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Weekly trade briefing — 2026-10-05 to 2026-10-11

Daily archives, country and measure topics, and a weekly briefing built from the existing policy feed. Each item keeps its official sources and separates announcement from effective dates.

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Anti-dumping · 3 records in this period

Anti-dumpingTariffsProcedures & reviewsSelection score: 4

EU requires registration of Sinopec polyvinyl alcohol imports and pauses duty refund decisions

Regulation (EU) 2026/2245, published on October 9, requires registration from October 10, 2026 of certain Chinese-origin polyvinyl alcohols manufactured by Sinopec Chongqing SVW Chemical and Sinopec Great Wall Energy & Chemical Ningxia, under TARIC 3905300091. Registration lasts nine months and allows possible retroactive anti-dumping duties; no estimated future duty amount is specified. Customs authorities must defer duty repayment or remission decisions for these products until the regulation concluding the re-examination enters into force.

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Import / export scope: European Union / China · HS 3905

Anti-dumpingProcedures & reviewsSelection score: 4

US seeks comments on proposed 20.08% and 73.30% dumping margins for Cambodian paper shopping bags

Commerce's October 9, 2026 preliminary review results propose dumping margins of 20.08% for Nice Packaging (Cambodia), Brandart and TB Packaging (Cambodia), and 73.30% for UUPak, on certain paper shopping bags for the 2024–2025 review. Case briefs are due within 21 days of publication and rebuttals within five days after that deadline. New cash-deposit rates would take effect only when final review results are published.

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Import / export scope: United States / KH · HS 48

Countervailing · 1 records in this period

CountervailingTariffsProcedures & reviewsSelection score: 6

US sets Korean hot-rolled steel countervailing duty deposits at 1.28% for Hyundai and 3.68% for POSCO

Commerce published final results of the 2023 countervailing duty review of certain Korean hot-rolled steel flat products on October 9, 2026, establishing rates of 1.28% for Hyundai Steel and 3.68% for POSCO. These rates apply to cash deposits for covered shipments entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after October 9, 2026. Firms not reviewed retain their applicable company-specific or all-others deposit rates.

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Import / export scope: United States / South Korea · HS 72

Tariffs · 1 records in this period

TariffsProcedures & reviewsSelection score: 3

China publishes 2027 sugar, wool and wool-top quota rules; sugar applications open October 15

MOFCOM published Announcement No. 46 on October 9, 2026, setting 2027 import tariff-rate quotas of 1,945,000 tonnes for sugar, 287,000 tonnes for wool and 80,000 tonnes for wool tops. Sugar applications run from October 15 to October 30, 2026, with 70% of the sugar quota reserved for state trading. Wool and wool-top quotas are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis against import contracts.

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Import / export scope: China / All countries · HS 17 · 51