Trade Compliance Daily · October 30, 2026 · Friday
NORTH AMERICA TRADE COMPLIANCE BRIEF
CBP: Section 338 Canada duties end for 21 HTS classifications and extend to 100 more from October 30
CBP states in CSMS # 70314289 that, effective 12:01 a.m. eastern time on October 30, 2026, products of Canada in 21 listed HTSUS classifications, including 1212.21.00, 3920.20.00, 4412.33.06 and 8433.60.00, are no longer subject to the 50% ad valorem Section 338 duties, and that the duties extend to 100 additional classifications. Separately, CBSA's Customs Notice 26-25 sets ACI/eManifest reporting requirements for cargo containers, whether full, empty or part of a consolidated shipment.
CBP Enforcement & Import Compliance
CBP: Section 338 Canada duties end for 21 HTS classifications and extend to 100 more from October 30
CBP states in CSMS # 70314289 that, effective 12:01 a.m. eastern time on October 30, 2026, products of Canada classifiable in 21 listed HTSUS classifications, including 1212.21.00, 3920.20.00, 4412.33.06 and 8433.60.00, are no longer subject to the 50% ad valorem Section 338 duties under HTSUS 9903.03.14, and 100 additional HTSUS classifications become subject to 9903.03.14. The change implements the October 23, 2026 Presidential Proclamation further modifying the scope of Canadian products subject to the motor vehicle duties under Proclamation 11048.
Rules & Rulings
CIT · Slip OpinionsOfficialCIT sustains Commerce's third remand results in 2019–20 AD review of solar cells from China
The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's Third Remand Results in the 2019–20 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China, in Slip Op. 26-133, Consol. Court No. 22-00219. The remand followed Jinko III, 829 F. Supp. 3d 1247, in which the court had remanded Commerce's use of Romanian glass data to calculate normal value and the review-specific separate rates assigned to JA Solar and BYD.
Canada
CBSA issues Customs Notice 26-25 on ACI/eManifest reporting requirements for cargo containers
CBSA states in Customs Notice 26-25 that cargo containers in international commercial transportation, whether full, empty or part of a consolidated shipment, must be reported through an ACI cargo or empty container transmission, with container numbers sent in the cargo transmission (Service Option 83 for marine, 984 for highway and rail) and empty containers reported under Service Option 695 in marine. Containers temporarily imported under tariff items 9801.10.10, 9801.10.20 and 9801.10.30 of Memorandum D3-1-5 remain duty- and tax-free, and containers carried under an Ottawa file or Container Bank (Instruments of International Trade) are reported with cargo exception code (02).