Canada in both directions: Section 232 and USMCA treatment of Canadian goods entering the United States, and Canada's own import and control rules: surtaxes and remission, SIMA antidumping and countervailing duties, CBSA Customs Notices and CARM, CITT and Federal Court decisions, export controls and sanctions.
CBSA states that on October 27, 2026, under paragraph 41(1)(b) of SIMA, it made a final determination of dumping and a final determination of subsidizing for unarmoured building cables originating in or exported from China, and under paragraph 41(1)(a) terminated the subsidy investigation for goods exported by Tianjin Feiya Fengda Wire & Cable Technology Co., Ltd. because the subsidy amount was insignificant (less than 1%). The subject goods are usually imported under tariff classification numbers 8544.49.00.19 and 8544.49.00.90, and may also be imported under 7408.11.10.00, 7408.19.00.10, 7605.29.00.00 and 7614.90.00.00, in particular as conductors to be further processed into UBC.
Why it matters: Provisional duties remain on unarmoured building cables from China until the CITT's injury decision, due by November 26, 2026, and the Statement of Reasons will be available within 15 days.
A proclamation President Donald Trump signed Friday changes the list of Canada goods covered by the 50% Section 338 tariffs, effective October 30: plywood, certain industrial machinery, and select packaging and paper materials come off the list, while cocoa powder, carpets and air conditioners are added. Trump invoked Section 338 of the Trade Act of 1930 in August after negotiations with Canada broke down, and the proclamation says senior executive branch officials advised that the change would still offset the alleged discrimination while serving the public interest.
Why it matters: From October 30, entries of cocoa powder, carpets and air conditioners from Canada fall under the 50% Section 338 tariffs, while plywood, certain industrial machinery, and select packaging and paper materials no longer do.
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President Trump issued a proclamation modifying the scope of the 50% additional ad valorem duties imposed under Proclamation 11048, as amended, on certain products of Canada: products listed in Annex I, Part A are no longer subject to the duty, and products listed in Annex I, Part B become subject to it, effective for goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on October 30, 2026. The duties apply in addition to duties imposed under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and the HTSUS is modified as provided in Annex II on the same effective date.
Why it matters: Entries of Canadian goods on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on October 30, 2026 must reflect the Annex I, Part A and Part B scope changes and the Annex II HTSUS modifications, with the 50% duty applied in addition to section 232 duties.
Canada's CITT continued, in expiry review RR-2025-006, its December 30, 2020 order from expiry review RR-2019-006 on dumped oil country tubular goods from Chinese Taipei, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, Türkiye and Vietnam, except goods exported from South Korea by Hyundai Steel Company and from Türkiye by Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., and rescinded its order on such goods from Ukraine. The Tribunal found expiry was likely to result in injury for the seven countries and not likely to result in injury for Ukraine. CBSA will therefore continue anti-dumping duties on the seven countries and cease imposing them on Ukraine.
Why it matters: Entries of oil country tubular goods from Chinese Taipei, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, Türkiye and Vietnam remain subject to anti-dumping duties, except Hyundai Steel and Borusan Mannesmann shipments, while entries from Ukraine are no longer subject to them.
CBSA determined on September 17, 2026, under paragraph 76.03(7)(a) of SIMA, that expiry of the CITT finding in Inquiry No. NQ-2020-004 is likely to result in the continuation or resumption of dumping of certain concrete reinforcing bar from Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. The goods are hot-rolled deformed steel concrete reinforcing bar in straight lengths or coils, in diameters up to and including 56.4 millimeters, excluding plain round bar and fabricated rebar products, and excluding 10 mm (10M) rebar meeting CSA G30 18.09 coated to ASTM A775/A 775M 04a in lengths from 1 foot up to and including 8 feet.
CBSA determined on September 17, 2026, under paragraph 76.03(7)(a) of SIMA, that the expiry of the CITT's July 2, 2021 finding in Inquiry No. NQ-2020-005 on hot-rolled deformed steel concrete reinforcing bar in straight lengths or coils, commonly identified as rebar, originating in or exported from Oman and Russia is likely to result in the continuation or resumption of dumping. The goods are rebar in diameters up to and including 56.4 mm, excluding plain round bar and fabricated rebar products, and excluding 10 mm (10M) rebar meeting CSA G30 18.09 coated to ASTM A775/A 775M 04a in lengths from 1 foot up to and including 8 feet.
The Canada Border Services Agency made a preliminary determination on September 17, 2026, under subsection 38(1) of the Special Import Measures Act, that wheat gluten originating in or exported from Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom is being dumped, and imposed provisional duty on the same date on dumped goods released from that day until the CBSA terminates the investigation or the CITT makes an order or finding.
CBSA states in Customs Notice 24-37 that, effective October 21, 2024, its commercial processing systems will not accept exporter "RM" program accounts to obtain release of imported goods, and the CARM system will not accept a Commercial Accounting Declaration quoting an exporter BN15. Only BN15s set up with an importer or importer/exporter "RM" account profile can obtain release and account for goods.
Why it matters: Importers, exporters and customs brokers must use an importer or importer/exporter "RM" account, not an exporter BN15, to obtain release and file the CAD for commercial importations on or after October 21, 2024.
CBSA states that, as of November 5, 2024, importers using GIP Number 80 – Carbon Steel and GIP Number 81 – Specialty Steel Products must provide country of melt and pour (COM) information in the form and manner determined by CBSA when completing customs declarations through the Single Window Integrated Import Declaration. The requirement is a term and condition of using the GIPs, and CBSA notes the conditional COM rules are not expected to be implemented in the SW IID on November 5, though the COM field has been available on an optional basis since February 2024.
Why it matters: Importers of carbon and specialty steel under GIPs 80 and 81 must report country of melt and pour information in the SW IID as of November 5, 2024, unless they qualify for the CSA, $5,000 value or finished-product exemptions.
CBSA states in Customs Notice 24-39 that the January 1, 2025 Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff (T2025) is now available on its website in different format files. The 2025 Tariff reflects scheduled duty rate reductions under individual Free Trade Agreements and the substitution of certain tariff classification pre-ambles and tariff classification numbers in chapters 3, 28, 29, 84 and 85. Changes are marked by a change bar in the PDF version, by the number 1 in the change column of the Access files, and are not marked in the HTML version; concordance tables are also provided.
The Canada Border Services Agency states in Customs Notice 25-02 that, between October 21, 2024 and January 30, 2026, it will not issue late payment penalties or late payment interest as a CARM transition measure. Effective January 31, 2026, all accounts with an overdue balance from the January 2026 statement of account will be subject to late payment penalties, and late payment interest will start accruing on overdue balances and appear on the statement of account issued February 25, 2026. Accounts not paid by the specified due date will be subject to collection measures by the Canada Revenue Agency.
Why it matters: Importers with an overdue balance on the January 2026 statement of account face CBSA late payment penalties and interest accruing from January 31, 2026, with unpaid accounts subject to Canada Revenue Agency collection.