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Kitchen cabinet tariffs 2026: what cabinets from China pay

Verdict: Depends on your price and your exporter's rate

Wooden kitchen cabinets made in China pay 319.81% duty at the China-wide rate: every $1,000 at the factory pays $3,198, or $695 (69.53%) from an exporter with its own rate.

Why so high: 25% Section 301 and 25% Section 232 apply to many goods; an antidumping order on Chinese wooden kitchen cabinets adds 251.64% antidumping and 18.17% countervailing on top. See each layer and its federal source.

Going up: from January 1, 2027 the total becomes 344.81%, another $250 on every $1,000 at the factory.

Check your own quote Buying from a US showroom instead?

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How the 319.81% is built Each duty layer, its legal source, and the full bill

On November 9, 2026, wooden kitchen cabinets made in China pay 319.81% of the factory price in US duty: 25% Section 301, 25% Section 232, 251.64% antidumping and 18.17% countervailing. The 50% Section 232 rate has not started. It is scheduled for January 1, 2027.

US duty on wooden kitchen cabinets from China

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319.81%

of the factory price. On every $1,000 at the factory that is $3,198 in duty before freight and fees.

Layer Rate On $1,000
Section 301 China tariff (2018, List 3) 25% $250
Section 232 wood products: kitchen cabinets and vanities Scheduled: 50% from January 1, 2027 25% $250
Antidumping duty: wooden cabinets and vanities (A-570-106) 251.64% $2,516
Countervailing duty: wooden cabinets and vanities (C-570-107) 18.17% $182
Total duty 319.81% $3,198

Antidumping and countervailing rates shown are the China-wide rates for exporters without their own rate. They are cash deposits; the final amount is set in a later review and can be higher.

Next scheduled change: Section 232 to 50% on January 1, 2027. Proclamation 10976 first scheduled this increase for 2026-01-01; Proclamation 11000 delayed it to 2027-01-01. The rate that applies is the one on the day the goods enter the US.

What the duty adds to every $1,000 at the factory

Every layer is charged on the factory (customs) value. Here is the bill on every $1,000 at the factory, at the China-wide rate and with an exporter's own rate, today and from January 1, 2027.

Line China-wide rate, today Own rate, today China-wide, from January 1, 2027
Factory price (FOB) $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Section 301 $250 (25%) $250 (25%) $250 (25%)
Section 232 $250 (25%) $250 (25%) $500 (50%)
Antidumping $2,516 (251.64%) $100 (10.02%) $2,516 (251.64%)
Countervailing $182 (18.17%) $95 (9.51%) $182 (18.17%)
Merchandise Processing Fee (formal entry) $34.58 $34.58 $34.58
Harbor Maintenance Fee (ocean) $1.25 $1.25 $1.25
Paid to US customs $3,233.93 $731.13 $3,483.93
Cost before freight and as a multiple of the factory price $4,234 4.23× $1,731 1.73× $4,484 4.48×

Not included: ocean freight, the customs broker, the bond, US port fees and delivery to your door. The import cost calculator adds them with today's freight index and your own factory price.

By the China Home Source editorial team · Updated · How we check numbers

What this means for you

If you still want cabinets made in China

At the China-wide rate, every $1,000 at the factory costs $4,234 before it leaves the US port. Whether that still beats your US quote depends on the factory price, so check it in the calculator. These paths lower the duty:

  1. Buy from a US seller that imported them

    RTA showrooms and distributors that bring in Chinese cabinets have already paid the duty, and it is in their price. Ask who the exporter was and whether the antidumping and countervailing deposits were paid. What to ask a cabinet showroom.

  2. An exporter with its own rate

    The example own rates bring the total to 69.53%, so the cabinets cost about 1.7× the factory price before freight. Check the rate with the steps below, and remember a later review can raise it.

  3. Non-wood cabinets

    Stainless steel or aluminum cabinets fall outside the wood Section 232 action and the cabinet order. If they classify as metal household furniture they pay 37.5%. A broker has to confirm the code first, especially for metal boxes with wood doors, and check the Section 232 steel and aluminum derivatives list: steel shelving and racks are on it; we did not find household cabinets on it.

