Notice2026-08559
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List; Note Regarding Format of Review Requests
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May 4, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 85 (Monday, May 4, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23956-23961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review and Join
Annual Inquiry Service List; Note Regarding Format of Review Requests
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Brown, AD/CVD Operations,
Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4735.
Background
Each year during the anniversary month of the publication of an
antidumping duty (AD) or countervailing duty (CVD) order, finding, or
suspended investigation, an interested party, as defined in section
771(9) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), may request, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213, that the U.S. Department of Commerce
(Commerce) conduct an administrative review of that AD or CVD order,
finding, or suspended investigation.
All deadlines for the submission of comments or actions by Commerce
discussed below refer to the number of calendar days from the
applicable starting date.
Commerce asks that requests for review of multiple companies
include an appendix listing, in alphabetical order, the company names
for which a review is requested. See infra for additional details
regarding this request.
Respondent Selection
In the event Commerce limits the number of respondents for
individual examination for administrative reviews initiated pursuant to
requests made for the orders identified below, Commerce intends to
select respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
data for U.S. imports during the period of review (POR). We intend to
release the CBP data under administrative protective order (APO) to all
parties having an APO within five days of publication of the initiation
notice and to make our decision regarding respondent selection within
35 days of publication of the initiation Federal Register notice.
Therefore, we encourage all parties interested in commenting on
respondent selection to submit their APO applications on the date of
publication of the initiation notice, or as soon thereafter as
possible. Commerce invites comments regarding the CBP data and
respondent selection within five days of placement of the CBP data on
the record of the review.
In the event Commerce decides it is necessary to limit individual
examination of respondents and conduct respondent selection under
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act:
1. In general, Commerce finds that determinations concerning
whether particular companies should be ``collapsed'' (i.e., treated as
a single entity for purposes of calculating AD rates) require a
substantial amount of detailed information and analysis, which often
require follow-up questions and analysis. Accordingly, Commerce will
not conduct collapsing analyses at the respondent selection phase of a
review and will not collapse companies at the respondent selection
phase unless there has been a determination to collapse certain
companies in a previous segment of this AD proceeding (i.e.,
investigation, administrative review, new shipper review, or changed
circumstances review).
2. For any company subject to a review, if Commerce determined, or
continued to treat, that company as collapsed with others, Commerce
will assume that such companies continue to operate in the same manner
and will collapse them for respondent selection purposes. Otherwise,
Commerce will not collapse companies for purposes of respondent
selection.
3. Parties are requested to: (a) identify which companies subject
to review previously were collapsed; and (b) provide a citation to the
proceeding in which they were collapsed.
4. Further, if companies are requested to complete a Quantity and
Value Questionnaire for purposes of respondent selection, in general,
each company must report volume and value data separately for itself.
Parties should not include data for any other party, even if they
believe they should be treated as a single entity with that other
party. If a company was collapsed with another company or companies in
the most recently completed segment of a proceeding where Commerce
considered collapsing that entity, complete quantity and value data for
that collapsed entity must be submitted.
Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a party that requests a review
may withdraw that request within 90 days of the date of publication of
the notice of
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initiation of the requested review. The regulation provides that
Commerce may extend this time if it is reasonable to do so.
Determinations by Commerce to extend the 90-day deadline will be made
on a case-by-case basis.
Deadline for Particular Market Situation Allegation
Section 504 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 amended
the Act by adding the concept of particular market situation (PMS) for
purposes of constructed value under section 773(e) of the Act.\1\
Section 773(e) of the Act states that ``if a particular market
situation exists such that the cost of materials and fabrication or
other processing of any kind does not accurately reflect the cost of
production in the ordinary course of trade, the administering authority
may use another calculation methodology under this subtitle or any
other calculation methodology.'' When an interested party submits a PMS
allegation, pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, Commerce will
respond to such a submission consistent with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v).
If Commerce finds that a PMS exists under section 773(e) of the Act,
then it will modify its dumping calculations appropriately.
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\1\ See Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, Public Law 114-
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Neither section 773(e) of the Act nor 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v) set a
deadline for the submission of PMS allegations and supporting factual
information. However, in order to administer section 773(e) of the Act,
Commerce must receive PMS allegations and supporting factual
information with enough time to consider the submission. Thus, should
an interested party wish to submit a PMS allegation and supporting new
factual information pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, it must do
so no later than 20 days after submission of initial Section D
responses.
