Notice2026-04951
Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024
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Published
March 13, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain freight rail couplers and parts thereof (freight rail couplers) from the People's Republic of China (China). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12358-12359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04951]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-146]
Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof From the People's
Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain
freight rail couplers and parts thereof (freight rail couplers) from
the People's Republic of China (China). The period of review (POR) is
January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.
DATES: Applicable March 13, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Whitley Herndon, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6274.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 30, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD
order on freight rail couplers from China.\1\ Commerce received a
timely request for review of the CVD order from the Coalition of
Freight Coupler Producers (the petitioner) for certain producers/
exporters of subject merchandise.\2\
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\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 90 FR 27841 (June 30,
2025).
\2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for Administrative
Review,'' dated July 29, 2025; see also Petitioner's Letter,
``Clarification of Companies,'' dated August 13, 2025.
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On August 22, 2025, Commerce published the initiation notice in the
Federal Register for thirteen companies, in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\3\ On September
12, 2025, we notified interested parties that information from U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) indicated that there were no POR
entries of the subject merchandise.\4\ On September 19, 2025, the
petitioner submitted comments on the lack of entries in the CBP data,
stating that there may be entries of subject merchandise that entered
as a product other than an entry for consumption (such as entries of
subject merchandise that entered mounted to railcars), or under
harmonized tariff schedule subheadings listed in the scope of the CVD
order.\5\ We did not receive any additional comments in this
administrative review.
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\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 41043 (August 22, 2025).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Release of Customs Entry Data from U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP),'' dated September 12, 2025 (CBP
Data Memorandum).
\5\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Comments on CBP Release of Data
and Clarification of Companies,'' dated September 19, 2025.
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\6\ Additionally, 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.\7\ Accordingly, the deadline for the preliminary
results of this review is now June 9, 2026.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to
rescind an administrative review of a CVD order where it concludes that
there were there are no entries of subject merchandise during the POR
for which liquidation is suspended.\8\ Normally, upon completion of an
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the CVD
rates calculated for the review period.\9\ Therefore, for an
administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable,
suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to liquidate at the
calculated CVD rates for the
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review period.\10\ As noted above, there were no suspended entries of
subject merchandise for any companies subject to this review during the
POR.\11\ Accordingly, in the absence of reviewable, suspended entries
of subject merchandise during the POR, we are hereby rescinding this
administrative review in its entirety, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3).
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\8\ See, e.g., Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Turkey:
Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020,
87 FR 27988 (May 10, 2022); see also, e.g., Certain Softwood Lumber
Products from Canada: Final Results and Final Rescission, in Part,
of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2020, 87 FR 48455
(August 9, 2022); and Certain Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders from
the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 87 FR 64008 (October 21, 2022).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.212(d)(3).
\11\ While the petitioner argues that there may be misclassified
entries that could be subject to this review, there are nonetheless
no suspended entries in the CBP data covering the POR for the
companies under review to be liquidated as a result of this review.
See CBP Data Memorandum. CBP, not Commerce, has the ability to
address the issues the petitioner raises.
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Assessment
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries. Countervailing duties shall be assessed at rates
equal to the cash deposit rate of estimated countervailing 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 no earlier than 35 days
after the date of publication of this rescission notice in the Federal
Register.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice 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, which continues to govern business proprietary information in
this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification of the
return or destruction of the APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with
regulations and terms of an APO is a violation, which is subject to
sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: March 11, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2026-04951 Filed 3-12-26; 8:45 am]
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