Tuesday, September 15, 2026

ACE adds FIRMS Code validation error for FTZ e214 admissions

ACE Production will deploy error code 238, “FIRMS CODE NOT APPROVED FOR DIRECT DELIVERY,” for e214 Foreign Trade Zone admissions on September 17, 2026. CBP has already made the change available in the ACE Certification environment, and it also updated the FTZ chapter of the CATAIR to clarify existing requirements. citeE1

The change reaches trade parties submitting e214 FTZ admission data in ACE, specifically when the FIRMS Code is not approved for direct delivery; the bulletin does not identify a different treatment for any particular entry type or goods category. FTZ operators with an ACE Portal FTZ Operator sub-account should verify the Zone ID, FIRMS Code, and Port Code for their sites before production deployment. The bulletin does not state that the new code changes duty rates or otherwise changes the treatment of goods after an admission submission is accepted. citeE1

Sources

• CSMS # 69902241 - New Error Code for e214 Foreign Trade Zone Submissions Set to Deploy September 17, 2026, and Updates to CATAIR Appendix P and FTZ CATAIR
  CBP / CSMS · Sep 14, 2026

USTR opens comments on foreign trade barriers by October 29, 2026

The public-comment window for the 2027 National Trade Estimate Report is open, and submissions are due by October 29, 2026. USTR identifies the subject as foreign barriers affecting U.S. exports and foreign direct investment, so the operative change is a time-limited opportunity to submit comments rather than a new import duty or entry rule.citeE1

The opportunity reaches comments on barriers to U.S. exports of goods and services and to U.S. foreign direct investment for inclusion in the report. It does not state a new requirement for commercial import entries, ACE transmissions, classification, valuation, origin, or admissibility. Trade counsel wishing to preserve a comment should submit it by October 29, 2026; the source supplies no additional exception or transition rule.citeE1

Sources

• USTR Seeks Public Comment on Foreign Trade Barriers for the 2027 National Trade Estimate Report
  USTR · Sep 14, 2026

Canadian products face 50% duty changes and exclusions from September 15

A 50% additional ad valorem Section 338 duty will apply to the Canadian products listed in Annex I, Part A, while the same 50% duty will no longer apply to the products listed in Part B. The changes govern goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after September 15, 2026, and the modified duties apply in addition to Section 232 duties. The new-duty list includes specified cheese, paper, metal, vehicle, boat, furniture, mattress, and lighting provisions; the no-longer-covered list includes specified salt, cement, sugars, paper products, lead, switchgear, and fishing-rod provisions. (New and removed products annex; Alcohol scope modification annex; Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subje…)

The operative line is the entry or withdrawal date, not merely the date of import shipment: covered Canadian goods on or after September 15 must be assessed with the additional 50% duty, while listed Part B goods on or after that date are no longer subject to that additional duty. The annexes state that their product descriptions do not delimit the action and direct scope questions to CBP; the alcohol annex also limits some provisions to packaged products, and the new-duty lists exclude civil aircraft and aircraft parts meeting General Note 6 of the HTSUS. The separate exclusion annexes identify Canadian motorcycles over 800 cc, dairy products, and alcohol products excluded from importation. The proclamation authorizes CBP to issue implementing rules, guidance, instructions, or determinations, and the packet does not contain Annex II or later CBP filing instructions, so precise HTSUS reporting mechanics and any technical corrections remain unresolved. (Motor vehicles exclusion annex; Dairy exclusion annex; Alcohol exclusion annex; New and removed products annex; Alcohol scope modification annex; Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subje…)

The underlying additional duties were effective August 19, 2026, but their three-day suspension lapsed at 12:01 a.m. eastern time on August 22, 2026. The September 8 modification takes effect for the specified entries and withdrawals at 12:01 a.m. eastern time on September 15, 2026, and continues unless expressly suspended, revoked, supplemented, amended, or terminated. (White House, Sep 8, 2026)

Sources

• Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed With Respect to Motor Vehicles
  White House · Sep 8, 2026
• Motor vehicles exclusion annex
  White House
• Dairy exclusion annex
  White House
• Alcohol exclusion annex
  White House
• New and removed products annex
  White House
• Alcohol scope modification annex
  White House

Petroleum testing and gauging approved for customs use at Bennett laboratory

Bennett Testing Service, Inc. is approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test them for customs purposes for three years from August 28, 2025. CBP issued the authorization under 19 CFR 151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13.

The authorization covers only the services identified in the notice: API Chapters 3, 7, 8, 12, and 17 for gauging, and CBPL method 27-48 using ASTM D4052 for laboratory analysis. Anyone engaging the provider should obtain written assurance that it is approved or accredited for the specific gauging or test requested; the notice does not further define which petroleum products fall within the phrase “certain petroleum products.”

