Notice2026-09689
Certain Cold Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel From Italy: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
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Published
May 14, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Dalmine S.p.A. (Dalmine) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27267-27268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09689]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-475-838]
Certain Cold Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel
From Italy: Preliminary Results 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 Dalmine S.p.A. (Dalmine) made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review
(POR), June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable May 14, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colin Thrasher, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3004.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 25, 2025, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on certain cold-drawn mechanical
tubing of carbon and alloy steel (cold-drawn mechanical tubing) from
Italy.\1\ On July 25, 2025, Commerce selected Dalmine S.p.A. (Dalmine)
as the mandatory respondent in this review.\2\ On September 12, 2025,
Dalmine filed a letter notifying Commerce of its intent not to
participate in this proceeding.\3\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 35268 (July 25, 2025) (Initiation);
see also See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and
Alloy Steel from the People's Republic of China, the Federal
Republic of Germany, India, Italy, the Republic of Korea, and
Switzerland: Antidumping Duty Orders; and Amended Final
Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value for the People's
Republic of China and Switzerland, 83 FR 26962 (June 11, 2018)
(Order).
\2\ See Initiation.
\3\ See Dalmine's Letter, ``Notification of Intent Not to
Participate in the Administrative Review,'' dated September 12,
2025.
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\4\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24,
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an
additional 21 days.\5\ Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary
results is now May 11, 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
initiation of this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\6\ A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as Appendix II to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
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/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Cold-
Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from Italy'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this review is cold-drawn mechanical tubing
from Italy. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act. Because Commerce preliminarily finds
that Dalmine failed to cooperate to the best of its ability in
responding to our requests for information, Commerce relied on facts
available, with adverse inferences (AFA), in determining this company's
dumping margin, consistent with section 776 of the Act. For a full
description of the methodology underlying these preliminary results,
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the
period June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025:
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Weighted-
average dumping
Exporter/producer margin
(percent)
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Dalmine S.p.A.......................................... 68.95
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with preliminary results within five days of
any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within
five days of the date of publication of the notice of preliminary
results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
However, because Commerce preliminarily applied AFA to the individually
examined company, Dalmine, in accordance with section 776 of the Act,
and the applied AFA rate is based solely on the petition, there are no
calculations to disclose.\7\
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\7\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at the section,
``Application of Facts Available and Adverse Inferences,'' for a
discussion of the AFA rate assigned to Dalmine for these preliminary
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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), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\8\ 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.\9\ Interested parties who submit
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a
table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\10\
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\9\ 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 Procedures).
\10\ 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
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in their briefs.\11\ 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 in 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).\12\
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\11\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\12\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. 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 briefs. If a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing.\13\
All submission, including briefs, must be filed electronically using
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established
deadline.
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of our
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, no later than 120
days after the date of publication of this notice.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this 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 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).
If Commerce continues to base Dalmine's weighted-average dumping
margin upon AFA in the final results of this review, then Commerce will
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on subject merchandise from
Dalmine entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during
the POR at a rate equal to the weighted-average dumping margin in the
final results.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final
results of this administrative review, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Dalmine will be
the rate established for Dalmine in the final results of this review
(except, if this rate is zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will be
required); (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not
listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-
fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period
for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate
for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 47.87
percent, the all-others rate established in the underlying LTFV
investigation.\14\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\14\ See Order.
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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 duties prior to the
liquidation of the relevant entries during the POR. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 11, 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. Application of Facts Available and Adverse Inferences
V. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-09689 Filed 5-13-26; 8:45 am]
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