Tariff news, customs regulations, import-export rules, and trade policy affecting commerce.
India’s 150 percent wine import tariff starts falling on October 20, 2026, when the New Zealand-India trade agreement enters into force, but only above a US$5 per bottle threshold. Three months of flat Scotch prices since the UK deal show state excise, not customs duty, decides what Indian shoppers pay.
Temu’s UK operating company reported revenue of about USD 171m for 2025, up roughly 171% on the year, in accounts filed at Companies House on 30 September 2026. The filing lands as Britain prepares to scrap the GBP 135 low value import duty relief by October 2028.
Britain is drawing up its first tariff on Chinese electric cars, with ministers reported willing to match the EU effective ceiling of about 45 percent. The pressure comes from Brussels and its Made in EU content rules, not from British carmakers.
CBP deploys CAPE Phase 3 on October 6, 2026, opening its refund system to finally liquidated entries holding roughly $11.4 billion in IEEPA duties. Only Court of International Trade plaintiffs with reliquidation orders and an importer of record number filed by July 30 can use it.
G20 trade ministers ended two days of talks in Milwaukee without consensus on industrial excess capacity or forced labor, with USTR saying a handful of members firmly rejected the draft text. That leaves a live Section 301 investigation into 16 economies as the operative route for the US agenda.
A US import ban on most Canadian packaged alcohol, several dairy inputs and motorcycles above 800 cc took effect on September 29, 2026 under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930. CBP is now rejecting entries on the covered tariff lines outright, leaving retailers and direct-to-consumer sellers with a sourcing problem rather than a duty bill.
A three-judge panel at the US Court of International Trade heard argument on September 30 over the Section 301 forced-labor tariffs that cover 99.4 percent of US imports. A written ruling is expected within weeks, and the duties keep running until it lands.
Cumulative certified IEEPA tariff refunds likely plateau at roughly $145bn to $155bn of the $166bn collected, leaving $11bn to $21bn permanently unclaimed by 31 December 2027. CBP intake has decelerated about 87%, and Phase 3 turns the remaining claims into litigation.
CBP’s delayed compliance period for international mail ends on October 22, 2026, removing partner government agency goods, Chapter 98 and 99 shipments and free trade agreement claims from the postal informal entry process. The cutover lands roughly six weeks before the Christmas delivery peak.
Two Minnesota shoppers sued Target on 25 September over the $994 million IEEPA tariff refund it booked in August, asking a federal judge to order the money returned to customers. It is the second consumer class action against the retailer on that theory, and part of a wave of more than 80 such suits.