New proclamation drops 22 Canadian product lines from the 50% duty and adds 100 more
Proclamation 11076 took effect at 12:01 a.m. ET Oct. 30. Corrugated boxes and packing machinery come off the list. Cocoa powder, carpets, chest freezers and municipal waste go on.
The 50% U.S. duty on Canadian goods has a new product list as of Oct. 30.
Proclamation 11076, signed Oct. 23, changes which Canadian goods face the Section 338 duty first imposed in July. It applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after 12:01 a.m. ET on Oct. 30, 2026. The text was published in the Federal Register the same day.
How we got here
The duty started with Proclamation 11048 on July 20. It imposed an additional 50% duty on certain Canadian products, tied to what the White House calls Canadian discrimination against U.S. motor vehicles. A short suspension under Proclamation 11056 lapsed, and the duty took effect Aug. 22. Proclamation 11065 adjusted it on Sept. 8.
The new order changes the product list again.
Coming off: 22 lines
Annex I, Part A removes 22 tariff lines. They include:
- Corrugated paper and paperboard boxes (HTSUS 4819.10.00) and paper sacks
- Plastic boxes and crates (3923.10.90) and plastic sacks (3923.21.00)
- Polypropylene film, some thin plywood lines, coated paperboard and molded pulp
- Filling and sealing machinery (8422.30.91) and packing machinery (8422.40.91)
- Some refrigerating equipment (8418.69.01) and industrial machinery (8419.89.95)
- Egg and fruit sorting machines (8433.60.00) and seaweed
Many of the removed lines are packaging goods and packing-line machinery.
Going on: 100 lines
Annex I, Part B adds 100 lines. The list is wide. It includes:
- Sweetened cocoa powder (13 lines)
- Paints, shampoo, soap and lubricants (3403.19.50 and 3403.99.00)
- Municipal waste (3825.10.01), sewage sludge and clinical waste
- PET plastic, vinyl flooring and MDF
- Wooden packing boxes (4415.10.30) and wooden coffins
- Many carpet and rug lines in chapters 5701 to 5705, and artificial turf
- Window air conditioners (8415.10.30), chest freezers (8418.30.00), electromechanical hand tools (8467.29.00) and valves (8481.80.30)
- Canoes, archery equipment, spectrometers and electro-surgical instruments
Civil aircraft parts that qualify under General Note 6 are exempt from the new additions.
What stays the same
Section 338 duties still stack on top of any Section 232 duties. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is authorized to put the changes into effect.
For freight, the list change shifts which Canadian loads carry the extra cost. Packaging and packing machinery get relief. Consumer goods like carpets, freezers and cocoa products now face the 50% rate at the border.