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CBP will void importer numbers with inaccurate Form 5106 data from September 18
CBP · Tariffs & customs · Deadline Sep 18 · in 7 daysDeadline Sep 18in 7 days7/7quoted sentences found in the source
Who does this affect?
Every importer of record, especially sellers whose broker or forwarder filled in the form, brands registered at a registered agent, mailbox, or 3PL address, and foreign sellers importing into the US.
What it costs
No fee. The cost of getting it wrong is a voided importer number and every shipment stuck until CBP reinstates it; the notice gives no reinstatement timeline.
What to check
Before September 18, ask your broker to pull the Form 5106 on file and check that the physical address is your actual location (a home address is allowed), that the email and phone are yours rather than the broker's, and that the EIN matches the IRS; a voided IOR number stops entries until CBP reinstates it.
Implementing Executive Order 14411, CBP is reviewing every importer of record's Form 5106 and, from September 18, 2026, will void the IOR number of any importer whose physical address, email, phone, or EIN is inaccurate, incomplete, or belongs to someone else, which stops that importer from making entry.
The headline, summary, who, cost, and what-to-check lines are our reading of the document, not the document’s words and not advice.
Enforcement startsSeptember 18, 2026
OrderExecutive Order 14411
FormCBP Form 5106
Matched to source. Enforcement starts September 18, 2026.
Matched to source. A voided number cannot be used to enter goods.
Matched to source. The physical address must be where the business actually is; brokers, forwarders, and mailbox services do not count.
Matched to source. A home address is acceptable for the principal.
Matched to source. The email and phone must belong to the importer, not the broker.
Matched to source. Brokers must hold a power of attorney signed directly by the importer.
Matched to source. Reinstatement is requested by email.
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Section 232 drone duties of 25 to 100 percent took effect September 3
CBP · Tariffs & customs · Effective Sep 3 · In forceEffective Sep 3In force7/7quoted sentences found in the source
Who does this affect?
Anyone importing or selling drones, drone docking stations, or drone parts, including camera and hobby drones sold on Amazon and Shopify, from any country of origin.
What it costs
An additional 100% of customs value on drones with thermal imaging, docking stations, and parts for drones over 25 kg, and 25% on other drones, on top of existing duties, for goods entered on or after September 3, 2026; a further 25% on the remaining drone parts from February 9, 2027.
What to check
If you sell drones or drone parts, ask your broker for the HTS classification of each SKU and which group it falls in (100 percent for thermal imaging, docking stations, and parts for drones over 25 kg; 25 percent for other drones); the remaining parts tranche starts February 9, 2027.
CBP's guidance implements Proclamation 11055: unmanned aircraft with thermal imaging, docking stations, and parts for heavy drones pay an additional 100 percent, drones without thermal imaging pay 25 percent, and a 25 percent duty on the remaining drone parts starts February 9, 2027, all on top of existing duties and from every country.
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Thermal imaging, docks, heavy parts100%
Other drones25%
EffectiveSeptember 3, 2026
Remaining partsFebruary 9, 2027
Matched to source. The duties apply to imports from every country, at rates from 10 to 100 percent.
Matched to source. Most of the duties started September 3; a second tranche on other parts starts February 9, 2027.
Matched to source. Every affected entry must carry a Chapter 99 heading.
Matched to source. Drones with thermal imaging sit in the 100 percent group with docking stations and heavy-drone parts.
Matched to source. Drones without thermal imaging sit in the 25 percent group.
Matched to source. The duty stacks on top of any free-trade-agreement rate.
Matched to source. Lower headings exist for UK, EU, Japan, Korea, Swiss, and Taiwan products, but CBP says not to file under them yet.
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Section 301 tariffs of 10 or 12.5 percent hit all goods of 60 economies from July 24
USTR · Tariffs & customs · Effective Jul 24 · In forceEffective Jul 24In force7/7quoted sentences found in the source
Who does this affect?
Every importer sourcing from any of the 60 economies whose products are not on the exemption annexes; apparel importers from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Malaysia pay 10 percent until the promised textile quotas exist.
What it costs
An additional 10 percent or 12.5 percent of customs value on nearly all imports from the 60 economies since July 24, 2026, on top of existing duties, unless the product appears in the exemption annexes.
What to check
