President Donald Trump added 100 Canadian tariff classifications to an additional 50% duty and removed 22, a net increase of 78 classifications. His proclamation published October 30, 2026 reaches categories including shampoo and specified chest freezers, while relieving selected plywood, packaging and machinery categories. The change affects covered import entries; the number of classifications does not establish the cost to households.
The order belongs to Trump's motor-vehicle retaliation against Canada, but the added list reaches recognizable household goods. In Annex I, Part B, code 3305.10.00 covers shampoos, 3401.11.50 covers specified toilet-use soap and related products, and 8418.30.00 covers chest-type freezers not exceeding 800 liters. The annex says descriptions are informational and do not delimit legal scope.
Coverage depends on the classifications, Canadian origin and applicable exceptions. The list does not establish that every brand, everything sold in Canada or every U.S. purchase is subject to the duty. An additional 50% duty based on value is also not a prediction that the retail price will rise 50%.
How the count works
BTP's calculation counts the eight-digit tariff codes explicitly removed and added by this amendment. Annex I's removal list contains 13 codes on page 1 and nine on page 2. Its addition list contains nine codes on page 2, 28 on page 3, 22 on page 4, 23 on page 5 and 18 on page 6.
Those page counts produce 22 removals and 100 additions. Each code occurs once in its change set, and the two sets have no overlap. The net change is 100 − 22 = 78 classifications.
Annex II, A.1.a and A.1.b, reproduces the same removal and addition sets. The two annexes belong to one presidential source family, so that agreement is a structural check. CBP's October 29 implementation bulletin independently supplies filing instructions, lists the same removal set and expressly states that 100 classifications are added.
CBP already published the addition count. The contribution here is the reproduced net calculation and reconciliation, not a claim of first discovery. Neither the net count nor the ratio of additions to removals measures trade value.
Who pays, who receives relief
Covered import transactions face the additional duty. Qualifying transactions under the removed classifications receive relief from this duty alone. The records establish those changes, but do not establish a named company's realized benefit, total duty collections or what shoppers will ultimately pay.
A small number of removed classifications could represent more trade than a larger number of added classifications. Businesses could respond through margins, prices or sourcing; the supplied records do not measure those choices. A weighted assessment needs import values and evidence of how costs are passed along.
Trump says the revision serves the public interest and offsets a disadvantage to U.S. commerce. That is his administration's rationale. The proclamation refers to recommendations by senior officials without identifying the individual recommending officials; the underlying recommendations were not available in the reporting record.
The exceptions and the effective time
The proclamation makes the revised treatment effective October 30 at 12:01 a.m. eastern time for consumption entries and warehouse withdrawals. It was signed October 23 and published October 30. CBP's guidance paragraph says “eastern standard time,” while the bulletin's background says “eastern time”; the records contain that wording discrepancy.
Qualifying civil aircraft and aircraft parts meeting the stated requirements are excluded from the newly added list. Applicable Section 232 duties can still accompany the revised duty, and CBP preserves other applicable charges. Chapter 98 treatment requires a proper claim and CBP agreement and has specified exceptions.
The public's opening
A separate USITC notice published September 9 asks how the commission should gather information and convey recommendations under Section 338, including whether reports to the president should remain nonpublic. It also asks about protecting sensitive information and preventing reprisals. That is a transparency question, not proof that USITC supplied no advice on Canada or that anyone broke the law.
The notice calls for submissions received by November 9, 2026, at 5:15 p.m., without specifying a timezone. It permits EDIS filing or email to Secretary@usitc.gov and requires the agency name and docket MISC-053. Follow the official notice's filing and confidential-information instructions; later amendments and the current filing portal have not been checked for this story.
A timely conforming comment receives the notice's assurance of consideration. A late submission lacks that assurance. Neither automatically changes the tariff, and November 9 is not a tariff expiration date.
The question to follow is whether USITC will publish its findings and recommendations, explaining proposed remedies while protecting confidential business information. The notice supplies neither the answer nor a date for a final decision.
People affected by a government charge deserve a reason they can examine.