    Source: HTSUS Chapter 99, U.S. note 16 (Section 232 steel and aluminum derivatives), Rev 21

Cabinets made outside China

Section 232 (25% today, 50% from January 1, 2027) applies to wood cabinets from every country. The proclamation caps the rate for the EU and Japan under their trade frameworks and sets up separate talks with the UK. The antidumping and countervailing orders apply only to Chinese cabinets and parts. Made in Vietnam or Mexico from non-Chinese parts, the total is 25%: $250 on every $1,000, because the 2026 Section 301 tariff does not apply to Section 232 wood goods. Cabinets from Malaysia and Vietnam need a certification about Chinese components; without it, CBP can take the China cash deposits.

Sources: HTSUS 2026 Revision 22, Chapter 99 (notes 20, 37 and 52) · Certification requirements for cabinets from Malaysia and Vietnam, Federal Register 2024-24551

The full decision, with a calculator for your own quote, is in should you import kitchen cabinets from China. To test a quote you already have, use the import cost calculator for this product.

Buying through a US showroom or contractor?

You are not the importer, so you never get a customs bill. The duty reaches you through the price. Here is what moves that price and what to ask.

The day the cabinets entered the US counts

Duty is fixed when the goods clear US customs, not when you buy them. Stock entered before January 1, 2027 pays 25% Section 232. Anything entered on or after that day pays 50%. Cabinets made to order in China for a spring 2027 remodel usually ship close to the job date, so they would enter after the change.

Ask the showroom: when did this line's stock clear customs? Will you lock today's price in writing, or place my order before December 31, 2026?

Source: Proclamation 11000, clause 5 (rates apply to goods entered for consumption)

Buy now, wait or avoid

  • Buy now if you have picked a line that is already in a US warehouse, or the seller locks the price in writing before January 1, 2027.
  • Wait only if you are betting on a second delay. The increase was already pushed back once. As of November 9, 2026 no new proclamation has moved it again.
  • Avoid any Chinese-made line whose low price nobody can explain (see the cheap-cabinet note). US-made cabinets pay no import duty, and cabinets made outside China skip the China antidumping orders. See Chinese and other cabinets sold in the US.

A cheap Chinese cabinet in a US store

At the China-wide rate the importer pays 319.81% of the factory price in duty. A Chinese-made line priced like ordinary stock cabinets means one of three things: the exporter has its own lower rate (about 69.53% in total), the cabinets are not really made in China, or someone is not paying the duty.

If duty was evaded, the later bill goes to the importer of record, not to you. But the line, and its warranty, can disappear if the importer is caught or closes. Ask: who is the exporter, and does it have its own antidumping rate?

Source: CBP: Enforce and Protect Act, evasion of antidumping and countervailing orders

A-570-106 · C-570-107

Kitchen cabinets anti-dumping duty: what the 251.64% means

The rate depends on who exports the goods, not on the product. An exporter that took part in a Commerce review has its own rate. Every other exporter in China pays the China-wide rate: 251.64% antidumping plus 18.17% countervailing.

The US Commerce Department found that Chinese exporters sold wooden kitchen cabinets in the US below fair value, with help from Chinese government subsidies. The result is an antidumping duty and a countervailing (anti-subsidy) duty. CBP collects both at entry as a cash deposit, on top of every other layer.

The deposit is not the final bill

Each year Commerce can review what exporters actually charged and set a final rate for the entries in that period. CBP then settles each entry at that rate. If it comes out higher than your deposit, you as importer of record get a bill for the difference, often years after the goods were installed. If it comes out lower, you get a refund. A low own rate today does not lock in the final amount.

Source: Final results of AD administrative review 2023-2024, Federal Register 2026-07866

China-wide rate (no own rate)

319.81%

251.64% antidumping + 18.17% countervailing + the other layers. $3,198 on $1,000.

Exporter with its own rate (example)

69.53%

10.02% antidumping and 9.51% countervailing + the other layers. $695 on $1,000.

Example own rates published in the latest reviews. Each one belongs to named exporters only.

Sources: Final results of AD administrative review 2023-2024, Federal Register 2026-07866 · CVD administrative review 2023, Federal Register 2026-04943

How to check an exporter's own rate before you pay

  1. Step 1

    Get two legal names in writing: the exporter (the company that will sell to you and appear on the commercial invoice) and the factory that makes the goods. A trading company that sells to you is the exporter, even if the factory has a rate.

