Notice2026-05004
Temporary Steel Fencing From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part
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Published
March 16, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that temporary steel fencing from the People's Republic of China (China) is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is July 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12577-12581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05004]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-198]
Temporary Steel Fencing From the People's Republic of China:
Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
temporary steel fencing from the People's Republic of China (China) is
being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair
value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is July 1, 2024,
through December 31, 2024.
DATES: Applicable March 16, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Noah Wetzel, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973, or (202)
482-7466, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 19, 2025, Commerce published the Preliminary
Determination in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to
comment.\1\ On August 20, 2025,
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Commerce received timely ministerial error allegations from separate
rate applicants Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd. (Hebei Minmetals), Joint
Force Int'l Co., Limited (Joint Force), Metaltec Group Co., Limited
(Metaltec), and Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Ltd.
(Shuangming).\2\ On September 2, 2025, Commerce published a Preliminary
Determination Correction in the Federal Register.\3\
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\1\ See Temporary Steel Fencing from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, in Part, Postponement of Final Determination and
Extension of Provisional Measures, 90 FR 40332 (August 19, 2025)
(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Hebei Minmetals et.al's, ``Ministerial Error Comments,''
dated August 20, 2025.
\3\ See Temporary Steel Fencing from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, in Part, Postponement of Final Determination and
Extension of Provisional Measures; Correction, 90 FR 42385
(September 2, 2025) (Preliminary Determination Correction).
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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.\4\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Access
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24,
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an
additional 21 days.\5\ Accordingly, the deadline for this final
determination is now March 10, 2026.
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\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.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
Preliminary Determination, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\6\
The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered users at
<a href="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Issues
and 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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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Affirmative Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigation of Temporary Steel Fencing from the People's Republic
of China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation are temporary steel
fencing products from China. For a complete description of the scope of
this investigation, see Appendix I.
Scope Comments
In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time
for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage (i.e., scope) in
scope-specific case briefs or other written comments on scope
issues.\7\ We did not receive comments from interested parties on the
scope of the investigation as it appeared in the Preliminary
Determination and made no changes to the scope of the investigation for
this final determination. See Appendix I.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,''
dated August 13, 2025 (Preliminary Scope Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
The issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by the parties in
this investigation are discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
For a list of the issues raised by interested parties and addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, see Appendix II.
Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties for this final determination, we made certain
changes to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins for: Shenzhou
Yongao Metal Products Co., Ltd./Shenzhou Yuelei Metal Products Co.,
Ltd. (collectively, Yongao/Yuelei),\8\ Shijiazhuang Sd Company Ltd.
(SD), and the China-wide entity. For a discussion of these changes, see
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\8\ Commerce has determined that the mandatory respondent Yongao
is affiliated with Yuelei and has treated these companies as a
single entity. See Memorandum, ``Preliminary Results of Affiliation
and Single Entity Determination,'' dated August 13, 2025. No parties
commented on this determination; thus, we continue to treat these
companies as a single entity for purposes of this final
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China-Wide Entity and Use of Adverse Facts Available
Consistent with the Preliminary Determination,\9\ Commerce
continues to find, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, that
the use of facts otherwise available, with adverse inferences (AFA), is
warranted in determining the dumping rate for the China-wide entity.
For this final determination, there is no new information on the record
that would cause us to reconsider our preliminary decision. For this
final determination, we find that Yongao/Yuelei and SD are not eligible
for a separate rate and therefore a part of the China-wide entity. As
AFA, we assigned the rate of 184.27 percent to the China-wide
entity.\10\ For a full description of the methodology underlying
Commerce's final determination, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\9\ See Preliminary Determination PDM at 6-12, 22.
\10\ See Memorandum, ``Calculation of Adverse Facts Available
Rate and Rate Assigned to Companies Eligible for a Separate Rate,''
dated concurrently with this notice.
