Notice2026-05444
Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
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March 19, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that alloy and certain carbon steel threaded rod (threaded rod) from the People's Republic of China (China) was sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to two exporters that had no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 53 (Thursday, March 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13282-13285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05444]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-104]
Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod From the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that alloy and certain carbon steel threaded rod (threaded
rod) from the People's Republic of China (China) was sold in the United
States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR)
April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025. Additionally, Commerce is
rescinding this review with respect to two exporters that had no
reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable March 19, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Hansen, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3683.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 9, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty (AD) order on threaded rod from China.\1\ On May 20,
2025, based on timely requests for review, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of the Order
covering seven companies: Cooper & Turner (Ningbo) International
Trading Co., Ltd. (Cooper); EC International (Nantong) Co., Ltd.; IFI &
Morgan Ltd. (IFI); Ningbo Dingtuo Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. (Dingtuo);
Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co., Ltd. (Dongxin); Ningbo Jinding
Fastening Piece Co., Ltd. (Jinding); and Zhejiang Junyue Standard Part
Co., Ltd. (Junyue).\2\
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\1\See Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod from the
People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 85 FR 19929
(April 9, 2020) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 21459 (May 20, 2025).
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On November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in
administrative proceedings by 47 days due to the lapse in
appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,\3\ 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.\4\ On March 6, 2026, Commerce
extended the time limit for these preliminary results, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and
19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).\5\ Accordingly, the deadline for these
preliminary results is now March 16, 2026.
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated March 6,
2026.
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For a complete description of events that occurred since the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is attached as the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the public via
ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete 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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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Alloy and
Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of
China; 2024-2025,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \7\
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The merchandise covered by the Order is threaded rod from China.
For a complete description of the scope of the order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(a), ``{g{time} enerally, the amount of
duties to be assessed is determined in a review of the order covering a
discrete period of time.'' Thus, normally, upon completion of an
administrative review, suspended entries of subject merchandise are
liquidated at the AD assessment rate calculated for the review
period.\8\ Therefore, in order to apply the final AD liability that was
determined in an administrative review for a particular company, there
must be at least one suspended entry of that company's subject
merchandise that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the AD assessment rate calculated for
the review period. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will
rescind an administrative review if it concludes that, during the
period covered by the review, there were no entries, exports, or sales
of the subject merchandise, as the case may be.\9\ Because the entry
data that we obtained from CBP showed no suspended entries of subject
merchandise from Cooper and IFI, and one of these companies reported
that it did not have any exports of subject merchandise during the
POR,\10\ on August 19, 2025, we notified parties of our intent to
rescind this administrative review with respect to those companies.\11\
On August 22, 2025, a domestic producer of threaded rod, Dan-Loc Group
LLC (Dan-Loc), commented on our intent to rescind this review with
respect to those companies.\12\ However, we find Dan-Loc's argument
unpersuasive that there were reviewable entries from Cooper and IFI
during the POR.\13\ Therefore, in the absence of any reviewable entries
of subject merchandise during the POR from Cooper and IFI, we are
rescinding this administrative review with respect to these two
companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\9\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of Korea:
Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR
24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-
to Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of
Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4157 (January
24, 2023).
\10\ See IFI's Letter, ``No Sales Certification,'' dated June 3,
2025.
\11\ See Memorandum, ``Intent to Rescind Review, In Part,''
dated August 19, 2025.
\12\ See Dan-Loc's Letter, ``Comments Opposing Proposed
Rescission of Administrative Review of Cooper & Turner (Ningbo)
International and IFI & Morgan Ltd.,'' dated August 22, 2025.
\13\ For details on our decision, see Preliminary Decision
Memorandum at 4-5.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. For a full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Affiliation and Single Entity Treatment
Commerce preliminarily determines that Dingtuo and Jinding are a
single entity (collectively, Jinding Single Entity). For details on our
decision to treat Dingtuo and Jinding as a single entity, see
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\14\
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\14\ See also Memorandum, ``Preliminary Collapsing Memorandum,''
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Separate Rates
In the Initiation Notice, we informed parties that firms for which
the review was initiated that wished to qualify for separate rate
status must complete, as appropriate, either a separate rate
application or separate rate certification.\15\ We preliminarily
determine that Dongxin, Junyue, and the Jinding Single Entity are
eligible to receive a separate rate in this administrative review.\16\
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\15\ See Initiation Notice, 85 FR at 21460.
\16\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 9.
