Notice2026-01282
Overhead Door Counterbalance Torsion Springs From the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order and Countervailing Duty Order
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Published
January 23, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on overhead door counterbalance torsion springs (overhead door springs) from the People's Republic of China.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2911-2914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01282]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-186, C-570-187]
Overhead Door Counterbalance Torsion Springs From the People's
Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order and Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S
Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) and
countervailing duty (CVD) orders on overhead door counterbalance
torsion springs (overhead door springs) from the People's Republic of
China.
DATES: Applicable January 23, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Keller (AD) or Laurel Smalley
(CVD) AD/CVD Operations, Offices I and VIII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-4849 or (202) 482-3456, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 705(d) and 735(d) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), on August 15, 2025, Commerce published its
affirmative final determinations of sales at less than fair value
(LTFV) of overhead door springs from China,\1\ and its affirmative
final determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided
to producers and exporters of overhead door springs from China.\2\ On
September 30, 2025, in accordance with sections 705(d) and 735(d) the
Act, the
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ITC notified Commerce of its final affirmative determinations that an
industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of dumped
imports of overhead door springs from China, and subsidized imports of
overhead door springs from China, within the meaning of sections
705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act.\3\
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\1\ See Overhead Door Counterbalance Torsion Springs from the
People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales
at Less-Than-Fair-Value and Final Affirmative Critical Circumstances
Determination, in Part, 90 FR 39369 (August 15, 2025) (LTFV Final
Determination).
\2\ See Overhead Door Counterbalance Torsion Springs from the
People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Final Affirmative Critical Circumstances
Determination in Part, 90 FR 39374 (August 15, 2025) (CVD Final
Determination).
\3\ See ITC's Letter, ``Notification of ITC Final
Determinations,'' dated September 30, 2025 (ITC Notification
Letter).
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Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders are overhead door springs from
China. For a complete description of the scope of the orders, see the
appendix to this notice.
AD Order
On September 30, 2025, in accordance with 735(d) of the Act, the
ITC notified Commerce of its final determination that an industry in
the United States is materially injured within the meaning of section
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of imports of overhead door
springs from China that are sold in the United States at LTFV.\4\
Therefore, in accordance with sections 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act,
Commerce is issuing this AD order. Because the ITC determined that
imports of overhead door springs are materially injuring a U.S.
industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from China, entered
or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are subject to the
assessment of antidumping duties.
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\4\ Id.
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Therefore, in accordance with sections 736(a)(1) of the Act,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise on all
relevant entries of overhead door springs from China. Antidumping
duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of overhead door
springs entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after June 2, 2025, the date of the publication of the LTFV Preliminary
Determination but will not include entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures period and before the
publication of the ITC's final injury determination under section
705(b) of the Act, as further described in the ``Provisional Measures-
AD'' section of this notice.\5\
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\5\ See Overhead Door Counterbalance Torsion Springs from the
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of
Sales at Less-Than-Fair-Value, 90 FR 23311 (June 2, 2025) (LTFV
Preliminary Determination).
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Critical Circumstances--AD
In addition, the ITC found that critical circumstances do not exist
with respect to imports of overhead door springs from China. As a
result, we intend to instruct CBP to lift the suspension of liquidation
and to refund all cash deposits for estimated antidumping duties with
respect to entries of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after March 4, 2025 (i.e., 90 days
prior to the date of publication of the affirmative LTFV Preliminary
Determination), but before June 2, 2025 (i.e., the date of publication
of the LTFV Preliminary Determination).\6\
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\6\ See LTFV Preliminary Determination; see also Overhead Door
Counterbalance Torsion Springs from India and the People's Republic
of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determinations of Critical
Circumstances, in Part, in the Less-Than-Fair Value Investigations,
90 FR 35662 (July 29, 2025).
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Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits--AD
In accordance with section 736 of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of overhead
door springs from China, effective on the date of publication of the
ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register.
These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until
further notice. Commerce also intends to instruct CBP to require cash
deposits equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins listed
in the LTFV Final Determination.\7\ The rate for the China-wide entity
applies to all producers and exporters not specifically listed, as
appropriate.