Sources

• Accreditation and Approval of Bennett Testing Service, Inc. (Rahway, NJ), as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
  Federal Register · Sep 15, 2026

Saybolt approved for customs gauging of petroleum products

Saybolt LP may gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for three years beginning September 3, 2025. CBP approved the company under 19 CFR 151.13 for tank gauging, temperature determination, sampling, calculation of petroleum quantities, and marine measurement using the listed API procedures.

The approval reaches customs gauging of petroleum and certain petroleum products, not goods outside that described category. It covers only the approved procedures: API chapters 3, 7, 8, 12, and 17. An importer or other party seeking to use Saybolt for a specific customs gauging service should obtain written confirmation that CBP approved Saybolt for that service, or verify the approval with CBP before relying on the service for a customs purpose.

Sources

• Approval of Saybolt LP (Pittsburgh, PA), as a Commercial Gauger
  Federal Register · Sep 15, 2026

Chinese tin mill products face preliminary 66.61% CVD cash deposits

A preliminary 66.61% ad valorem countervailing-duty rate now applies for cash-deposit purposes to tin mill products from China exported or produced by Shougang Holding Trade (Hong Kong) Ltd., Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., and all other producers or exporters. Commerce directed CBP to suspend liquidation and require the applicable company-specific or all-others cash deposit for covered entries entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after September 15, 2026.

The rule turns on the merchandise scope and the entry date. Covered tin mill flat-rolled products from China entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after September 15 must receive the 66.61% cash-deposit treatment; for the three identified respondent categories, critical circumstances also extend suspension of liquidation to unliquidated covered entries entered or withdrawn on or after June 17, 2026, the date 90 days before publication. The scope excludes only single-reduced electrolytically chromium-coated steel tape that satisfies all seven listed requirements, while the written scope description controls over the listed HTSUS classifications.

Interested parties must file case briefs by October 15, 2026, and rebuttal briefs by October 20, 2026; both must be received successfully in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the applicable deadline. A hearing request is also due by October 15, 2026. The 66.61% rates are preliminary, and Commerce currently plans to issue the final countervailing-duty determination with the companion antidumping-duty determination no later than November 30, 2026, unless postponed.

Sources

• Tin Mill Products From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination
  Federal Register · Sep 15, 2026

Chinese steel racks: 10.34% review margins and 144.50% China-wide rate

The final review sets a 10.34 percent weighted-average dumping margin for Nova and Jiangsu JISE and confirms a 144.50 percent margin for the China-wide entity. Commerce states that CBP will assess antidumping duties on appropriate entries from the September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024, period of review, with importer-specific assessment rates for Nova and liquidation without antidumping duties where an applicable rate is zero or de minimis. The cash-deposit requirements apply to covered merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after September 15, 2026.

The scope is steel racks and parts thereof from China, but the complete product description is in the Issues and Decision Memorandum identified by the notice, so this alert does not resolve whether a particular product falls within the order. Nanjing Kingmore is excluded from this review because Commerce found no suspended period-of-review entry. Jiangsu JISE and Nova receive the 10.34 percent rate; Urgo remains part of the China-wide entity and receives the 144.50 percent rate; China exporters without a separate rate also receive 144.50 percent, while a non-China exporter without a separate rate receives the rate applicable to its supplying China exporter.

For Nova entries without a reported sale under Nova's company-specific CBP case number, CBP will use 144.50 percent when no rate exists for the intermediate companies. Commerce may issue assessment instructions no earlier than October 20, 2026, which is 35 days after publication, and a timely summons at the U.S. Court of International Trade can delay liquidation while the period to request a statutory injunction remains open, stated as 90 days after publication. Importers must file the reimbursement certificate before liquidation for relevant period-of-review entries; failure can lead to a presumption of reimbursement and double antidumping duties or an increase by countervailing duties.

Sources

• Certain Steel Racks and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
  Federal Register · Sep 15, 2026

Silicon metal with 85.00%+ silicon from four countries: orders continue

AD orders for silicon metal from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, and Malaysia, and the CVD order for silicon metal from Kazakhstan, continue effective September 3, 2026. CBP will continue collecting antidumping and countervailing duty cash deposits at the rates in effect when covered merchandise enters the United States. The notice does not state new rates; it preserves the applicable rates for entry.

The orders reach all forms and sizes of silicon metal, including powder, containing at least 85.00 percent but less than 99.99 percent silicon and less than 4.00 percent iron by actual weight, when imported from the covered countries. Semiconductor-grade silicon containing at least 99.99 percent silicon and classifiable under HTSUS 2804.61.0000 is excluded. The written scope description controls over the listed tariff provisions, so goods classifiable under 2804.69.1000 or 2804.69.5000 must still be tested against that description.

