Erratum only: Canada patches a French-text gap in the US surtax remission list for aluminum extrusions
This is a correction notice, not a new surtax or remission decision. It fixes an omission in the French-language version of the United States Surtax Remission Order (2025) so that a specific hollow aluminum extrusion description lines up with the English text already in force. Importers relying on the English HTML version of the Order see no change; nothing new is granted or removed.
United States Surtax Remission Order (2025) — Order Amending the Customs Tariff
What happened
The Canada Gazette published an erratum to SOR/2026-154, the Order Amending the United States Surtax Remission Order (2025). The correction addresses a French-version-only error on page 2592 of the original publication: paragraph (a) under article 44.161 in section 89 had been dropped from the French text and has now been added back. The notice confirms the HTML version had already been updated to reflect this fix.
Who this affects
This concerns importers of a specific hollow aluminum extrusion — 6061-T6 alloy, ASTM B221 spec, with minimum dimensions of 0.252 inch thickness, 12 inch width, and 4.724 inch height — that is listed for remission under article 44.161 of the Order. If you rely on the French-language version of the Order to confirm eligibility for surtax remission on this product, this erratum restores the missing product description you may not have seen before.
No new exemption or obligation
This is not a new remission and not a new surtax measure. The description of the eligible aluminum extrusion was already part of the English-language Order in force since July 1, 2026; the erratum simply brings the French version into alignment. Importers who have been working from the English HTML version have already had access to this eligibility criterion and are unaffected by this notice.
What to do now
If your imports involve hollow aluminum extrusions matching the 6061-T6/ASTM B221 specification and dimensions above, confirm your classification and remission claims against article 44.161, section 89 of the Order, using either language version — they now match. No filing action is required as a result of this erratum itself; it corrects text, not entitlement.
Refund angle
The document does not indicate that any importer was denied remission because of the French-text omission, nor does it establish a new refund mechanism. If a French-language reader was unable to confirm eligibility for this specific product description between July 1, 2026 and this correction, and paid surtax as a result, that would fall under the general refund/remission claim process under the original Order — but this erratum itself makes no statement about retroactive refunds.