  2. Step 2

    Find the latest review results in the Federal Register: A-570-106 and C-570-107. Open the newest "final results of administrative review" and look for the exporter in the rate table and its footnotes.

  3. Step 3

    Match the names exactly. Some rates apply only to a named exporter selling goods from a named producer. If either name differs, or the exporter is not listed, plan on the China-wide rate.

  4. Step 4

    Ask for proof, then your broker. Ask the seller for a redacted entry summary (CBP Form 7501) from a recent US shipment showing its name and rate. Then have your customs broker confirm the current cash deposit rate for that exporter and producer before you pay a deposit.

What the antidumping order covers Covered and excluded products, with the order text

Covered

  • Wooden kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities for permanent installation: floor, wall or ceiling mounted, or attached to plumbing.
  • Assembled, unassembled and ready-to-assemble (RTA, flat-pack) cabinets, in one box or several.
  • Parts on their own: boxes, frames, doors, drawers and drawer parts, back and end panels.
  • Solid wood, plywood, particleboard, fiberboard (MDF), strand board and bamboo, finished or unfinished, with any veneer or laminate.
  • Chinese cabinets and parts that were cut, drilled, painted, finished or assembled in another country.

Not covered, when shipped separately

  • Metal hinges, slides, brackets, handles and knobs.
  • Drawer inserts, dividers and lazy susans added after the cabinet.
  • Decorative corbels and rosettes.
  • Countertops, sinks and faucets. If they arrive attached, only the wooden cabinet is under the order.
  • Wooden bedroom furniture, which has its own order.

Sources: Continuation of the orders after sunset review, Federal Register 2025-17986 · CVD administrative review 2023, Federal Register 2026-04943

Next scheduled change

Cabinet tariff delay: the 50% rate now starts January 1, 2027

Scheduled for January 1, 2027. The rate is set by the day your goods are entered at US customs, not the day they leave China. A container that clears on January 1, 2027 pays the new rate even if it sailed in December.

ProductTodayFrom January 1, 2027Extra per $1,000 at the factory
Wooden kitchen cabinetsChina-wide antidumping rate319.81%344.81%+$250on $1,000
Wooden kitchen cabinetsExporter with its own antidumping rate69.53%94.53%+$250

The same proclamation says the increase does not apply to countries that reach an agreement with the US on these goods. We found no such agreement covering furniture or cabinets from China as of November 9, 2026. If a new proclamation appears in the Federal Register, we update this page from it.

Source: Proclamation 11000, clause 5 (rates apply to goods entered for consumption)

What changed

Changes that affect wooden kitchen cabinets since 2025

Rates on this page include every change below. All furniture changes.

Show all 7 changes, newest first Each with the notice it comes from

  1. The Section 122 surcharge expires. A new 12.5% Section 301 forced-labor tariff on China starts the same day. Section 232 wood goods are exempt from it.

    Source: USTR notice, Federal Register 2026-15181

  2. CBP makes the suspension of the $800 de minimis exemption indefinite for all shipments except international mail. Separately, any China furniture shipment over $250 needs a formal entry under 19 CFR 143.21(a), because Section 301 and 232 goods are excluded from informal entry above that value.

    Source: CBP interim final rule on indefinite de minimis suspension, Federal Register 2026-12670 · 19 CFR 143.21(a): merchandise eligible for informal entry

  3. Commerce publishes final antidumping review results for wooden cabinets and vanities. The China-wide rate stays at 251.64%.

    Source: Federal Register 2026-07866

  4. A temporary 10% Section 122 surcharge starts for 150 days. It never applied to Section 232 goods.

    Source: Proclamation imposing a temporary import surcharge (Section 122), Federal Register 2026-03824

  5. The Supreme Court rules that IEEPA does not authorize tariffs. The fentanyl and reciprocal tariffs on China end. Section 301 and Section 232 are not affected.

    Source: Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, No. 24-1287 · Executive order ending certain tariff actions

  6. The planned 1 January 2026 increase in Section 232 wood rates is delayed to 1 January 2027 (cabinets and vanities to 50%, upholstered seats to 30%).

