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Announced: 2026-10-09ProposalImport scope: US

US opens comments on proposed 1.14% dumping margins for Thai passenger and light-truck tyres

On October 9, 2026, Commerce published preliminary results of its 2024–2025 review of Thai passenger vehicle and light-truck tyres, proposing a 1.14% dumping margin for Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand) and the non-examined companies covered by the review. Case briefs are due within 21 days of publication, with rebuttals due five days after the case-brief deadline. New cash-deposit rates would apply only upon publication of final review results.

Anti-dumpingProcedures & reviews

Coverage: Export country TH → Import country US · HS 40 · 87

●Effective: 2026-10-09
Announced: 2026-10-09Rate updateImport scope: US

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 These rates apply to cash deposits for covered shipments entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after October 9, 2026.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.

CountervailingTariffsProcedures & reviews

Coverage: Export country KR → Import country US · HS 72

●Effective: 2026-10-09
Announced: 2026-10-09ProposalImport scope: US

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.

Anti-dumpingProcedures & reviews

Coverage: Export country KH → Import country US · HS 48

●Effective: 2026-10-09
Announced: 2026-10-09ProcedureImport scope: EU

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.

Anti-dumpingTariffsProcedures & reviews

Coverage: Export country CN → Import country EU · HS 3905

●Effective: 2026-10-10
Announced: 2026-10-09ProcedureImport scope: CN

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.

TariffsProcedures & reviews

Coverage: Export country All → Import country CN · HS 17 · 51

●Effective: 2026-10-15
Announced: 2026-10-08CORRECTEDImport scope: US

Correction · §122 / §301 · 2026-10-08

Verified 2026-10-08: §122 was 10% and expired 2026-07-24. Forced-labor §301 took effect 2026-07-24 at 10%–12.5%, with product exemptions and country-specific combined-rate rules.

TariffsProcedures & reviews

Coverage: Export country All → Import country US · HS All

●Effective: 2026-07-24