In effectSection 338 additional dutiesOct 23, 2026
Canada Section 338: 22 lines come off the 50% list and 100 go on from October 30
WHAT CHANGES. Proclamation 11076, signed October 23, 2026, changes the list of Canadian products that owe the additional 50% under Section 338 through heading 9903.03.14 (U.S. note 51(b)(3), the motor vehicles action). 22 subheadings come off that list and 100 go on, for goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. Eastern on October 30, 2026. The lists for headings 9903.03.12 and 9903.03.13 do not change.
LINES REMOVED. From October 30 the 50% no longer applies to seaweed and other algae fit for human consumption (1212.21.00), polypropylene film and sheet (3920.20.00), plastic boxes and crates (3923.10.90), polyethylene sacks and bags (3923.21.00), seven lines of plywood with plies each not over 6 mm thick and a hardwood outer ply (4412.33 and 4412.34), bleached paper and paperboard over 150 g/m2 coated or covered with plastics (4811.51.20 and 4811.51.40), corrugated cartons and boxes (4819.10.00), paper sacks and bags other than those with a base 40 cm or wider, including cones (4819.40.00), articles of paper pulp, molded or not (4823.70.00 and 4823.90.10), other refrigerating or freezing equipment (8418.69.01), other industrial machinery that treats materials by a change of temperature (8419.89.95), filling, closing, sealing and labeling machinery (8422.30.91), packing and wrapping machinery (8422.40.91), and machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit and other produce (8433.60.00).
LINES ADDED. From October 30 the 50% applies to 13 lines of sweetened cocoa powder (1806.10); paints and varnishes based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in a nonaqueous medium (3208.20.00); putty, caulking compounds and other mastics; shampoos; toilet soap; organic surface-active preparations put up for retail sale; lubricating preparations; artificial and prepared waxes; diagnostic and laboratory reagents and certified reference materials; municipal waste, sewage sludge and clinical waste; PET resin with a viscosity number of 78 ml/g or higher; elastomeric polyurethanes; vinyl floor coverings other than tile; plastic parts for pleasure boats; rubber floor coverings and mats; nine lines of wood products, including MDF and fiberboard, wooden packing boxes, flooring panels, coffins, and skewers and ice cream sticks; eight lines of paper and paperboard, including kraft paper, paper sacks with a base 40 cm or wider and unprinted pressure-sensitive labels; 43 lines of carpets, rugs and turf (headings 5701 through 5705); window and wall air conditioners (8415.10.30); chest freezers (8418.30.00); electric hand tools other than drills and saws (8467.29.00); hand-operated iron or steel valves (8481.80.30); canoes; electro-surgical instruments; demonstration instruments; nonelectrical spectrometers; and archery equipment. Every added entry is an eight-digit subheading, so it covers all of the ten-digit lines under it.
THE LISTS AFTER THE CHANGE. The 9903.03.14 list went from 513 entries to 591. The three lists together now hold 744 entries, up from 666 between September 15 and October 29.
SECTION 232 AND AIRCRAFT. The proclamation restates that the 50% applies in addition to Section 232 duties, so the September 15 rule stands: only goods on the 9903.03.13 list keep the Section 232 exception (9903.03.15). Three of the added lines, window and wall air conditioners, chest freezers and electric hand tools, already owe the 25% Section 232 steel or aluminum derivative duty, and from October 30 they owe both. Civil aircraft and parts that meet General Note 6 stay exempt (9903.03.16).
SOURCE STATUS. The proclamation was published in the Federal Register on October 30, 2026 as Proclamation 11076 (91 FR 68861, FR Doc 2026-22292). CBP issued its implementing guidance on October 29, 2026 (CSMS #70314289), with the complete list in force from October 30 attached. The calculator's lists were checked against both on November 1, 2026 and match exactly. Under clause (5), CBP may still correct the annexes by notice in the Federal Register.
IN THE CALCULATOR. Entries on or after October 30, 2026 are priced with the new list, and a result for one of these 122 subheadings from Canada carries a note about the change. For example, without a USMCA claim, the total duty on polyethylene sacks and bags (3923.21.00) went from 63% to 13%, and on acrylic or vinyl paint (3208.20.00) from 13.6% to 63.6%.