MOFCOM keeps antidumping duties on single-mode optical fiber from India for five years

MOFCOM Announcement No. 35 of 2026 states that, from August 14, 2026, antidumping duties continue for five years on single-mode optical fiber from India under tariff line 90011000, at the same rates set in Announcements No. 56 of 2014 and No. 29 of 2020: 7.4% for Sterlite Technologies Limited, 11.4% for Birla Furukawa Fibre Optics Limited, 24.5% for Corning Technologies India Private Limited, 30.6% for Aksh Optifibre Limited and Finolex Cables Limited, and 24.5% for other Indian companies. The expiry review found that dumping and injury to China's single-mode optical fiber industry would likely continue or recur if the measure were terminated.

CIT sustains Commerce's second remand redetermination in phosphate fertilizers countervailing duty review

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's second remand redetermination in the countervailing duty administrative review of phosphate fertilizers from the Russian Federation, in Archer Daniels Midland Co. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-92, Consol. Court No. 23-00239, issued August 12, 2026. Commerce reconstructed its tier-three benchmark to include world sedimentary-origin phosphate rock price data from Iran and Togo that had previously been excluded solely on the distinction between igneous and sedimentary ore, and calculated that JSC Apatit received no measurable benefit for the provision of mining rights for less than adequate remuneration, resulting in a total subsidy rate of 22.86 percent ad valorem for the period of review.

CIT denies ADM motion to complete administrative record in consolidated phosphate case

The U.S. Court of International Trade denied Archer Daniels Midland Company's motion to complete the administrative record in Consolidated Court No. 23-00239, Slip Op. 26-91, dated August 12, 2026. ADM sought to add its March 30, 2026, Rebuttal Comments in Response to The Mosaic Company's Submission of New Factual Information, which were not in the record because ADM's counsel E-filed them under the first administrative review proceeding rather than the second remand proceeding, so Commerce did not consider them in the remand redetermination.

CIT remands Commerce's CVD review determination on Korean cut-to-length steel plate

The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-90, Consol. Court No. 24-00190, granted motions for judgment on the agency record filed by Hyundai Steel Company, Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. and the Government of the Republic of Korea and remanded Commerce's final results in the 2022 countervailing duty administrative review of certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from the Republic of Korea for further explanation or reconsideration.

CIT remands Commerce denials of Mirror Metals Section 232 steel exclusion requests

The U.S. Court of International Trade granted Mirror Metals, Inc.'s motion for judgment on the agency record in Court No. 24-00260 and remanded Commerce's denials of its 63 requests to exclude flat-rolled stainless steel products from Section 232 tariffs, in Slip Op. 26-89 dated August 11, 2026. The court found Commerce ignored the regulations' requirements for objections and failed to explain the denials in light of Mirror Metals' rebuttal evidence. The subject steel covers #8 non-directional finish, bright annealed finish and #4 satin finish products; the exclusion requests were filed between October 2022 and March 2024, when the December 14, 2020 exclusion regulations applied.

CBSA to close Remote Area Border Crossing Program on December 1, 2026, replacing it with telephone reporting

The Canada Border Services Agency states that the Remote Area Border Crossing (RABC) Program will close on December 1, 2026, and that travellers entering Canada through remote areas of northern Ontario or from the Northwest Angle into southern Manitoba must then report to the CBSA at a port of entry or a designated telephone reporting site. Telephone reporting will be introduced in the Northwest Angle Area, Pigeon River through to and including Lake of the Woods, the Canadian shore of Lake Superior, Sault Ste. Marie (upper lock system) and Cockburn Island. Active RABC permits have been extended and remain valid until 11:59 p.m. on November 30, 2026.

CIT grants partial intervention to vehicle makers coalition in ICON EV EAPA suit

The Court of International Trade granted in part and denied in part the American Personal Transportation Vehicle Manufacturers Coalition's renewed motion for permissive intervention in ICON EV LLC v. United States, Court No. 26-02759, Slip Op. 26-88, dated August 10, 2026. The Coalition may intervene only to challenge Count III of ICON's complaint, which alleges that CBP imposed interim measures without a reasonable suspicion of evasion under the Enforce and Protect Act, and must file an answer within 14 days of the order.

CBP seizes 300 counterfeit Audemars Piguet watches in Louisville

CBP states that on July 31 its officers at the Port of Louisville, Kentucky intercepted a shipment from Hong Kong containing 300 Audemars Piguet watches, which CBP's Centers of Excellence and Expertise deemed inauthentic; the watches were seized for bearing counterfeit versions of registered and recorded trademarks. CBP says the shipment was headed for a residence in Houston and would have had a combined manufacturer's suggested retail price of over $43 million had the watches been genuine.

