As of 1 September, 6:01 a.m. CET, 2025 (backdated), the United States applies new country-specific tariffs on diamond imports via Annex II, a list of certain products that can be exempt from tariffs in case a bilateral agreement is concluded.
For Belgian (EU) traders, this means: Polished diamonds of EU-origin can now be imported at a 0% import tariff when entering the US.
Rough diamonds are also included in the list, but since there are no EU-origin rough diamonds, this has no impact.
This exemption makes Antwerp the only major trading hub with tariff-free access to the US market.
BRON: https://www.awdc.be/tariffs (24 september 2025)
