The 2025 US reciprocal tariff and Guatemalan-made apparel
- Manual: opening a garment factory
- CAFTA-DR: rules of origin and tariffs
- not audited
Yes, with a broad layer of exclusions. The "reciprocal" tariff the United States imposed in 2025 remains the baseline for Guatemala: after the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) signed on 30-Jan-2026 and the Section 301 action of 23-Jul-2026, Guatemala stays at 10% (other countries rose to 12.5%) and the exclusions cover roughly 70% of Guatemalan exports to the US — which includes much of the apparel that meets the rule of origin. The previous version of this record ("removed for yarn-forward garments", per the freight forwarder Sobel) described part of the picture from a secondary source; the current state is the ART + 301 layer, not CAFTA-DR alone.
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Figures
- US reciprocal tariff for Guatemala
- 10% (others: 12.5%)
- Exclusions
- ≈70% of Guatemala's exports to the US
- Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART)
- signed
Caveat
Sources
- USTR — acción de la Sección 301 del 23-jul-2026 (Guatemala 10%, exclusiones ≈70% de exportaciones) y ART del 30-ene-2026; verificación de prensa de la capa de estrategia, confirmación documental pendiente en ustr.gov
- Sobel Network Shipping, U.S. to grant duty-free access for qualified CAFTA apparel from Guatemala and El Salvador
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