CBP seizes nearly $4 million in counterfeit MLB, Nike, Louis Vuitton and Jaguar goods at Houston airport

CBP states that officers from the George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) Trade Enforcement Team seized nearly $4 million in counterfeit goods, including fake MLB and Nike apparel, Louis Vuitton bags, Cartier sunglasses and Jaguar Land Rover computer systems, with a Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price of $3.7 million. Most shipments originated from China and were destined for locations both within and outside the United States. CBP's Centers of Excellence and Expertise deemed the items inauthentic, and they were seized for bearing counterfeit versions of registered and recorded trademarks.

CIT grants steel producers and USW intervention in CORE injury determination challenge

The U.S. Court of International Trade granted motions to intervene as of right in Kemper AIP Metals, LLC v. United States, Court No. 26-00764, Slip Op. 26-87, allowing Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., United States Steel Corporation and the United Steelworkers to defend the USITC's final affirmative material injury determination on corrosion-resistant steel products from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. The court held the proposed intervenors had piggyback standing because they seek only affirmance of the determination, the same relief as the government, and qualify as interested parties under 28 U.S.C. § 2631(j)(1)(B).

CIT grants Nucor, Steel Dynamics, U.S. Steel and USW intervention in CORE from Brazil AD suit

The U.S. Court of International Trade granted the motions of Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., United States Steel Corporation and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC to intervene as defendant-intervenors in Kemper AIP Metals, LLC and Waelzholz Brasmetal Laminação Ltda. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-86, Court No. 26-00762, Judge Timothy M. Reif, dated August 7, 2026.

CBP Office of Field Operations launches OFO Strategy 2026-2030

CBP's Office of Field Operations unveiled the "OFO Strategy 2026-2030," a roadmap setting four goals for its ports-of-entry operations: national security, economic security, integration and workforce cultivation. The strategy covers intelligence-based targeting, artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, modernization of port infrastructure and technology, and industry awareness. CBP states that in Fiscal Year 2025 OFO processed approximately 380 million travelers and $3.6 trillion in import cargo.

CIT sustains USITC affirmative critical circumstances determination on pea protein from China

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained the U.S. International Trade Commission's final affirmative critical circumstances determination in the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of high protein content pea protein from China, denying the motions for judgment on the agency record filed by importer Nura USA, LLC and by consolidated plaintiffs Jianyuan International Co., Ltd., Shandong Yuwang Ecological Food Industry Co., Ltd., Linyi Yuwang Vegetable Protein Co., Ltd., Yantai Oriental Protein Tech Co., Ltd. and Jiujiang Tiantai Food Co., Ltd. The opinion, Slip Op. 26-85 in Consol. Court No. 24-00182, covers the investigations at Inv.

Certain Canned Vegetable Goods Surtax Order

MOFCOM adds U.S. firm Compliance Testing LLC to countermeasure list over FCC measures

MOFCOM opens national security investigation into imported printing and copying office equipment with foreign system software

MOFCOM Announcement No. 33 of 2026 states that, from August 5, 2026, the Ministry of Commerce has initiated an investigation into national security interests in foreign trade covering imported office equipment with printing and copying functions that runs foreign system software, defined as driver and embedded software developed, tested or maintained by foreign individuals or entities. The investigation is opened under Articles 41 and 42 of the Foreign Trade Law and will examine import volumes, dependence on foreign goods, technology and services, the state of domestic industry and the effect of relevant foreign government policies.

CBSA applies 25% provisional safeguard surtax to certain wood cabinets and vanities

CBSA states in Customs Notice 26-17 that, effective July 31, 2026, certain wood cabinets and vanities and their subassemblies imported into Canada for commercial purposes are subject to a 25% surtax on value for duty under the Certain Wood Cabinet and Vanity Goods Surtax Order, for a period of up to 200 days while the CITT conducts a safeguard inquiry.

China's MOFCOM adds six U.S. entities to countermeasure list over Xinjiang sanctions

MOFCOM Order No. 2 of 2026, issued August 5, 2026, adds six U.S. entities to China's countermeasure list and prohibits organizations and individuals within China from conducting transactions or cooperation with them. The listed entities are Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., Stratum Reservoir, LLC., Altana Technologies, Inc., the Responsible Business Alliance, Verite Group, Inc. and Human Rights in China. MOFCOM states the entities assisted or supported U.S. sanctions related to Xinjiang, and cites the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law and its implementing rules.

MOFCOM tightens export controls on drone-related dual-use items to the United States

CITT initiates expiry review of grinding media finding from India

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an expiry review (RR-2026-005) of its August 27, 2021 finding in inquiry NQ-2021-001 on certain grinding media from India, to determine whether expiry of the finding is likely to lead to continued or resumed dumping or subsidizing and injury to the domestic industry. The Canada Border Services Agency will determine no later than December 31, 2026 whether there is a likelihood of resumed or continued dumping or subsidizing; if positive, the Tribunal will decide no later than June 11, 2027 whether that is likely to result in injury. Interested persons, associations or governments may participate by filing Form I—Notice of Participation.

