Thursday, September 24, 2026

Customs brokers must complete 20 CE hours by January 31, 2027

Active individually licensed brokers must complete 20 hours of accredited continuing education no later than January 31, 2027, and all brokers must file the Triennial Status Report during the stated filing window. Failure to satisfy the requirements will result in revocation of the customs broker license.

The CE requirement applies only to individual brokers with active licenses, while every broker must file the TSR. The TSR requires certification of CE compliance for an active individual licensee, payment of the $100 triennial fee, and current contact information, and all filings must be submitted electronically through CBP's designated portal. Brokers must retain proof of CE completion for at least three years for audit purposes.

The CE credit-earning period runs from January 1, 2025, through January 31, 2027. The TSR filing window runs from mid-December 2026 through February 28, 2027, but CBP states that it will announce the precise portal opening date by CSMS five to seven days before opening; that exact opening date is therefore not yet fixed in this notice.

Sources

• CSMS # 69990316 - MANDATORY: Complete Broker Continuing Education Requirements by January 31, 2027
  CBP / CSMS · Sep 23, 2026

Raw cane sugar FY 2027 WTO quota opens October 1 at 1,117,195 MTRV

The FY 2027 WTO tariff-rate quota for imported raw cane sugar is 1,117,195 metric tons raw value, and 55,993 MTRV of the remaining quantity is allocated to specified countries. In-quota quantities may enter the United States beginning October 1, 2026; quantities above the quota threshold remain subject to the higher tariff applicable to over-quota imports.

The quota applies to imported raw cane sugar entered in the FY 2027 period, October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. Imports from a country receiving an allocation must be accompanied by a certificate of quota eligibility, and allocations to countries that are net importers of sugar also require the appropriate verifications of origin. The announcement states that country-specific amounts are specified below; that allocation information governs which country’s shipments can use each portion of the quota.

Sources

• USTR Announces Fiscal Year 2027 WTO Tariff-Rate Quota Allocations for Raw Cane Sugar
  USTR · Sep 23, 2026

Other-country beef: 100,000-metric-ton tranche opens October 1

An additional 300,000 metric tons of qualifying lean beef trimmings from “other countries or areas” is available in quota at the in-quota rate during 2026. The quantity is divided into three first-come, first-served tranches of 100,000 metric tons. Tranche 2 opens October 1, 2026, and closes October 30, 2026; tranche 3 opens October 31, 2026, and remains open until its quantity is filled or November 30, 2026, whichever comes first. (CBP, Aug 26, 2026; White House, Aug 26, 2026)

The program covers merchandise classifiable under HTSUS statistical reporting numbers 0201.30.5091, 0201.30.5097, 0202.30.5091, and 0202.30.5097, allocated to other countries or areas described in AUSN 3(b) to Chapter 2. Filers must report 9903.54.02 as the first HTSUS number, followed by the applicable in-quota Chapter 2 number, and use an eligible entry type code: 02, 06, 07, 12, 23, 32, 38, or 52. Entries may be submitted from 12:01 a.m. local port time on opening day, but quota operating hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. local port time on business days. CBP determines the presentation date when the entry summary is error-free, ACE has the payment or statement information, and shipment arrival information has reached ACE. Entries exceeding a tranche limit are prorated, and the overage pays the high rate of duty rather than rolling into a later tranche. (CBP, Aug 26, 2026)

The proclamation authorizes further HTSUS modifications and operational adjustments, and directs monitoring of whether covered imports are sold 25 percent below the market price for lean beef trimmings. If the required price condition is not met, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Trade Representative must notify the President, who may eliminate the remaining increased in-quota quantity. The current bulletin does not state a separate replacement rate for prorated quantities or establish that any remaining quantity has been eliminated. (CBP, Aug 26, 2026; White House, Aug 26, 2026)

Sources

• CSMS # 70003236 - Information: Quota Bulletin 26-231 Further Ensuring Affordable Beef Tranche 2
  CBP / CSMS · Sep 23, 2026
• Quota Bulletin 26-231 2026 Further Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer Tranche 2
  CBP · Aug 26, 2026
• Further Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer
  White House · Aug 26, 2026

Korean OCTG review sets 29.94%, 9.80% and 19.87% margins

Commerce set final antidumping margins of 29.94% for NEXTEEL, 9.80% for SeAH, and 19.87% for the review-specific non-examined companies for the September 1, 2023–August 31, 2024 review period. The results apply September 24, 2026. Cash deposits at the applicable company rates take effect for covered shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after publication.

The review covers oil country tubular goods from Korea; the Issues and Decision Memorandum governs the complete product scope. The 19.87% rate applies to the non-examined companies listed in Appendix II. For shipments by exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment, the most recently published company-specific rate continues; where the exporter is not covered but the producer is, the producer’s most recently established rate applies. All other producers or exporters retain the 5.24% cash-deposit rate.