Ask your broker for a duty report by country of origin for entries since July 24 and check which Section 301 rate was applied (10 or 12.5 percent, or net of the MFN rate for EU, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, and Taiwan goods) and whether the exemption annexes were checked; landed-cost sheets built before July 24 will not reflect this.
USTR imposed additional Section 301 duties on all products of 60 economies, including China, Vietnam, India, the EU, Japan, Korea, the UK, Canada, and Mexico, for failing to impose or enforce a forced-labor import ban: 10 percent for economies with a ban or a reciprocal-trade commitment, 12.5 percent for the rest, with exemptions in two annexes and a four-day grace period for goods already in transit.
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Rate10 percent
Higher rate12.5 percent
EffectiveJuly 24, 2026
Scope60 investigations
Matched to source. Tariffs apply to all products of each economy, minus listed exemptions.
Matched to source. Two rates: 10 percent for economies with a ban or a commitment, 12.5 percent for everyone else.
Matched to source. In force since July 24, 2026.
Matched to source. Goods already on the water got a four-day grace period.
Matched to source. Canada, Mexico, the EU, Indonesia, Ecuador, and Pakistan are in the group that has a ban but does not enforce it.
Matched to source. Goods already under Section 232 duties are exempt, along with informational materials and donations.
Matched to source. Textile quotas for four apparel-sourcing economies are promised but not yet in place.
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CBP weighs requiring foreign export documents and supplier IDs on every entry
CBP · Tariffs & customs · Deadline Dec 1 · in 81 daysDeadline Dec 1in 81 days6/6quoted sentences found in the source
Who does this affect?
Every importer of record, especially brands that buy through trading companies or third-party logistics providers and marketplace sellers whose supplier paperwork never reaches them.
What it costs
No cost yet. If adopted, every entry could carry a document-collection burden and a supplier-identifier requirement; CBP asks commenters to quantify those costs and whether small entities should get a longer implementation timeline.
What to check
Ask your supplier or forwarder whether copies of the export declaration and commercial invoice they file abroad are obtainable, and how long that takes; the docket (USCBP-2026-1058) is open for comments until December 1, and the questions CBP asks are exactly those.
An advance notice of proposed rulemaking asks whether importers of record should submit the export declaration, invoice, and origin certificate their supplier filed abroad, replace the manufacturer ID code with real identifiers, name the marketplace that facilitated a sale, and file entries sooner. Comments are open until December 1, 2026; nothing changes yet.
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Comment deadlineDecember 1, 2026
DocketUSCBP-2026-1058
StageAdvance notice of proposed rulemaking
Matched to source. This is an early-stage notice, not a rule; the comments shape the proposal that follows.
Matched to source. CBP is considering requiring the paperwork your supplier filed with its own customs authority.
Matched to source. The first question is whether every importer would submit these for all goods.
Matched to source. CBP wants to redefine or replace the manufacturer ID code brokers put on entry summaries.
Matched to source. Online marketplaces could be named on entries.
Matched to source. Entries might have to be filed earlier than today's window.
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CBP raises the merchandise processing fee cap to $670.86 per entry on October 1
CBP · Tariffs & customs · Effective Oct 1 · in 20 daysEffective Oct 1in 20 days4/4quoted sentences found in the source
Who does this affect?
Every importer filing formal entries, most sharply those whose entry values are large enough to hit the per-entry cap, plus anyone paying informal entry, dutiable mail, or express consignment fees.
What it costs
Merchandise processing fee limits move to a 34.58 minimum and a 670.86 maximum (in dollars) per formal entry from October 1, 2026, up 2.84 percent; the 0.3464 percent rate is unchanged, so entries between the floor and the cap pay the same as before.
What to check
Ask your broker where your typical entry value falls: above about $193,700 (the cap divided by the 0.3464 percent rate) the cap applies at $670.86 per formal entry from October 1, and many small entries each pay the $34.58 floor. Worth asking: whether consolidating shipments into fewer entries changes your fees. Compare October invoices against these numbers.
Customs user fees rise 2.84 percent for fiscal year 2027 because inflation cleared the one percent trigger: the minimum merchandise processing fee becomes $34.58 and the maximum $670.86 per formal entry, while the 0.3464 percent rate itself does not change.
