Notice2026-09460
Temporary Steel Fencing From the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order and Countervailing Duty Order
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Published
May 13, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on temporary steel fencing from the People's Republic of China (China).
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 13, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27023-27027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09460]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-198, C-570-199]
Temporary Steel Fencing From the People's Republic of China:
Antidumping Duty Order and Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) and
countervailing duty (CVD) orders on temporary steel fencing from the
People's Republic of China (China).
DATES: Applicable May 13, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Noah Wetzel (AD) or Jana[eacute]
Martin (CVD), AD/CVD Operations, Offices VIII and VI, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-7466 or (202) 482-0238, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 705(d) and 735(d) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), on March 16, 2026, Commerce published its
affirmative final determination of sales at less than fair value (LTFV)
of temporary steel fencing from China \1\ and its affirmative final
determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of temporary steel fencing from China.\2\
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\1\ See 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, 91 FR 12577 (March 16, 2026) (LTFV Final Determination).
\2\ See Temporary Steel Fencing from the People's Republic of
China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Final
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 91 FR
12567 (March 16, 2026) (CVD Final Determination).
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On April 30, 2026, in accordance to sections 705(d) and 735(d) of
the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final affirmative
determinations that an industry in the United States is materially
injured by reason of dumping imports of temporary steel fencing from
China, and subsidized imports of temporary steel fencing from China,
within the meaning of sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of
the Act.\3\
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\3\ See ITC's Letter, ``Notification of ITC Final
Determinations,'' dated April 30, 2026 (ITC Notification Letter).
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Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders is temporary steel fencing from
China. For a complete description of the scope of the orders, see the
Appendix to this notice.
AD Order
On April 30, 2026, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act,
the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination that an industry
in the United States is materially injured within the meaning of
section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of imports of temporary
steel fencing from China that are sold in the United States at LTFV.\4\
Therefore, in accordance with sections 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act,
Commerce is issuing this AD order. Because the ITC determined that
imports of temporary steel fencing from China are materially injuring a
U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from China,
entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are subject to the
assessment of antidumping duties.
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\4\ Id.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise on all
relevant entries of temporary steel fencing from China. Antidumping
duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of temporary steel
fencing entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after August 19, 2025, the date of publication of the LTFV Preliminary
Determination,\5\ but will not include entries occurring after the
expiration of provision measures period and before the publication of
the ITC's final injury determination under section 735(b) of the Act,
as further described below.
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\5\ 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)
(LTFV Preliminary Determination).
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Critical Circumstances--AD
In addition, the ITC found that critical circumstances do not exist
with respect to imports of temporary steel fencing from China. As a
result, we intend to instruct CBP to lift the suspension of liquidation
and to refund all cash deposits for estimated antidumping duties with
respect to entries of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after May 21, 2025 (i.e., 90 days
prior to the date of publication of the affirmative LTFV Preliminary
Determination), but before August 19, 2025 (i.e., the date of
publication of the LTFV Preliminary Determination).\6\
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\6\ Id.
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Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits--AD
Except as noted in the ``Provisional Measures--AD'' section of this
notice,
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Commerce intends to instruct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of
liquidation of temporary steel fencing from China, effective on the
date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination
in the Federal Register in accordance with section 736 of the Act.
These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until
further notice.
Commerce also intends to instruct CBP to require cash deposits
equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins listed in the
table below, adjusted by the relevant export subsidy offsets.
Accordingly, effective on the date of publication in the Federal
Register of the notice of the ITC's final affirmative injury
determination, CBP will require, at the same time as importers would
normally deposit estimated customs duties on subject merchandise, a
cash deposit equal to the rates listed in the table below. The rate for
the China-wide entity applies to all producers and exporters not
specifically listed, as appropriate.
These instructions suspending liquidation and cash deposit
requirements will remain in effect until further notice.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The estimated weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:
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Cash deposit rate
Weighted-average (adjusted for
Exporter Producer dumping margin subsidy offsets)
(percent) (percent)
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Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd............. Huanghua Wangang Hardware 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd............. Huanghua Taiyue Hardware Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd............. Hebei Wuxin Garden Products 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd............. Huanghua Qingxin Metal 129.70 129.68
Products Co., Ltd.
Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd............. Huanghua Xingyu Hardware 129.70 129.68
Products Co., Ltd.
Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd............. Huanghua Deyue Hardware Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd............. Cangzhou Hualing Metal 129.70 129.68
Products Co., Ltd.
Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd............. Huanghua Huanyu Hardware 129.70 129.68
Factory.
