November 5, 2026

CBP Files Foreign-Importer Rule; New AD/CVD Deposits for Korean Pipe, Mexican OCTG and Omani Foil

Published November 5, 2026 (updated edition). CBP filed an interim final rule requiring foreign importers of record to go through CTPAT. It is on public inspection today, scheduled for publication November 6, and not yet in force. Today's Federal Register sets new cash deposit rates in four Commerce reviews, effective for entries on or after November 5. The USITC voted to keep the steel grating orders on China and cleared the way for chromium trioxide orders. OFAC targeted a network selling false flags to Iran's shadow fleet.

Container terminal at dusk with a quay crane and a docked cargo ship
New Rules for Foreign Importers

CBP interim final rule: foreign importers of record need a CTPAT route

Status: filed, not yet in force. CBP's interim final rule "Heightened Requirements for Foreign Importers of Record" (CBP Dec. 26-19, RIN 1685-AA48, docket USCBP-2026-1387) went on Federal Register public inspection on November 5. It is scheduled for publication on November 6, 2026. The rule takes effect 60 days after publication, which works out to about January 5, 2027 if it publishes on November 6. Comments are due the same day. Public inspection record, FR Doc. 2026-22735 · Filed rule (PDF)

  • Covered entries: all formal entry types plus informal entry types 11, 12 and 13.
  • Foreign IOR that owns or purchased the goods: it may make these entries only if it is CTPAT-validated itself or designates a licensed customs broker that is CTPAT-validated.
  • Foreign principal that is not the owner or purchaser: the CTPAT-validated designated broker must act as the importer of record.
  • Definition of a U.S. IOR: a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, or an entity organized under U.S. law and located in the United States that also meets one of two tests. Either at least 51% of its controlling beneficial owners are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, or it directly owns significant unencumbered U.S. real property. Filers must declare U.S.-IOR status on CBP Forms 3461 and 7501 or their electronic equivalents.
  • Brokers: before filing, a broker must request and review client records showing that the U.S.-IOR criteria are met, and keep its verification records for five years. Eligible brokers may request delayed compliance within 60 days of publication. Full compliance is required no later than May 6, 2027.
  • Penalties: for an inaccurate declaration, CBP may require live entry and withdraw immediate-delivery privileges. Brokers face potential penalties under 19 U.S.C. 1592 and 1641.
Timing: November 5 is the filing date, not the effective date. Confirm publication on November 6 and the final effective date in the published text before changing who may act as IOR on your entries.
Scheduled publicationNov. 6, 2026
Expected effective≈ Jan. 5, 2027
Broker full complianceMay 6, 2027

Trade-remedy notices filed Nov. 5 for Nov. 6 publication

The notices below were on public inspection on November 5. Their deposit and suspension effects start only on publication, scheduled for November 6.

CBS from China: preliminary AD rate 285.94%, adjusted deposit 281.69%, critical circumstances affirmative

For N-cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-sulfenamide (CBS, CAS 95-33-0; A-570-234), Commerce preliminarily set a China-wide margin of 285.94% based on adverse facts available. The cash deposit is 281.69% after offsetting the companion CVD case. The critical circumstances finding for the China-wide entity is preliminarily affirmative. That means suspension of liquidation reaches unliquidated entries made up to 90 days before publication, which would be August 8, 2026 if the notice publishes on November 6. FR Doc. 2026-22710 · Commerce announcement

Frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam: final review (POR Feb. 1, 2024–Jan. 31, 2025)

The Fimex group received 10.71% and STAPIMEX 6.36%. The 27 non-examined separate-rate companies received 7.59%, and the Vietnam-wide rate stays at 25.76%. The new deposits apply to entries on or after publication. FR Doc. 2026-22660

Steel wire garment hangers completed in Cambodia: final countrywide circumvention finding

Hangers completed in Cambodia using Chinese or Vietnamese steel wire, with or without paper accessories, are covered by the China AD order or the Vietnam AD/CVD orders (A-570-918, A-552-812, C-552-813). Suspension continues for entries on or after August 12, 2025. Entries without a valid certification take the Vietnam rates: 220.68% AD and 31.58% CVD. Importers can certify Chinese-origin inputs to get China-order treatment instead. The importer, producer and exporter must each certify, and a broker cannot sign on the importer's behalf. Alpha Hanger, Everbrit and Kaining are not eligible to certify. FR Doc. 2026-22658

CTL plate from Korea: POSCO's 2021 CVD rate amended after a court ruling

Following the CIT's final judgment of October 27, 2026 (Slip Op. 26-131), POSCO's rate for 2021 changes from 0.87% to 0.80%. The current deposit rate does not change. POSCO's 2021 entries remain enjoined from liquidation during any appeal. FR Doc. 2026-22706

Wooden fence components from China: AD/CVD investigations initiated (announced Nov. 4)

The cases are A-570-243 and C-570-244, filed by the American Alliance of Wooden Fence Producers. The alleged dumping margins of 109.01% to 232.23% are the petitioners' allegations, not current rates. The USITC preliminary vote is due around November 30, 2026. If it is affirmative, Commerce's preliminary CVD determination is due January 8, 2027 and its AD determination March 24, 2027. Reference HTS: 4404.10.0040, 4407.19.0092, 4421.99.7020 and 4421.99.7040. The written scope controls. Commerce announcement

Four final reviews change cash deposit rates from November 5

Commerce published final results in four reviews on November 5, 2026. In each case, the new company-specific cash deposit rates apply to entries, or withdrawals from warehouse for consumption, on or after that date. Commerce will send assessment instructions for past entries to CBP no earlier than 35 days after publication (41 days for OCTG from Mexico).

Circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Korea (AD, POR Nov. 1, 2023–Oct. 31, 2024)

Husteel Co., Ltd. received 0.00%. Hyundai Steel Company and its successor, Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd., received 4.20%. That 4.20% rate also applies to the six non-examined companies in the review: Aju Besteel, Kumkang Kind, Miju Steel Manufacturing, NEXTEEL, SeAH FS and SeAH Steel. Firms not covered by this or any earlier segment remain at the 4.80% all-others rate. 91 FR 69809, FR Doc. 2026-22630

Oil country tubular goods from Mexico (AD, POR Nov. 1, 2023–Oct. 31, 2024)

Tubos de Acero de México, S.A. (TAMSA) received a final margin of 1.87%, which becomes its cash deposit rate. Exporters not covered by the review keep their most recent rate, and the all-others rate stays at 44.93%. 91 FR 69808, FR Doc. 2026-22628

Cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from Korea (CVD, POR calendar 2024)

Dongkuk Steel Mill received 1.89% and Hyundai Steel 1.39%, unchanged from the preliminary results. The all-others rate remains 3.26%. 91 FR 69811, FR Doc. 2026-22626

Certain aluminum foil from Oman (AD, POR Nov. 1, 2023–Oct. 31, 2024)

Oman Aluminium Rolling Company (OARC) received 0.76%, which is above the 0.50% de minimis threshold. The all-others rate remains 3.89%. 91 FR 69818, FR Doc. 2026-22623

Korea CWP – Hyundai4.20%
Mexico OCTG – TAMSA1.87%
Deposits effectiveNov. 5, 2026

Other Commerce AD/CVD notices published November 5

  • Common alloy aluminum sheet from China (AD, preliminary, POR Feb. 1, 2025–Jan. 31, 2026): Yantai Jintai International Trade Co., Ltd. did not show it qualifies for a separate rate, so Commerce preliminarily treats it as part of the China-wide entity at 59.72%. This rate is preliminary, so deposits do not change until the final results. Case briefs are due 21 days after publication. FR Doc. 2026-22624
  • Metal lockers from China (CVD, expedited first sunset): Commerce found that subsidies would likely continue if the order were revoked, at rates of 24.66% to 131.51% (all others 24.66%). This notice does not change deposits. The order now depends on the USITC's expedited review, which is scheduled in FR Doc. 2026-22597. FR Doc. 2026-22627
  • Choline salts from China (AD investigation): The preliminary determination has been postponed 50 days, from December 1, 2026 to January 20, 2027, so no provisional deposits will apply before then. FR Doc. 2026-22625
  • Wood mouldings and millwork from China (CVD review, 2025): Commerce rescinded the review for all 34 companies. Entries from 2025 will be assessed at the deposit rate in effect at entry, and current deposit rates do not change. FR Doc. 2026-22631
  • September-anniversary review initiations: Commerce opened reviews covering, among others, OCTG from Korea and Vietnam, mattresses from India and Mexico, brass rod from Israel, steel racks and steel wheels from China, frozen fish fillets from Vietnam, and low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China. Separate-rate filings are due 14 days after publication, no-shipment and certification-eligibility filings 30 days after, and withdrawals of review requests 90 days after. FR Doc. 2026-22629

USITC: steel grating orders stay; chromium trioxide orders to follow; solar determinations published

Steel grating from China (sunset, Nov. 4): In an expedited third five-year review (701-TA-465 and 731-TA-1161), the Commission voted 6–0 that revoking the orders would likely lead to continued or renewed material injury. The AD and CVD orders stay in place. USITC Publication 5812 is due by December 17, 2026. USITC release, Nov. 4, 2026

Chromium trioxide from India and Turkey (final, Nov. 3): The Commission found material injury in 701-TA-779 and 731-TA-1765–1766 by a 5–0 vote, with one Commissioner not participating. Commerce will now issue AD orders on India and Turkey and a CVD order on India. Cash deposits under the orders start only when Commerce publishes the orders. USITC Publication 5811 is due by December 16, 2026. USITC release, Nov. 3, 2026

Crystalline silicon PV cells from India, Indonesia and Laos (FR notice): The Commission's affirmative final determinations, issued November 2, were published on November 5 (701-TA-772–774 and 731-TA-1756–1758; HTS 8541.42.00 and 8541.43.00). The notice adds the critical circumstances findings. For Indonesia, the Commission found that imports covered by Commerce's critical circumstances determinations are likely to seriously undermine the orders. For India and Laos, it found they are not. 91 FR 69865, FR Doc. 2026-22565

Our reading: an affirmative critical circumstances finding normally lets duties reach back to certain entries made before provisional measures began. For Indonesia, the exact reach-back period and the deposit instructions will appear in Commerce's AD/CVD orders and CBP's instructions, which have not been published yet.

