Business hotline for US customs issues - insights from Lithuania
Enrika Naujokė
Director, CustomsClear, Lithuania
Published 13 May 2025
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A short country update on how Lithuania is helping businesses cope with the 2025 US reciprocal tariffs, relevant to any customs or trade compliance professional trading with the United States.
Topics covered:
- Lithuania's trade exposure to the new US tariffs and the government's €20 million business support plan
- the business hotline for United States customs issues set up by Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- how reciprocal tariffs are calculated, including the treatment of US-origin components
- which goods are exempt, and how the 10% reciprocal tariff interacts with the existing 25% steel, aluminium and car tariffs
- checking tariff information via the European Commission's Access2Markets portal
- the de-minimis threshold for low-value shipments
- the ministry's short-term and long-term risk-management advice for businesses
For a broader overview of the topic, please watch the full recording. The slides are available in the Resources section.
Please note that this summary was generated using AI, based on the recording and available slides.