CBP data updates and new China tin mill deposits

Section 232 and Canada: CBP publishes HSU 2623 and 2624

At 1:14 p.m. EDT on September 21, CBP issued CSMS #69980481 for HSU 2623, a dataset created on September 9 containing 83 tariff records and 450 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records. Its Section 232 component refers filers to the unmanned aircraft systems guidance in CSMS #69738151. ABI is the electronic interface used by brokers and other filers to transmit customs data. HSU 2623 notice.

The same update includes assessment-reduction changes for live porcine animals and pork products. The HSU notice supplies no product-level assessment table or new legal effective date for those charges. Filers should confirm the applicable assessment data before using the updated records. CBP description of the pork assessment changes.

At 1:25 p.m. EDT, CSMS #69980710 announced HSU 2624, created September 11, with 6 tariff records and 18 ABI records for Canadian Section 338 changes. The notice identifies the alcohol-related and motor-vehicle-related Canadian product-list amendments. HSU 2624 notice.

The data releases connect to these operational instructions: CSMS #69738151 implements Proclamation 11055 for UAS; CSMS #69851916 explains the Canadian Section 338 scope amendments.

China tin mill products: 130.17% adjusted AD deposit

Commerce’s determination, signed September 16 and published September 21, assigns the China-wide entity a 136.52% dumping margin and a 130.17% cash deposit rate after subsidy offsets. No respondent qualified for a separate rate. A cash deposit secures potential duty liability while the investigation proceeds; this is a preliminary investigation decision, not a final antidumping order. 91 FR 59760, determination and rate table.

Commerce also made an affirmative preliminary critical-circumstances finding. It directs suspension of liquidation—holding entries open before final duty assessment—for covered, unliquidated entries from 90 days before publication. That reaches June 23, 2026, calculated from the notice’s 90-day rule. Importers should identify affected entries, including warehouse withdrawals for consumption, rather than reviewing only September arrivals. Suspension of liquidation instructions.

The written scope covers flat-rolled steel coated with tin, chromium or chromium oxides, in coils or sheets, including certain plastic-coated products, and contains a specific exclusion for qualifying cable-armoring steel tape. The listed HTS classifications are aids; the written description controls coverage. The notice also provides for the unadjusted margin to become the AD deposit if the companion CVD provisional measures expire first. Scope appendix and subsidy-offset instructions.

Company-specific results for Korean steel pipe and Chinese bearings

For Korean heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes, Commerce’s 2023–2024 final review sets the margins and prospective AD cash deposits for Dong-a-Steel, HiSteel and Kukje Steel at 0.00% for consumption entries or warehouse withdrawals on or after September 21. Other exporters and producers follow the notice’s rate hierarchy, including the 3.24% all-others fallback where applicable. This is not a Korea-wide exemption. 91 FR 59766, A-580-880.

Text inconsistency: the notice’s closing notification calls the results “preliminary,” while its title, results section and operative deposit provisions identify final results. The inconsistency should be checked against Commerce/CBP instructions if it creates a filing issue. Published notice.

In the 2024–2025 Chinese tapered roller bearings review, Commerce finalized its finding that Shanghai Tainai Bearing Co., Ltd. failed to qualify for a separate rate. Suspended entries associated with Tainai will be assessed at the 92.84% China-wide rate; that is an existing rate applied by this new final decision, not a newly increased rate for all Chinese bearings. Assessment instructions are planned no earlier than 35 days after publication, subject to the notice’s litigation provisions. 91 FR 59768, A-570-601.

Mexico copper review and stainless pipe investigation deadlines

Commerce preliminarily assigned Nacional de Cobre, S.A. de C.V. a 56.43% margin in the November 1, 2024–October 31, 2025 review of Mexican seamless refined copper pipe and tube. A revised deposit rate would take effect with the final results, so this preliminary percentage is not a new entry deposit instruction. Commerce separately rescinded the review for GD Affiliates S. De R. L. de C.V. (Golden Dragon) and IUSA, S.A. de C.V.; their reviewed entries will be assessed at the deposit rates required when entered. 91 FR 59763, A-201-838.

For welded stainless line and pressure pipe from India and Türkiye, Commerce postponed the CVD preliminary determinations from October 8 to December 14, 2026. The September 21 notice changes the investigation timetable and does not establish a deposit rate. 91 FR 59765, postponement notice.

Broker permit user fee moves to $190.88 on October 1

CBP’s September 21, 9:30 a.m. EDT message confirms that the customs broker permit user fee rises from $185.38 to $190.88. It applies to permits issued on or after October 1, 2026 and to calendar-year 2027 annual user fee payments. This is new operational guidance implementing the July 31 inflation-adjustment notice, not a newly adopted inflation formula. CBP notice · 91 FR 48398.

The annual CY2027 payment deadline will be announced in a future Federal Register notice. Broker finance teams can update the amount now, but should not treat October 1 as that annual payment deadline. Effective-date and payment guidance.

India–New Zealand FTA will enter into force October 20

New Zealand announced ratification on September 21 and confirmed entry into force on October 20, 2026. Its government says 57% of New Zealand exports to India will be tariff-free from day one, including sheep meat, wool and coal, and over 95% of forestry and wood exports. A second round of tariff cuts follows on January 1, 2027. New Zealand government announcement.

New Zealand will remove tariffs on Indian goods from entry into force. For businesses supplying either market, the practical task is to match goods to the agreement’s tariff schedules and origin requirements before claiming preferences; headline coverage percentages do not establish a rate for an individual shipment. MFAT goods and origin overview.

Actions and dates for affected businesses

These are practical review steps based on the notices, not additional agency requirements.

• Entry-system teams: reconcile both HSU releases with the installed tariff data and test affected filing paths. HSU 2623 · HSU 2624.
• Tin mill importers: pull the unliquidated-entry population from June 23 and verify written scope, exporter identity and subsidy-offset treatment. Commerce instructions.
• Review-case importers: match the Korean pipe and Chinese bearing results to the named suppliers; separate prospective deposits from liquidation of historical entries. Korean pipe · Chinese bearings.
• Brokers and regional sourcing teams: budget the new permit fee and prepare the product/origin work needed for the India–New Zealand agreement. Broker fee · FTA conditions.

Specific follow-up events

• October 5: the Mexican copper review’s case briefs and hearing requests are due 14 days after September 21 publication, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Tin mill case briefs also have a 14-day deadline unless Commerce changes it. Copper filing provisions · Tin mill comment provisions.
• Next fee notice: CBP will separately publish the CY2027 broker annual-payment deadline. CBP announcement.
• October 20 / December 14: the FTA enters into force; the postponed Indian and Turkish pipe CVD preliminary determinations are due, respectively. FTA start · CVD deadline.

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