Monday, September 14, 2026

Canadian products: 50 percent additional duty scope changes September 15

Certain products of Canada will remain subject to the additional 50 percent ad valorem duty imposed by Proclamation 11048, while other Canadian products will be removed from that duty. The revised treatment applies to goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after September 15, 2026, and the HTSUS is modified on the same basis. The additional duties continue to apply in addition to duties imposed under Section 232.

The product-level scope turns on Annex I: Part A identifies Canadian products that remain subject to the 50 percent duty, and Part B identifies products no longer subject to it. The supplied text does not reproduce the Annex I line items, so it does not establish whether a particular product is in either part; importers must use that annex to resolve classification and scope. Entries made before September 15, 2026 are outside this modification, while entries made on or after that date receive the Part A or Part B treatment stated in the annex. CBP is authorized to issue implementation rules, guidance, instructions, or determinations.

Sources

• Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Motor Vehicles
  Federal Register · Sep 14, 2026

Canadian products face revised 50 percent additional duty scope

A 50 percent additional ad valorem duty will continue to apply to the specified Canadian products listed in Annex I, Part A, while the specified products listed in Part B will no longer bear that duty. The revised treatment begins for goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on September 15, 2026, and the HTSUS is modified on the same basis.

The controlling scope axis is the product identified in Annex I and the entry or withdrawal date. A covered Canadian product in Part A entered or withdrawn on or after September 15, 2026, remains subject to the 50 percent additional duty; a Part B product no longer is, subject to the proclamation's other provisions. The duty applies in addition to section 232 duties. The supplied text does not reproduce the annexes, so Annex I governs which products fall on each side of the line and Annex II governs the implementing HTSUS provisions; CBP is authorized to issue further implementation guidance.

Sources

• Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Alcoholic Beverages
  Federal Register · Sep 14, 2026

Certain Canadian products shift from 50% duty to import ban

Certain products of Canada identified in the proclamation's Annex will be excluded from importation into the United States at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on September 29, 2026. The products are currently subject to the 50 percent additional ad valorem duty established by Proclamation 11048; the Annex governs which products move from that duty treatment to the import ban.

The transition turns on the import and entry status of the goods. Covered products imported on or after September 29, 2026, are subject to the import ban, while covered products imported but not yet entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, before September 29 remain subject to the 50 percent duty. Products of Canada outside the Annex remain subject to the existing treatment described in Proclamation 11048 and the September 8, 2026, scope modification, rather than this ban.

Sources

• Excluding Certain Canadian Products From Importation Into the United States in Response to Continued Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Motor Vehicles
  Federal Register · Sep 14, 2026

Certain Canadian products shift from 50% duty to import ban

Certain Canadian products will be excluded from importation into the United States effective September 29, 2026, at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time. The proclamation changes the covered products from the additional 50 percent ad valorem duty imposed under Proclamation 11047 to an import ban, subject to the exceptions and product descriptions in its Annex. CBP is authorized to issue implementation rules, guidance, instructions, or determinations and to administer the ban.

The operative scope turns on the products identified in the Annex and the timing of importation and entry. Covered products imported on or after September 29, 2026, are subject to exclusion from importation; covered products imported before September 29 but not yet entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption remain subject to the 50 percent duty rate. The proclamation otherwise leaves the products subject to Proclamation 11047's additional duties unchanged, except for the products moved to the ban.

The proclamation does not identify the covered products in the body text; the Annex governs that product-level determination. CBP may also make later HTSUS modifications through Federal Register notice, including technical or ministerial corrections to the Annex, so the exact tariff lines and any implementing filing instructions remain to be confirmed from those materials.

Sources

• Excluding Certain Canadian Products From Importation Into the United States in Response to Continued Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Dairy
  Federal Register · Sep 14, 2026

Certain Canadian alcoholic beverages move from 50% duty to import ban

Certain alcoholic beverages that are products of Canada will be excluded from importation into the United States beginning at 12:01 a.m. eastern time on September 29, 2026. Before that change, the covered products are subject to the 50 percent additional ad valorem duty established under Proclamation 11046.

The change turns on the product's Canadian origin, the beverage's coverage under the Annex, and the date of importation or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption. Goods covered by the Annex and imported on or after September 29 are subject to the ban; covered goods imported before September 29 but not yet entered for consumption or withdrawn before that date remain subject to the 50 percent duty. The Annex governs which alcoholic beverages are covered, and the proclamation does not otherwise change the additional-duty treatment for products outside the products moved to the ban.