Tianjin Linkwel International Trading Tianjin Lianhao Metal 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Linkwel International Trading Changzhou Lianrui Metal 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Shantou Jiayu Trading Co., Ltd....... Huanghua Juntai Hardware 129.70 129.68
Products Co., Ltd.
Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Huanghua Wangang Hardware 129.70 129.68
Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Huanghua Taiyue Hardware Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd. Ltd.
Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Hebei Wuxin Garden Products 129.70 129.68
Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Huanghua Qingxin Metal 129.70 129.68
Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Huanghua Xingyu Hardware 129.70 129.68
Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Metaltec Group Co., Limited.......... Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Metaltec Group Co., Limited.......... Huanghua Wangang Hardware 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Metaltec Group Co., Limited.......... Huanghua Taiyue Hardware Co., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Metaltec Group Co., Limited.......... Hebei Wuxin Garden Products 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Metaltec Group Co., Limited.......... Huanghua Qingxin Metal 129.70 129.68
Products Co., Ltd.
Metaltec Group Co., Limited.......... Huanghua Xingyu Hardware 129.70 129.68
Products Co., Ltd.
Hebei Yelang Imp. & Exp. Trade Co., Huanghua Pengxiang Hardware 129.70 129.68
Ltd. 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 129.70 129.68
Co., 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 129.70 129.68
Co., Ltd.
Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited....... Huanghua Qingxin Metal 129.70 129.68
Products 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., 129.70 129.68
Ltd.
Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited....... Huanghua Huanyu Hardware 129.70 129.68
Factory.
Hebei Jinshi Industrial Metal Co., Tangshan ZhongRui IndustriaI 129.70 129.68
Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Hebei Jinshi Industrial Metal Co., Huanghua Tianhang Hardware 129.70 129.68
Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Hebei Jinshi Industrial Metal Co., Hebei Tinlin Metal Products 129.70 129.68
Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Hebei Jinshi Industrial Metal Co., Huanghua Xindarui Hardware 129.70 129.68
Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Hebei Haiao Wire Mesh Products Co., Raoyang Shengshi Metal 129.70 129.68
Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Anping Chengxin Metal Mesh Co., Ltd.. Anping Chengxin Metal Mesh 129.70 129.68
Co., 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.
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China-wide Entity................ ............................. * 184.27 184.25
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* This rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences.
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Provisional Measures--AD
Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of export of the subject merchandise request
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months.
At the request of exporters that accounted for a significant proportion
of exports of temporary steel fencing from China, Commerce extended the
four-month period to no more than six months.\7\ In the underlying
investigation, Commerce published the LTFV Preliminary Determination on
August 19, 2025. Therefore, the six-month period beginning on the date
of publication ended on February 14, 2026. Pursuant to section 737(b)
of the Act, the collection of cash deposits will begin on the date of
publication of the ITC's final injury determinations. Therefore, in
accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, Commerce will instruct CBP
to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to liquidate, without
regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated entries of temporary steel
fencing from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after February 15, 2026, the first day provisional
measures were no longer in effect, until and through the day preceding
the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the
Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash
deposits will resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final
determination in the Federal Register.
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\7\ Id., 90 FR at 40335.
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CVD Order
As stated above, on April 30, 2026, the ITC notified Commerce of
its final determination that an industry is materially injured within
the meaning of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of
subsidized imports of temporary steel fencing from China.\8\ Therefore,
in accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is issuing
this CVD order. Moreover, because the ITC determined that imports of
temporary steel fencing from China are materially injuring a U.S.
industry, unliquidated entries of subject merchandise from China,
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, are subject to
the assessment of countervailing duties.
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\8\ See ITC Notification Letter.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act, Commerce
intends to direct CBP to assess, upon further instructions by Commerce,
countervailing duties on all relevant entries of temporary steel
fencing from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after June 20, 2025, the date of publication of the
CVD Preliminary Determination,\9\ but will not include entries
occurring after the expiration of the provisional measures period and
before the publication of the ITC's final injury determination under
section 705(b) of the Act, as further described below.
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\9\ See Temporary Steel Fencing from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination,
Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, in
Part, and Alignment of Final Determination with the Final
Antidumping Determination, 90 FR 26268 (June 20, 2025) (CVD
Preliminary Determination).
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Critical Circumstances--CVD
In addition, the ITC found that critical circumstances do not exist
with respect to imports of temporary steel fencing from China. As a
result, we intend to instruct CBP to lift suspension and to refund any
cash deposits made to secure the payment of estimated countervailing
duties with respect to entries of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after March 22, 2025
(i.e., 90 days prior to the date of the publication of the CVD
Preliminary Determination), but before June 20, 2025 (i.e., the date of
publication of the CVD Preliminary Determination).\10\
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\10\ Id.