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Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part
Commerce preliminarily determined, in accordance with section
733(e)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206(c)(1), that critical
circumstances existed with respect to imports of temporary steel
fencing produced and/or exported by Yongao/Yuelei and the China-wide
entity, but that critical circumstances did not exist with respect to
SD and all other producers and/or exporters granted a separate rate not
individually examined.\11\
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\11\ Id. at 30-33.
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For the final determination, pursuant to section 735(a)(3)(B) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, we are continuing to find that critical
circumstances exist for the China-wide entity, which now includes SD
and Yongao/Yuelei, and do not exist for all other producers and/or
exporters granted a separate rate. In finding that critical
circumstances exist for the China-wide entity, we relied on facts
otherwise available, including with adverse inferences, pursuant to
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For a full description of the
methodology and results of Commerce's critical circumstances analysis,
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Separate Rates
In the Preliminary Determination, we preliminarily granted a
separate rate to both mandatory respondents and 13 companies that we
did not select for individual examination and denied a separate rate
for three companies.\12\ We continue to find 13 companies not selected
for individual examination eligible for a separate rate \13\ and three
non-selected companies that submitted
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a separate rate application not eligible for a separate rate. However,
because we were unable to verify information submitted by the two
mandatory respondents, Yongao/Yuelei and SD, regarding their
eligibility for a separate rate, we find this information unreliable.
Therefore, we determined that Yongao/Yuelei and SD are also not
eligible for a separate rate. We have assigned a separate rate of
129.70 percent to the non-examine companies that demonstrated
eligibility for separate-rate status.\14\
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\12\ See Preliminary Determination PDM at 16-21.
\13\ The companies eligible for a separate rate are: (1) Hebei
Minmetals Co., Ltd.; (2) Tianjin Linkwel International Trading Co.,
Ltd.; (3) Shantou Jiayu Trading Co., Ltd.; (4) Shijiazhuang
Shuangming Trade Co., Ltd.; (5) Metaltec Group Co.; (6) Limited,
Hebei Yelang Imp. & Exp. Trade Co., Ltd.; (7) Joint Force Int'l Co.,
Limited; (8) Hebei Jinshi Industrial Metal Co., Ltd.; (9) Hebei
Haiao Wire Mesh Products Co., Ltd.; (10) Anping Chengxin Metal Mesh
Co., Ltd.; (11) Hebei Houtuo Co., Ltd.; (12) Hebei Neweast Yilong
Trading Co., Ltd.; and (13) Hebei Giant Metal Technology Co., Ltd.
\14\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum for a discussion of the
rate assigned to the non-individually examined respondents receiving
a separate rate.
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Combination Rates
Consistent with the Preliminary Determination, and Policy Bulletin
05.1,\15\ Commerce assigned exporter/producer combination rates for the
non-selected companies that are eligible for a separate rate in this
final determination.
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\15\ See Enforcement and Compliance's Policy Bulletin No. 05.1,
regarding, ``Separate-Rates Practice and Application of Combination
Rates in Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market Economy
Countries,'' (April 5, 2005) (Policy Bulletin 05.1), available at
<a href="https://access.trade.gov/Resources/policy/bull05-1.pdf">https://access.trade.gov/Resources/policy/bull05-1.pdf</a>.
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Final Determination
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period July 1, 2024, through December 31,
2024:
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Cash deposit
Weighted- rate (adjusted
Exporter Producer average for subsidy
dumping margin offsets)
(percent) (percent)
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Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd...................... Huanghua Wangang Hardware Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd...................... Huanghua Taiyue Hardware Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd...................... Hebei Wuxin Garden Products Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd...................... Huanghua Qingxin Metal Products 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd...................... Huanghua Xingyu Hardware 129.70 129.68
Products Co., Ltd.
Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd...................... Huanghua Deyue Hardware Co., Ltd 129.70 129.68
Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd...................... Cangzhou Hualing Metal Products 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd...................... Huanghua Huanyu Hardware Factory 129.70 129.68
Tianjin Linkwel International Trading Co., Ltd Tianjin Lianhao Metal Products 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Linkwel International Trading Co., Ltd Changzhou Lianrui Metal Products 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Shantou Jiayu Trading Co., Ltd................ Huanghua Juntai Hardware 129.70 129.68
Products Co., Ltd.
Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Ltd........ Huanghua Wangang Hardware Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Ltd........ Huanghua Taiyue Hardware Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Ltd........ Hebei Wuxin Garden Products Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Ltd........ Huanghua Qingxin Metal Products 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Ltd........ Huanghua Xingyu Hardware 129.70 129.68
Products Co., Ltd.
Metaltec Group Co., Limited................... Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Metaltec Group Co., Limited................... Huanghua Wangang Hardware Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Metaltec Group Co., Limited................... Huanghua Taiyue Hardware Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Metaltec Group Co., Limited................... Hebei Wuxin Garden Products Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Metaltec Group Co., Limited................... Huanghua Qingxin Metal Products 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Metaltec Group Co., Limited................... Huanghua Xingyu Hardware 129.70 129.68
Products Co., Ltd.
Hebei Yelang Imp. & Exp. Trade Co., Ltd....... Huanghua Pengxiang Hardware 129.70 129.68
Products Co., Ltd.
Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited................ Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd........ 129.70 129.68
Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited................ Huanghua Wangang Hardware Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited................ Huanghua Taiyue Hardware Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited................ Hebei Wuxin Garden Products Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited................ Huanghua Qingxin Metal Products 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited................ Huanghua Xingyu Hardware 129.70 129.68
Products Co., Ltd.
Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited................ Huanghua Deyue Hardware Co., Ltd 129.70 129.68
Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited................ Huanghua Huanyu Hardware Factory 129.70 129.68
Hebei Jinshi Industrial Metal Co., Ltd........ Tangshan ZhongRui IndustriaI 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Hebei Jinshi Industrial Metal Co., Ltd........ Huanghua Tianhang Hardware 129.70 129.68
Products Co., Ltd.
Hebei Jinshi Industrial Metal Co., Ltd........ Hebei Tinlin Metal Products Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Hebei Jinshi Industrial Metal Co., Ltd........ Huanghua Xindarui Hardware 129.70 129.68
Products Co., Ltd.
Hebei Haiao Wire Mesh Products Co., Ltd....... Raoyang Shengshi Metal Products 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Anping Chengxin Metal Mesh Co., Ltd........... Anping Chengxin Metal Mesh Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Hebei Houtuo Co., Ltd......................... Huanghua Aiyuan Hardware 129.70 129.68
Products Co., Ltd.
Hebei Neweast Yilong Trading Co., Ltd......... Huanghua City Deyue Hardware 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Hebei Giant Metal Technology Co., Ltd......... Hebei Giant Metal Technology 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
China-Wide Entity............................. ................................ * 184.27 184.25
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with this final determination 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).
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to
suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of subject merchandise,
as described in Appendix I of this notice, which were entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after August 19, 2025,
the date of the Preliminary
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Determination in the Federal Register. Because Commerce found that
critical circumstances exist with respect to the China-wide entity,
pursuant to section 735(c)(4)(B) of the Act, suspension of liquidation
will continue with respect to all applicable entries of subject
merchandise from the China-wide entity, as described in Appendix I of
this notice, which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after May 21, 2025, which is 90 days before the date
of publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal
Register. Further, because we find that SD now is part of the China-
wide entity, we will instruct CBP to modify the suspension of
liquidation ordered for SD at the Preliminary Determination to apply to
unliquidated entries of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after May 21, 2025, which is 90 days
before the date on which suspension of liquidation was first ordered,
consistent with section 735(c)(4)(B) of the Act.
In accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, we instructed CBP to
discontinue the suspension of liquidation of all entries of subject
merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after February
15, 2026, the first day provisional measures were no longer in effect,
but to continue the suspension of liquidation of all entries of subject
merchandise on or before February 14, 2026.
