New Portal for Section 232 Exclusion Requests

Beginning today, a new portal is available from the U.S. Department of Commerce for those who need to file exclusion requests under the Section 232 measures on steel and aluminum. Companies can request to have products they import excluded from the 25 percent tariff on steel and 10 percent tariff on aluminum if their needs cannot be met domestically.

The “232 Exclusion Portal” replaces the original one at www.regulations.gov. All new requests should be submitted on the new portal. Previous exclusion requests will remain on the older system to receive objections, rebuttals and surrebuttals until the request receives a final decision.

Commerce hopes the changes will “streamline the exclusions process while enhancing data integrity and quality controls.” Users can access a user guide to help with the submission process at https://www.commerce.gov/page/section-232-investigations.