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MPF minimum34.58
MPF maximum670.86
Rate0.3464 percent
EffectiveOctober 1, 2026
Matched to source. The fees are indexed to inflation, and the trigger was met this year.
Matched to source. The year-over-year change is 2.84 percent.
Matched to source. The new amounts apply from the first day of the fiscal year.
Matched to source. The MPF percentage is unchanged; only the floor and the ceiling move.
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Antidumping duties on Chinese and Vietnamese walk-behind mowers revoked
Commerce (ITA) · Tariffs & customs · Effective Sep 8 · In forceEffective Sep 8In force5/5quoted sentences found in the source
Who does this affect?
Importers and online sellers of gas-powered walk-behind mowers or mower sub-assemblies from China or Vietnam.
What it costs
A saving: no antidumping or countervailing deposits on entries made on or after July 13, 2026, and deposits already paid on those entries may be refundable through your broker.
What to check
If you import these mowers, ask your broker whether entries made on or after July 13, 2026 were filed without AD/CVD deposits and whether deposits already paid on those entries can be recovered. The separate orders on small vertical-shaft engines from China are not affected by this notice.
Commerce revoked the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on gas walk-behind lawn mowers from China and Vietnam because no U.S. producer asked to keep them. Entries on or after July 13, 2026 no longer owe AD/CVD deposits.
The headline, summary, who, cost, and what-to-check lines are our reading of the document, not the document’s words and not advice.
ApplicableSeptember 8, 2026
Entries on or afterJuly 13, 2026
HTS8433.11.0050
Matched to source. The orders were revoked because no domestic party responded to the sunset review.
Matched to source. Suspension of liquidation ends for entries on or after July 13, 2026.
Matched to source. Entries before that date still owe AD/CVD deposits and may still be reviewed.
Matched to source. Scope covered gas mowers under 3.7 kilowatts, finished or unfinished, self-propelled or not.
Matched to source. The orders had been in place since July 2021.
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Commerce proposes 25 percent Section 232 duty on fire extinguishers, safes, and cables
Commerce Department, Industry and Security Bureau · Tariffs & customs · Deadline Aug 27 · PassedDeadline Aug 27Passed6/6quoted sentences found in the source
Who does this affect?
Importers of fire extinguishers and fire-safety products, safes, electrical cables, musical instruments, welding-equipment parts, and trailers, and any brand whose product is mostly metal by weight, since this inclusion process now runs on a rolling basis.
What it costs
A proposed 25 percent Section 232 duty on the listed articles, 50 percent on filled steel containers applied to the container's value only, and 15 percent on agricultural trailers, on top of existing duties, if the inclusion is adopted.
What to check
If any SKU is on the list (fire extinguishers, floor safes, conductor cables, brass instruments, welding parts, heat-exchanger parts, trailers), ask your broker what a 25 percent Section 232 add-on would do to landed cost and watch the Federal Register for the inclusion notice; the same rolling process can reach any product that is mostly steel, aluminum, or copper.
The Bureau of Industry and Security proposed adding 14 derivative articles to the Section 232 steel, aluminum, and copper tariffs, including fire extinguishers, free-standing floor safes, electric conductor cables, brass-wind instruments, welding-machine parts, and trailers; most would pay 25 percent and filled steel gas containers 50 percent. Comments closed August 27, 2026, and the inclusion decision follows.
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Proposed rate25 percent
Articles14 additional derivative articles
Comments closedAugust 27, 2026
DocketBIS-2026-0331
Matched to source. Fourteen product groups are proposed for inclusion.
Matched to source. Fire extinguishers are on the list by HTS code.
Matched to source. The default rate would be 25 percent.
Matched to source. Filled steel gas cylinders would pay 50 percent, matching the rate for empty ones.
Matched to source. The test is whether imports are mostly metal by weight.
Matched to source. The comment window closed August 27.
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CBP will void importer numbers with inaccurate Form 5106 data from September 18

Section 232 drone duties of 25 to 100 percent took effect September 3

Section 301 tariffs of 10 or 12.5 percent hit all goods of 60 economies from July 24

CBP weighs requiring foreign export documents and supplier IDs on every entry

CBP raises the merchandise processing fee cap to $670.86 per entry on October 1

Antidumping duties on Chinese and Vietnamese walk-behind mowers revoked

Commerce proposes 25 percent Section 232 duty on fire extinguishers, safes, and cables