United States directs new Section 301 tariffs on goods from 60 economies and future textile TRQs

A presidential memorandum dated July 23, 2026 and published in the Federal Register on July 28, 2026 directs the Trade Representative to impose new Section 301 tariffs on goods of economies found actionable in the investigations, with a 10 percent rate for Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and Trinidad and Tobago; a zero section 301 rate where the MFN tariff already reaches the stated ceiling for products of the European Union, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, or Switzerland; and a 12.5 percent rate for all other investigated economies. The memorandum also directs exemptions for products identified in an Annex and directs HTSUS modifications to implement those exemptions and the tariff structure.

The order binds imports by origin and product category rather than by importer identity: it applies to goods of the listed economies, with a special net-of-MFN rule for the European Union, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Switzerland, and with product exclusions for the Annex goods. It separately targets Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Malaysia for future textile- and apparel-linked tariff-rate quotas, each with an initial duration of three years, tied to those economies’ importation of U.S. textiles or cotton, and it states that certain textile and apparel imports of those four economies will remain subject to the applicable 10 percent tariff until the TRQs are established.

For covered entries, the customs consequence is immediate tariff exposure under Section 301 rather than a merely policy-level announcement: entries of covered goods will need to be assessed at the applicable 10 percent, 12.5 percent, or MFN-netted rate, while exempt products identified in the Annex are carved out once the HTSUS is modified. The memorandum also says the Trade Representative must publish a separate Federal Register notice stating the establishment and effective date of the TRQs, so importers of the Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Malaysia textile and apparel products covered by those quotas must assume the interim 10 percent rate until that later notice issues.

These sources do not settle the exact exempt-product schedule or the precise HTSUS amendment text, because the packet does not reproduce the Annex and only shows that HTSUS modifications will be made as provided there. They also do not settle the TRQ implementation mechanics yet: the memorandum says the quotas are not feasible at this time and that USTR will publish a later notice announcing their establishment and effective date, so the quota quantity, classification treatment, and operational start date remain open in a separate implementation document.

Sources

• Federal Register notice on Section 301 tariffs and future TRQs for 60 economies
  Federal Register · Jul 28, 2026

Antidumping duty order adds duties on certain monomers and oligomers from Korea

Commerce has issued a final antidumping duty order on certain monomers and oligomers from the Republic of Korea after affirmative final determinations by Commerce and the ITC, and the notice says it is applicable July 28, 2026. The operative customs change is that Commerce will direct CBP to assess antidumping duties equal to the amount by which normal value exceeds export price or constructed export price, with unliquidated entries entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after January 5, 2026 subject to that assessment.

The covered merchandise is certain multifunctional acrylate and methacrylate monomers and acrylated bisphenol-A epoxy based oligomers from Korea, including the specifically listed CAS-numbered products, blends or mixtures containing at least 20 percent by weight of in-scope CMOs, and merchandise that remains in scope after certain third-country processing or commingling. The notice also excludes downstream products such as inks, coatings, and overprint varnishes, and it says the HTSUS subheadings are provided only for convenience and customs purposes because the written scope controls.

For entries and cash deposits, the notice draws a sharp timing line. Commerce says the provisional-measures period ended July 3, 2026, so it intends to terminate suspension and liquidate without regard to antidumping duties for unliquidated entries entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after July 4, 2026 and before publication of the ITC final injury determination in the Federal Register. Once suspension resumes on that ITC publication date, the cash-deposit rates will be 65.72 percent for Green Chemical Co., Ltd./Green Life Science, 155.42 percent for Miwon Specialty Chemical Co., Ltd. and Kukdo Chemicals Co. Ltd., and 65.72 percent for all others; the notice also says Commerce intends to lift suspension and refund estimated AD deposits for entries from October 7, 2025 through January 4, 2026 because critical circumstances were not found.

What these sources do not settle is the exact Federal Register publication date of the ITC final injury determination that ends the provisional-measures gap, because the notice refers to that future publication but does not state the date here. The order also relies on the written scope, the appendix, and cited ACCESS procedures for later administration, so a party still has to match product facts against the scope text and preserve any service-list appearance within the stated 30-day window if it cares about future scope or circumvention practice.

Sources

• Certain Monomers and Oligomers From the Republic of Korea: Antidumping Duty Order
  Federal Register · Jul 28, 2026

U.S. imposes Section 301 tariffs on goods from 60 economies, with 10 or 12.5 percent rates and exemptions starting July 24

The Trade Representative, acting under Sections 301(b) and 304(a) and in line with the President’s July 23 memorandum, is now imposing additional Section 301 tariffs on all products of the covered economies, subject to the notice’s exemptions and rate caps. The operative tariff structure is 10 percent for the economies listed in section 1(a)(i), 10 percent or 12.5 percent net of MFN duty for the named economies in section 1(a)(ii), and 12.5 percent for all other investigated economies. Those tariffs begin to apply to entries and warehouse withdrawals on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on July 24, 2026, with later HTSUS and note amendments scheduled for July 31, 2026.