Canada imposes provisional safeguard surtax on certain wood cabinets and vanities

CITT initiates final injury inquiry on certain unarmoured building cables from China

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated a final injury inquiry, NQ-2026-003, into whether the dumping and subsidizing of certain unarmoured building cables originating in or exported from China have caused injury or retardation or threaten to cause injury. The inquiry follows a notice from the Canada Border Services Agency that preliminary determinations were made on the dumping and subsidizing of the goods. The Tribunal will determine on November 26, 2026 whether the dumping and subsidizing have caused injury or retardation or threaten to cause injury to the domestic industry. Interested persons, associations or governments may participate by filing Form I—Notice of Participation.

CBSA to end Commercial Driver Registration Program on September 1, 2026

The Canada Border Services Agency states that, as of September 1, 2026, it is ending the Commercial Driver Registration Program (CDRP) because of low uptake and because it duplicates the Free and Secure Trade (FAST) program. CDRP applications received on or before September 1, 2026, will continue to be processed, and current membership cards remain valid until their expiry date. Commercial drivers who want to maintain their Trusted Trader benefits are encouraged to apply to FAST.

CBP reports record $1 billion in additional duties owed under EAPA

CBP announced that it has uncovered more than $1 billion in additional duties owed under the Enforce and Protect Act, a first in the program's 10-year history and 300% above the program's annual average. CBP issued 14 notices of determination in 2026 covering products including solar cells, tow-behind lawn groomers, lumber, pipes, xanthan gum, metal lockers and wooden furniture imported from countries across the globe, and investigators traveled to Mexico, Thailand, India, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to inspect production facilities. The agency says EAPA investigations are required by statute to conclude within one year.

CIT sustains Commerce scope ruling on Chinese carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings finished in Vietnam

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's second remand redetermination in the final scope ruling on certain carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from China, holding that rough fittings produced in China that underwent sizing/reforming or heat- or cold-treating and finishing in Vietnam fall within the antidumping duty order. The ruling covers the two Vietnam production scenarios in the covered merchandise referral, EAPA Consolidated Case Number 7335 (Remand Number 7717), involving Norca Industrial Company, LLC and International Piping & Procurement Group, LP. The court's decision is Slip Op. 26-83 in Consol. Court No. 23-00231, dated July 29, 2026.

CIT sustains in part and remands in part Commerce's final results in AD review on activated carbon from China

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained in part and remanded in part Commerce's amended final results in the 2022-2023 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from China, Consol. Court No. 24-00262, Slip Op. 26-84, dated July 29, 2026. The court found Commerce's selection of Malaysia as the primary surrogate country unsupported and remanded that issue. The amended final results, at 89 Fed. Reg. 104,978, calculated weighted-average dumping margins of $1.90/kg for Jilin Bright, $1.10/kg for GHC and $1.35/kg for non-selected companies under review.

Finance Canada provides $60 million loan to Arbec Bois d'œuvre through Large Enterprise Tariff Loan facility

Canada's Department of Finance announced that the federal government is providing a $60 million loan to Arbec Bois d'œuvre Inc. through the Large Enterprise Tariff Loan facility. The funding is intended to help the softwood lumber producer maintain operations, transition to a business model less reliant on the United States, and limit disruption to its workforce. Arbec operates eight plants in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Mauricie and Côte-Nord and employs nearly 800 people.

Finance Canada announces $100 million loan to Millar Western Forest Products

Canada's Department of Finance announced on July 27, 2026, a $100 million loan to Millar Western Forest Products Ltd. through the Large Enterprise Tariff Loan (LETL) facility, which the government says will give the company flexibility to rebuild its log inventory and adapt to market conditions. Millar Western produces hardwood and softwood pulp at three mills in Slave Lake and Whitecourt, Alberta, and Quesnel, British Columbia, and employs more than 420 full-time workers. The department cites ongoing U.S.-China trade disputes and weak market conditions for softwood lumber, pulp and other forest products.

CIT sustains Commerce remand redetermination in 2021 softwood lumber AD review

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's remand redetermination in the 2021 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain softwood lumber products from Canada, Slip Op. 26-82, Consol. Court No. 23-00187. The remand followed the CAFC's decision in Marmen III, 134 F.4th 1334 (Fed. Cir. 2025), which vacated Commerce's use of the Cohen's d test; Commerce replaced it with a price difference test as the first step of its differential pricing analysis.

