Trump drops 22 Canadian product lines from 50% tariff and adds 100 others, effective Oct. 30

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, that changes which Canadian goods are subject to the 50% additional duty he imposed in July under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The changes cover goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouses, for consumption starting at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on Oct. 30. The proclamation says the duties, as modified, apply on top of any duties under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.¹

What comes off the list

Annex I, Part A lists 22 tariff subheadings that will no longer carry the 50% duty. They include:²

• Seaweeds and other algae fit for human consumption.
• Seven subheadings of plywood sheets no thicker than 6 millimeters.
• Polypropylene sheet and film, and plastic boxes, crates, sacks and bags used to pack goods.
• Corrugated cartons and boxes, paper sacks and bags, plastic-coated bleached paperboard, and molded paper pulp articles.
• Refrigerating or freezing equipment; industrial equipment that treats materials by changing their temperature; machinery for filling, sealing and labeling containers; packing and wrapping machinery; and machines that clean, sort or grade eggs, fruit and other produce.

What goes on the list

Part B lists 100 subheadings that will become subject to the duty, recorded in U.S. note 51 to chapter 99 of the tariff schedule by Annex II, except for civil aircraft and aircraft parts that qualify under General Note 6 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. Forty-three of the 100 are carpets, rugs, artificial turf, carpet tiles and other textile floor coverings in chapter 57. Thirteen are sweetened cocoa powder lines.²³

The other additions include acrylic and vinyl paints, caulking compounds, shampoo, soap, lubricants, waxes, laboratory reagents, municipal waste, sewage sludge and clinical waste, vinyl flooring, rubber floor mats, thin fiberboard, wooden packing boxes and coffins, several kinds of paper and labels, window air conditioners, chest freezers, handheld power tools, hand-operated iron or steel valves, canoes no longer than 7.5 meters, electro-surgical instruments, spectrometers and archery equipment.²

Background

Trump imposed the duty in Proclamation 11048 of July 20, 2026, finding that Canada discriminates against U.S. commerce through tariffs and quotas that apply only to U.S. motor vehicles. It said Canada’s imports of U.S. vehicles fell about 22%, to about $20.3 billion, in April 2025 through March 2026 compared with a year earlier.⁴ The duty took effect Aug. 22 after a three-day suspension. On Sept. 8, Proclamation 11065 first revised the product list and Proclamation 11063 barred some Canadian products from import starting Sept. 29.⁵⁶ A White House fact sheet issued Friday says the tariffs apply whether or not a good qualifies under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.⁷

Canada’s position

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaking at a news conference in Istanbul on Friday, said Canada could sign a trade deal “this afternoon if the U.S. were there,” CBC News and CTV News reported.⁸⁹

What the records do not show

• The proclamation does not explain why these particular products were chosen, beyond citing advice from unnamed senior executive branch officials that a revised list would still offset the burden on U.S. commerce.¹
• Neither the proclamation nor its annexes give the value of Canadian imports in the removed or added categories.²
• The proclamation had not appeared on the Federal Register’s public inspection list as of Friday afternoon.¹⁰
• SignalData found no statement from Global Affairs Canada or the prime minister’s office responding to this proclamation specifically as of Friday afternoon.