The notice binds imports of products of the 60 investigated economies, not just a narrow product class, and it expressly reaches goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption. The scope is narrowed only by the listed exemptions in Annex I and the covered products and scope limitations in Annex II, plus the specific carve-outs for personal-use accompanied baggage, Chapter 98 claims accepted by CBP, the stated exceptions for 9802.00.40, 9802.00.50, 9802.00.60, and 9802.00.80, and the special treatment of FTZ admissions, which must be privileged foreign status unless eligible for domestic status. It also preserves liability for other duties, including antidumping and countervailing duties.

For covered entries, the practical change is that the additional Section 301 duty is layered onto the normal tariff treatment unless a product falls within an exemption or a net-of-MFN cap applies. That means filers must identify the correct Chapter 99 reporting, check whether the merchandise is one of the Annex II exclusions, and confirm whether any USMCA or CAFTA-DR preferential treatment, Chapter 98 treatment, or product-specific exemption disapplies the surcharge. The notice also gives a limited transition rule: goods loaded onto the vessel before July 24 and already in transit on the final mode of transit before 12:01 a.m. eastern time on July 24 are not subject if entered or withdrawn before 12:01 a.m. eastern time on July 28.

The text also makes clear that the remedy is not static. For Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Malaysia, USTR says it will establish three-year textile TRQs when feasible, with the covered textile and apparel volume to enter free of the Section 301 tariffs, but until those TRQs are established the applicable 10 percent tariff remains in force for the goods the TRQs will cover. The notice separately schedules a July 31 change that adds patented pharmaceutical articles to the exclusion heading 9903.05.90 and adds patented pharmaceutical articles under headings 9903.04.60-9903.04.66 to the related note exemption, so filers have a second operative date to track after the initial July 24 tariff start.

Sources

• Notice of Actions in Section 301 Investigations of Acts, Policies, and Practices of Various Economies Related to the Failure of Each Economy To Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced With Forced Labor
  Federal Register · Jul 28, 2026

CBP schedules ACE certification maintenance window for July 29

CBP’s CSMS notice announces a scheduled ACE certification standard invasive maintenance window on July 29, 2026, from 5:00 p.m. ET to 8:00 p.m. ET. The operative change is procedural rather than tariff-based: CBP is telling the trade community that ACE certification will be in maintenance during that stated period, and that timing is the point at which the notice begins to operate.

The scope is limited to ACE certification operations and does not identify a particular product, tariff provision, country, or trade remedy. In practical terms, it matters to anyone relying on ACE certification functionality during the three-hour window, but the bulletin does not state any carve-out, exception, or special treatment for particular users or filing types.

For customs brokers, filers, and counsel planning around ACE activity, the consequence is that work queued for the maintenance window must be treated as time-sensitive and potentially affected by system maintenance. The notice gives no substitute filing channel, no extension, and no implementation instructions beyond the scheduled window, so the operative takeaway is to plan around the maintenance period rather than assume normal system availability.

These sources do not say whether the maintenance will cause partial or complete unavailability, whether items already in process will complete automatically, or whether CBP will issue follow-on guidance. They also do not create any duty, entry, valuation, origin, or admissibility change; the unresolved point is limited to the operational impact of the maintenance window and any later instructions CBP may publish.

Sources

• CSMS # 69370520 - ACE Certification Standard Invasive Maintenance Window from 5:00 p.m. ET to 8:00 p.m. ET
  CBP / CSMS · Jul 28, 2026

CBP adds a new ACE e214 error code for post-admission corrections starting August 13

CBP says it will implement a new e214 error code validation for Post Admission Corrections in the ACE Production environment on August 13, 2026, and that the ACE Appendix P – e214 FTZ Admission Error Codes will be updated at the same time to add error code 237 and delete 16 error codes described as no longer used. That is an operational filing change, not merely a notice of future review, because it changes the validation logic applied to submissions in ACE beginning on the stated date.

The change applies to filers using ACE for e214 Post Admission Corrections, and CBP identifies the affected implementation as the ACE Production environment. The bulletin does not limit the update to a particular country, tariff provision, product class, or entry type beyond the e214/FTZ admission error-code context, and it does not state any exception, grandfathering rule, or carve-out for entries already in process.

For covered filings, the practical consequence is that submissions will need to satisfy the new validation logic after the effective date, and parties should expect rejected or corrected transmissions if they continue to use codes that the updated appendix no longer recognizes. Because the bulletin also deletes 16 codes that were previously marked no longer used, brokers and FTZ operators should verify whether any internal mappings, automated edits, or user screens still rely on the old code set before August 13, 2026.

These sources do not provide the text of the revised Appendix P itself, so they do not settle which scenarios the new code 237 covers or identify the 16 deleted codes by number. They also do not supply any implementation instructions beyond the effective date and the link to the updated appendix, so any filing impact beyond the existence of the new validation and retired codes remains unresolved here.

Sources

• CSMS # 69368975 - New e214 Error Code Validation for Post Admission Corrections and Updated Appendix P
  CBP / CSMS · Jul 28, 2026

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