Trade Compliance Daily · October 2, 2026 · Friday
NORTH AMERICA TRADE COMPLIANCE BRIEF
CBSA requires country of melt and pour data for GIP 80 and GIP 81 steel imports
The Canada Border Services Agency states that, as of November 5, 2024, importers using GIP Number 80 – Carbon Steel and GIP Number 81 – Specialty Steel Products must specify country of melt and pour information in the form and manner determined by the CBSA. The CBSA also extends its 50% steel surtax TRQ regime to June 27, 2027 under SOR/2026-0119.
AD/CVD
Federal Register · Commerce ITA（AD/CVD）OfficialCommerce self-initiates circumvention inquiry on aluminum composite panels from China
Commerce is self-initiating a circumvention inquiry to determine whether certain aluminum composite panels (ACPs) produced in China by Shanghai Alumetal Decorative Material Co. (Alumetal) are circumventing the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on common alloy aluminum sheet from China. The inquiry applies as of October 2, 2026. The AD order is at 84 FR 2813 and the CVD order at 84 FR 2157.
Federal Register · Commerce ITA（AD/CVD）OfficialCommerce finds revocation of CVD order on melamine from China would likely continue subsidies
Commerce finds in the final results of the expedited second sunset review of the countervailing duty order on melamine from the People's Republic of China that revocation of the order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in the notice's "Final Results of Sunset Review" section. The notice is applicable October 2, 2026. The order was originally published at 80 FR 80751 and continued at 86 FR 36252; the review was initiated at 91 FR 32377.
Federal Register · Commerce ITA（AD/CVD）OfficialCommerce issues preliminary affirmative LTFV determination on truck bed covers from China
Commerce preliminarily determines that truck bed covers from the People's Republic of China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value, applicable October 1, 2026, for a period of investigation of July 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025. Commerce also postpones the final determination and extends provisional measures, and preliminarily treats Wenzhou Tianmao and Wenzhou Chaoming Auto Parts Co., Ltd. as a single entity. The notice does not state the preliminary cash deposit rates.
Federal Register · Commerce ITA（AD/CVD）OfficialCommerce issues preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination on air compressors from Vietnam
Commerce preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of stationary and portable air compressors from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, with the period of investigation January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025, applicable October 1, 2026. Commerce also aligns the final countervailing duty determination with the final antidumping duty determination, and interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary determination. The notice does not state the cash deposit rates.
Federal Register · Commerce ITA（AD/CVD）OfficialCommerce issues preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination on air compressors from China
Commerce preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of stationary and portable air compressors from the People's Republic of China, with the period of investigation January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025, applicable October 1, 2026. Commerce also aligns the final countervailing duty determination with the final antidumping duty determination. Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary determination.
Federal Register · Commerce ITA（AD/CVD）OfficialCommerce issues preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination on air compressors from Malaysia
Commerce preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of stationary and portable air compressors from Malaysia, with the period of investigation January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025, applicable October 1, 2026. Commerce also aligns the final countervailing duty determination with the final antidumping duty determination. Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary determination.
Rules & Rulings
Federal Register · USITCOfficialUSITC finds Section 337 violation on storage containers and toolboxes, issues exclusion and cease and desist orders
The U.S. International Trade Commission determined to find a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to U.S. Patent Nos. 11,365,026 and 11,794,952 covering certain storage containers and toolboxes, organizers, component boxes and coolers, and set the remedy as a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order on those patents. The Commission set a bond of 18% of entered value for covered articles imported or sold during the period of Presidential review. It has not reached a final determination on U.S. Patent No. 11,952,167, and extended the target date for completion of the investigation to November 2, 2026.
Canada
CBSA requires country of melt and pour information for steel imports under GIPs 80 and 81
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.
CBSA updates surtax and TRQ rules for certain steel goods under SOR/2026-0119
The Canada Border Services Agency states in Customs Notice 25-24 that the Order Imposing a Surtax on the Importation of Certain Steel Goods (SOR/2025-148), as amended by SOR/2025-155, SOR/2025-266 and SOR/2026-0119, applies a 50% surtax on the value for duty of certain steel goods originating outside Canada, the United States and Mexico, with the SOR/2026-0119 amendments effective June 27, 2026 extending the tariff rate quota surtax until June 27, 2027 and changing Schedules 1 and 2.
CBSA stops accepting exporter BN15 accounts for release and accounting under CARM
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.
CBSA sets surtax refund claim rules for CREDITS Program participants
CBSA states in Customs Notice 25-26 that CREDITS Program participants may submit refund claims where surtax was paid at importation, provided the claims meet all other CREDITS requirements. Surtax claims must be sent in a separate batch, with the surtax and duty amounts combined in the Duty field, and a CREDITS Surtax Template must be emailed to the Revenue Assessment Unit by midnight of the same day the batches were transmitted, one template per batch. A batch received with surtax claims but without the template is treated as non-compliant, resulting in an Administrative Monetary Penalty and placement on upfront review.
CBSA to resume late payment penalties and interest on overdue CARM accounts from January 31, 2026
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.
CBSA releases January 1, 2025 Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff
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.