If the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issues a final
affirmative injury determination, we will issue an antidumping duty
order, reinstate the suspension of liquidation under section 736(a) of
the Act, and require a cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties for
entries of subject merchandise in the amounts indicated above,
effective on the date of publication of the ITC's affirmative final
determination in the Federal Register. If the ITC determines that
material injury, or threat of material injury, does not exist, this
proceeding will be terminated, and all estimated duties deposited or
securities posted as a result of the suspension of liquidation will be
refunded or canceled.
Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(d), upon resumption of suspension of liquidation, Commerce will
also instruct CBP to require a cash deposit for estimated antidumping
duties for appropriate entries as follows: (1) for the producer/
exporter combinations listed in the table above, the applicable cash
deposit rate is listed in the table for that combination; (2) for all
combinations of Chinese producers/exporters of subject merchandise that
have not established eligibility for a separate rate, including SD and
Yongao/Yueleli, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the cash deposit
rate listed for the China-wide entity in the table above; and (3) for
all third-country exporters of the subject merchandise that are not
listed in the table above, the cash deposit rate is the cash deposit
rate applicable to the Chinese producer/exporter combination or the
China-wide entity that supplied that third-country exporter. These
suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until
further notice.
To determine the cash deposit rates as the result of an LTFV
investigation, Commerce normally adjusts the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins by the amount of export subsidies countervailed in the
companion countervailing duty (CVD) investigation. Accordingly, where
Commerce has made a final affirmative determination of countervailable
export subsides, Commerce offsets the estimated weighted average
dumping margins in the LTFV investigation by the appropriate export
subsidy rate from the companion CVD investigation. As Commerce made an
affirmative determination for export subsidies, we have offset the
calculated estimated weighted-average dumping margins in the above
table by the appropriate export subsidy rates to calculate the
applicable cash deposit rates. In the companion CVD final
determination, Commerce determined that Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd and
all-other companies had an export subsidy rate of 0.02 percent.\16\
With respect to the China-wide entity, as AFA, the export subsidy
offset is equal to the lesser of the export subsidy rates found for any
company in the CVD final determination. Because in companion CVD final
determination Commerce only calculated a subsidy rate for Hebei
Minmetals Co., Ltd which included and export subsidy rate, i.e., 0.02,
Commerce will offset the estimated weighted-average dumping margin
determined for the China-wide entity by this amount. Additionally,
Commerce will offset all companies eligible for a separate rate by the
export subsidy rates found in the companion CVD final determination,
i.e., 0.02 percent.
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\16\ See Memorandum, ``Final Calculation of Export Subsidy
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U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we will notify the
ITC of this final affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. Because
the final determination in this investigation is affirmative, in
accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make its
final determination as to whether the domestic industry in the United
States is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by
reason of imports of temporary steel fencing no later than 45 days
after this final determination. In addition, we are making available to
the ITC all nonprivileged and nonproprietary information related to
this investigation. If the ITC determines that material injury or
threat of material injury does not exist, the proceeding will be
terminated and all cash deposits will be refunded or canceled, and
suspension of liquidation will be lifted. If the ITC determines that
such injury does exist, Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order
directing CBP to assess, upon further instructions by Commerce,
antidumping duties on all imports of the subject merchandise that are
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
effective date of the suspension of liquidation, as discussed above in
the ``Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation'' section above.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
In the event that the ITC issues a final negative injury
determination, this notice serves as the only reminder to parties
subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition of
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR
351.305(a)(3). 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 sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination and this notice are issued and published
pursuant to sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.210(c).
Dated: March 10, 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
Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise subject to this investigation is temporary steel
fencing. Temporary steel fencing consists of temporary steel fence
panels and temporary steel fence stands. Temporary steel fence
panels, when assembled with temporary steel fence stands or other
types of stands outside
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of the scope, with each other, or with posts, create a free-standing
fence. Temporary steel fence panels are covered by the scope
regardless of whether they attach to a stand or the type of stand to
which they connect.
