South Africa says U.S. exempts it from some steel, aluminum tariffs

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa said on Wednesday that the United States had granted some local steel and aluminum producers exemptions from tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump this year.

Trump’s decision to impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum riled metals producers worldwide, though some major exporting nations secured exemptions for all their steel and aluminum products.

The U.S. Department of Commerce granted exemptions for 161 aluminum and 36 steel products made by companies whose U.S. customers asked for the exemptions, South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said on Wednesday.