SIA sends letter seeking tariff relief for essential security products

SILVER SPRING, Md.—On April 22, 2025, the Security Industry Association (SIA) sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick requesting relief from tariffs for security industry products. 

In addition, the letter asked that the Trump administration formulate a process that allows companies to apply for product-specific exemptions.

As outlined in the letter, the security industry contributes over $430 billion in total economic impact and supports over 2.1 million jobs. Manufacturers and integrators that provide essential life safety and security products to American consumers are being put under enormous strain as they struggle to adapt to an uncertain and volatile trading environment.

“Not only do these tariffs hurt manufacturers by increasing the cost of key components as they compete globally, but the additional applicability to finished goods will directly increase the cost of essential security products, potentially pricing out integrators and reducing the availability of key products in the United States,” SIA stated in the letter.

SIA is requesting exemptions for imported components of security systems, security cameras, locks and other door hardware and equipment to include:

• Alarm systems
• Access control
• Camera systems
• Communications equipment and systems
• Identity management solutions
• Security-related uncrewed systems
• Robotics
• A range of other cutting-edge security solutions

Lauren Bresette, senior manager of government relations for SIA, noted that it is “vitally important” that the administration provide this relief to the security industry, and SIA will continue to advocate for this exemption to preserve some stability in the current international trading environment for the industry at large.

She added that SIA will continue to anonymously survey the industry and measure how tariffs are affecting manufacturers and integrators, encouraging them to reach out to the government relations team with anything that they would like to share.