    Source: Proclamation 11000, signed 2025-12-31, Federal Register 2026-00327 (published 2026-01-09)

  7. Section 232 wood tariffs start: 25% on upholstered wood-frame seats and 25% on wood kitchen cabinets and vanities.

    Source: Proclamation 10976

Who pays it

You pay the duty if your name is on the customs entry

You import it yourself

If you buy at the factory price (FOB or EXW) and hire a customs broker, you are the importer of record. CBP bills you for every layer in the table, at entry, before it releases the goods. You also owe any antidumping increase set in a later review, even years after the delivery.

Any shipment of these goods worth more than $250 needs a formal entry, because Section 301 and Section 232 goods are excluded from informal entry above that value. A formal entry needs a customs bond: a single-entry bond for one order, or a continuous bond if you import often. Your broker buys it from a surety. Ask for the bond price before you order. Sureties quote it per importer, and no public source lists a price for bonds on antidumping goods.

Sources: 19 CFR 143.21(a), informal entry limits · 19 CFR part 113, customs bonds

The seller ships it "duties included" (DDP)

Under DDP the seller or its freight forwarder should be the importer of record and pay CBP. Before you pay a deposit, ask in writing who the importer of record will be, which HTS code they will declare, and for a copy of the entry summary (CBP Form 7501) after clearance. If the forwarder lists you as the importer, the duty bill and any penalty are yours.

A DDP price has to cover the duty. If it cannot, someone is undervaluing the invoice, using the wrong HTS code or declaring a false country of origin. The importer of record then owes the unpaid duty plus penalties.

Source: 19 U.S.C. 1592, penalties for false statements and lost duties

Red flag: a delivered price below these floors

The duty alone sets a floor under any honest "duties included" price. This floor is factory price plus duty only. Customs fees (MPF and HMF), freight and the seller's margin come on top, which is why the cost-before-freight figures above are a little higher.

Goods Factory price Duty owed at entry Factory price + duty
$1,000 of wooden kitchen cabinets 319.81% duty $1,000 $3,198 $4,198

Questions

Kitchen cabinet tariff questions

Has the 50% Section 232 rate on wooden kitchen cabinets started?

No. Section 232 on wooden kitchen cabinets is 25% on November 9, 2026. The increase to 50% is scheduled for January 1, 2027, for goods entered at US customs on or after that day.

Source: HTSUS 2026 Revision 22, Chapter 99 (notes 20, 37 and 52) · Proclamation 10976, Federal Register 2025-19482 · Proclamation 11000 (delay to 2027-01-01), Federal Register 2026-00327

Do the tariffs apply to RTA (flat-pack) cabinets and loose cabinet parts?

Yes. Section 232 covers the cabinets and their parts (HTS 9403.40.9060 and 9403.91.0080), and the antidumping and countervailing orders name unassembled and ready-to-assemble cabinets, boxes, doors, drawers, frames and panels. Shipping the kitchen flat does not change the rate.

Source: Continuation of the orders after sunset review, Federal Register 2025-17986

Does a cabinet assembled or finished in Vietnam or Malaysia avoid the antidumping duty?

Not if the wood parts came from China. The order covers Chinese cabinets and components that were trimmed, cut, drilled, painted, finished or assembled in a third country. Cabinets made from non-Chinese parts in another country still pay Section 232, which applies to every country.

Source: Continuation of the orders after sunset review, Federal Register 2025-17986

Are the countertop, sink and hardware charged the same rate?

No. If a cabinet arrives with a countertop, sink or faucet attached, only the wooden cabinet is under the antidumping order. Metal hinges, slides, handles and knobs entered separately are excluded, as are drawer organizers and decorative corbels. Countertops have their own HTS codes and duties. A quartz top from China is under its own antidumping and countervailing orders plus a Section 201 safeguard: 433.97% in total at the China-wide rate, $4,340 on every $1,000. Price it as a separate line.

Source: Continuation of the orders after sunset review, Federal Register 2025-17986

Is a bathroom vanity charged like a kitchen cabinet?

Yes, if it is a wooden vanity for permanent installation: the same Section 232 rate and the same antidumping and countervailing orders apply. A bedroom vanity or dressing table is different. It falls under the wooden bedroom furniture order.

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