For appropriate entries during the review period, Commerce will determine and CBP will assess antidumping duties under the final results; non-examined companies’ entries will be liquidated at the review-specific rates. For NEXTEEL- or SeAH-produced entries where the producer did not know the goods were destined for the United States, CBP will use the investigation’s all-others rate if no intermediate-company rate exists. Commerce says it will issue assessment instructions no earlier than 35 days after publication; if a timely summons is filed, liquidation is held until the time to request a statutory injunction expires, within 90 days of publication. Importers must file the reimbursement certificate before liquidation of relevant review-period entries; failure may result in doubled duties.

Sources

• Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
  Federal Register · Sep 24, 2026

India freight rail couplers: final 9.71% and 75.00% CVD rates, subject to ITC injury finding

Commerce’s final countervailing subsidy rates are 9.71% for Kharagpur Metal Reforming Industries and all other producers and exporters, and 75.00% for Texmaco, Bhilai Engineering, and Jupiter Wagons; the determination applies September 24, 2026. These rates do not yet establish a CVD order: if the ITC finds material injury or threat, Commerce says it will issue an order, reinstate suspension of liquidation, and require cash deposits at these rates. If the ITC finds no injury or threat, the proceeding ends and estimated duties deposited or securities posted are refunded or canceled.

The scope covers specified freight railcar couplers and parts that meet or exceed the stated AAR or equivalent standards, with origin determined by where the coupler parts were cast or forged; further processing or assembly in a third country does not remove them from scope. Coupler locks, lock lift assemblies, knuckle pins, knuckle throwers, and rotors are covered when imported in an assembly but not when imported separately. Liquidation remains suspended for covered entries entered or withdrawn for consumption from March 3 through June 30, 2026; suspension was discontinued for entries from July 1 while the ITC decision is pending. The notice says an eventual order will direct assessment on subject entries from the effective date of suspension.

Sources

• Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof From India: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination
  Federal Register · Sep 24, 2026

India freight rail couplers face 2.32%–71.01% antidumping deposits

Antidumping cash deposits on covered freight rail couplers from India are based on company-specific dumping margins of 71.01% for Bhilai Engineering and Jupiter Wagons, 2.32% for Kharagpur, 15.79% for Texmaco, and 5.24% for all others. Commerce’s final determination applies September 24, 2026; the deposits apply to covered entries entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after May 6, 2026. The lower subsidy-adjusted figures in the notice are not being collected now.

The scope reaches specified freight rail couplers and E and F coupler bodies and knuckles meeting the stated AAR or equivalent standards, including unfinished goods and covered parts attached to a railcar. Origin is where the coupler parts were cast or forged, and third-country processing or assembly does not change that origin. Locks, lock-lift assemblies, knuckle pins, knuckle throwers, and rotors are covered when imported in an assembly, but not when imported separately. The written scope, not the listed HTSUS numbers, controls coverage.

Commerce will instruct CBP to continue suspending liquidation for covered entries from May 6 and to require deposits upon publication of the determination. If the exporter is a named respondent, its rate applies; if the exporter is not named but the producer is, the producer’s rate applies; otherwise the all-others rate applies. The ITC must make its final injury determination no later than 45 days after the September 18 determination: an affirmative finding leads to an antidumping order, while a negative finding terminates the proceeding, cancels or refunds deposits, and lifts suspension. If the ITC finds injury, Commerce says the deposit rate will be revised to the subsidy-adjusted amount from publication of the ITC determination.

Sources

• Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof From India: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
  Federal Register · Sep 24, 2026

Czech freight rail couplers face 73.74% estimated antidumping cash deposits

A 73.74% estimated weighted-average dumping margin is the cash-deposit rate for covered freight rail couplers from the Czech Republic beginning September 24, 2026. Commerce will instruct CBP to require the deposits upon publication and to continue suspending liquidation for covered entries entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after May 6, 2026; both measures remain in effect until further notice. This is a deposit requirement, not yet an antidumping duty order directing final assessment.

The rate is 73.74% for CKD Kutná Hora A.S. and for all other producers and exporters. If the exporter is not listed but the producer is, use that producer’s company-specific rate; otherwise the all-others rate applies. The scope reaches couplers and specified parts whose subject parts were cast or forged in the Czech Republic, including further-processed or assembled goods and parts attached to railcars in third countries. Separately imported coupler locks, lock lift assemblies, knuckle pins, knuckle throwers, and rotors are excluded; those items are covered when imported in an assembly. The listed HTSUS numbers are for convenience and customs purposes only; the written scope description controls.

The ITC must make its injury determination no later than November 8, 2026, 45 days after this final determination. If the ITC finds no injury or threat, the proceeding ends, cash deposits are refunded, and suspension of liquidation is lifted. If it finds injury or threat, Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order, and duties will be assessed only upon further Commerce instruction.