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\7\ See LTFV Final Determination, 90 FR at 39370.
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These instructions suspending liquidation and cash deposit
requirements will remain in effect until further notice.
Provisional Measures--AD
Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of export of the subject merchandise request
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months.
In the underlying investigation, Commerce published the LTFV
Preliminary Determination on June 2, 2025. Therefore, the four-month
period beginning on the date of publication ended on September 29,
2025. Pursuant to section 737(b) of the Act, the collection of cash
deposits will begin on the date of publication of the ITC's final
injury determinations.
Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, Commerce
will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated entries
of overhead door springs from China entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after September 30, 2025, the first
day provisional measures were no longer in effect, until and through
the day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final injury
determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation and
the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date of publication
of the ITC's final determination in the Federal Register.
CVD Order
As stated above, on September 30, 2025, the ITC notified Commerce
of its final determination that an industry is materially injured
within the meaning of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of
subsidized imports of overhead door springs from China.\8\ Therefore,
in accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is issuing
this countervailing duty order. Moreover, because the ITC determined
that imports of overhead door springs from China are materially
injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from
China, entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, are
subject to the assessment of countervailing duties.
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\8\ See ITC Notification Letter.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act, Commerce
intends to direct CBP to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce,
countervailing duties on unliquidated entries of overhead door springs
from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after April 3, 2025, the date of publication of the CVD Preliminary
Determination, but will not include entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures period and before the
publication of the ITC's final injury determination under section
705(b) of the Act, as further described in the ``Provisional Measures--
CVD'' section of this notice.\9\
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\9\ See Overhead Door Counterbalance Springs from the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Alignment of Final Determination with Final
Antidumping Duty Determination, 90 FR 14630 (April 3, 2025) (CVD
Preliminary Determination).
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Critical Circumstances--CVD
In addition, the ITC found that critical circumstances do not exist
with respect to imports of overhead door springs from China. As a
result, we intend to instruct CBP to lift suspension and to refund any
cash deposits made to secure the payment of estimated countervailing
duties with respect to entries of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 3, 2025
(i.e., 90 days prior to the date of the publication of the CVD
Preliminary Determination), but before April 3, 2025 (i.e., the date of
publication of the CVD Preliminary Determination).\10\
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\10\ See CVD Preliminary Determination; see also Overhead Door
Counterbalance Torsion Springs from the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in
Part, in the Countervailing Duty Investigation, 90 FR 31960 (July
16, 2025).
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Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits--CVD
In accordance with section 706 of the Act, we will instruct CBP to
reinstitute suspension of liquidation on all relevant entries of
overhead door springs from China, effective on the date of publication
of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the Federal
Register, and to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, pursuant
to section 706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing duties on each entry of
subject merchandise in an amount based on the net countervailable
subsidy rates listed in the CVD Final Determination.\11\ These
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further
notice.
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\11\ See CVD Final Determination, 90 FR 39374 at 39375.
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Commerce will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits.
Accordingly, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final
affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register, CBP will
require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated
duties on the subject merchandise, a cash deposit for each entry of
subject merchandise equal to the subsidy rates listed in the CVD Final
Determination.\12\ The all-others rate applies to all producers or
exporters not specifically listed.
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\12\ See id.; see also section 706(a)(3) of the Act.
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Provisional Measures--CVD
Section 703(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months. Commerce published the CVD
Preliminary Determination on April 3, 2025.\13\ As such, the four-month
period beginning on the date of the publication of the Preliminary
Determinations ended on July 31, 2025.
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\13\ See CVD Preliminary Determination.
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In accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, we will instruct CBP
to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to liquidate, without
regard to countervailing duties, unliquidated entries of overhead door
springs from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption after August 1, 2025, the date on which the provisional
measures expired, until and through the day preceding the date of
publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the Federal
Register. Suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash deposits
will resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final determination
in the Federal Register.
