Saturday, September 19, 2026

Canadian goods get new or removed 50% Section 338 duties

A 50% ad valorem Section 338 duty now applies to the Canadian products listed in Annex I, Part A, while the same duty no longer applies to the Canadian products listed in Part B. The changes operate for goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after September 15, 2026. The proclamation also states that these duties apply in addition to Section 232 duties. The listed articles include paper, steel structures, aluminum products, motor vehicles, boats, furniture, mattresses and lighting products. (E7, E5) (White House, Sep 8, 2026; White House)

The operative dividing line is the entry or withdrawal date and the product's classification within Annex I. A covered Canadian article in Part A is subject to the additional 50% duty from the September 15 effective boundary, unless it is a civil aircraft or aircraft part meeting General Note 6 of the HTSUS; a Canadian article in Part B is no longer subject to that additional duty from the same boundary. Annex I says its descriptions are informational and do not delimit the action, so the listed HTSUS provision and any applicable scope limitation govern classification questions. CBP is authorized to issue implementing guidance, instructions or determinations, but the packet does not supply later CBP instructions. (E5, E7) (White House; White House, Sep 8, 2026)

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
  White House · Sep 8, 2026
• ANNEX-I-AUTO.pdf
  White House

Algerian wire rod enters a final countervailing-duty order

A final affirmative countervailing duty determination and countervailing duty order covers carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Algeria. The Federal Register identifies the document as published on September 18, 2026, but the supplied text does not state a countervailing duty rate or an effective date for the order.

The stated product-and-origin axis is carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Algeria, but the retrieved material does not identify the merchandise scope, tariff provisions, exclusions, respondent treatment, entry-date rule, cash-deposit requirement, or assessment treatment. A shipment cannot be placed inside or outside the order from this packet alone.

The supplied Federal Register text is an access message rather than the determination and order itself. The operative rate, effective date, scope, exceptions, and entry instructions therefore remain unresolved and must be obtained from the official determination and order before applying the development to a specific entry.

Sources

• Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Algeria: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty Order
  Federal Register · Sep 18, 2026

Also published

• Difluoromethane (R-32) From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2025-2026
  Federal Register · Sep 18, 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 19, 2026.