Notice2026-11928
Van-Type Trailers and Subassemblies Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
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June 15, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that van-type trailers and subassemblies thereof (van-type trailers) from the People's Republic of China (China) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 114 (Monday, June 15, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35957-35960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-11928]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-219]
Van-Type Trailers and Subassemblies Thereof From the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that van-type trailers and subassemblies thereof (van-type
trailers) from the People's Republic of China (China) are being, or are
likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV).
The period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2025, through September
30, 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary
determination.
DATES: Applicable June 15, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Waddell or Mason Harkleroad, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1369 or (202)
482-0905, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section
733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Commerce
published the notice of initiation of this investigation on January 26,
2026.\1\ For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision
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Memorandum.\2\ 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 Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (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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\1\ See Van-Type Trailers and Subassemblies Thereof from Canada,
the People's Republic of China, and Mexico: Initiation of Less-Than-
Fair-Value Investigations, 91 FR 3104 (January 26, 2026).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Ven-type
Trailers and Subassemblies Thereof from the People's Republic of
China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation are van-type trailers
from China. For a complete description of the scope of this
investigation, see Appendix I.
Scope Comments
In accordance with the Preamble to Commerce's regulations,\3\ the
Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise
issues regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).\4\ We received
comments concerning the scope of this investigation, as well as in the
other LTFV and companion countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of
van-type trailers, as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. We intend
to issue our preliminary decision regarding the scope of the LTFV and
CVD investigations on or before the preliminary determinations of the
companion LTFV investigations, the current deadline of which is July
29, 2026.\5\ We will incorporate the scope decisions from the other
LTFV investigations into the scope of the final LTFV determination for
this investigation after considering any relevant comments submitted in
scope case and rebuttal briefs.\6\
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\3\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule,
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) (Preamble).
\4\ See Initiation Notice, 91 FR at 3105-3106.
\5\ See Van-Type Trailers and Subassemblies Thereof from Canada
and Mexico: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 91 FR 29454 (May 20, 2026).
\6\ The deadline for interested parties to submit scope case and
rebuttal briefs will be established in the preliminary scope
decision memorandum.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this investigation in accordance with
section 731 of the Act. Pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act,
Commerce preliminary has relied upon facts otherwise available, with
adverse inferences, for the China-wide entity, which includes the
companies listed in Appendix III that either did not respond to
Commerce's request for information pertaining to quantity and value or
did not submit a separate rate application. For a full description of
the methodology underlying Commerce's preliminary determination, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Combination Rates
In the Initiation Notice,\7\ Commerce stated that it would
calculate producer/exporter combination rates for the respondents that
are eligible for a separate rate in this investigation. Policy Bulletin
05.1 describes this practice.\8\ In this case, because no respondent
qualified for a separate rate, producer/exporter combination rates were
not calculated.
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\7\ See Initiation Notice, 91 FR at 3109.
\8\ See Enforcement and Compliance's Policy Bulletin No. 05.1,
regarding, ``Separate-Rates Practice and Application of Combination
Rates in Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market Economy
Countries,'' (April 5, 2005) (Policy Bulletin 05.1), available on
Commerce's website at <a href="https://www.trade.gov/enforcement-and-compliance-policy-bulletins-0">https://www.trade.gov/enforcement-and-compliance-policy-bulletins-0</a>.
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Preliminary Determination
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
dumping margin exists:
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Cash deposit rate
Weighted-average (adjusted for
Producer/exporter dumping margin subsidy offset
(percent) (percent))
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China-Wide Entity............ 130.86 * 130.76
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* Rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 733(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce will
direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation
of subject merchandise as described in the scope of the investigation
section entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register,
as discussed below. Further, pursuant to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP to require a cash
deposit equal to the weighted average amount by which normal value
exceeds U.S. price, as indicated in the chart above as follows: (1) for
all combinations of Chinese producers/exporters of merchandise under
consideration that have not established eligibility for their own
separate rates, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the estimated
weighted-average dumping margin established for the China-wide entity;
and (2) for all third-county exporters of merchandise under
consideration, the cash deposit rate is the cash deposit rate
applicable to the China-wide entity.
Additionally, because the scope of this investigation includes
Chinese van-type trailers processed in third countries,\9\ Chinese
subassemblies and/or van-type trailers containing Chinese subassemblies
imported through third countries are subject to the suspension of
liquidation and cash deposit requirements noted above. Because the
American Trailer Manufacturers Coalition \10\ (the petitioner) has
requested clarification that Chinese subassemblies and/or van-type
trailers containing Chinese subassemblies imported into the United
States from Canada are subject to China antidumping duties,\11\
Commerce has established a Canadian third country case number in the
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). For Chinese subassemblies and/
or van-type trailers containing Chinese subassemblies imported through
Canada, importers should report such entries under third country case
number A-122-219. For van-type trailers containing Chinese
subassemblies imported through Canada, only the Chinese subassembly
portion of the merchandise is subject to China
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antidumping duties. Importers, producers, or exporters of subject
merchandise from other third countries should file a request through
ACCESS for Commerce to establish a case number for that specific
country in ACE. CBP may also submit a request through the ACE AD/CVD
Portal Inquiry System for Commerce to establish specific third country
case numbers.
