Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Customs broker permit fee rises to $190.88

The Customs Broker Permit User Fee increases from $185.38 to $190.88 beginning October 1, 2026. CBP announced the adjustment under the Fiscal Year 2027 customs user-fee changes established pursuant to the cited general notice.

The new $190.88 amount applies to every broker permit issued on or after October 1, 2026, and to every annual user-fee payment for calendar year 2027. Existing permits issued before that date are not identified as subject to the new amount merely because they already exist; the separate CY27 annual payment is covered regardless. CBP has not yet announced the CY27 payment due date.

The payment deadline for the calendar-year 2027 annual user fee remains unresolved because CBP says it will announce that date in a future Federal Register notice. Brokers should therefore account for the $190.88 amount now but cannot yet calendar the payment deadline from this bulletin.

Sources

• CSMS # 69847323 - Information on Customs Broker Permit User Fee Changes Effective October 1, 2026
  CBP / CSMS · Sep 21, 2026

HSU 2624 updates filing records for Section 338 Canada duties

Six harmonized tariff records and 18 Automated Broker Interface records have been included in HSU 2624 for Section 338 Canada updates. The update concerns the additional-duty measures covering products of Canada identified in modifications relating to alcoholic beverages and motor vehicles. CBP issued the bulletin on September 21, 2026, but the packet does not state a separate effective date for the records.

The update reaches filings for entries involving Canadian products within the scope of those Section 338 measures; it does not establish a new rule for every Canadian-origin entry. The bulletin does not provide the individual tariff records, ABI reporting instructions, or product-level scope needed to resolve a particular entry. The referenced White House modifications govern the detailed scope, so brokers should use those authorities or contact CBP at traderemedy@cbp.dhs.gov before determining whether a specific Canadian product receives the updated treatment.

Sources

• CSMS # 69980710 - Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2624
  CBP / CSMS · Sep 21, 2026

HSU 2623 updates Section 232 and pork assessment records

Section 232 tariff records and the assessment reduction rates for live porcine animals and pork products have been updated in Harmonized System Update 2623. CBP states that the update contains 83 harmonized tariff records and 450 Automated Broker Interface records, and that it includes the Section 232 updates and the pork assessment-rate change.

The stated subject matter reaches entries involving the Section 232 changes and imports of live porcine animals or pork products, but the bulletin does not identify the affected subheadings, countries, entry dates, rates, or reporting treatment. The individual HSU tariff and ABI records govern which goods or transmissions change; no exception or separate transition treatment is stated in the supplied text.

The bulletin does not state an effective date for either update. Importers and brokers therefore cannot determine the precise rate, covered entry, or filing treatment from this bulletin alone; those operative details must be taken from the HSU 2623 records referenced by CBP, which are not reproduced in the supplied evidence.

Sources

• CSMS # 69980481 - Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2623
  CBP / CSMS · Sep 21, 2026

Customs-duty interest rates set at 7% for underpayments and up to 7% for overpayments

Interest on customs-duty underpayments will be 7% for both corporations and non-corporations, beginning October 1, 2026. Interest on customs-duty overpayments will be 7% for non-corporations and 6% for corporations. U.S. Customs and Border Protection states that these rates apply for the calendar quarter ending December 31, 2026.

The rates reach calculations for overdue customs-duty accounts and refunds of customs duties, so the corporation status of the party controls the overpayment rate while it does not change the 7% underpayment rate. The notice does not establish a different rate for a particular entry type or merchandise category; the rates may change for the quarter beginning January 1, 2027.

Sources

• Quarterly IRS Interest Rates Used in Calculating Interest on Overdue Accounts and Refunds of Customs Duties
  Federal Register · Sep 22, 2026

Italian forged steel fluid end blocks: final CVD rates and cash deposits

Company-specific countervailing-duty rates for forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy are 15.94% for Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A., 10.89% for Metalcam S.p.A., 45.53% for Officine Meccaniche Roselli S.r.l., and 14.55% for non-selected Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A. Commerce issued these final results as applicable September 22, 2026, after making calculation changes for Lucchini and non-selected companies and applying adverse facts available to Roselli.

The cash-deposit rule reaches subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after September 22, 2026. A listed company uses its final company-specific rate, unless that rate is below 0.50%, in which case the rate is zero; when producer and exporter rates differ, the higher rate applies, and when only one has a company-specific rate, that rate applies. Other producers and exporters continue at 3.52%. CBP will assess appropriate entries covered by the review, with assessment instructions not to issue earlier than October 27, 2026; if a timely summons is filed, relevant liquidation is held until the statutory-injunction request period expires on December 21, 2026.

Sources

• Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Italy: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024
  Federal Register · Sep 22, 2026

Malaysian fatty acids face preliminary antidumping cash deposits up to 7.06%

Cash deposits and suspension of liquidation now apply to covered fatty acids from Malaysia entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after September 22, 2026. Commerce set adjusted preliminary cash deposit rates of 4.46% for Evyap Sabun Malaysia, 7.06% for Palm-Oleo and its identified single entity, and 5.22% for all other producers and exporters. The final determination is postponed and provisional measures are extended to a period of no more than six months.