Opportunity To Request a Review: Not later than the last day of May
2026,\2\ interested parties may request an administrative review of the
following orders, findings, or suspended investigations, with
anniversary dates in May for the following periods:
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\2\ Or the next business day, if the deadline falls on a
weekend, Federal holiday or any other day when Commerce is closed.
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Antidumping Duty Proceedings
AUSTRIA: Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length 5/1/25-4/30/26
Plate, A-433-812.................................
BELGIUM:
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length 5/1/25-4/30/26
Plate, A-423-812.............................
Stainless Steel Plate in Coils, A-423-808..... 5/1/25-4/30/26
BRAZIL:
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet,\3\ A-351-854..... 4/1/25-3/31/26
Ferrosilicon, A-351-860....................... 11/6/24-4/30/26
Iron Construction Castings, A-351-503......... 5/1/25-4/30/26
CAMBODIA: Mattresses, A-555-001................... 5/1/25-4/30/26
CANADA:
Large Diameter Welded Pipe, A-122-863......... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin, -122-855.... 5/1/25-4/30/26
FRANCE: Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length 5/1/25-4/30/26
Plate, A-427-828.................................
GERMANY: Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length 5/1/25-4/30/26
Plate, A-428-844.................................
GREECE: Large Diameter Welded Pipe, A-484-803..... 5/1/25-4/30/26
INDIA:
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid, A-533-922..... 11/14/24-4/30/26
Melamine,\4\ A-533-924........................ 9/24/24-3/31/26
Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and 5/1/25-4/30/26
Tubes, A-533-502.............................
Organic Soybean Meal, A-533-901............... 5/1/25[dash]4/30/26
Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin, A-533-861... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Silicomanganese, A-533-823.................... 5/1/25-4/30/26
INDONESIA:
Mattresses,\5\ A-560-836...................... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags, A-560-822... 5/1/25-4/30/26
ITALY:
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length 5/1/25-4/30/26
Plate, A-475-834.............................
Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod, A-475-836.... 5/1/25-4/30/26
JAPAN:
Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate, A- 5/1/25-4/30/26
588-875......................................
Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled 5/1/25-4/30/26
Steel Products, A-588-869....................
Gray Portland Cement and Cement Clinker, A-588- 5/1/25-4/30/26
815..........................................
KAZAKHSTAN:
Ferrosilicon, A-834-812....................... 11/6/24-4/30/26
Silicomanganese, A-834-807.................... 5/1/25-4/30/26
MALAYSIA:
Dioctyl Terephthalate, A-557-827.............. 11/5/24-4/30/26
Mattresses, A-557-818......................... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Ferrosilicon, A-557-828....................... 11/6/24-4/30/26
NETHERLANDS: Preserved Mushrooms, A-421-815....... 5/1/25-4/30/26
OMAN: Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin, A-523-810. 5/1/25-4/30/26
POLAND:
Dioctyl Terephthalate, A-455-808.............. 11/5/24-4/30/26
Preserved Mushrooms, A-455-806................ 5/1/25-4/30/26
REPUBLIC OF KOREA:
Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate, A- 5/1/25-4/30/26
580-887......................................
Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod, A-580-891.... 5/1/25-4/30/26
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Epoxy Resins, A-580-919....................... 11/13/24-4/30/26
Ferrovanadium, A-580-886...................... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Large Diameter Welded Pipe, A-580-897......... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Polyester Staple Fiber, A-580-839............. 5/1/25-4/30/26
REPUBLIC OF T[Uuml]RKIYE:
Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod, A-489-831.... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Certain Paper Shopping Bags, A-489-849........ 5/1/25-4/30/26
Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes, 5/1/25-4/30/26
A-489-501....................................
Dioctyl Terephthalate, A-489-852.............. 11/5/24-4/30/26
Large Diameter Welded Pipe, A-489-833......... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube, A-489- 5/1/25-4/30/26
815..........................................
Mattresses, A-489-841......................... 5/1/25-4/30/26
SERBIA, Mattresses, A-801-002..................... 5/1/25-4/30/26
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM:
Mattresses, A-552-827......................... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags, A-552-806... 5/1/25-4/30/26
SOUTH AFRICA: Stainless Steel Plate in Coils, A- 5/1/25-4/30/26
791-805..........................................
SPAIN:
Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod, A-469-816.... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Preserved Mushrooms, A-469-825................ 5/1/25-4/30/26
TAIWAN:
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length 5/1/25-4/30/26
Plate, A-583-858.............................
Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 5/1/25-4/30/26
Tubes, A-583-008.............................
Certain Stainless Steel Plate in Coils, A-583- 5/1/25-4/30/26
830..........................................
Epoxy Resins, A-583-876....................... 11/13/24-4/30/26
Dioctyl Terephthalate, A-583-875.............. 11/5/24-4/30/26
Polyester Staple Fiber, A-583-833............. 5/1/25-4/30/26
Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags, A-583-843... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents, A-583- 5/1/25-4/30/26
848..........................................
THAILAND:
Epoxy Resins, A-549-850....................... 4/3/25-4/30/26
Mattresses, A-549-841......................... 5/1/25-4/30/26
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:
1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphoshonic Acid 5/1/25-4/30/26
(Hedp), A-570-045............................
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid, A-570-160..... 11/14/24-4/30/26
Aluminum Extrusions, A-570-967................ 5/1/25-4/30/26
Cast Iron Soil Pipe, A-570-079................ 5/1/25-4/30/26
Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 99cc 5/1/25-4/30/26
and Up to 225cc, and Parts Thereof, A-570-124
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Line 5/1/25-4/30/26
Pipe, A-570-935..............................
Citric Acid and Citrate Salt, A-570-937....... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Disposable Aluminum Containers, Pans, Trays A-570-170 12/30/24-4/
and Lids,.................................... 30/26
Iron Construction Castings, A-570-502......... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Non-refillable Steel Cylinders, A-570-126..... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Oil Country Tubular Goods, A-570-943.......... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin, A-570-024... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Pure Magnesium, A-570-832..................... 5/1/25-4/30/26
Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents, A-570- 5/1/25-4/30/26
972..........................................
Walk-Behind Snow Throwers and Parts Thereof, A- 5/1/25-4/30/26
570-141......................................
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Steel Nails, A-520-804...... 5/1/25-4/30/26
THE UNITED KINGDOM: Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire 5/1/25-4/30/26
Rod, A-412-826...................................
VENEZUELA: Silicomanganese, A-307-820............. 5/1/25-4/30/26
Countervailing Duty Proceedings
BRAZIL:
Ferrosilicon, C-351-861....................... 9/10/24-12/31/25
Heavy Iron Construction Castings, C-351-504... 1/1/25-12/31/25
INDIA:
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid, C-533-923..... 9/13/24-12/31/25
Melamine,\6\ C-533-925........................ 7/22/24-12/31/25
Organic Soybean Meal, C-533-902............... 1/1/25-12/31/25
Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin, C-533-862... 1/1/25-12/31/25
ITALY: Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod, C-475-837. /1/25-12/31/25
KAZAKHSTAN: Ferrosilicon, C-834-813............... 9/10/24-12/31/25
MALAYSIA: Ferrosilicon, C-557-829................. 9/10/24-12/31/25
REPUBLIC OF KOREA:
Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate, C- 1/1/25-12/31/25
580-888......................................
Large Diameter Welded Pipe, C-580-898......... 1/1/25-12/31/25
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM: Polyethylene Retail 1/1/25-12/31/25
Carrier Bags, C-552-805..........................
SOUTH AFRICA: Stainless Steel Plate in Coils, C- 1/1/25-12/31/25
791-806..........................................
TAIWAN: Epoxy Resins, C-583-877................... 9/13/24-12/31/25
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:
1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphoshonic Acid 1/1/25-12/31/25
(HEDP), C-570-046............................
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid, C-570-161..... 9/13/24-12/31/25
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Aluminum Extrusions, C-570-968................ 1/1/25-12/31/25
Cast Iron Soil Pipe, C-570-080................ 1/1/25-12/31/25
Certain Chassis and Subassemblies Thereof, C- 1/1/25-12/31/25
570-136......................................
Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 99 1/1/25-12/31/25
Cubic Centimeters and Up to 225cc, and Parts
Thereof, C-570-125...........................
Citric Acid and Citrate Salt, C-570-938...... 1/1/25-12/31/25
Mattresses, C-570-128......................... 1/1/25-12/31/25
Non-refillable Steel Cylinders, C-570-127..... 1/1/25-12/31/25
Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin, C-570-025... 1/1/25-12/31/25
Walk-Behind Snow Throwers and Parts Thereof, C- 1/1/25-12/31/25
570-142......................................