Sources

• Excluding Certain Canadian Products From Importation Into the United States in Response to Continued Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Alcoholic Beverages
  Federal Register · Sep 14, 2026

Comments open on foreign customs and trade barriers for the 2027 NTE report

Comments are due October 29, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EDT for USTR's 2027 National Trade Estimate review of significant foreign trade barriers. The notice asks for information that may help identify tariffs, other import charges, quantitative restrictions, import licensing, customs barriers, and shortcomings in customs valuation practices affecting U.S. exports. This opens a submission opportunity; it does not set a U.S. import duty or amend a U.S. entry rule.

The filing window reaches commenters reporting barriers or distortions affecting U.S. exports of goods or services, U.S. foreign direct investment, or U.S. electronic commerce, including information on listed export markets and other markets. Submit in English through Regulations.gov using docket USTR-2026-0498; USTR may not consider submissions that do not follow the instructions. A commenter discussing more than one country should provide a separate attachment for each country. Business-confidential submissions must be certified and marked, with a public version also submitted, while parties unable to use the online process must arrange an alternative method with USTR before the deadline.

Sources

• Request for Comments on Significant Foreign Trade Barriers for the 2027 National Trade Estimate Report
  Federal Register · Sep 14, 2026

Glycine from India: preliminary CVD rates up to 104.92%

Preliminary countervailing subsidy rates for the 2024 review are 39.75% for Kumar Industries, 104.92% for Mulji Mehta Enterprises, and 39.75% for Mulji Mehta Pharma. Commerce also preliminarily rescinds the review for 27 listed companies. These are preliminary results, not final assessment or cash-deposit rates; Commerce states that final results will determine assessment and that future cash deposits will use the final company-specific rates or, for other producers and exporters, the existing 5.01% all-others rate.

The review covers glycine from India for entries during January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024. The 27 companies in Appendix II are subject to rescission, with Commerce intending to instruct CBP to assess appropriate entries at the estimated cash-deposit rate required when the goods entered or were withdrawn for consumption. Kumar, Mulji, and Mulji Mehta Pharma remain under review, while Mulji Mehta Pharma is not rescinded because Commerce is considering a claim that it is cross-owned with Mulji. Interested parties must file case briefs within 21 days after publication, rebuttal briefs within five days after the case-brief deadline, and any hearing request within 30 days after publication, with filings received in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the applicable deadline.

Sources

• Glycine From India: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024
  Federal Register · Sep 14, 2026

Taiwan aluminum sheet: no shipments, 17.50% all-others assessment

Suspended entries of subject aluminum sheet that entered under C.S. Aluminium Corporation’s case number during the April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025 review period will be liquidated at the 17.50 percent all-others antidumping rate because Commerce found that CSAC had no shipments. Commerce will issue assessment instructions no earlier than October 19, 2026, 35 days after publication. Entries with a zero or de minimis importer-specific assessment rate are liquidated without antidumping duties, but no CSAC-specific margin was calculated in this review.

For shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after September 14, 2026, CSAC’s cash-deposit rate remains the rate assigned in its most recently completed review; previously reviewed or investigated nonparticipating companies retain their applicable company-specific rate; and an otherwise uncovered exporter uses the producer’s most recently completed rate when that producer is covered. All other manufacturers or exporters remain subject to the 17.50 percent all-others cash-deposit rate until further notice. The notice covers aluminum sheet from Taiwan, but the full product scope is governed by the referenced antidumping order and Preliminary Results rather than resolved here. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, CBP is directed not to liquidate relevant entries until the period to request a statutory injunction expires on December 13, 2026, 90 days after publication.

Sources

• Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From Taiwan: Final Determination of No Shipments; 2024-2025
  Federal Register · Sep 14, 2026

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Hydraulic cylinders from China, India, and Mexico: CVD scope comments and deadlines

A countervailing duty investigation now covers certain linear hydraulic cylinders and parts from China, India, and Mexico, effective September 8, 2026. Commerce has not set a subsidy rate or cash-deposit requirement in this initiation notice. The immediate customs consequence is procedural: parties must use the investigation's filing windows to address product coverage and respondent selection before Commerce proceeds toward preliminary determinations.

The scope turns on the merchandise description and country of origin. It includes steel-barreled hydraulic cylinders with a bore of at least 25.4 mm and a retracted length of at least 101.6 mm, specified barrels and chrome-coated piston rods, and parts imported with or invoiced with covered merchandise. Separately imported or invoiced attachments are excluded, while covered cylinders and parts attached to Chapter 84 equipment remain covered; third-country assembly or minor processing does not remove covered merchandise from the investigation. Scope comments are due through ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. ET on September 28, 2026, and rebuttal comments by 5:00 p.m. ET on October 8, 2026. Parties with APO access must comment on CBP import data or respondent selection within three business days after publication, calculated here as September 17, 2026, and Commerce will not accept rebuttal comments on that data or selection.