The measure reaches merchandise within the written scope, including specified C6, C8, C10, C12, C14, C16, and C18 fatty acids meeting the stated iodine-value and degree-of-split criteria, including qualifying blends and certain third-country processing. It excludes products containing at least 90% C6, C8, or C10 fatty acids and mixtures in which the covered fatty-acids component is less than 80% by weight. If the exporter is not a listed respondent but the producer is, the producer-specific rate applies; otherwise, the all-others rate applies. The notice says the written scope controls, while Commerce is still considering scope comments and intends to issue a preliminary scope decision later. If provisional countervailing-duty measures expire before these provisional antidumping measures, Commerce will direct CBP to collect unadjusted antidumping deposits instead of the adjusted rates.

Commerce must issue the final determination no later than 135 days after publication of the preliminary determination, calculated here as February 4, 2027. Interested parties may request a hearing within 30 days after publication, by October 22, 2026; the request must identify the party, participants, and issues. The notice does not yet provide a fixed date for case briefs because that period runs seven days after the last verification report, and it states that a later timeline will be issued.

Sources

• Certain Fatty Acids From Malaysia: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures
  Federal Register · Sep 22, 2026

Indonesian fatty acids face preliminary AD cash deposits up to 22.96%

Cash deposits and suspension of liquidation now apply to covered fatty acids from Indonesia entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after September 22, 2026. Commerce set adjusted preliminary cash-deposit rates of 22.96% for the P.T. Musim Mas and PT Inti Benua Perkasatama single entity, 12.31% for PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, and 19.49% for all other producers and exporters. CBP will use the producer-specific rate when the exporter is not a listed respondent but the producer is; otherwise, the all-others rate applies. The rates are adjusted for countervailed export subsidies, but Commerce will direct CBP to collect unadjusted antidumping deposits if the companion CVD provisional measures expire first.

The covered merchandise is certain fatty acids from Indonesia with C6, C8, C10, C12, C14, C16, or C18 carbon-chain lengths, an iodine value below 105 g/100 g, and a degree of split of at least 97 percent, including specified pure cuts and blends. The scope also reaches covered merchandise processed in a third country and the subject component of commingled products. It excludes fatty acids containing at least 90 percent by weight of C6, C8, or C10 fatty acids, alone or in combination, and mixtures in which the covered fatty-acids component is less than 80 percent by total weight. For all other exporters and producers, the preliminary critical-circumstances finding extends suspension to unliquidated entries entered or withdrawn on or after June 24, 2026, while the notice does not make that retroactive finding for the Musim Mas entities or PT Wilmar.

This is a preliminary determination, not a final antidumping determination. Commerce postponed the final determination and extended provisional measures from four months to no more than six months; Commerce states that the final determination will be issued no later than February 4, 2027. Interested parties seeking a hearing must submit a written request within 30 days after publication, by October 22, 2026. The scope language remains subject to Commerce's planned preliminary scope decision after publication, so product-coverage questions may still affect entry treatment.

Sources

• Certain Fatty Acids From Indonesia: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures
  Federal Register · Sep 22, 2026

Canadian LDWP: preliminary successor finding and October 6 briefing deadline

Interpro is preliminarily determined to be the successor-in-interest to Evraz for the antidumping order on large diameter welded pipe from Canada. Commerce has not yet made the finding final, and the same Evraz cash deposit rate would apply to Interpro only if the final results reach the same determination; that treatment would begin on publication of the final results.

The proceeding covers large diameter welded pipe from Canada, with the complete product scope governed by the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Interested parties must file case briefs through ACCESS by October 6, 2026, and rebuttal briefs by October 11, 2026; a hearing request is also due October 6, 2026. Each electronic filing must be received in full by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on its deadline. Commerce intends to issue final results no later than December 14, 2026, or within 45 days of initiation, May 3, 2026, if all parties agree.

Sources

• Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Canada: Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review
  Federal Register · Sep 22, 2026

Cambodia hangers face preliminary circumvention finding and 220.68% AD/31.58% CVD deposits

A preliminary country-wide circumvention finding brings covered steel wire garment hangers completed in Cambodia within the China and Vietnam order scopes. Commerce will direct CBP to suspend liquidation and require estimated duty deposits on unliquidated entries entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after August 12, 2025. When both orders potentially apply, the stated rates are 220.68 percent Vietnam AD and 31.58 percent Vietnam CVD; qualifying Chinese-origin-input entries may instead use the China third-country case number, although the China AD rate is not stated here.

The covered merchandise is a hanger exported from Cambodia that was completed using Chinese- or Vietnamese-origin steel wire, or steel wire and paper accessories produced in China or Vietnam. For entries using Chinese-origin inputs, both the importer and exporter must certify under the dual program, and the supporting documents must be uploaded to DIS in ACE with the entry summary; a broker cannot certify for the importer. The filing must identify certified entries with importer additional declaration record 54, AD/CVD Certification Designation type code 6. Alpha Hanger, Everbrit, and Kaining are preliminarily ineligible for the Chinese-input certification because Commerce applied adverse facts available.