Sources

• Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof From the Czech Republic: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
  Federal Register · Sep 24, 2026

Zongshen 5C65M0 and BC70M0 engines subject to China AD/CVD orders

The final affirmative circumvention determination brings Zongshen’s 5C65M0 and BC70M0 engines produced in China under the antidumping and countervailing duty orders, applicable September 24, 2026. Commerce will direct CBP to continue suspending liquidation of entries already suspended and to suspend liquidation and collect cash deposits at the applicable rates on other unliquidated entries covered by the finding. The notice does not state a numeric deposit rate.

The entry-date line for the additional suspension and deposit requirement is July 11, 2025: it covers unliquidated entries of those models entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after that date. The finding is limited to those models produced by Zongshen in China; the Issues and Decision Memorandum governs the complete scope of the underlying orders, so this notice alone does not resolve whether other engines fall within that scope.

Sources

• Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 99cc and 225cc, and Parts Thereof, From the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Final Determinations of Circumvention of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders—5C65M0 and BC70M0 Engines
  Federal Register · Sep 24, 2026

China graphite electrodes: preliminary critical-circumstances finding reaches May 1 entries

Commerce preliminarily found critical circumstances for large diameter graphite electrodes from China and intends to direct CBP to suspend liquidation of covered unliquidated entries entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after May 1, 2026. CBP is to require cash deposits at the estimated preliminary subsidy rates established in Commerce’s July 30 Preliminary Determination; this notice does not state those rates. The intended suspension is to remain in effect until further notice.

The intended action reaches all producers and exporters of the subject merchandise from China, including Dantan New Materials and Shanxi Juxian, but only unliquidated entries on or after the May 1 entry-date boundary; already-liquidated entries are not included in the stated direction. The July 30 Preliminary Determination governs the deposit-rate amounts and the exact product scope. Interested parties may submit comments on the critical-circumstances finding by October 1, 2026, and rebuttal briefs limited to issues raised in those comments by October 6, 2026. The finding remains preliminary; Commerce’s final determination is scheduled for December 7, 2026.

Sources

• Large Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination in Countervailing Duty Investigation
  Federal Register · Sep 24, 2026

Can stock from 17 origins excluded from aluminum sheet AD/CVD orders

Commerce’s final results partially revoke the aluminum sheet antidumping and countervailing duty orders for qualifying aluminum can stock, effective September 24, 2026. For covered, unliquidated entries, the orders no longer apply retroactively to the date suspension of liquidation began; CBP is to liquidate those entries without AD/CVD and refund estimated AD/CVD paid.

The change covers can stock from China, Bahrain, Brazil, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Oman, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, and Türkiye that is suitable for beverage cans, lids, or tabs; measures 0.200–0.292 mm; has an H-19, H-41, H-48, H-39, or H-391 temper; and has lubricant on its flat surfaces. The written scope description controls regardless of HTSUS classification. The retroactive start is April 23, 2018, for China CVD entries; June 22, 2018, for China AD entries; August 14, 2020, for Bahrain et al. CVD entries; and October 15, 2020, for Bahrain et al. AD entries. Commerce intends to issue CBP instructions within 15 days after publication—by October 9, 2026—so the stated issuance timing is an agency intention, and CBP instructions will implement liquidation and refunds.

Sources

• Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet: Final Changed Circumstances Reviews and Partial Revocation of AD/CVD Orders
  Federal Register · Sep 24, 2026

Chinese Tris and Tris HCl face preliminary CVD deposits up to 117.39%

Commerce preliminarily set countervailing-duty cash deposit rates of 117.39% for Changzhou Peicheng, 20.63% for Suzhou Yacoo, and 20.63% for all other producers and exporters. For covered entries entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after September 24, 2026, Commerce will direct CBP to suspend liquidation and require the applicable deposit; these are preliminary, not final, rates.

The investigation covers Tris and Tris HCl whose Tris molecule was manufactured in China, including Tris HCl made in a third country from Chinese Tris; reprocessing, recrystallizing, retesting, or repackaging in a third country does not remove the goods from scope. The written scope controls over the listed HTSUS classification. If both producer and exporter have rates and they differ, use the higher rate; if only one has a rate, use that rate. Changzhou Peicheng goods also face retroactive suspension of liquidation for unliquidated entries from June 26, 2026; critical circumstances were not found for Suzhou Yacoo or all other companies.

The rates and suspension arise from a preliminary determination. Commerce aligned the final CVD determination with the companion AD determination, currently scheduled no later than February 1, 2027, unless postponed; the ITC’s injury determination also remains a later step in the proceeding.

Sources

• Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination
  Federal Register · Sep 24, 2026

Also published

• CSMS # 70001277 - ACE Certification Standard Invasive Maintenance Window on September 23, 2026 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET
  CBP / CSMS · Sep 23, 2026
• N-Cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-Sulfenamide From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
  Federal Register · Sep 24, 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 24, 2026.