US President Donald Trump has officially imposed a new 15% import tariff on Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Algeria, Angola, Uganda, Libya, Botswana, DRC, Cote d’IVoire, Mozambique, Mauritius, Ghana, Malawi, Cameroun, Chad, Lesotho, Equatorial Guinea, Namibia and Madagascar.
This development was announced in an Executive Order issued by the White House on Thursday, titled “Further modifying the reciprocal import tariff rates.”
According to the order: “These modifications shall be effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m.”
The Executive Order also included varied tariff rates for other countries. South Africa, Libya, and Tunisia were each hit with higher rates—30% for South Africa and Libya, and 25% for Tunisia. Other non-African nations affected by the revised tariffs include the United Kingdom (10%), India (25%), and Japan (15%).
This action follows an earlier Executive Order issued on April 2, 2025, in which the U.S. announced plans to implement new import tariffs on a range of countries worldwide, including Nigeria.
Here are the countries affected by Trump’s new 15% tariff:
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Cambodia
Cameroon
Chad
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ecuador
Equatorial Guinea
European Union (Goods with Column 1 Duty Rate > 15%)
Malaysia
Mauritius
Moldova
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
Namibia
Nauru
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Norway
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Serbia
South Africa
South Korea
Sri Lanka