CIT sustains in part and remands in part Commerce's CVD final determination on melamine from Qatar

The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-81 dated July 27, 2026, sustained in part and remanded in part Commerce's final affirmative countervailing duty determination on melamine from Qatar, 89 Fed. Reg. 97,593 (Dec. 9, 2024), in Court No. 25-00053. The court sustained Commerce's rejection of QAFCO's reconciliation of unreported electricity and water usage at verification, but remanded for reconsideration of the 16% adverse facts available subsidy rate for electricity and water and the benefit determination for land rights. Commerce had calculated 8% ad valorem for electricity, 8% ad valorem for water, and 1.71% ad valorem for certain land rights.

CIT remands Commerce's final AD determination on corrosion-resistant steel from Mexico

The U.S. Court of International Trade remanded Commerce's final affirmative antidumping duty determination on certain corrosion-resistant steel products from Mexico, covering the July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 period of investigation, in Galvasid S.A. de C.V. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-80, Court Nos. 25-00235 and 26-00825. The court held that Galvasid's challenge, filed October 28, 2025, was timely under 19 U.S.C. § 1516a(g)(3)(A)(i) because no binational panel review was requested, and dismissed the later complaint in Court No. 26-00825. Commerce had assigned Galvasid a 24.05% weighted-average dumping margin using partial facts available with an adverse inference, amended to 24.09% after a ministerial error correction.

CBSA clarifies rail carrier reporting for in-transit shipments in Customs Notice 26-16

CBSA states in Customs Notice 26-16 that rail carriers reporting domestic in-transit cargo moving between points in Canada through the United States (CAN-US-CAN) must now select "Rail In-transit Manifest" in the Movement Type Code field of the ACI/eManifest cargo transmission, the same movement type used for other in-transit movements, instead of transmitting the cargo as an import with "in-transit Canadian origin goods" in the special instructions field.

MOFCOM adds 14 EU entities to Export Control List over dual-use items

CIT denies Bridgestone's challenge to Commerce's total adverse facts available determination in truck and bus tires from Thailand

The U.S. Court of International Trade denied Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC's motion for judgment on the agency record and sustained Commerce's final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of truck and bus tires from Thailand, 89 Fed. Reg. 83636 (Oct. 17, 2024). In Slip Op. 26-79, Court No. 24-00263, Judge Gary S. Katzmann found that Commerce's application of total adverse facts available was supported by substantial evidence because the errors in Bridgestone's reporting were pervasive, and that Commerce lawfully corroborated Bridgestone's dumping margin. The court sustained the Final Determination.

CIT sustains ITC's negative countervailing duty injury determination on glass wine bottles from China

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained in full the U.S. International Trade Commission's final negative determination in the countervailing duty investigation of glass wine bottles from China, in Slip Op. 26-78, Court No. 24-00199, and denied the U.S. Glass Producers Coalition's motion for judgment on the agency record. The Commission had found the domestic industry was neither materially injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of subject imports. The court held the Commission's findings on price effects, adverse impact and threat of material injury were supported by substantial evidence and in accordance with law.

Steel Derivative Goods Surtax Order

CIT sustains Commerce's fourth remand results in softwood lumber CVD expedited review

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's fourth remand results in the countervailing duty expedited review of certain softwood lumber products from Canada, in Consol. Court No. 19-00122, Slip Op. 26-77, dated July 21, 2026. On remand Commerce reopened the record, netted out C$5,317,890 from the category "Lumber (Unaffiliated Canadian Suppliers) - Resold," and revised D&G/Portbec's overall subsidy rate down to 1.05 percent from 1.75 percent, still above de minimis. The court also upheld Commerce's refusal to deduct secondary processing costs for remanufactured lumber, finding the argument forfeited.

Global Affairs Canada sets 2026-2027 TRQs for wheat, barley and their products

Global Affairs Canada states in a message to industry that the 2026-2027 tariff rate quotas for wheat, barley, wheat products and barley products covered by Items 161 to 191 of the Import Control List become accessible on August 1, 2026, administered on a first-come, first-served basis. The annual levels applying from August 1, 2026 to July 31, 2027 are 226,883 tonnes of wheat, 399,000 tonnes of barley, 123,557 tonnes (grain equivalent) of wheat products and 19,131 tonnes (grain equivalent) of barley products.

CIT sustains Commerce's third remand results in Saha Thai steel pipe AD review

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's Third Remand Results in the 2019-2020 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand, holding that Commerce's application of an adverse inference to the affiliation determination between Saha Thai Steel Pipe Public Company Limited and its home-market customer BNK Steel Co. Ltd. is supported by substantial evidence and in accordance with law. The case is Saha Thai Steel Pipe Pub. Co. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-76, Court No. 21-00627, decided July 17, 2026. The underlying review is the final determination published at 86 Fed. Reg. 69620.

Tribunal Continues Finding—Corrosion-resistant Steel Sheet from Türkiye and Vietnam