Establishment of the Annual Inquiry Service Lists
Commerce published the Final Rule and the Procedural Guidance in
the Federal Register on September 20, 2021, and September 27, 2021,
respectively.\14\ The Final Rule and Procedural Guidance provide that
Commerce will maintain an annual inquiry service list for each order or
suspended investigation, and any interested party submitting a scope
ruling application or request for circumvention inquiry shall serve a
copy of the application or request on the persons on the annual inquiry
service list for that order, as well as any companion order covering
the same merchandise from the same country of origin.\15\
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\14\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement
on Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September
20, 2021) (Final Rule); and Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry
Service List; and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27,
2021) (Procedural Guidance).
\15\ Id.
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In accordance with the Procedural Guidance, for orders published in
the Federal Register after November 4, 2021, Commerce will create an
annual inquiry service list segment in Commerce's online e-filing and
document management system, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Electronic Service System (ACCESS), available at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/">https://access.trade.gov/</a>, within five business days of publication of the
notice of the order. Each annual inquiry service list will be saved in
ACCESS, under each case number, and under a specific segment type
called ``AISL-Annual Inquiry Service List.'' \16\
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\16\ This segment will be combined with the ACCESS Segment
Specific Information (SSI) field which will display the month in
which the notice of the order or suspended investigation was
published in the Federal Register, also known as the anniversary
month. For example, for an order under case number A-000-000 that
was published in the Federal Register in January, the relevant
segment and SSI combination will appear in ACCESS as ``AISL-January
Anniversary.'' Note that there will be only one annual inquiry
service list per case number, and the anniversary month will be pre-
populated in ACCESS.
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Interested parties who wish to be added to the annual inquiry
service list for an order must submit an entry of appearance to the
annual inquiry service list segment for the order in ACCESS within 30
days after the date of publication of the order. For ease of
administration, Commerce requests that law firms with more than one
attorney representing interested parties in an order designate a lead
attorney to be included on the annual inquiry service list. Commerce
will finalize the annual inquiry service list within five business days
thereafter. As mentioned in the Procedural Guidance,\17\ the new annual
inquiry service list will be in place until the following year, when
the Opportunity Notice for the anniversary month of the order is
published.
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\17\ See Procedural Guidance, 86 FR at 53206.
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Commerce may update an annual service list at any time as needed
based on interested parties' amendments to their entries of appearance
to remove or otherwise modify their list of members and
representatives, or to update contact information. Any changes or
announcements pertaining to these procedures will be posted to the
ACCESS website.
Special Instructions for Petitioners and Foreign Governments
In the Final Rule, Commerce stated that, ``after an initial request
and placement on the annual inquiry service list, both petitioners and
foreign governments will automatically be placed on the annual inquiry
service list in the years that follow.'' \18\ Accordingly, as stated
above, the petitioner and the Government of China (GOC) should submit
their initial entries of appearance after publication of this notice in
order to appear in the first annual inquiry service lists for these
orders for which they qualify as interested parties. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.225(n)(3), the petitioner and the GOC will not need to resubmit
their entries of appearance each year to continue to be included on the
annual inquiry service list. However, the petitioner and the GOC are
responsible for making amendments to their entries of appearance during
the annual update to the annual inquiry service list in
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accordance with the procedures described above.
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\18\ See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the AD and CVD orders with respect to
overhead door springs from China pursuant to section 736(a) and 706(a)
of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of AD and CVD orders
currently in effect at <a href="https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/adcvd-proceedings">https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/adcvd-proceedings</a>.