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\9\ See Initiation Notice, 91 FR at 3110-1128-29.
\10\ The members of the American Trailer Manufacturers Coalition
are Great Dane LLC, Stoughton Trailers LLC, and Wabash National
Corporation.
\11\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Comments in Advance of the
Preliminary Determination,'' dated May 22, 2026, at 1.
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To determine the cash deposit rate, Commerce normally adjusts the
estimated weighted-average dumping margin by the amount of domestic
subsidy pass-through and export subsidies determined in a companion CVD
proceeding when CVD provisional measures are in effect. Accordingly,
where Commerce has made a preliminary affirmative determination for
domestic subsidy pass-through or export subsidies, Commerce has offset
the calculated estimated weighted-average dumping margin by the
appropriate rate(s). Any such adjusted rates may be found in the
``Preliminary Determination'' section's chart of estimated weighted-
average dumping margins above.
Should provisional measures in the companion CVD investigation
expire prior to the expiration of provisional measures in this LTFV
investigation, Commerce will direct CBP to begin collecting cash
deposits at a rate equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping
margins calculated in this preliminary determination unadjusted for the
passed-through domestic subsidies or for export subsidies at the time
the CVD provisional measures expire.
These suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect
until further notice.
Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with a preliminary determination within five
days of its public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of publication of this notice in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce
preliminarily determined that all companies are part of the China-wide
entity and assigned to the China-wide entity, as AFA, a rate that is
based solely on the margin alleged in the Petition, there are no
calculations to disclose.\12\
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\12\ See Petitioners' Letters, ``Petitions for the Imposition of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties Pursuant to Sections 701 and
731 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as Amended, Volume VI: China
Antidumping Duty Petition,'' dated November 20, 2025, ``Petitioner
Response to the 1st Supplemental Questionnaire Regarding Volume VI
of the Petition,'' dated December 5, 2025, ``Petitioner Response to
the 2nd Supplemental Questionnaire Regarding Volume VI of the
Petition,'' dated December 15, 2026; ``Petitioner Response to the
3rd Supplemental Questionnaire Regarding Volume VI of the
Petition,'' dated December 29, 2025; and ``Petitioner Response to
the 4th Supplemental Questionnaire Regarding Volume VI of the
Petition,'' dated January 13, 2026.
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Verification
Because no companies in this investigation demonstrated eligibility
for a separate rate, Commerce preliminarily determines that all
companies are part of the China-wide entity; therefore, verification
will not be conducted.
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than 14
days after the date of publication of this preliminary determination in
the Federal Register. A timeline for the submission of case briefs and
written comments pertaining to the scope of the investigations will be
notified to interested parties at a later date. 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.\13\ 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.\14\
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\13\ 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).
\14\ See 19 351.309(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.\15\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the
basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final determination in this
investigation. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the 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).\16\
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\15\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\16\ 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, 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 the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is
made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be
determined.
Final Determination
Section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1) provide that
Commerce will issue the final determination within 75 days after the
date of its preliminary determination. Accordingly, Commerce will make
its final determination no later than 75 days after the signature date
of this preliminary determination.
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, Commerce will notify
the ITC of its preliminary determination of sales at LTFV. If the final
determination is affirmative, the ITC will determine before the later
of 120 days after the date of this preliminary determination or 45 days
after the final determination whether imports of the subject
merchandise are materially injuring, or threaten material injury to,
the U.S. industry.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination is issued and published in accordance with
sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.205(c).
Dated: June 9, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
Scope of the Investigation
The physical characteristics of the covered products, which
define the scope, are as follows:
The merchandise covered by this investigation consists of
certain van-type trailers and subassemblies thereof, whether
finished or unfinished, whether assembled or unassembled, regardless
of the number of axles, for carriage of goods. Van-type trailers are
typically, but not limited to, rectangular cuboid trailers with a
fully enclosed cargo space consisting of a front nose (with or
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without a refrigeration unit), side walls (with or without doors),
movable rear panels (whether roll-up doors, swing doors, or another
configuration), a floor and subframe, an affixed or removable roof,
a suspension and axle system, wheels and tires, brakes, a lighting
and electrical system, landing gear, and coupling for towing behind
a truck tractor or a connection system for training behind another
van-type trailer. Covered van-type trailers are those with a gross
vehicle weight rating of greater than 26,000 pounds.
