Brazilian pulp exempt from all Trump tariffs, says industry group

Brazil’s pulp exports to the United States are exempt even from the 10% “reciprocal tariff” introduced by the Donald Trump administration in April, according to recent changes in the list of excluded goods under a White House executive order issued last Friday.

The Brazilian Tree Industry (Iba), which represents pulp producers, confirmed that U.S. tariffs on pulp have been removed.

Pulp had already been excluded from the additional 40% tariff announced by Trump in early July and in force since August. With last week’s order, it was also left out of the 10% levy imposed in April.

The executive order modifies the roster of goods subject to the tariffs, listing a wide range of U.S. trade classification codes across three annexes. In Annex 2, which specifies products “not covered” by the 10% reciprocal tariffs, are three codes covering pulp and its derivatives. According to Iba, these three codes account for 90% of Brazilian pulp exports to the U.S.

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Brazil is the world’s largest pulp supplier, Iba says, with a particular focus on short-fiber pulp used to make white office paper as well as hygiene and cleaning products such as toilet paper, paper towels, diapers, and sanitary pads.

Brazil’s pulp exports reached US$6.9 billion in the year through August, up 1.4% from the same period in 2024, according to trade balance data from the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (Mdic).

Global pulp prices have been falling, but export revenues have risen, driven by a 15.6% increase in volumes shipped compared with a year earlier.

Source: Infomoney

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