REPUBLIC OF T[Uuml]RKIYE:
Large Diameter Welded Pipe, C-489-834......... 1/1/25-12/31/25
Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod, C-489-832.... 1/1/25-12/31/25
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Suspension Agreements
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\3\ Commerce inadvertently published the wrong period of review
for common alloy aluminum sheet from Brazil in Antidumping or
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation;
Opportunity To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry
Service List, 91 FR 16631 (April 2, 2026). The correct POR is listed
above.
\4\ Commerce inadvertently did not include melamine from India
in the Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 91 FR 16631 (April 2,
2026).
\5\ We are listing this order, however, this order has been
revoked due to litigation. See Mattresses from Indonesia: Notice of
Court Decision Not in Harmony with the Final Determination of
Antidumping Duty Investigation; Notice of Amended Final
Determination; and Notice of Revocation of Antidumping Order, 90 FR
11256 (March 5, 2025). Should the order be reinstated as a result of
pending litigation, we will initiate on the requests received at
that time.
\6\ Commerce inadvertently did not include melamine from India
in the Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 91 FR 16631 (April 2,
2026).
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None.
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), an interested party as
defined by section 771(9) of the Act may request in writing that
Commerce conduct an administrative review. For both AD and CVD reviews,
the interested party must specify the individual producers or exporters
covered by an AD finding or an AD or CVD order or suspension agreement
for which it is requesting a review. In addition, a domestic interested
party or an interested party described in section 771(9)(B) of the Act
must state why it desires Commerce to review those particular producers
or exporters. If the interested party intends for Commerce to review
sales of merchandise by an exporter (or a producer if that producer
also exports merchandise from other suppliers) which was produced in
more than one country of origin and each country of origin is subject
to a separate order, then the interested party must state specifically,
on an order-by-order basis, which exporter(s) the request is intended
to cover.
Note that, for any party Commerce was unable to locate in prior
segments, Commerce will not accept a request for an administrative
review of that party absent new information as to the party's location.
Moreover, if the interested party who files a request for review is
unable to locate the producer or exporter for which it requested the
review, the interested party must provide an explanation of the
attempts it made to locate the producer or exporter at the same time it
files its request for review, in order for Commerce to determine if the
interested party's attempts were reasonable, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.303(f)(3)(ii).
Commerce is instituting a new formatting request. Specifically,
Commerce asks that requests for review of multiple companies also
include an appendix listing, in alphabetical order, the company names
for which a review is requested. The list should be limited solely to
company names and formatted as a single column, with each company name
identified on a separate line, except in the case of companies that
Commerce previously determined should be collapsed into a single entity
or found to be cross-owned with other companies. Companies that
Commerce previously determined should be collapsed or found to be
cross-owned with one another should be listed together as a group, on
one line--or more, as needed, for the group--with the company names
within each group listed alphabetically and separated by semicolons.
As explained in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (June 6, 2003), and Non-
Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping
Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), Commerce clarified its practice
with respect to the collection of final antidumping duties on imports
of merchandise where intermediate firms are involved. The public should
be aware of this clarification in determining whether to request an
administrative review of merchandise subject to AD findings and
orders.\7\
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\7\ See Enforcement and Compliance's website at <a href="https://www.trade.gov/us-antidumping-and-countervailing-duties">https://www.trade.gov/us-antidumping-and-countervailing-duties</a>.
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Commerce no longer considers the non-market economy (NME) entity as
an exporter conditionally subject to an AD administrative review.\8\
Accordingly, the NME entity will not be under review unless Commerce
specifically receives a request for, or self-initiates, a review of the
NME entity.\9\ In administrative reviews of AD orders on merchandise
from NME countries where a review of the NME entity has not been
initiated, but where an individual exporter for which a review was
initiated does not qualify for a separate rate, Commerce will issue a
final decision indicating that the company in question is part of the
NME entity. However, in that situation, because no review of the NME
entity was conducted, the NME entity's entries were not subject to the
review and the rate for the NME entity is not subject to change as a
result of that review (although the rate for the individual exporter
may change as a function of the finding that the exporter is part of
the NME entity). Following initiation of an AD administrative review
when there is no review requested of the NME entity, Commerce will
instruct CBP to liquidate entries for all exporters not named in the
initiation notice, including those that were suspended at the NME
entity rate.
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\8\ 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).
\9\ In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), parties should
specify that they are requesting a review of entries from exporters
comprising the entity, and to the extent possible, include the names
of such exporters in their request.
