United States removes the 50% extra duty on 22 Canadian products and adds it to 100 others from Oct. 30, 2026.<\/p>\n
The US President on Oct. 23, 2026, removed a 50% extra duty from 22 Canadian products, including thin plywood and packing machinery, from Oct. 30.<\/p>\n
The same proclamation also adds the 50% duty to 100 other Canadian product lines, from carpets and cocoa powder to canoes and chest freezers1<\/a><\/sup>. The change applies to goods cleared through US customs from 12:01 a.m. eastern time on Oct. 30, 2026<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n In short, a Canadian shipment of thin hardwood plywood, plastic crates or food-packing machines will no longer pay the 50% extra duty from Oct. 30. A shipment of Canadian carpets, wooden packing boxes or shampoo will start paying it on the same day.<\/p>\n The proclamation of Oct. 23, 2026, changes the list of Canadian goods that pay an extra 50% ad valorem duty<\/strong>, a tax charged as a share of the goods’ value1<\/a><\/sup>. The duty was first set by Proclamation 11048 of July 20, 2026, in a dispute over Canada’s tariffs on US cars2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The new proclamation has two lists in its first annex. Part A lists products that will "no longer be subject" to the 50% duty1<\/a><\/sup>. Part B lists products that will become subject to it1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Part A covers 22 tariff lines<\/strong>, the eight-digit codes that customs uses to classify goods3<\/a><\/sup>. Part B covers 100 tariff lines, most of them carpets and other floor coverings3<\/a><\/sup>. Both lists take effect at the same moment.<\/p>\n The 22 products in Part A are mostly packaging, packing materials and the machines that fill and wrap packages3<\/a><\/sup>. The annex lists them by their codes in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), the US customs tariff book3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The goods freed from the 50% duty are:<\/p>\n Many of these goods are inputs for US food and packaging businesses. Removing the duty lowers the landed cost of these Canadian inputs for US buyers from Oct. 30.<\/p>\n Part B adds 100 tariff lines to the duty list3<\/a><\/sup>. Each of them will pay the 50% duty unless it is civil aircraft or an aircraft part that meets General Note 6 of the HTSUS3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The new goods fall into several groups:<\/p>\n Some packaging goods move in opposite directions. Plastic crates and corrugated cartons leave the list, but wooden packing boxes<\/strong> (4415.10.30) and large paper sacks (4819.30.00) join it3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The proclamation says senior officials gave the President new information on how well the duties offset the harm to US trade1<\/a><\/sup>. They advised that a different product list "would still offset the burden" on US commerce and better serve the public interest1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The President accepted this advice and decided that the public interest requires the change1<\/a><\/sup>. The proclamation does not explain why each product was added or removed.<\/p>\n This is the second change to the product list. A proclamation of Sept. 8, 2026, also moved goods on and off the list, from Sept. 15, 20264<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The duties rest on section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, a US law against foreign trade discrimination2<\/a><\/sup>. It lets the President add duties of up to 50% on goods from a country that treats US goods worse than others2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n In Proclamation 11048, the President found that Canada discriminates against US cars2<\/a><\/sup>. Since April 9, 2025, Canada has charged a 25% tariff<\/strong> on US motor vehicles that do not qualify for duty-free treatment under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)2<\/a><\/sup>. Canada does not apply this scheme to cars from other countries2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The proclamation gave figures for the harm. US motor vehicle exports to Canada fell about 22%, from about $25.9 billion to about $20.3 billion, between April 2025-March 2026 and the year before2<\/a><\/sup>. Over a similar period, Canada’s car imports from other countries rose by about $2.85 billion, with Mexico accounting for almost $2 billion2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The 50% duty was due to start on Aug. 19, 20262<\/a><\/sup>. On Aug. 18, Proclamation 11056 delayed it for 3 days after Canada promised to remove the discrimination1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The October proclamation says Canada "reneged on its commitment" on Aug. 21, 20261<\/a><\/sup>. The duties therefore took effect at 12:01 a.m. eastern time on Aug. 22, 2026<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n On Sept. 8, 2026, the President took two steps. One proclamation changed the product list from Sept. 154<\/a><\/sup>. Another banned the import of certain Canadian products from Sept. 29, 2026, because Canada kept its car tariffs in place5<\/a><\/sup>. Goods under that ban moved from the 50% duty to a full import ban<\/strong>5<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The October proclamation says the 50% duty applies in addition to duties under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 19621<\/a><\/sup>. Section 232 duties are US tariffs set on national security grounds.<\/p>\nWhat changes for Canadian plywood and machinery on Oct. 30?<\/h2>\n
Which Canadian goods lose the 50% duty?<\/h2>\n
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Which Canadian goods start paying the 50% duty?<\/h2>\n
The 100 lines gaining the 50% duty<\/h4>\n
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Why did the President change the Canada list?<\/h2>\n
What started the dispute over Canadian cars?<\/h2>\n
How did the Canada duties develop since July?<\/h2>\n
Canada duty dates in 2026<\/h4>\n
How does the duty interact with other US tariffs?<\/h2>\n
The 50% duty and section 232 duties<\/h4>\n