Last week, the Trump administration announced a new round of tariffs on upholstered furniture as well as kitchen and bathroom cabinetry, set to go into effect October 1. The president announced the news on his social media platform, Truth Social, and details were sparse. However, on Monday, the White House issued a proclamation outlining the parameters of the tariffs and pushing their implementation date back to October 14.

The announcement addresses imported lumber and timber in addition to furniture and cabinetry. Imported lumber will be tariffed at 10 percent; upholstered furniture will be 25 percent, rising to 30 percent on January 1, 2026; and kitchen and bathroom cabinets will be 25 percent, increasing to 50 percent on January 1.

Special rates were given to several countries, with tariffs on wood products from the United Kingdom capped at 10 percent, while those on wood products from both the European Union and Japan will not exceed 15 percent. Notably excluded was any mention of the USMCA, the three-way trade deal between the U.S., Mexico and Canada, suggesting the possibility that imports from our northern and southern neighbors will be tariffed.

The proclamation included other key clarifications. The new tariffs will supersede the so-called “reciprocal” ones levied on countries around the world, not stack on top of them. For example, upholstered furniture from Vietnam (currently tariffed at 20 percent) will go up to 25 percent, then 30—not 45, then 50. Meanwhile, the same products from Brazil (currently tariffed at 50 percent) will go down to 25 percent, then land on 30.

Another distinction: The tariffs on kitchen cabinetry will include imported components as well as finished product, giving them a much wider application. Upholstery components were not mentioned.

Trump is justifying the tariffs by invoking Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962—a provision of U.S. trade law that allows the executive branch to levy import duties if the item is being brought into the country “in such quantities or under such circumstances” that threaten national security. In Monday’s proclamation, the president wrote: “In my judgment, the actions in this proclamation will, among other things, strengthen supply chains, bolster industrial resilience, create high-quality jobs, and increase domestic capacity utilization for wood products such that the United States can fully satisfy domestic consumption while also creating economic benefits through increased exports. These actions will adjust the imports of wood products and are necessary and appropriate to address the threat to impair the national security of the United States posed by imports of such articles.”

Separately on Monday, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that additional tariffs might be coming to the furniture industry: “In order to make North Carolina, which has completely lost its furniture business to China, and other Countries, GREAT again, I will be imposing substantial Tariffs on any Country that does not make its furniture in the United States.” Further details on the president’s statement are unclear at this time.

This story has been updated to include new information.