CBP Announces Q1 Quota Bulletins Including Steel and Aluminum

Dear Valued Customer,

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published various updates to quota bulletins for steel and aluminum products as well as various other products that fall under quota requirements such as mandarins and satsumas, olives, tuna, beef, chocolate, chocolate crumbs, infant formula, peanut butter and paste, animal feed, and CAFTA-DR Agricultural quotas. To review specific quota requirements per product, review the CBP quota bulletins page.

Steel Mill Quota Bulletin Updates:

• QB 25-601 2025 First Quarter Absolute Quota Steel Mill Articles of Argentina, Brazil, and South Korea
• QB 25-611 2025 Third Quarter Tariff Rate Quota for Steel Mill Articles of European Union Member Countries
• QB 25-621 2024 Third Quarter Tariff Rate Quota for Steel Mill Articles of Japan or the United Kingdom

Aluminum Quota Bulletin Updates

• QB 25-721 2025 First and Second Period Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) for Aluminum Articles of the United Kingdom (UK)
• QB 25-711 2025 First and Second Period Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) for Aluminum Articles of European Union (EU) Member Countries
• QB 25-701 2025 Aluminum Absolute Quota First Quarter Argentina
  
  

Resources

Go to CBP's Quota Bulletins website for the documents addressing quantity thresholds for January 1, 2025, through March 31, 2025, and all current quota programs.

Quota Enforcement and Administration | U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Quota FAQs | U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Trade can check the usage rates of all quota limits in the weekly Commodity Status Report at https://www.cbp.gov/document/report/commodity-status-report.

Thank you for being a Valued Customer. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your C.H. Robinson commercial representative for further information.

Sincerely,

C.H. Robinson