imports

1. November 1, 2026News1 receipt2 min

   Robotics import proclamation orders trade negotiations and a 180-day update but sets no tariff now

   A presidential proclamation signed October 28 and scheduled for November 2 Federal Register publication directs the Commerce secretary and U.S. trade representative to negotiate over robotics and industrial-machinery imports. It requires an update within 180 days of the proclamation. The text discusses possible future tariffs, quotas, duties and fees but imposes none in this action.

   Also filed underroboticsindustrial-machinerytrade-policyfederal-register

2. October 29, 2026News2 receipts2 min

   DHS adds BGI Genomics, MGI Tech and Shenzhen BGI Technology to forced-labor import list

   An October 29 Homeland Security notice adds three biotechnology companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List. Goods produced wholly or partly by listed entities face a rebuttable presumption that they were made with forced labor and are prohibited from U.S. entry. The notice states agency determinations, not criminal convictions.

   Also filed underforced-laborhuman-rightsbiotechnologyfederal-register

3. October 28, 2026News1 receipt2 min

   Wind-import proclamation directs negotiations and leaves existing section 232 tariffs unchanged

   A presidential proclamation dated October 22 and published October 28 directs Commerce and the U.S. trade representative to pursue agreements concerning imported wind turbines and their components. It requires at least one progress update within 180 days. The proclamation leaves existing section 232 tariffs unchanged and reserves the possibility of other remedies, without announcing an agreement or a new tariff rate.

   Also filed underwind-energytradetariffscommercefederal-register

4. October 8, 2026News2 receipts3 min

   Customs proposes a new electronic entry type for mail packages valued at $2,500 or less, with filing due on arrival, a tracking number and a bond

   U.S. Customs and Border Protection proposed a rule October 8 that would require electronic filing, a bond and a carrier-reported tracking number for low-value shipments — goods whose shipment value is $2,500 or less — including a new entry type for those arriving by mail. Packages would need to be entered before or on arrival instead of within 15 days, and an unentered mail article would be treated as abandoned after 15 days. Comments are due by December 7, 2026.

   Also filed undercustomsmail-shipmentsde-minimisfederal-register

5. September 14, 2026News6 receipts3 min

   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.

   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.

   Also filed undertradetariffscanadaproclamationsfederal-registerdated-terms

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