CBP CSMS adds Section 232 duties and Chapter 99 filing for patented pharma imports

CBP’s guidance implements Proclamation 11020 by telling filers that patented pharmaceuticals and patented pharmaceutical ingredients now carry Section 232 duties and Chapter 99 reporting. It fixes 9903.04.60 at 100%, 9903.04.62 at 15%, 9903.04.63 at 10%, 9903.04.64 at 20% until April 2, 2030, 9903.04.65 at 0% until January 20, 2029, and 9903.04.66 through 9903.04.69 at 0%, and it says the lowest applicable rate applies if more than one rate fits.

Coverage turns on product class, origin, and entry date. Goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. July 31, 2026 are covered for Annex III company products, while all other companies move onto the duty schedule on September 29, 2026; from July 31 through September 28, non-Annex III filers use zero-duty 9903.04.61. U.S.-origin pharmaceuticals are outside the tariff, generic pharmaceuticals and their associated ingredients stay at 0%, trade-agreement claims still pay the new duty on top, Chapter 98 claims stay under Chapter 98 but cannot use a Chapter 99 lower rate, drawback remains available, FTZ admissions after the proclamation’s effective date must be privileged foreign status unless domestic status applies, and subject Chapter 29 and 30 entries must report an applicable Chapter 99 line.

The packet cites Annex III, an attachment matching Chapters 29 and 30 provisions to the Chapter 99 lines, and U.S. note 40 subdivisions, but it does not include those annexed materials. That means the packet alone cannot tell a filer whether a specific producer is in Annex III or which Chapter 99 line the omitted table maps to a particular HTSUS provision, so those sources still have to be checked before entry.

Sources

• CSMS # 69395344 guidance on Section 232 duties for patented pharmaceutical articles and ingredients
  CBP / CSMS · Jul 30, 2026

Thailand pipe review amended to 14.74%; cash deposits unchanged

The amended antidumping duty margin for Saha Thai Steel Pipe Public Co., Ltd. and Thai Premium Pipe Co., Ltd. is 14.74 percent for the 2019–2020 administrative review, effective July 27, 2026, after the U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce’s third remand results. The amendment does not change the current cash deposit rate because a superseding rate from a later administrative review is already in effect.

The change reaches unliquidated entries of subject merchandise produced by Saha Thai and exported by Blue Pipe Steel Center, produced and exported by Saha Thai, or produced and/or exported by Thai Premium, when entered or withdrawn for consumption from March 1, 2019, through February 29, 2020. Those entries remain under injunction during any appeals process, so no immediate liquidation instruction follows from this notice. If the judgment is not appealed, or is upheld by a final and conclusive decision, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties under 19 CFR 351.212(b) when the importer-specific assessment rate is not zero or de minimis; entries with a zero or de minimis rate will be liquidated without antidumping duties.

Sources

• Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Thailand: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Notice of Amended Final Results
  Federal Register · Jul 31, 2026

China truck bed covers face preliminary CVD rates up to 100.95%

Estimated countervailing-duty cash deposits and suspension of liquidation begin for covered entries made on or after July 31, 2026. Commerce preliminarily set rates of 30.38% for Changzhou Sunwood, 8.72% for Hangzhou Golden Sun, 100.95% for each of six listed companies receiving adverse-inference rates, and 20.25% for all others. This is a preliminary determination, not a final duty order.

The rule reaches truck bed covers from China within the written scope, including the cover and accompanying mounting, storage, or other parts entered and invoiced with it, plus separately entered mounting or installation kits. Truck caps and products already covered by an existing antidumping or countervailing-duty order are excluded. The merchandise is currently classifiable under HTSUS subheading 8708.29.5160, but the written scope controls. Where producer and exporter rates differ, use the higher company-specific rate; where only one has a company-specific rate, use that rate, and otherwise use 20.25%.

Interested parties must request a hearing within 30 days after publication, making August 30, 2026 the stated deadline, and must limit any hearing to issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs. Non-scope case briefs are due seven days after the last verification report, with rebuttal briefs due five days after the case-brief deadline; the notice does not provide the verification-report date, so those filing dates cannot yet be calculated. Scope brief deadlines will be provided in a later preliminary scope decision memorandum.

