Notice2025-13788
Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order
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Published
July 22, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain steel threaded rod from the People's Republic of China (China) would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of this AD and order.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34418-34419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13788]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-932]
Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China:
Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain steel
threaded rod from the People's Republic of China (China) would likely
lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury
to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of
continuation of this AD and order.
DATES: Applicable July 16, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David De Falco, Trade Agreements
Policy and Negotiations, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2178.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 14, 2009, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
AD order on certain steel threaded rod from China.\1\ On February 3,
2025, the ITC instituted,\2\ and Commerce initiated,\3\ the third
sunset review of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). As a result of its review, Commerce
determined that revocation of the Order would likely lead to the
continuation or recurrence of dumping, and therefore, notified the ITC
of the magnitude of the margins of dumping likely to prevail should the
Order be revoked.\4\
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\1\ See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of
China: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order, 74 FR 17154 (April 14,
2009) (Order).
\2\ See Steel Threaded Rod from from China; Institution of a
Five-Year Review, 90 FR 8808 (February 3, 2025).
\3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 90 FR 8789
(February 3, 2025).
\4\ See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of the Expedited Third Sunset Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order, 90 FR 19675 (May 9, 2025), and accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM).
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On July 16, 2025, the ITC published its determination, pursuant to
sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, that revocation of the Order
would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to
an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable
time.\5\
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\5\ See Steal Threaded Rod from China, 90 FR 32016 (July 16,
2025) (ITC Final Determination).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this Order is steel threaded rod. Steel
threaded rod is certain threaded rod, bar, or studs, of carbon quality
steel, having a solid, circular cross section, of any diameter, in any
straight length, that have been forged, turned, cold-drawn, cold-
rolled, machine straightened, or otherwise cold-finished, and into
which threaded grooves have been applied. In addition, the steel
threaded rod, bar, or studs subject to this order are non-headed and
threaded along greater than 25 percent of their total length. A variety
of finishes or coatings, such as plain oil finish as a temporary rust
protectant, zinc coating (i.e., galvanized, whether by electroplating
or hot-dipping), paint, and other similar finishes and coatings, may be
applied to the merchandise.
Included in the scope of this Order are steel threaded rod, bar, or
studs, in which: (1) iron predominates, by weight, over each of the
other contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less,
by weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below exceeds the
quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
1. 1.80 percent of manganese, or
2. 1.50 percent of silicon, or
3. 1.00 percent of copper, or
4. 0.50 percent of aluminum, or
5. 1.25 percent of chromium, or
6. 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
7. 0.40 percent of lead, or
8. 1.25 percent of nickel, or
9. 0.30 percent of tungsten, or
10. 0.012 percent of boron, or
11. 0.10 percent of molybdenum, or
12. 0.10 percent of niobium, or
13. 0.41 percent of titanium, or
14. 0.15 percent of vanadium, or
15. 0.15 percent of zirconium.
Steel threaded rod is currently classifiable under subheading
7318.15.5050, 7318.15.5090, and 7318.15.2095 of the United States
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description
of the merchandise is dispositive.
Excluded from the scope of the Order are: (a) threaded rod, bar, or
studs which are threaded only on one or both ends and the threading
covers 25 percent or less of the total length; and (b) threaded rod,
bar, or studs made to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
A193 Grade B7, ASTM A193 Grade B7M, ASTM A193 Grade B16, or ASTM A320
Grade L7.
Continuation of the Order
As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that
revocation of the Order would likely lead to continuation or recurrence
of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States,
pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce hereby orders the
continuation of the Order. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will
continue to collect AD cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time
of entry for all imports of subject merchandise.
The effective date of the continuation of the Order will be July
16, 2025.\6\ Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to initiate the next five-year reviews
of the Order not later than 30 days prior to fifth anniversary of the
date of the last determination by the ITC.
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\6\ See ITC Final Determination.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR
351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or
conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which
is subject to sanction.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This five-year (sunset) review and this notice are in accordance
with sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and published in
accordance with section 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: July 17, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-13788 Filed 7-21-25; 8:45 am]
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