Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Certain Canadian products shift from 50% duty to import ban

Specified products of Canada will be excluded from importation into the United States rather than remain subject to the additional 50 percent ad valorem duty imposed by Proclamation 11048. The change applies to goods imported on or after September 29, 2026, at 12:01 a.m. eastern time, and CBP may issue implementing rules, guidance, instructions, or determinations. (White House, Sep 8, 2026)

The operative scope is the product list in the proclamation’s Annex; the supplied proclamation text does not identify those products by HTSUS subheading, so that Annex governs whether a particular Canadian product is banned. Goods imported before September 29, 2026, but not yet entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption before that date remain subject to the 50 percent duty, while the September 8 motor-vehicle scope modification otherwise continues for products not shifted to the ban. (White House, Sep 8, 2026)

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
  White House · Sep 8, 2026

Canadian alcoholic beverages face import bans, not the 50% duty, from September 29

Specified alcoholic beverages that are products of Canada will be excluded from importation into the United States effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern time on September 29, 2026. For those covered goods, the proclamation changes the treatment from the 50 percent additional ad valorem duty imposed under Proclamation 11046 to an import ban. The proclamation was issued on September 8, 2026. (White House)

The scope turns on the Annex I HTSUS provisions and their limitations, including specified beer, wine, vermouth, cider, fermented beverages, ethyl alcohol, brandy, whiskey, rum, gin, vodka, liqueurs, bitters, tequila, mezcal, and other spirits of Canada. Goods covered by the ban that were imported but not yet entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, before September 29 remain subject to the 50 percent duty; goods entered or withdrawn on or after that date are subject to the ban instead. Products outside Annex I remain governed by the separate additional-duty treatment, including the 50 percent rate where applicable. (White House)

The proclamation authorizes CBP to issue rules, regulations, guidance, instructions, or determinations needed to administer the ban and directs CBP to determine whether further HTSUS modifications are necessary. The proclamation itself therefore establishes the import restriction and transition rule, but filing and administrative details may be supplied through later CBP implementation measures.

Sources

• Excluding Certain Canadian Alcoholic Beverages from Importation into the United States in Response to Continued Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States with Respect to Alcoholic Beverages
  White House · Sep 8, 2026
• Annex I alcoholic beverages
  White House

Certain Canadian dairy products move from 50% duty to import ban

A 50 percent additional duty will give way to an import ban for specified products of Canada beginning at 12:01 a.m. eastern time on September 29, 2026. The proclamation makes the change for products currently covered by the dairy duties imposed under Proclamation 11047 and directs CBP to administer the ban.

The change turns on the entry timeline and the product scope in Annex I. Goods covered by the annex and entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after September 29, 2026, are excluded from importation; covered goods imported before that date but not yet entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption remain subject to the 50 percent duty. Annex I lists whey products under HTSUS 0404.10.05, 0404.10.08, 0404.10.11, 0404.10.15, 0404.10.20, 0404.10.48, 0404.10.50, and 0404.10.90; molasses products under 1702.90.35, 1703.10.30, 1703.10.50, 1703.90.30, and 1703.90.50; and non-alcoholic beer under 2202.91.00. The annex states that its descriptions are informational and do not delimit the scope, so the applicable HTSUS provisions and CBP determinations govern questions about particular classifications. (White House)

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

Canadian goods: 50% duty expansion, alcohol carve-outs, and HTSUS reset

A 50% additional ad valorem duty will apply to the Canadian products listed in Annex I, Part A, while the same duty will no longer apply to the two Canadian alcohol provisions listed in Part B. The changes begin for goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on September 15, 2026. The modified duties remain in addition to section 232 duties, and the HTSUS changes continue unless expressly suspended, revoked, supplemented, amended, or terminated. (White House)

