Updated 2026-10-31 · official Federal Register API · 120-day window
What changed in US import rules
The expensive mistakes in cross-border selling are not arithmetic, they are stale rules. Every change below has a publication date and a document number, newest first. For the stack as it stands today, see landed cost.
Named in the headline or abstract
The import-duty phrase appears in the title or abstract. These are usually the documents that change something.
| Date | Type | Document | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | Notice | Request for Comments on Further Suspension of Section 301 Action: China's Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance Trade Representative, Office of United States · To allow for further negotiation with China regarding the acts, policies, and practices at issue in this investigation, the U.S. Trade Representative (Trade Representative) is proposing to modify the action taken in this investigation to further suspend that action for two months, through January 9, 2027. This notic… | section 301 |
| 2026-10-22 | Rule | Indefinite Suspension of the De Minimis Exemption for Mail Shipments and New Postal Informal Entry Process; Delayed Compliance Extension Homeland Security Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection · This document announces that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will extend the compliance date for the regulatory provisions mandating the formal entry of merchandise arriving through the international postal network that is subject to partner government agency requirements, subject to duties under Chapter 98… | de minimis exemption, harmonized tariff schedule |
| 2026-10-07 | Notice | Notice of Conforming Amendment to Product Exclusion: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation Trade Representative, Office of United States · Effective July 1, 2026, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) implemented certain changes to statistical reporting categories in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). As a result of these changes, USTR is making a conforming amendment to an additional product exclusion associated wit… | harmonized tariff schedule, section 301 |
Matched deeper in the text
The phrase appears somewhere in the full text. Some of these are about something else entirely and merely cite the tariff schedule; they are listed rather than silently dropped.
| Date | Type | Document | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | Presidential Document | Delegation of Authority Under Section 8335 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Office of the President | section 301 |
| 2026-11-02 | Presidential Document | Adjusting Imports of Robotics, Industrial Machinery, and Their Parts and Components Into the United States Executive Office of the President | harmonized tariff schedule, section 232, section 301 |
| 2026-10-30 | Presidential Document | Further Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Motor Vehicles Executive Office of the President | harmonized tariff schedule, section 232, section 301 |
| 2026-10-28 | Presidential Document | Adjusting Imports of Wind Turbines and Their Parts and Components Into the United States Executive Office of the President | harmonized tariff schedule, section 232, section 301 |
| 2026-10-23 | Rule | Implementing the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act for the Issuance of Stablecoins by Entities Subject to the Jurisdiction of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Treasury Department, Comptroller of the Currency · The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is issuing regulations implementing the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act regarding the issuance of payment stablecoins and certain related activities by entities subject to the OCC's jurisdiction. | de minimis exemption |
| 2026-10-22 | Notice | Modification of the Test of the New Electronic Informal Entry Process for Mail Homeland Security Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection · This document announces that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is modifying the test of the new electronic informal entry type for merchandise entering the United States through the international mail process to permit transmission of the entry with or without electronic Partner Government Agency (PGA) data. | harmonized tariff schedule, section 232, section 301 |
| 2026-10-21 | Presidential Document | Implementing the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 Executive Office of the President | section 232, section 301 |
| 2026-10-13 | Proposed Rule | Advance Traveler Information for Rail Homeland Security Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is proposing to require rail carriers to transmit advance electronic traveler information to CBP for any individual (crew and passengers) who is arriving in or departing from the United States on board a train. The rail carrier also would be required to transmit an advance no… | harmonized tariff schedule |
| 2026-10-08 | Proposed Rule | Low-Value Shipments Homeland Security Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection · This document proposes to amend the U.S. Customs and Border Protection regulations to modify filing requirements for informal entries of goods valued at $2,500 or less and to establish a new electronic informal entry type for merchandise entering through the mail environment. This document also proposes other relate… | de minimis exemption, harmonized tariff schedule, section 232 |
| 2026-10-07 | Notice | Continuation of Actions: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation Trade Representative, Office of United States · In a notice published on May 6, 2026, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the first step in the second, statutory four-year review process of the two actions taken as a result of the investigation of China's acts, policies, and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual… | section 301 |
| 2026-10-05 | Notice | Agency Information Collection Activities; Court-Ordered Refunds Under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act Worksheet Homeland Security Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection · The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The information collection is published in t… | section 232 |
| 2026-09-30 | Rule | Cuba Sanctions Regulations Treasury Department, Foreign Assets Control Office · The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is adding regulations to implement a May 1, 2026 Cuba- related Executive order. OFAC intends to supplement these regulations with a more comprehensive set of regulations, which may include additional interpretive guidance and definitions, gener… | section 301 |
| 2026-09-14 | Presidential Document | Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Motor Vehicles Executive Office of the President | section 232 |
| 2026-09-14 | Presidential Document | Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Alcoholic Beverages Executive Office of the President | section 232 |
| 2026-09-02 | Proposed Rule | Heightened Import Disclosures for Supply Chain Visibility Homeland Security Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is considering amending its regulations to give CBP greater visibility into the supply chains of goods imported into the United States. CBP is seeking comments on new requirements enhancing visibility into the parties involved in the importation of goods; integrating innovati… | de minimis exemption |
| 2026-08-14 | Notice | Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions Homeland Security Department · This regulatory agenda is a summary of projected regulations, existing regulations, and completed actions of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its components. This agenda provides the public with information about DHS's regulatory and deregulatory activity. DHS expects that this information will enable t… | de minimis exemption |
Method and scope
Source. Federal Register API, queried daily for the phrases: section 301, section 232, de minimis exemption, harmonized tariff schedule. Window: 120 days from 2026-07-03.
Kept. Documents from Executive Office of the President, Homeland Security Department, Trade Representative, Office of United States, Treasury Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Out of scope. Case-specific trade-remedy paperwork is deliberately excluded: Commerce/ITA antidumping and countervailing notices, International Trade Commission investigation and scheduling notices, and Foreign-Trade Zones Board notices. They run to dozens a week and bind one product in one case; this radar is for the rules that apply across shipments. Check the ITC and ITA dockets directly if your product is under a case.
No interpretation. Titles and abstracts are the Federal Register's own words, trimmed but never rewritten. A match means the phrase appears in the document, not that the document affects your shipment.
Machine-readable: import-rule-changes.json · agent tool: import_rule_changes (supports since=).
FAQ
Where can I see every US import rule change with its date?
The Federal Register publishes all of them, and this page lists the ones matching import-duty phrases in the last 120 days, newest first, each with its publication date, document number and a link to the official document. Case-specific antidumping, ITC and Foreign-Trade Zone paperwork is excluded on purpose, because it runs to dozens a week and binds one product in one case rather than changing the rules that apply across shipments.
How do I know the import rule I am about to quote is still current?
Check the date on it. Three widely repeated figures died in 2026: the $800 de minimis exemption was suspended indefinitely for every mode on 24 June 2026, the postal flat duty of $80 to $200 expired on 28 February 2026, and the IEEPA tariffs were struck down on 20 February 2026. Anything quoting them as current is older than those dates.