Sources

• Silicon Metal From Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Malaysia, and the Republic of Kazakhstan: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders and Countervailing Duty Order
  Federal Register · Sep 15, 2026

Türkiye OCTG: preliminary 0.63% CVD rate for Borusan

Borusan's preliminary countervailing duty rate is 0.63% ad valorem for the January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024 period of review. Commerce issued preliminary results, so this rate is not yet the final assessment or cash-deposit rate; Commerce states that those consequences follow the final results. The notice is applicable September 15, 2026.

The review covers certain oil country tubular goods from Türkiye produced or exported by Borusan, with BMB Holding and Borusan Holding identified as cross-owned companies; the notice does not provide the complete product scope, which is in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. For other producers and exporters, the stated cash-deposit rate would continue to be 9.21% after final results, while a company-specific final rate below 0.50% would be de minimis and produce a zero cash-deposit rate. CBP would assess covered entries after final results, and Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions no earlier than 35 days after final-results publication.

Interested parties must file case briefs in ACCESS within 21 days after publication, rebuttal briefs within five days after the case-brief deadline, and any hearing request within 30 days after publication; ACCESS must successfully receive each filing by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the applicable deadline. Commerce intends, unless extended, to issue final results within 120 days after publication, and a timely Court of International Trade summons can delay liquidation under the conditions stated in the notice.

Sources

• Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Türkiye: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024
  Federal Register · Sep 15, 2026

Korean OCTG: SeAH rate set at 0.12%, cash deposits zero

A 0.12% de minimis countervailing-duty rate applies to SeAH Steel Corporation for the January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023, review period. Commerce states that CBP will liquidate appropriate SeAH entries without regard to countervailing duties, and that the cash-deposit rate for SeAH shipments entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after September 15, 2026, is zero. The final results also rescind the review for Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.

The scope line is OCTG from Korea covered by the countervailing-duty order; the complete scope is in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, which governs whether particular merchandise is covered. For SeAH, entries covered by the review receive liquidation without regard to countervailing duties and a zero deposit rate from September 15, 2026. For Hyundai Pipe, CBP will assess appropriate entries at the cash-deposit rate required at entry or warehouse withdrawal. Non-reviewed firms remain subject to their most recent company-specific rate or the 1.33% all-others rate, as appropriate.

Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions no earlier than October 20, 2026, which is 35 days after publication. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, CBP will be directed not to liquidate relevant entries until the period to request a statutory injunction expires, stated as within 90 days of publication. Commerce also intends to disclose its calculations within five days after the public announcement or, absent an announcement, within five days after publication.

Sources

• Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Rescission, in Part; 2023
  Federal Register · Sep 15, 2026

Glycine from India: 57.17% antidumping rates finalized

A 57.17% antidumping cash-deposit rate now applies to glycine from India exported by Medilane Healthcare Private Limited or Mulji Mehta Enterprises. Commerce issued final results for the June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025 review period, with no changes from the preliminary results, and the cash-deposit requirement applies to covered merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after September 15, 2026. The all-others rate remains 7.23%.

The rate depends on the producer/exporter and the shipment date. A firm covered in a prior segment but not this review keeps its company-specific rate from the most recently completed segment; when the exporter is not covered but the producer is, the producer's most recently completed rate applies. All other producers or exporters receive the 7.23% all-others rate. The notice identifies the covered product as glycine from India but directs readers to the Preliminary Results for the complete scope, so that document governs any scope question not resolved in this notice.

Commerce will determine the assessment and CBP will assess antidumping duties on appropriate entries under the final results. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions no earlier than 35 days after publication, which is October 20, 2026; if a timely summons is filed at the Court of International Trade, the instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the statutory-injunction request period expires, 90 days after publication. Importers must also file a reimbursement certificate before liquidation of relevant entries during the review period, or Commerce may presume reimbursement and assess double antidumping duties.

Sources

• Glycine From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
  Federal Register · Sep 15, 2026

Oman aluminum foil: 11.38% countervailing duty rate for OARC

An 11.38% net countervailable subsidy rate now applies to Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC for the January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023 period of review. Commerce issued the final results under its administrative review and states that CBP shall assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries at that ad valorem assessment rate. Commerce also intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits at 11.38% for OARC shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after September 15, 2026.

The product line is certain aluminum foil from Oman, but the notice says the Issues and Decision Memorandum governs the complete order scope, so that memorandum controls whether a particular product is covered. OARC's rate applies to the reviewed company and its cross-owned companies identified in the notice; non-reviewed companies do not receive the 11.38% rate and remain subject to their most recent company-specific or all-others cash-deposit rate, as appropriate. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions no earlier than October 20, 2026, which is 35 days after publication. If a timely summons is filed, CBP is directed not to liquidate relevant entries until the period to request a statutory injunction expires, stated as within 90 days of publication, or December 14, 2026.

Sources

• Certain Aluminum Foil From the Sultanate of Oman: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
  Federal Register · Sep 15, 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 15, 2026.