List of Canadian Goods Subject to Section 338 Tariff Modified

President Trump issued Oct. 23 a proclamation making further modifications to the list of Canadian goods subject to a Section 338 tariff of 50 percent.

Products initially subject to this tariff (as set forth here, here, and here) include wine and other alcoholic beverages, cosmetics, ice skates, hockey sticks, fishing rods, cement, paper and wood items, honey, textiles and apparel, machinery, jewelry, furniture, and other items. The president later added more than 100 goods to this list and removed ten (see here and here for more details).

The newest proclamation removes 22 products from the tariff list, including certain plywood sheets, paper products, machinery and refrigeration equipment, and packing crates and boxes. The proclamation also adds 100 products to the list, including certain cocoa powder, paints, soaps, vinyl flooring, carpets, wood and paper products, canoes, chest freezers, valves, instruments, and waste products. Full lists of affected products are available here. These changes will be effective for subject goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. ET on Oct. 30.

The proclamation continues to state that the Section 338 tariff applies to all covered goods (1) regardless of whether they originate under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and (2) in addition to any applicable Section 232 tariffs.

A lawsuit challenging the Section 338 tariff on imports from Canada was recently filed at the Court of International Trade.