Sources

• Truck Bed Covers From China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination
  Federal Register · Jul 31, 2026

Fiscal Year 2027 customs user fees rise effective October 1, 2026

The Fiscal Year 2027 COBRA user fees and corresponding limitations will apply from October 1, 2026, with CBP adjusting the listed amounts for inflation. The notice sets, among other amounts, the commercial vessel arrival fee at $604.47, the commercial truck arrival fee at $7.60, the railroad car arrival fee at $11.41, the customs broker permit user fee at $190.88, and the merchandise processing fee minimum and maximum at $34.58 and $670.86.

The change reaches commercial arrivals, covered express-consignment waybills or bills of lading, entries and releases subject to the listed COBRA fees, and customs brokers paying permit user fees; the applicable line items and limitations are the ones in the notice's Tables 1 and 2. The merchandise processing fee's ad valorem rate remains 0.3464 percent, so only its minimum and maximum limitations change. The $7.60 truck amount is CBP's fee and excludes the separate $14.50 USDA AQI fee; after 18 single-crossing fees have been used for a vehicle in a calendar year, later crossings require only that AQI fee under the notice's stated condition.

The notice also says that CBP intends to publish a future Federal Register document making technical corrections to part 24 and addressing cited Appendix B reference errors. Those corrections do not alter the currently announced October 1, 2026 fee amounts in the tables, but filers should check the later document for the corrected regulatory cross-references.

Sources

• Customs User Fees To Be Adjusted for Inflation in Fiscal Year 2027
  Federal Register · Jul 31, 2026

Preserved mushrooms from four countries: antidumping orders continue

Antidumping duty orders on certain preserved mushrooms from Chile, China, India, and Indonesia continue effective July 16, 2026. CBP must continue collecting AD cash deposits at the rates in effect when the subject merchandise enters, so importers should not treat the sunset review as ending the orders.

The scope turns on the written merchandise description and country of origin, not solely on the listed HTSUS numbers. Covered Agaricus Bisporus and Agaricus Bitorquis mushrooms that are prepared or preserved and packed in a liquid medium, including whole, sliced, diced, stems and pieces, remain subject to the orders; fresh or chilled, dried, frozen, marinated, acidified, pickled, and other mushroom species are excluded. The notice lists HTSUS subheadings 2003.10.0127, 2003.10.0131, 2003.10.0137, 2003.10.0143, 2003.10.0147, 2003.10.0153, and 0711.51.0000, but states that the written description is dispositive.

Sources

• Certain Preserved Mushrooms From Chile, the People's Republic of China, India, and Indonesia: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders
  Federal Register · Jul 31, 2026

Mattresses from six countries: orders continued after sunset reviews

The antidumping duty orders remain in place because Commerce found that revocation for mattresses from six countries would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping. The result is applicable July 31, 2026. It does not establish a new cash-deposit or assessment rate for current entries; it reports the weighted-average margins likely to prevail if the orders were revoked.

The result covers mattresses from Cambodia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Türkiye, and Vietnam. The reported margins likely to prevail are up to 103.79 percent for Cambodia, 42.92 percent for Malaysia, 112.11 percent for Serbia, 763.28 percent for Thailand, 20.03 percent for Türkiye, and 668.38 percent for Vietnam. The notice does not provide the full product description or product-level exclusions, so a particular mattress cannot be resolved from this notice alone; the scope is in the concurrently issued Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Sources

• Mattresses From Cambodia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, the Republic of Türkiye, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders
  Federal Register · Jul 31, 2026

Also published

• CSMS # 69391098 - ACE Production Standard Invasive Maintenance from 10:00 p.m. ET Saturday, August 1, 2026 to 4:00 a.m. ET Sunday, August 2, 2026
  CBP / CSMS · Jul 30, 2026
• CSMS # 69395228 - Quota Processing Issue in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
  CBP / CSMS · Jul 30, 2026
• Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 99cc and Up to 225cc, and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
  Federal Register · Jul 31, 2026
• Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From the Sultanate of Oman: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024; Correction
  Federal Register · Jul 31, 2026
• Boltless Steel Shelving Units Prepackaged for Sale From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
  Federal Register · Jul 31, 2026

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