September 2026: C$27.6 billion of Canadian counter-tariffs, then a US import ban

Dated entry. This covers 30 September 2026 and has not been updated since. Tariff rules change constantly and some of this will have been superseded — check the official sources before acting on it.

On 8 September 2026 Canada imposed counter-tariffs of 15%, 25% and 50% on roughly C$27.6 billion of US imports, across 629 HS codes. Existing 25% tariffs on certain goods were raised to 50% to mirror the US rates. Affected categories included steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics.

On 29 September the United States responded with something it had not used before in this dispute: an outright import ban on roughly US$1 billion of select Canadian products, covering alcoholic beverages, motorcycles, molasses, whey and dairy, among others.

What it meant for freight: a ban is not a tariff. There is no rate to pay and no remission to apply for — the goods cannot enter. Check this first for southbound loads of those commodities.