OFAC targets false-flag registry network serving Iran's shadow fleet

On November 4, 2026, OFAC designated 14 persons under E.O. 13902: four individuals and ten entities. Most are part of an India-based network led by Suniel Kumar Sharma that sold false flags and fake maritime certificates to sanctioned tankers carrying Iranian oil. The network also ran websites posing as the ship registries of countries that had not authorized them. Türkiye-based Fugo Ground Services Inc. was designated for providing ground handling to sanctioned Iranian airlines. Treasury press release

OFAC also published an alert, "Iranian Shadow Fleet Reliance on False Flags for Sanctions Evasion." It added a secondary-sanctions risk note to many existing E.O. 13902 listings and issued Venezuela-related General License 5AA with amended FAQ 595. GL 5AA covers transactions related to the PdVSA 2020 8.5% bond on or after December 18, 2026. OFAC recent actions, Nov. 4, 2026 · OFAC alert (PDF)

For shippers and importers, this means screening should cover a vessel's flag registry and certificates, not only the names of the vessel and its owner. Falsely flagged vessels may also lack valid P&I insurance.

CBP operations: vehicle-export DIS pilot renewed; Dunseith construction extended

Used-vehicle exports: DIS electronic document pilot renewed for two years

This notice was filed November 5 and is scheduled for publication November 6. Participants with an AES ITN can submit vehicle ownership documents through DIS, either by EDI over ABI or by email to [email protected] as PDFs of up to 10 MB. Local vehicle export office approval is required. The 72-hour rule, the requirement to present the vehicle and CBP's right to ask for originals all stay the same. FR Doc. 2026-22728

Dunseith, North Dakota: construction extended to June 26, 2027

On November 4, 2026, the Area Port of Pembina said construction at the Dunseith Port of Entry will now run until about June 26, 2027. Until then, the 12-foot width limit on the cargo lanes stays in place. Oversized trucks must use the oversized lanes at Westhope (Hwy 83) or Hansboro (Hwy 4), which are open 08:00–16:00, after notifying the port in advance. The permit-port requirement for oversized loads remains waived during construction. Outside those hours, oversized loads can cross at Pembina or Portal, both open 24 hours.

Action items

  • Foreign IORs and brokers: list which entries use a foreign IOR, check each importer's or broker's CTPAT status and beneficial-ownership records, and build a verification and five-year retention process before the expected effective date of about January 5, 2027. Filed rule
  • CBS, shrimp and hangers: once the November 6 publication is confirmed, load the new rates, find CBS entries back to about August 8, and keep hanger certifications and input-origin records. FR
  • Update ACE/ABI deposit rates from November 5 for Korean CWP (Hyundai and non-examined firms 4.20%, Husteel 0.00%), Mexican OCTG (TAMSA 1.87%), Korean CTL plate CVD (Dongkuk 1.89%, Hyundai 1.39%) and Omani aluminum foil (OARC 0.76%), and watch for CBP's deposit messages. FR
  • For AD entries, file the reimbursement certificates required under 19 CFR 351.402(f) before liquidation. FR
  • Exporters in the newly initiated reviews should calendar the 14-day separate-rate and 30-day no-shipment deadlines that run from November 5. FR
  • Importers of Indonesian solar cells and modules should review their exposure for entries made before provisional measures, ahead of Commerce's orders. FR
  • Watch for Commerce's AD/CVD orders on chromium trioxide (India, Turkey). USITC
  • Screen chartered or nominated vessels against the November 4 designations and the false-flag alert. OFAC

FAQ

Is the foreign importer of record rule already in force?

No. It was filed November 5 and is scheduled for publication November 6. It takes effect 60 days after publication, about January 5, 2027, and broker full compliance is required by May 6, 2027. Public inspection record

Do the new rates apply to goods already entered?

Not as deposits. The new deposit rates apply to entries on or after November 5, 2026. Entries made during the review period will be liquidated at the final assessment rates once Commerce sends CBP its instructions, no earlier than 35 days after publication (41 days for Mexican OCTG). FR Doc. 2026-22628

Does the 59.72% aluminum sheet rate apply now?

No. It is a preliminary result, so deposit requirements change only after the final results are published. For China-based exporters without a separate rate, the China-wide rate is already 59.72%. FR Doc. 2026-22624

Are chromium trioxide imports subject to duties yet?

Not under final orders yet. Those orders take effect only when Commerce publishes them in the Federal Register after the November 3 USITC vote. Any provisional deposits depend on Commerce's earlier preliminary notices, which this report did not re-examine. USITC release

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