Workers move lumber at the Hampton Lumber Mill in Darrington, Washington. On Monday, President Donald Trump ordered a 10% tariff on softwood lumber and timber and a 25% tariff on cabinets and furniture to prevent the "flooding" of products into the United States by other countries. File Photo by Jim Bryant/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 29 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump ordered new tariffs Monday on imported lumber, cabinets and furniture that could add to rising construction costs, as the administration targets Chinese manufacturers.
Trump said the United States would begin charging a 25% tariff on kitchen cabinets, vanities and upholstered furniture starting Oct. 14. He also announced a 10% tariff on softwood lumber and timber used in building materials, according to a proclamation released by the White House.
The tariffs announced Monday will go up to 30% for cabinets and 50% for furniture after the first of the year, Trump added.
"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," Trump wrote Monday in a post on Truth Social.
