U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) administers the tariff-rate quota entries. Its notices set out the monthly quota periods and entry procedures. The proclamation authorized CBP to administer and enforce the expanded quota. A Texas A&M analysis using CBP weekly entry data reported 37,486 metric tons entered under the first 100,000-ton tranche by September 28, 2026.^1–4

September 2026 quota tranche

Administered the quota and reported entry data^{1, 3}

The first quota tranche allowed up to 100,000 metric tons during September 2026. A Texas A&M analysis of CBP entries found 37,486 metric tons entered by September 28, or about 37.5% of the tranche. It estimated that roughly 8,054 to 21,936 metric tons might represent imports beyond what would otherwise have arrived, depending on the comparison used. Those are analytical estimates, not a final official calculation of additional supply.^{1, 3}

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