These orders are published in accordance with sections 736(a) and
706(a) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: January 20, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders is helically-wound,
overhead door counterbalance torsion steel springs (overhead door
counterbalance torsion springs) and any cones, plugs or other
similar fittings for mounting and creating torque in the spring
(herein collectively referred to as cones) attached to or entered
with and invoiced with the subject overhead door counterbalance
torsion springs. Overhead door counterbalance torsion springs are
helical steel springs with tightly wound coils that store and
release mechanical energy by winding and unwinding along the
spring's axis by an angle, using torque to create a lifting force in
the counterbalance assembly typically used to raise and lower
overhead doors, including garage doors, industrial rolling doors,
warehouse doors, trailer doors, and other overhead doors, gates,
grates, or similar devices. The merchandise covered by this
investigation covers all overhead door counterbalance torsion
springs with a coil inside diameter of 15.8 millimeters (mm) or more
but not exceeding 304.8 mm (measured across the diameter from inner
edge to inner edge); a wire diameter of 2.5 mm to 20.4 mm; a length
of 127 mm or more; and regardless of the following characteristics:
<bullet> wire type (including, but not limited to, oil-tempered
wire, hard-drawn wire, music wire, galvanized or other coated wire);
<bullet> wire cross-sectional shape (e.g., round, square, or
other shapes);
<bullet> coating (e.g., uncoated, oil- or water-based coatings,
lubricant coatings, zinc, aluminum, zinc-aluminum, paint or plastic
coating, etc.);
<bullet> winding orientation (left-hand or right-hand wind
direction);
<bullet> end type (including, but not limited to, looped, double
looped, clipped, long length, mini warehouse, Barcol, Crawford,
Kinnear, Wagner, rolling steel or barrel ends); and
<bullet> whether the overhead door counterbalance torsion
springs are fitted with hardware, including but not limited to
fasteners, clips, and cones (winding or stationary cones).
For purposes of the diameters referenced above, where the
nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is within the scope
if application of either the nominal or actual measurement would
place it within the scope based on the definitions set forth above.
The steel torsion springs included in the scope of these orders
are produced from steel in which: (1) iron predominates, by weight,
over each of the other contained elements; and (2) the carbon
content is 2 percent or less, by weight.
Subject merchandise includes cones attached to or entered with
and invoiced with the subject overhead door counterbalance torsion
springs. Such cones, which are typically cast aluminum, aluminum
alloy or steel (but may be made from other materials) are made to
mount the subject springs to the overhead door counterbalance system
and create and maintain torque in the spring. Cones or other similar
fittings that are not attached to the subject springs or are not
entered with and invoiced with the subject springs are not included
within the scope unless entered as parts of kits as described below.
Subject merchandise also includes all subject overhead door
counterbalance torsion springs and cones or other similar fittings
for mounting and tensioning the spring entered as a part of overhead
door kits, overhead door mounting or assembly kits, or as a part of
a spring-operated motor assembly or as a part of a spring winder
assembly kit for torsion springs. When counterbalance torsion
springs and cones or other similar fittings for attaching and
tensioning the torsion spring are entered as a part of such kits,
only the counterbalance spring and cones or other similar fittings
in the kit are within scope.
Subject merchandise also includes overhead door counterbalance
torsion springs that have been further processed in a third country,
including but not limited to cutting to length, attachment of
hardware, cones or end-fittings, inclusion in garage door kits or
garage door mounting or assembly kits, or any other processing that
would not remove the merchandise from the scope of these orders if
performed in the country of manufacture of the in-scope overhead
door counterbalance torsion springs.
All products that meet the written physical description are
within the scope of these orders unless specifically excluded. The
following products are specifically excluded from the scope of these
orders:
<bullet> leaf springs (slender arc-shaped length of spring steel
of a rectangular cross-section);
<bullet> disc springs (conical springs consisting of a convex
disc with the outer edge working against the center of the disc);
<bullet> extension springs (close-wound round helical wire
springs that store and release energy by resisting the external
pulling forces applied to the spring's ends in the direction of its
length);
<bullet> compression springs (helical coiled springs with open
wound active coils (such open winding is also known as pitch) that
are designed to compress under load or force); and
<bullet> spiral springs (torsion springs wound as concentric
spirals such as a clock spring or mainspring).
The products subject to these orders are currently classified
under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheadings 7320.20.5020, 7320.20.5045, and 7320.20.5060. They may
also be classified under HTSUS subheading 8412.90.9085 if entered as
parts of spring-operated motors. They may also be classified in
HTSUS subheading 8412.80.1000 (spring-operated motors) if entered as
part of a spring counterweight assembly for an overhead door. They
may also be classified in HTSUS subheading 7308.90.9590, a basket
category that includes metal garage doors entered with mounting
accessories or assemblies.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and
customs purposes, the written description of the subject merchandise
is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2026-01282 Filed 1-22-26; 8:45 am]
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