Commerce may further modify the scope after considering comments, and the notice states that preliminary determinations are due no later than 65 days after initiation, calculated here as November 12, 2026, unless postponed. The written scope description is controlling over the listed HTSUS statistical reporting numbers, so classification under one of those numbers alone does not resolve coverage.

Sources

• Certain Linear Hydraulic Cylinders and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China, India, and Mexico: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations
  Federal Register · Sep 14, 2026

Hydraulic cylinders: AD investigations open for five countries, with filing deadlines

Antidumping investigations now cover certain linear hydraulic cylinders and parts from Canada, China, India, Korea, and Mexico, applicable September 8, 2026. Commerce initiated the investigations based on allegations of less-than-fair-value sales; it did not impose a final duty or establish a final cash-deposit rate. The estimated dumping-margin ranges supporting initiation are 248.33–744.85 percent for Canada, 149.86–440.48 percent for China depending on surrogate country, 85.31–370.67 percent for India, 73.09–158.74 percent for Korea, and 56.79–157.12 percent for Mexico. Commerce states that preliminary determinations are due no later than 140 days after initiation unless postponed.

The immediate customs consequence is procedural and scope-related. Parties must file scope and product-characteristics comments through ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 28, 2026, and rebuttal comments by 5:00 p.m. on October 8, 2026; scope comments must be filed on both the concurrent antidumping and countervailing-duty records. Chinese producers and exporters must submit quantity-and-value questionnaire responses by 5:00 p.m. on September 22, 2026, and a separate-rate application is due 21 days after publication, October 5, 2026, for consideration for separate-rate status. Interested parties commenting on CBP data or respondent selection must file within three business days of publication, which is September 17, 2026. The scope appendix governs coverage: it includes specified steel-barrel cylinders with at least a 25.4 mm bore and 101.6 mm return length, specified barrels and piston rods, qualifying attached or invoiced parts, and covered cylinders attached to or imported with Chapter 84 equipment; separately imported or invoiced attachments are excluded. The notice says the written scope description, rather than the HTSUS numbers, is dispositive, and Commerce may further modify certain scope language before preliminary determinations.

Sources

• Certain Linear Hydraulic Cylinders and Parts Thereof From Canada, the People's Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, and Mexico: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations
  Federal Register · Sep 14, 2026

Methionine from Spain: 8.20% final AD margin for Adisseo

An 8.20% weighted-average antidumping margin now applies to Adisseo Espaa S.A. for the September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024 period of review, and Commerce directs CBP to assess antidumping duties on appropriate subject entries. For shipments of subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after September 14, 2026, Adisseo's cash-deposit rate is 8.20%. Other covered companies retain their most recently established company-specific rate; where only the producer is covered, the producer's rate applies; all other producers and exporters remain at 37.53%.

The rule reaches methionine from Spain, but the notice says the Issues and Decision Memorandum contains the complete scope description, so that document governs any product-level determination beyond the stated merchandise description. For the reviewed period, importer-specific assessment rates are based on total dumping divided by entered value, while zero or de minimis rates lead to liquidation without antidumping duties. The automatic-assessment practice applies to Adisseo-produced or exported entries when Adisseo did not know the merchandise sold to an intermediary was destined for the United States; absent an intermediate-company rate, those unreviewed entries are liquidated at 37.53%. Importers must file reimbursement certificates before liquidation for relevant period entries or face a presumption of reimbursement and possible double duties. Commerce will issue assessment instructions no earlier than October 19, 2026, and a timely summons can delay liquidation while the 90-day period to request a statutory injunction runs.

Sources

• Methionine From Spain: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
  Federal Register · Sep 14, 2026

Ecuador shrimp CVD rates rise to 15.18% and 2.23% for named exporters

The net countervailable subsidy rate for Empacadora del Pacifico S.A. increases from 15.17 percent to 15.18 percent, and the rate for Nirsa S.A./Procesadora Posorja S.A. increases from 2.21 percent to 2.23 percent. Commerce’s amended results apply September 14, 2026, and correct ministerial errors in the prior expedited-review calculations.

For frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador subject to the expedited review, CBP is to collect estimated countervailing-duty cash deposits at the amended company-specific rates on shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after September 14, 2026. The amended final results are not the basis for assessing countervailing duties; the cash-deposit requirements remain in effect until further notice. The notice identifies no amended rate for exporters other than Empacadora del Pacifico S.A. and Nirsa S.A./Procesadora Posorja S.A.

Sources

• Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Ecuador: Amended Final Results of Countervailing Duty Expedited Review
  Federal Register · Sep 14, 2026

Also published

• Korean brass rod review sets preliminary 9.28% and 5.22% margins; briefs due
  Federal Register · Sep 14, 2026

For information only; not legal advice, and no attorney-client relationship is created by publishing or reading it. Every development above cites the official document it rests on, and those sources were checked through September 14, 2026.