By: Brian Walczyk, Compliance Manager, TradeInsights, LCB, CCS

On December 16th, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the opening of a two-week period in which new requests for products to be added to the Section 232 tariffs on auto parts may be submitted. The window will be open from Jan 1 to Jan 14, 2026.

Accepted inclusion requests will be posted for a two-week public comment period, under docket ITA-2025-0039 on Regulations.gov, following the close of the request period.

We will continue to monitor this situation and issue updates as needed.

Please contact your V. Alexander account team, or you may also contact our Trade Compliance team at tradeinsights@valexander.com with any questions, and you can always follow us on our website www.valexander.com for updates on this and other topics.