The operative line is the entry or withdrawal date, not the publication date. Entries of Canadian goods covered by Part A on or after September 15 must account for the additional 50% duty; entries of the Part B whiskies and liqueurs no longer bear that additional duty under this action. Part A excludes civil-aircraft articles and aircraft parts meeting general note 6 criteria. The annex descriptions are informational and do not delimit the scope, so the referenced HTSUS provisions govern classification questions. Annex II also removes the broad 2208.30.60 and 2208.70.00 references, inserts specified cheese, fat and oil, hide and skin, fur, motorboat, and alcohol subheadings, and changes U.S. note 51 from 9903.03.12 to 9903.03.13. (Alcohol-Scope-Modification-Annex-I.pdf; Alcohol-Scope-Modification-Annex-II.pdf)

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
  White House · Sep 8, 2026
• Alcohol-Scope-Modification-Annex-I.pdf
  White House
• Alcohol-Scope-Modification-Annex-II.pdf
  White House

Canadian products: 50% duty scope changes and import bans begin in September

Effective September 15, 2026, the motor-vehicle action keeps a 50 percent additional ad valorem duty on Canadian products listed in Annex I, Part A and removes that additional duty from products listed in Part B. The same action modifies the HTSUS for goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after that time. Separate proclamations exclude specified Canadian motor-vehicle, dairy, and alcoholic-beverage products from importation effective September 29, 2026. (Excluding Certain Canadian Products from Import…; Excluding Certain Canadian Alcoholic Beverages…; Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subje…)

The entry or withdrawal date controls the treatment. Goods covered by the September 29 import bans that were imported but not yet entered for consumption, or not yet withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, before September 29 remain subject to the 50 percent duty established by the applicable earlier proclamation; goods imported on or after September 29 are subject to the applicable ban. For the motor-vehicle action, the identified Annex I, Part A goods retain the 50 percent duty from September 15, while Part B goods no longer receive that additional duty. The motor-vehicle annex identifies subheading 8711.50.00 for motorcycles and cycles with a reciprocating internal-combustion piston engine over 800 cc, but states that its description is informational and does not delimit the HTSUS scope; the applicable annex governs the complete product coverage. (ANNEX-I-MOTOR-VEHICLES.pdf; Excluding Certain Canadian Products from Import…; Excluding Certain Canadian Alcoholic Beverages…; Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subje…)

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
  White House · Sep 8, 2026
• ANNEX-I-MOTOR-VEHICLES.pdf
  White House
• 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
  White House · Sep 8, 2026
• Excluding Certain Canadian Alcoholic Beverages from Importation into the United States in Response to Continued Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States with Respect to Alcoholic Beverages
  White House · Sep 8, 2026
• Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed to Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the United States with Respect to Motor Vehicles
  White House · Sep 8, 2026

Canadian motorcycles over 800 cc face a September 29 import ban

An import ban replaces the 50 percent additional duty for certain Canadian products beginning September 29, 2026. The proclamation applies the ban to goods imported on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time that day, while the prior 50 percent duty established by Proclamation 11048 remains the stated treatment for covered products imported before then but not yet entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption.

The identified covered product is a Canadian motorcycle or cycle fitted with a reciprocating internal-combustion piston engine with a cylinder capacity over 800 cc, listed under HTSUS 8711.50.00. Goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after September 29 are subject to the ban; goods meeting that description that were imported but not yet entered, or withdrawn, before September 29 remain subject to the 50 percent duty. The Annex says its product description is informational and does not delimit the action's scope, so HTSUS scope questions should be referred to CBP. (White House)

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

Specified Canadian alcoholic beverages barred from import after September 29

Specified Canadian alcoholic beverages listed in Annex I will be excluded from importation into the United States beginning at 12:01 a.m. eastern time on September 29, 2026. The proclamation changes those products from the 50 percent additional ad valorem duty imposed under Proclamation 11046 to an import ban. The change applies to goods imported on or after that time. (White House)