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Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits--CVD
In accordance with section 706 of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of temporary
steel fencing from China, effective on the date of publication of the
ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register,
and to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, pursuant to
section 706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing duties on each entry of
subject merchandise in an amount based on the net countervailable
subsidy rates below. These instructions suspending liquidation will
remain in effect until further notice.
Commerce also intends, pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of the Act, to
instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the amounts as indicated
below. Accordingly, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's
final affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register, CBP
will require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit
estimated duties on the subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to
the rates listed in the table below.\11\ The all-others rate applies to
all producers or exporters not specifically listed, as appropriate.
These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until
further notice.
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\11\ See section 706(a)(3) of the Act.
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Estimated Countervailing Duty Subsidy Rates
The estimated countervailing duty subsidy rates are as follows:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd................................ 49.19
Shijiazhuang SD Company Ltd............................. * 178.97
Anping County Xingpeng Hardware Co., Ltd................ * 178.97
Shenzhou Yuelei Metal Products Co., Ltd................. * 178.97
Sichuan Gold-Link Industry.............................. * 178.97
Sourcing Solution Co., Ltd.............................. * 178.97
Tianjin Mengsheng Metal Products........................ * 178.97
All Others.............................................. 49.19
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* This rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Provisional Measures--CVD
Section 703(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months. In underlying investigations,
Commerce published the CVD Preliminary Determination on June 20,
2025.\12\ Therefore, entries of temporary steel fencing from China made
on or after October 18, 2025, and prior to the date of publication of
the ITC's final determinations in the Federal Register, are not subject
to the assessment of countervailing duties due to Commerce's
discontinuation of the suspension of liquidation.
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In accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, Commerce instructed
CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to liquidate,
without regard to countervailing duties, certain unliquidated entries
of temporary steel fencing from China entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption, on or after October 18, 2025, the date on
which the provisional measures expired, until and through the day
preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final injury
determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation and
the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date of publication
of the ITC's affirmative final
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injury determination in the Federal Register.
Establishment of the Annual Inquiry Service Lists
On September 20, 2021, Commerce published the Final Rule in the
Federal Register.\13\ On September 27, 2021, Commerce also published
the Procedural Guidance in the Federal Register.\14\ 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.\15\
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\13\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September
20, 2021) (Final Rule).
\14\ See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry Service List;
and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27, 2021)
(Procedural Guidance).
\15\ Id.
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In accordance with the Procedural Guidance, for orders published in
the Federal Register after November 4, 2021, Commerce will create an
annual inquiry service list segment in Commerce's online e-filing and
document management system, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Electronic Service System (ACCESS), available at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>, within five business days of publication of the
notice of the order. Each annual inquiry service list will be saved in
ACCESS, under each case number, and under a specific segment type
called ``AISL-Annual Inquiry Service List.'' \16\
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\16\ This segment will be 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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Interested parties who wish to be added to the annual inquiry
service list for an order must submit an entry of appearance to the
annual inquiry service list segment for the order in ACCESS within 30
days after the date of publication of the order. For ease of
administration, Commerce requests that law firms with more than one
attorney representing interested parties in an order designate a lead
attorney to be included on the annual inquiry service list. Commerce
will finalize the annual inquiry service list within five business days
thereafter. As mentioned in the Procedural Guidance,\17\ the new annual
inquiry service list will be in place until the following year, when
the Opportunity Notice for the anniversary month of the order is
published.
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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.
Special Instructions for Petitioner 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, the petitioner and the Government of China (GOC) should submit
their initial entries of appearance after publication of this notice in
order to appear in the first annual inquiry service lists for these
orders for which they qualify as interested parties. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.225(n)(3), the petitioner and the GOC will not need to resubmit
their entries of appearance each year to continue to be included on the
annual inquiry service list. However, the petitioner and the GOC 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 constitutes the AD and CVD orders with respect to
temporary steel fencing from China, pursuant to sections 706(a) and
736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of AD and CVD
orders currently in effect at <a href="https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/adcvd-orders-and-suspension-agreements">https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/adcvd-orders-and-suspension-agreements</a>.
These orders are published in accordance with sections 706(a) and
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: May 7, 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
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise subject to these orders 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 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
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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 these orders if performed in the
country of manufacture of the temporary steel fencing.
Temporary steel fencing is included in the scope of these orders
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 these orders 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 these orders 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.
[FR Doc. 2026-09460 Filed 5-12-26; 8:45 am]
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