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Dumping Margin for Non-Selected Separate Rate Companies
The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address what dumping
margin to apply to respondents not selected for individual examination
when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review
pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to
section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for
calculating the all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when
calculating the dumping margin for non-selected respondents that are
not individually examined in an administrative review. Section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act states that the all-others rate should be
calculated by weight-averaging the weighted-average dumping margins
calculated for individually examined respondents, excluding dumping
margins that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts
available. Because we calculated a preliminary dumping margin that is
not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available for the
Jingding Single Entity, we assigned the non-selected separate rate
recipients a dumping margin equal to the Jinding Single Entity's
preliminary dumping margin consistent with our practice and section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
China-Wide Entity
Commerce's policy regarding the conditional review of the China-
wide entity applies to this administrative review.\17\ Under this
policy, the China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party
specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the
entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity,
the China-wide entity is not under review, and the weighted-average
dumping margin assigned to the China-wide entity (i.e., 48.91 percent)
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\17\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
\18\ See Order, 85 FR at 19930, adjusted for export subsidies as
outlined in Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod from the
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 18117, 18118 (March 27,
2023) (Threaded Rod from China 2021-2022).
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Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of our analysis, Commerce preliminarily determines the
following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the POR:
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Weighted-average
Exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Ningbo Dingtuo Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd;................ 0.74
Ningbo Jinding Fastening Piece Co., Ltd \19\........
Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co., Ltd........... 0.74
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Zhejiang Junyue Standard Part Co., Ltd.............. 0.74
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\19\ Commerce preliminarily determines that the Jinding Single Entity
sold subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal
value. Further, because the Jinding Single Entity includes the two
companies which were selected for individual examination in this
administrative review, it is the only party for which an estimated
weighted-average dumping margin has been calculated for these
preliminary results.
Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed in these preliminary results to interested parties within
five days of public announcement, or if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the publication of this notice.\20\
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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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), interested parties may submit case briefs to
Commerce no later than 21 days after the date of publication of this
notice.\21\ 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.\22\ Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal
briefs in this administrative review must submit: (1) a table of
contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\23\
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\21\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\22\ 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).
\23\ 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.\24\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as
the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results of this administrative
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the public 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).\25\
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\24\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\25\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, via ACCESS by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register. Hearing requests should contain:
(1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants and whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing
will be limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs. If a
request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the date,
time, and location of the hearing..\26\ Parties should confirm the
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled
hearing date.
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results of this administrative review,
in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise covered by this review.\27\ If the
Jinding Single Entity's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or
de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this
review, Commerce intends to calculate an importer-specific assessment
rate for antidumping duties based on the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total
entered value of those sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).\28\ Where the Jinding Single Entity did not report
entered value, we intend to calculate a per-unit importer or customer-
specific assessment rate based on the ratio of the total amount of
antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to the total
quantity of those sales.\29\ We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review when the
importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate calculated in the final
results of this review is not zero or de minimis. Where the Jinding
Single Entity's ad valorem weighted-average dumping margin is zero or
de minimis, or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de
minimis,\30\ we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties. For entries that were not
reported in the U.S. sales data submitted by the Jinding Single Entity,
but that entered under the case number of the Jinding Single Entity
(i.e., at the individually-examined exporter's cash deposit rate),
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the rate for
the China-wide entity.
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\27\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\28\ 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 Proceedings: Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
\29\ Id.
\30\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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For the companies for which this review is rescinded with these
preliminary results, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries at rates equal to the cash deposit of
antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption, during the POR in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue these rescission
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
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.\31\ For the individually calculated
respondent and non-selected separate rate respondents under review,
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is
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filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment
instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until
the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has
expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for
shipments of the subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of review, as provided in section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act: (1) for the individually calculated respondent and the non-
selected separate rate respondents, the cash deposit rate will be equal
to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results
of this administrative review (except, if the ad valorem rate is de
minimis, then the cash deposit will be zero); (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters of subject
merchandise not listed above that received a separate rate in a prior
segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all Chinese exporters of
subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that for the China-wide
entity, i.e., 48.91 percent; \32\ and (4) for all non-Chinese exporters
of subject merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that
supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\32\ See Order, 85 FR at 19930, adjusted for export subsidies as
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, we intend to issue the final results of
this administrative review, which will include the results of our
analysis of issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs, within 120
days of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
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 and/or countervailing duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure
to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption
that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred
and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the
countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR
351.213(d)(4), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: March 16, 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
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
V. Affiliation and Single Entity Treatment
VI. Discussion of the Methodology
VII. Adjustment under Section 777A(f) of the Act
VIII. Currency Conversion
IX. Recommendation
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