An executive order from President Donald Trump will put new restrictions on 68 categories of Canadian-made imports into the United States starting Sept. 29.
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The United States is scheduled to begin banning selected Canadian-made imports at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, under an executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump, according to the order referenced in published reporting.
The restrictions target 68 specific product categories, with alcohol listed as the largest share, occupying 53 separate lines in the categories affected.
The alcohol-related categories described in the ban include multiple types of spirits and alcoholic beverages such as wine, rye, whisky, beer, vodka, vermouth, tequila and rum, meaning the measure would affect a broad range of Canadian packaged alcohol exported to the U.S.
The ban also includes certain dairy-linked products, including whey protein concentrates and molasses, categories identified among the dairy items included in the 68 covered categories.
Statistics Canada data cited in the reporting indicates Canada exported just over $700 million in dairy products to the United States in 2024, underscoring the size of the market for dairy goods that fall within the restricted product list.
A smaller category within the overall import bans involves motorcycles, with the U.S. fact sheet describing the scope as motorcycles including “cycles fitted with a reciprocating internal-combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity over 800 cc,” which would narrow the restrictions to higher-capacity models as defined in the document.
The reported rationale for the import bans is retaliation tied to Canada’s counter-tariffs against the United States, situating the restrictions within an ongoing trade dispute between the two countries.
With the U.S. restrictions set to take effect at the start of Sept. 29, the practical impact for Canadian exporters will depend on whether their products fall exactly within the specified product categories and, for goods such as alcohol, which alcohol types are included in the affected lines.
Whether there is any resolution before the end of the year was described as uncertain in the reporting, leaving Canadian businesses to plan for compliance with the new U.S. import limits beginning Sept. 29.
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