Subject merchandise includes, but is not limited to, the
following subassemblies:
<bullet> Van-type trailer subframes, or sections of van-type
trailer frames, typically consisting of welded crossmembers and
slider rails for attaching the running gear;
<bullet> Nose wall, side wall, and roof subassemblies, whether
insulated or non insulated, and with or without top, bottom, or side
rails;
<bullet> Rear door frame, whether for swing or roll-up doors,
with or without installed doors, bumpers, bumper plates, or
reinforcing plates for liftgate;
<bullet> Door assemblies, whether for rear swing doors, roll-up
doors, side doors or any other configuration, with or without
lockrods, handles, hinges, or hinge pins;
<bullet> Rear impact guard subassemblies, typically consisting
of a fabricated horizontal structural component (such as a guard
tube) and uprights for connection to the underside of the rear
frame;
<bullet> Coupler assembly for connection to truck tractor's
fifth wheel, typically consisting of main beams and cross members,
support plates, and front nose wrap, and with or without kingpin
installed;
<bullet> Running gear subassemblies or axle assemblies for
connection to the subframe, which may or may not include
suspension(s), wheel end components, slack adjusters, dressed axles,
brake chambers, locking pins, wheels, and tires; and
<bullet> Landing gear subassemblies, typically consisting of two
landing legs, a cross channel, braces, bracketing, a cross shaft,
and a crank handle.
These subassemblies are subject to the investigation, whether
entered alone or with other subassemblies and whether assembled or
unassembled and whether finished or unfinished. The absence of any
subassembly from an otherwise finished or unfinished van-type
trailer does not remove the van-type trailer from coverage.
Subject merchandise also includes components entered with (i.e.,
on the same bill of lading as) van-type trailers and subassemblies,
such as, but not limited to: hub and drum assemblies, brake
assemblies (either drum or disc), bare axles, brake chambers,
suspensions and suspension components, wheel end components, landing
gear legs, wheels, tires, brake control systems, electrical
harnesses and lighting systems, lift gate systems, tire inflation
systems, or refrigeration units (with or without evaporators or fuel
tanks) whether assembled or unassembled, whether as part of a kit or
not, and whether or not accompanied by additional components that
constitute as part of an unfinished and/or unassembled van-type
trailer and subassemblies thereof that are subject to the
investigation.
Processing of finished and unfinished van-type trailers and
subassemblies, such as trimming, cutting, grinding, notching,
punching, drilling, painting, coating, staining, finishing,
assembly, or any other processing either in the country of
manufacture of the in-scope product or in a third country does not
remove the product from the scope. Inclusion of other components not
identified as comprising the finished or unfinished van-type trailer
does not remove the product from the scope.
Specifically excluded are subassemblies covered by the scope of
the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain chassis
and subassemblies thereof from the People's Republic of China. See
Certain Chassis and Subassemblies Thereof from the People's Republic
of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 86 FR 36093 (July 8, 2021) and
Certain Chassis and Subassemblies Thereof from the People's Republic
of China: Countervailing Duty Order and Amended Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, 86 FR 24844 (May 10, 2021).
The finished and unfinished van-type trailers subject to this
investigation are typically classified in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) at subheadings: 8716.39.0040
and 8716.90.5060. Imports of finished and unfinished subassemblies
may also enter under HTSUS subheadings 7308.30.5050, 7308.90.9590,
7326.90.8688, 8708.29.1500, 8708.99.8180, 8716.90.5010. While the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes,
the written description of the merchandise under investigation is
dispositive.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Adjustment Under Section 777(A)(F) of the Act
VI. Adjustments to Cash Deposits Rates for Export Subsidies in the
Companion Countervailing Duty Investigation
VII. Recommendation
Appendix III
Companies Preliminarily Determined to be Part of the China-Wide Entity
1. Chusheng Vehicle Group Co., Ltd.
2. CIMC Vehicles (Group) Co., Ltd.
3. CIMC Vehicle (Jiangmen) Co., Ltd.
4. CRRC Urban Traffic Co., Ltd.
5. CSCTRUCK Limited
6. Henan Huayu Jujiu Vehicle Co., Ltd.
7. Henan Reddin Trading Co., Ltd.
8. Henan Ulike Industry Co. Ltd.
9. Hubei ChuSheng Commercial Truck
10. Hubei Chusheng Vehicle Co., Ltd.
11. Hubei Chusheng Vehicle Co., Ltd. Sales Office
12. Jinan Shacman Truck Co., Ltd.
13. Qihang Automobile Co., Ltd.
14. Qingdao CIMC Reefer Trailer Co., Ltd.
15. Qingdao CIMC Special Reefer Co. Ltd.
16. Qingdao CIMC Special Vehicles Co., Ltd.
17. Qingdao Genron International Trade Co., Ltd.
18. Qingdao Quest Vehicles Equipment Co., Ltd.
19. Shaanxi Automobile Holding Group
20. Shanghai CIMC Baowell Industries Co., Ltd.
21. Shandong Fuyan Special Purpose Vehicles Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
22. Shandong Luen Auto Co., Ltd.
23. Shandong Shodailer Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
24. Shandong Tengyun Special Vehicle Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
25. Xiagong Chusheng (Hubei) Special Purpose Vehicle Manufacturing
Co., Ltd.
26. Yangzhou Tonglee Reefer Container Co., Ltd.
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