For unliquidated qualifying entries made from August 12, 2025 through the 45-day certification period, importers must file post-summary corrections for pre-publication entries when necessary, convert non-AD/CVD entry types such as type 01 to AD/CVD type 03, report the applicable third-country case numbers, and post the required deposits. Importer and producer certifications, the commercial invoice, and origin or input documentation must be completed and uploaded no later than November 6, 2026, while case briefs are due September 29, rebuttal briefs October 4, and hearing requests October 22. The determination is preliminary, so the proceeding still may produce a final determination and later certification treatment for inputs shown to be neither Chinese nor Vietnamese.

Sources

• Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Circumvention
  Federal Register · Sep 22, 2026

Oman PET resin cash-deposit trigger corrected

The cash-deposit requirements for polyethylene terephthalate resin from Oman apply to shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after publication of the final results of the administrative review. Commerce corrected its earlier statement that the requirements began on publication of the amended final-results notice; the correction concerns the effective trigger, not a newly stated duty rate.

The operative line is the shipment or withdrawal date: a covered shipment on or after publication of the final-results notice is subject to the amended cash-deposit requirements, while the correction does not state that a shipment before that trigger is covered. The notice reaches subject PET resin from Oman, but the packet does not reproduce the underlying scope definition or identify the cash-deposit rates that apply to individual companies.

The correction identifies the controlling date only by reference to publication of the final-results notice and does not state that notice's publication date. Filers therefore must locate that final-results publication to determine the precise shipment boundary; the September 2, 2026 date in the notice is the publication date of the amended final results, which Commerce expressly distinguishes from the corrected trigger.

Sources

• Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From the Sultanate of Oman: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024; Correction
  Federal Register · Sep 22, 2026

Vietnam frozen fish fillets: amended AD rate set at $0.20/kg for four companies

The antidumping margin for Can Tho Import Export Seafood Joint Stock Company (CASEAMEX) and four separate-rate companies is amended from $0.18 to $0.20 per kilogram, applicable September 14, 2026. The affected companies are Cafatex Corporation, Hung Vuong Corporation, International Development and Investment Corporation, and Loc Kim Chi Seafood Joint Stock Company. Because CASEAMEX has a superseding cash-deposit rate, Commerce will not issue revised cash-deposit instructions for CASEAMEX; it will issue them for the other four companies.

The scope turns on exporter and entry period. The amended $0.20-per-kilogram rate covers unliquidated subject merchandise exported by CASEAMEX, Cafatex, Hung Vuong, IDI, or Loc Kim and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, from August 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022. Entries covered by the CIT injunction remain enjoined from liquidation during the appeals process, so CBP assessment is not immediate; Commerce states that it intends to instruct CBP to assess appropriate unliquidated entries at $0.20 per kilogram if the ruling is not appealed or is upheld by a final and conclusive court decision and any additional litigation concludes.

The notice leaves the ultimate timing of liquidation and assessment unresolved because the affected entries remain subject to injunctions during any appeals process and Commerce conditions future instructions on final resolution of that process. The current cash-deposit consequence is nevertheless stated: revised instructions apply to Cafatex, Hung Vuong, IDI, and Loc Kim, while the notice does not change CASEAMEX's current cash-deposit rate.

Sources

• Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Final Results of Antidumping Administrative Review; and Notice of Amended Final Results
  Federal Register · Sep 22, 2026

Chinese CGI brake drums face 150.25% AD and 11.94% CVD cash deposits

Unliquidated entries of covered compacted graphite iron brake drums from China entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after January 27, 2026, will be subject to suspended liquidation and estimated antidumping and countervailing duty cash deposits. Commerce preliminarily determined on a country-wide basis that this merchandise circumvents the existing orders. The stated China-wide AD rate is 150.25 percent and the all-others CVD rate is 11.94 percent; a company with its own rate under the orders uses that company-specific rate.

The inquiry covers CGI brake drums produced in China and exported to the United States, with an actual or nominal inside diameter of at least 14.75 inches and no more than 16.6 inches and weighing more than 50 pounds. CBP suspension and deposit treatment therefore turns on the merchandise, origin, and entry or warehouse-withdrawal date: covered unliquidated entries on or after January 27 are reached, while the notice does not extend this preliminary treatment to merchandise outside those stated parameters. Case briefs or other written comments are due through ACCESS within 14 days after publication, rebuttal briefs are due seven days later, and hearing requests are due within 30 days after publication; electronic submissions must be successfully received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the applicable deadline.

This is a preliminary determination, and the notice says the suspension and cash deposit requirements remain in effect until further notice. Commerce will notify the ITC of the proposed inclusion, and the ITC may provide written advice within 60 days after receiving that notification if the statutory conditions described in the notice are met. The preliminary status and stated future ITC and final-determination steps mean the treatment described here is operative for the covered entries now but is not presented as the final outcome of the proceeding.

Sources

• Certain Brake Drums From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders
  Federal Register · Sep 22, 2026

Also published

• Public Hearing Regarding Section 301 Investigation of Germany’s Persistent Underpayment for Innovative Pharmaceutical Products
  USTR · Sep 21, 2026
• 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; Correction
  Federal Register · Sep 22, 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 22, 2026.