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BIS defines US content for covered USMCA metal-tariff imports from Canada and Mexico
BIS guidance applies from 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on October 14, 2026 to covered Canadian and Mexican products qualifying for USMCA preferences under clause (2)(d) of Proclamation 11032. US content includes the value attributable to parts wholly obtained, entirely produced or substantially transformed in the United States, plus previously uncounted value attributable to steel melted and poured there or aluminum or copper smelted and cast there.
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Import / export scope: United States / Canada · Mexico · HS 84 · 87
US continues antidumping and countervailing duty orders on Chinese boltless steel shelving
Commerce published continuation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on Chinese boltless steel shelving units prepackaged for sale on October 14, 2026, with effect from September 29, 2026. Covered goods include add-on kits and units with or without decks. CBP will continue collecting cash deposits at the rates in effect at entry.
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Import / export scope: United States / China · HS 94
US seeks comments on proposed 51.82%–70.21% dumping margins for Chinese xanthan gum
Commerce's October 14, 2026 preliminary review results propose dumping margins of 70.21% for Deosen Biochemical (Ordos), 51.82% for the Fufeng entity and 56.20% for Jianlong Biotechnology on Chinese xanthan gum for July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. Case briefs are due within 21 days of publication and rebuttals within five days after that deadline. Revised cash-deposit rates would apply only upon publication of final review results.
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Import / export scope: United States / China · HS 39
US seeks comments on proposed 3.98% subsidy rate for SRF's Indian PET film
Commerce's October 14, 2026 preliminary countervailing duty review results propose a 3.98% subsidy rate for SRF Limited's Indian polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip for the 2024 review. Case briefs are due within 21 days of publication and rebuttals within five days after that deadline. Revised cash-deposit rates would apply only upon publication of final review results.
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Import / export scope: United States / India · HS 39
US sets Japanese hot-rolled steel antidumping deposits at 13.96% for Nippon Steel and 0% for Tokyo Steel
Commerce's October 14, 2026 final review results set antidumping cash-deposit rates for certain Japanese hot-rolled steel flat products at 13.96% for the Nippon Steel entity and the listed non-examined companies, and 0% for Tokyo Steel Manufacturing. These rates apply to covered goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption from October 14, 2026. The all-others rate remains 5.58%.
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Import / export scope: United States / Japan · HS 72
US seeks comments on proposed 28.52% dumping margin for Vietnamese paper shopping bags
Commerce's October 14, 2026 preliminary review results propose a 28.52% dumping margin for International Packaging Limited Company on certain Vietnamese paper shopping bags for January 3, 2024 through June 30, 2025. Case briefs are due within 21 days of publication and rebuttals within five days after that deadline. Revised cash-deposit rates would apply only upon publication of final review results.
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Import / export scope: United States / Vietnam · HS 48