The dividing line is the import date and the Annex I scope. Goods covered by an Annex I subheading and imported on or after September 29 may not be imported under this proclamation; covered goods imported but not yet entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, before September 29 remain subject to the 50 percent duty. The annex's product descriptions are informational, and its Scope Limitation column controls where stated, including limitations such as packaged products, container size, alcohol strength, value, and product type. Products not covered by Annex I remain subject to the separate treatment established for Canadian alcoholic beverages, including the 50 percent duty where applicable. CBP is authorized to issue implementation guidance and administer the ban, and the proclamation directs CBP to make any necessary HTSUS modifications by Federal Register notice. (White House)

The annex covers only the listed Canadian alcoholic-beverage provisions and does not resolve classification questions beyond the stated descriptions and scope limitations. Importers should apply the listed subheading, product characteristics, and import date together; where a product does not fit the annex's stated scope, this proclamation does not establish that it is barred. (White House)

Sources

• Excluding Certain Canadian Alcoholic Beverages from Importation into the United States
  White House · Sep 8, 2026
• Annex I—Canadian alcoholic beverages excluded from importation
  White House

Canadian products: 50% duty scope expansion and alcohol import ban

A 50 percent additional ad valorem duty will apply to the Canadian products listed in Annex I, Part A, and will stop applying to the products listed in Part B, for goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after September 15, 2026. The related HTSUS modifications also take effect at that time. The duty remains in addition to Section 232 duties. Separately, certain Canadian alcoholic beverages listed in the September 8 exclusion proclamation will be barred from importation on or after September 29, 2026. (Alcohol scope modification Annex I; Alcohol scope modification Annex II; Excluding certain Canadian alcoholic beverages…)

The September 15 duty change turns on the listed HTSUS provisions and the entry or withdrawal date: Part A goods receive the 50 percent additional duty, while Part B goods no longer receive it. The Annex I note excludes civil aircraft and aircraft parts meeting general note 6 of the HTSUS, and the annex says its descriptions do not delimit the legal scope. For the September 29 ban, the separate proclamation's Annex controls which alcoholic beverages are covered; that annex text is not supplied here, so the covered beverage provisions cannot be resolved from this packet. Goods subject to that ban that were imported but not yet entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse before September 29 remain subject to the 50 percent rate. (White House; White House, Sep 8, 2026)

Filers must use the modified Chapter 99 treatment for the September 15 duty change, including the replacement of 9903.03.12 with 9903.03.13 and the listed additions and deletions in U.S. note 51. The proclamations authorize CBP to issue implementing rules, guidance, instructions, or determinations, but no such later instructions are included in this packet. Importers should therefore identify affected Canadian goods by the stated HTSUS provisions and entry date, while treating the beverage-ban scope as controlled by the separate Annex until its product list is available. (White House; White House, Sep 8, 2026)

Sources

• Modifying the scope of products of Canada subject to additional duties for alcoholic beverages
  White House · Sep 8, 2026
• Alcohol scope modification Annex I
  White House
• Alcohol scope modification Annex II
  White House
• Excluding certain Canadian alcoholic beverages from importation
  White House · Sep 8, 2026

Chinese steel grating: sunset review finds 62.46% subsidy rate likely to continue

Revocation of the countervailing duty order on steel grating from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies. Commerce identified a 62.46% net countervailable subsidy rate for Ningbo Jiulong Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and a 62.46% rate for all other producers and exporters. The final results apply on September 9, 2026.

The stated scope is steel grating from China, but the notice sends the reader to the Issues and Decision Memorandum for the full product description; that memorandum governs whether a particular article falls within the order. The 62.46% figures are the rates Commerce says are likely to prevail if the order were revoked, not an express new collection rate in this notice. The notice does not identify an exception or transition treatment for covered entries.

The notice records Commerce's likelihood determination, but it does not state that the order has been revoked, specify a revocation date, or announce a new cash-deposit or assessment instruction. Importers should therefore use the Issues and Decision Memorandum and the existing order to resolve product coverage and current entry treatment; the notice itself supplies the 62.46% sunset-review rates if revocation were to occur.

Sources

• Steel Grating From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Third Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
  Federal Register · Sep 9, 2026

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