On Monday, April 6, President Trump announced that the bike industry will not be subject to the new Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs.

PeopleForBikes (PFB) and its members reported that the organization is seeing its efforts pay off in opposing two requests to add a 50 percent tariff on the steel and aluminum content of all bikes, e-bikes and frames.

“By mobilizing our industry, forming coalitions with key partners and developing a strategic messaging campaign to communicate the harmful effects of these tariffs, the bike industry filed more than 1,300 comments in opposition to this proposal — more than any other industry,” PFB wrote in its April 3 Trade and Tariff Update. “PeopleForBikes also worked with key members of Congress and had several meetings with senior staff at the Department of Commerce to elevate our concerns to the most important policymakers.”

The trade association that, in part, advocates for the advancement of pro-bike and pro-bike business policy at all government levels, noted that the Trump Administration “will not add new tariffs on bikes and will remove existing steel tariffs on e-bikes.”

“While the structure of the revised Section 232 tariffs is complex and exact tariff rates will be variable based upon the origin and source country of the steel, aluminum and copper used to manufacture a product, none of the complex entry documentation associated with those determinations now applies to any core complete bicycle or e-bike HTS categories,” PeopleForBikes wrote.

The latest from PeopleForBikes is summarized below.

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Pending Section 232 Inclusion Requests
The inclusion request process for adding derivative steel and aluminum products to Section 232 tariff actions was terminated in its entirety. This means that the two pending requests by Guardian Bikes and the Aluminum Extruders Council will not be granted. There will not be future rounds of inclusion requests. Instead, the Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative are authorized to monitor imports, periodically assess the progress of Section 232 tariffs towards achieving their stated goals, and consider input from trade groups and other stakeholders in determining whether additional derivative products need to be added or tariffs adjusted.

Bicycles, e-bikes, and frames will not be added as derivative products to the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum at this time, and importers will therefore not have to determine the metal content of these products and pay additional tariffs on that content.

Removal of Certain Derivative Products
The President also determined, based on information and advice from the Secretary of Commerce, that certain products listed on Annex II should be removed from the list of derivative products previously added to the Section 232 tariffs.

Products of relevance to the bike industry include:

 

Remaining Products Subject to Section 232 Steel Tariffs
Derivative products listed in Annex I-A and I-B will be subject to either a 50% tariff (Annex I-A) or a 25% tariff (Annex I-B). There are some exceptions for products from the UK or other trading partners that have reached or will reach a reciprocal trade agreement with the United States and are made with U.S.-origin metal or metal sourced in that country. Manufacturers should review these annexes and consult with their customs brokers or trade counsel to determine whether their imported products remain subject to applicable Section 232 tariff rates.

Products of obvious relevance to the bicycle industry include:

These changes went into effect at 12:00 a.m. EST on April 6, 2026. ASA provided links to read the proclamation here and the annexes here.