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All requests must be filed electronically in Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized
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Electronic Service System (ACCESS) on Enforcement and Compliance's
ACCESS website at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>.\10\ Further, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(l)(i), a copy of each request must be served on
the petitioner and each exporter or producer specified in the request.
Interested parties should note that Commerce has amended certain of its
requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR
351.303(f).\11\
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\10\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011).
\11\ 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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Commerce will publish in the Federal Register a notice of
``Initiation of Administrative Review of Antidumping or Countervailing
Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation'' for requests received
by the last day of May 2026. If Commerce does not receive, by the last
day of May 2026, a request for review of entries covered by an order,
finding, or suspended investigation listed in this notice and for the
period identified above, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping or countervailing duties on those entries at a rate equal
to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping or countervailing duties
required on those entries at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption and to continue to collect the cash deposit
previously ordered.
For the first administrative review of any order, there will be no
assessment of antidumping or countervailing duties on entries of
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption during the relevant provisional-measures ``gap'' period of
the order, if such a gap period is applicable to the period of review.
Establishment of and Updates to the Annual Inquiry Service List
On September 20, 2021, Commerce published the final rule titled
``Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Laws'' in the Federal Register.\12\ On
September 27, 2021, Commerce also published the notice entitled ``Scope
Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry Service List; and Informational
Sessions'' in the Federal Register.\13\ 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.\14\
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\12\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September
20, 2021) (Final Rule).
\13\ See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry Service List;
and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27, 2021)
(Procedural Guidance).
\14\ Id.
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In accordance with the Procedural Guidance, for orders published in
the Federal Register before November 4, 2021, Commerce created an
annual inquiry service list segment for each order and suspended
investigation. Interested parties who wished to be added to the annual
inquiry service list for an order submitted an entry of appearance to
the annual inquiry service list segment for the order in ACCESS and, on
November 4, 2021, Commerce finalized the initial annual inquiry service
lists for each order and suspended investigation. Each annual inquiry
service list has been saved as a public service list in ACCESS, under
each case number, and under a specific segment type called ``AISL-
Annual Inquiry Service List.'' \15\
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\15\ This segment has been 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 segment per case number, and the anniversary month will
be pre-populated in ACCESS.
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As mentioned in the Procedural Guidance, beginning in January 2022,
Commerce will update these annual inquiry service lists on an annual
basis when the Opportunity Notice for the anniversary month of the
order or suspended investigation is published in the Federal
Register.\16\ Accordingly, Commerce will update the annual inquiry
service lists for the above-listed AD and CVD proceedings. All
interested parties wishing to appear on the updated annual inquiry
service list must take one of the two following actions: (1) new
interested parties who did not previously submit an entry of appearance
must submit a new entry of appearance at this time; (2) interested
parties who were included in the preceding annual inquiry service list
must submit an amended entry of appearance to be included in the next
year's annual inquiry service list. For these interested parties,
Commerce will change the entry of appearance status from ``Active'' to
``Needs Amendment'' for the annual inquiry service lists corresponding
to the above-listed proceedings. This will allow those interested
parties to make any necessary amendments and resubmit their entries of
appearance. If no amendments need to be made, the interested party
should indicate in the area on the ACCESS form requesting an
explanation for the amendment that it is resubmitting its entry of
appearance for inclusion in the annual inquiry service list for the
following year. As mentioned in the Final Rule,\17\ once the
petitioners and foreign governments have submitted an entry of
appearance for the first time, they will automatically be added to the
updated annual inquiry service list each year.
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\16\ See Procedural Guidance, 86 FR at 53206.
\17\ See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335.
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Interested parties have 30 days after the date of this notice to
submit new or amended entries of appearance. Commerce will then
finalize the annual inquiry service lists five business days
thereafter. For ease of administration, please note that Commerce
requests that law firms with more than one attorney representing
interested parties in a proceeding designate a lead attorney to be
included on the annual inquiry service list.
Commerce may update an annual inquiry 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 at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>.
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 and pursuant to 19 CFR 351.225(n)(3), the petitioners and foreign
governments will not need to resubmit their entries of appearance each
year to continue to be included on the annual inquiry
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service list. However, the petitioners and foreign governments are
responsible for making amendments to their entries of appearance during
the annual update to the annual inquiry service list in accordance with
the procedures described above.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is not required by statute but is published as a
service to the international trading community.
Dated: April 24, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2026-08559 Filed 5-1-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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