabinets, vanities, and related parts faced a 25% tariff.
The 2026 increases were intended to raise these rates to 30% and 50%, respectively, except for countries with agreements addressing US national security concerns, but the December announcement has delayed those hikes by one year.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump signed a presidential proclamation on 29 September 2025, which imposed new tariffs targeting imported timber, lumber, and furniture.
The proclamation includes the fact sheet, which is as follows:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Adjusts Imports of Timber, Lumber, and Their Derivative Products into the United States
SUPPORTING AMERICA’S LUMBER INDUSTRY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation invoking Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Act) to delay increases in tariffs for upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets, and vanities for another year.
- The United States continues to engage in productive negotiations with trade partners to address trade reciprocity and national security concerns with respect to imports of wood products.
- The United States will therefore delay the increase in tariff rates for upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets, and vanities that was set to take place on January 1, 2026, under the 29 September 2025 Proclamation for an additional year.
- The current 25% tariff on certain upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets, and vanities, as imposed under the 25 September 2025 Proclamation, will remain in effect.
ADDRESSING THE THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY: Earlier this year, President Trump imposed tariffs on imports of timber, lumber, and their derivative products (wood products) to bolster American industry and protect national security.
- This followed the Secretary of Commerce’s completion of a Section 232 investigation under the Act, which found that the present quantities and circumstances of the imports of wood products threatened to impair national security.
- President Trump recognises that an overreliance on foreign timber, lumber, and their derivative products could jeopardise the United States’ defence capabilities, construction industry, and economic strength.
- America’s reliance on imported lumber is exacerbated by foreign government subsidies and predatory trade practices that undermine the competitiveness of the US wood products industry.
- Given the ongoing productive negotiations regarding the imports of wood products, the President is delaying the tariff increase to allow for further negotiations to occur with other countries.
BUILDING ON A RECORD OF SECURING CRITICAL INDUSTRIES AND SUPPLY CHAINS: This Proclamation builds on previous actions taken by the Trump Administration to ensure US trade and industrial policies serve the national interest.
- On Day One, President Trump established his America First Trade Policy to make America’s economy great again.
- President Trump has repeatedly used Section 232 tariffs to protect against threats to our national security and to strengthen manufacturing critical for our national and economic security, including on steel, aluminium, copper, and autos.
- The Department of Commerce is currently conducting additional investigations, including on semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, commercial aircraft, wind turbines, robotics, unmanned aircraft systems, and personal protective equipment.
- President Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs to take back America’s economic sovereignty, address nonreciprocal trade relationships that threaten our economic and national security, and to remedy the consequences of nonreciprocal trade.
- President Trump has issued several Executive Orders, Proclamations, and Presidential Memoranda to boost mining, manufacturing, and investment in the domestic industry, including by reducing regulations and eliminating bureaucracy.
