The White House has moved to scrap a set of additional ad valorem duties imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), ordering agencies to stop collecting them “as soon as practicable.”

The executive order reverses tariff add‑ons tied to nine earlier directives issued across 2025 and early 2026. Those earlier orders covered a wide range of issues, including measures linked to the northern and southern US borders, the synthetic opioid supply chain in China, a reciprocal tariff aimed at countries contributing to US trade deficits, and actions addressing the governments of Brazil, Russia, Cuba and Iran, as well as imports connected to Venezuelan oil.

Two things are explicit in the text. First, the national emergencies underpinning those prior orders remain in force, along with any non‑tariff measures taken under them. Second, this change does not touch other tariff regimes: duties under section 232 (steel and aluminium) and section 301 (long‑standing China tariffs) are unaffected.

Also unchanged are two recent steps that matter for day‑to‑day trade flows:

• The suspension of duty‑free de minimis treatment for small‑value imports remains in place for all countries.
• A separate temporary import surcharge, imposed to address “fundamental international payments problems,” still applies.

The order instructs Commerce, Homeland Security and the US Trade Representative to make any necessary changes to the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule and to publish notices in the Federal Register. Customs will cease collecting the IEEPA add‑ons once those changes are in effect.

What this means in practice: some targeted tariff lines created under the 2025–26 emergency orders should fall once agencies implement the changes, but headline import costs into the US will still reflect the continued de minimis suspension, the temporary import surcharge, and any existing 232/301 duties.

For New Zealand exporters shipping to US customers, any relief will depend on whether specific products were captured by the now‑rescinded IEEPA add‑ons, notably those tied to the “reciprocal tariff” order. Small‑parcel e‑commerce into the US does not get duty‑free treatment under the ongoing de minimis suspension. Businesses will need to watch for tariff schedule updates and Customs guidance in the coming days.