Temporary steel fence panels have a welded frame of steel tubing
and an interior consisting of chain link, steel wire mesh, or other
steel materials that are not more than ten millimeters in actual
diameter or width. The steel tubing may surround all edges of the
temporary steel fence panel or only be attached along two parallel
sides of the panel. All temporary steel fence panels with at least
two framed sides are covered by the scope, regardless of the number
of edges framed with steel tubing.
Temporary steel fence panels are typically between 10 and 12
feet long and six to eight feet high, though all temporary steel
fence panels are covered by the scope regardless of dimension or
weight as long as a single panel meets each of the three following
criteria: (1) it has over seven and a half square feet in actual
surface area; (2) it weighs more than four pounds; and (3) it weighs
less than 1.92 pounds per square foot. Temporary steel fence panels
may be square, rectangular, or have rounded edges, and may or may
not have gates, doors, wheels, or barbed wire or other features,
though all temporary steel fence panels are covered by the scope
regardless of shape and other features. Temporary steel fence panels
may have one or more horizontal, vertical, or diagonal reinforcement
tubes made of steel welded to the inside frame, though all temporary
steel fence panels are covered by the scope regardless of the
existence, number, or type of reinforcement tubes attached to the
panel. Temporary steel fence panels may have extensions, pins,
tubes, or holes at the bottom of the panel, but all temporary steel
fence panels are covered regardless of the existence of such
features.
Steel fence stands are shapes made of steel that stand flat on
the ground and have one or two open tubes or solid pins into which
temporary steel fence panels are inserted to stand erect. The steel
fence stand may be made of welded steel tubing or may be a flat
steel plate with one or two tubes or pins welded onto the plate for
connecting the panels.
Temporary steel fencing is covered by the scope regardless of
coating, painting, or other finish. Both temporary steel fence
panels and temporary steel fence stands are covered by the scope,
whether imported assembled or unassembled, and whether imported
together or separately.
Subject merchandise includes material matching the above
description that has been finished, assembled, or packaged in a
third country, including by coating, painting, assembling, attaching
to, or packaging with another product, or any other finishing,
assembly, or packaging operation that would not otherwise remove the
merchandise from the scope of the investigation if performed in the
country of manufacture of the temporary steel fencing.
Temporary steel fencing is included in the scope of this
investigation whether or not imported attached to, or in conjunction
with, other parts and accessories such as posts, hooks, rings,
brackets, couplers, clips, connectors, handles, brackets, or
latches. If temporary steel fencing is imported attached to, or in
conjunction with, such non-subject merchandise, only the temporary
steel fencing is included in the scope.
Excluded from the scope of this investigation are decorative
steel fence panels. Decorative steel fence panels are steel fence
panels that have all of the following characteristics: (i) the
panel's long ends are no more than 48 inches; (ii) the panel's short
ends are no more than 38 inches; (iii) the panel weighs 7 pounds or
less; (iv) the panel is framed on all sides with steel tubing no
wider than 10 mm; and (v) the panel's the interior contains a
decorative pattern (meaning a pattern other than square,
rectangular, diamond, or hexagonal meshing) accounting for at least
5 percent of the area within the frame.
Merchandise covered by this investigation is currently
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under the subheading 7308.90.9590. Subject merchandise may
also enter under subheadings 7326.90.8688 and 7323.99.9080 of the
HTSUS. The HTSUS subheadings set forth above are provided for
convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description
of the scope is dispositive.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Adjustments to Cash Deposit Rate for Export Subsidies
IV. Separate Rates
V. Rate Selection for Separate Rate Companies
VI. Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
VII. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether to Continue to Apply Total Adverse Facts
Available (AFA) to Yongao/Yuelei
Comment 2: Whether to Apply Total AFA to SD
Comment 3: Whether to Find Critical Circumstances with Respect
to Yongao/Yuelei
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Treat SD and Yongao/Yuelei as
Part of the China-wide Entity
Comment 5: Rate Selection
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-05004 Filed 3-13-26; 8:45 am]
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