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Five Canada trade proclamations reached the Federal Register today. Three turn a 50% duty into an import ban on September 29; two change what the duty covers from tomorrow.

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Proclamations 11061, 11062 and 11063, signed September 8 and published in the Federal Register on September 14, exclude certain Canadian alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motor-vehicle products from import into the United States for goods imported on or after 12:01 a.m. Eastern on September 29, 2026. Those products already carry a 50% duty under three July 20 proclamations. Two further proclamations, 11064 and 11065, change which alcohol and vehicle products carry that duty from 12:01 a.m. Eastern on September 15 — adding some products and removing others. The lists that say which products are affected are printed only as images in the Federal Register's text edition, so this record cannot yet tell a reader whether a specific product is covered.

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Two dates in five documents. Tomorrow, the list of Canadian alcohol and vehicle products carrying a 50% duty changes. In fifteen days, some Canadian alcohol, dairy and vehicle products stop being allowed in at all.

What was published

Five presidential proclamations, all signed September 8, appeared in the Federal Register this morning:

Proclamation FR document What it does Starts
11061 2026-18835 Import ban on certain Canadian alcoholic beverages Sept 29, 12:01 a.m. ET
11062 2026-18836 Import ban on certain Canadian products under Proclamation 11047, including dairy Sept 29, 12:01 a.m. ET
11063 2026-18837 Import ban on certain Canadian products under Proclamation 11048, including motor vehicles Sept 29, 12:01 a.m. ET
11064 2026-18838 Changes which alcohol products carry the 50% duty Sept 15, 12:01 a.m. ET
11065 2026-18839 Changes which vehicle products carry the 50% duty Sept 15, 12:01 a.m. ET

The three bans build on proclamations 11046, 11047 and 11048 of July 20, 2026, which imposed the 50% duties.

The bans

Each of the three ban proclamations uses the same operative sentence: the listed products "are excluded from importation into the United States, effective with respect to goods imported on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on September 29, 2026."

The stated reason is also the same in each: "On August 21, 2026, Canada reneged on its commitment, ceased negotiating in good faith, and did not remove the discrimination or unreasonable and unequal imposition at issue" in the earlier proclamation. The dairy proclamation names "Canada's tariff-rate quota allocation measures imposed on U.S. cheeses of all types."

Each also plans for a court challenge. If a ban "is invalidated in whole or in part as to any import, then the 50 percent ad valorem duty" from the July proclamation "shall apply to the import." In other words, if a ban is struck down, the duty comes back.

The duty changes that start tomorrow

Proclamations 11064 and 11065 move products in both directions. Some products "shall be subject to the additional ad valorem duty of 50 percent"; others "shall no longer be subject" to it. Both take effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern on September 15 — the day after publication. For vehicles, the duty "shall apply in addition to duties imposed pursuant to section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962."

What a reader can do

  • If you import Canadian alcohol, dairy or vehicle products: the changes depend on tariff codes listed in each proclamation's annex. Read the annex in the Federal Register's PDF or official edition, not the text edition, and check for guidance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection before goods ship.
  • If you are a consumer: nothing here names a brand or a retail product, and this record cannot tell you whether something you buy is affected.

What is not established

  • Which products are covered. The annexes appear only as image placeholders in the text edition ("[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED]"). This desk has not read them.
  • Canada's account. The description of what happened on August 21 is the proclamations' own.
  • Trade volumes or prices. None of the documents gives a figure.
  • Implementation. This desk has not seen CBP guidance for either date.
  • Proclamation 11056 of August 18, which every document cites. This record does not describe it.

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