Notice2026-01811
Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof From Mexico: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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January 30, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain freight rail couplers and parts thereof (freight rail couplers) from Mexico. The period of review (POR) is May 3, 2023, through October 31, 2024. Commerce preliminarily determines that Amsted Rail Company, Inc.; ASF-K de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Amsted) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4059-4061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01811]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-857]
Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof From Mexico:
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain freight
rail couplers and parts thereof (freight rail couplers) from Mexico.
The period of review (POR) is May 3, 2023, through October 31, 2024.
Commerce preliminarily determines that Amsted Rail Company, Inc.; ASF-K
de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Amsted) made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value during the POR. We invite
interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable January 30, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Barton, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0012.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 15, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the antidumping duty order on freight rail couplers from Mexico.\1\ On
December 18, 2024, based on timely requests for review, Commerce
initiated an administrative review covering 23 companies.\2\
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\1\ See Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof from
Mexico: Antidumping Duty Order, 88 FR 78308 (November 15, 2023)
(Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 102856, 102860 (December 18, 2024)
(Initiation Notice).
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On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the
preliminary results in administrative reviews for which the opportunity
to request the review was published in November or December 2024, by 90
days.\3\ Additionally, due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal
Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47 days,\4\ and, due to a
backlog of documents that were electronically filed via Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Service System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on
November 24, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by an additional 21 days.\5\ On December 30, 2025, Commerce
extended the deadline for these preliminary results to February 6,
2026.\6\
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024. The
opportunity notice to request this administrative review was
published on November 1, 2024. See Antidumping or Countervailing
Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to
Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List,
89 FR 87338 (November 1, 2024).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated December
30, 2025.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
attached as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
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version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Freight
Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof from Mexico; 2023-2024,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this Order is freight rail couplers from
Mexico. For a full description of the scope, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.\8\
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\8\ Id. at 2-3.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Constructed export price was calculated in accordance with section 772
of the Act. Normal value was calculated in accordance with section 773
of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as
an appendix to this notice.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation. On January 9, 2025, the
Coalition of Freight Coupler Producers (the petitioner) timely withdrew
its request for a review of 22 companies upon which we initiated the
review.\9\ No other parties requested an administrative review of these
companies. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce
is rescinding this administrative review with respect to the 22
companies listed in Appendix II to this notice.
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\9\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Administrative
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Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the period May 3, 2023, through
October 31, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Amsted Rail Company, Inc.; ASF-K de Mexico, S. de R.L. de 6.50
C.V......................................................
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties in these preliminary results within
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\10 \Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\11\ Parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit
with each argument: (1) a statement of the issue; and (2) a brief
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\12\ All briefs
must be filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed
document must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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\10\ Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii) to alter the time limit for the filing of case
briefs. See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\13\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the
basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the executive summary of each issue. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\14\
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\13\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\14\ See Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other
Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final
Rule, 88 FR 67069 (September 29, 2023).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice.\15\ Requests should
contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the
number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed.
Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the
respective case briefs. Commerce intends to issue the final results of
this administrative review, including the results of its analysis of
the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after
the date of publication of these preliminary results in the Federal
Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, unless extended.
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, upon issuance of the
final results, Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review.\16\ If a respondent's weighted-average
dumping margin is above de minimis in the final results of this review,
we will calculate an importer-specific assessment rate based on the
ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's
examined sales and the total entered value of the sales in accordance
with 19 CFR
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351.212(b)(1).\17\ Where the respondent did not report entered value,
we calculated a per-unit assessment rate for each importer by dividing
the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales made to
that importer by the total quantity associated with those sales. To
determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is de
minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also calculated an
importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated entered values.
If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin or an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final results of
review, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties in accordance with the Final
Modification for Reviews.\18\
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
\17\ In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for
Reviews).
\18\ See Final Modification for Reviews, 77 FR at 8103; see also
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Amsted
for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the
all-others rate in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation (i.e., 48.10 percent) if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\19\
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\19\ See Order, 88 FR at 78308; see also Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis
for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise
covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.\20\ We intend to issue assessment
instructions to CBP no earlier than 41 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this review in the Federal
Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 356.8(a).
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\20\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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For the companies for which this review is being rescinded,
antidumping duties shall be assessed on entries at rates equal to the
cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of
entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP for the companies listed in Appendix II to this
notice no earlier than 41 days after the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 356.8(a).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements for estimated antidumping
duties will be effective upon publication of the notice of final
results of this review for all shipments of freight rail couplers from
Mexico entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for companies subject to this review
will be equal to the dumping margin established in the final results of
the review; (2) for merchandise exported by companies not covered in
this review but covered in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published
for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered
in this review, a prior review, or the LTFV investigation but the
producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the
most recently completed segment for the producer of the merchandise;
(4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will
continue to be the 48.10 percent, the all-others rate established in
the LTFV investigation.\21\ These cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\21\ See Order, 88 FR at 78308.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping countervailing duties prior
to liquidation of the relevant entries during this period of review.
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's
presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: January 23, 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 I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies Rescinded From Administrative Review
1. BNSF Railway
2. CAI Rail Inc.
3. Canadian National Railway Company
4. Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
5. Chicago Freight Car Leasing Company
6. CIT Rail (First Citizens Bank)
7. CSX Transportation Corp.
8. Freightcar America, Inc.
9. GATX de Mexico
10. Mitsui de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.
11. Modern Rail Capital
12. National Steel Car, Ltd.
13. Norfolk Southern Railway
14. Strato, Inc.
15. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.
16. Trinity Rail Group LLC
17. TTX Company
18. Tubos Acero Mexico
19. Union Pacific Railroad
20. Union Tank Car Company
21. Wabtec Corporation
22. Wells Fargo Rail
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