Van-Type Trailers and Subassemblies Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

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The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 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) for the period of investigation (POI) April 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 167 (Monday, August 31, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55837-55839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-17750]


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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 167 / Monday, August 31, 2026 / 
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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: Final 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) 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) for the period 
of investigation (POI) April 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025.

DATES: Applicable August 31, 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

    On June 15, 2026, Commerce published in the Federal Register its 
preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of van-
type trailers from China, in which we invited interested parties to 
comment on the Preliminary Determination.\1\
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    \1\ See Van-Type Trailers and Subassemblies Thereof from the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Determination of Sales at 
Less than Fair Value, 91 FR 35957 (June 15, 2026) (Preliminary 
Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
(PDM).
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    A summary of the events that occurred since the Preliminary 
Determination, as well as a full discussion of the sole issue raised by 
an interested party for this final determination, may be found in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ The Issues and 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), which is available to registered users at 
<a href="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value in 
the Investigation of Van-Type Trailers and Subassemblies Thereof 
from the People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by the scope of this investigation is van-
type trailers from China. For a complete description of the scope of 
this investigation, see Appendix I.

Scope Comments

    In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time 
for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage (i.e., scope) in 
scope-specific case briefs or other written comments.\3\ We received 
comments from interested parties on the scope of the investigation as 
it appeared in the Preliminary Determination. For a summary of the 
product coverage comments submitted to the record for this final 
determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments 
timely received, see the Final Scope Decision Memorandum.\4\ After 
analyzing these comments, we made no changes to the scope of the 
investigation. See the scope in Appendix I to this notice.
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    \3\ See Memorandum ``Van-Type Trailers and Subassemblies Thereof 
from Canada, Mexico, and the People's Republic of China: Preliminary 
Scope Decision Memorandum,'' dated July 29, 2026 (Preliminary Scope 
Memorandum).
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Van-Type Trailers and Subassemblies 
Thereof from Canada, Mexico, and the People's Republic of China: 
Final Scope Decision Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with this 
final determination (Final Scope Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    The sole issue raised by an interested party in this investigation 
is addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the 
topics addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to 
this notice as Appendix II.

Changes Since the Preliminary Determination

    We have not made any changes to the margin calculation since the 
Preliminary Determination.

Final Determination

    Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins exist:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Cash deposit
                                             Weighted-    rate (adjusted
                                              average       for export
            Producer/exporter             dumping margin      subsidy
                                             (percent)        offset)
                                                             (percent)
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China-Wide Entity.......................        * 130.86          129.73
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* This rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences.


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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in connection with a final determination within five days of 
any 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 applied total adverse 
facts available (AFA) to the China-wide entity in this investigation, 
in accordance with section 776 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), and the applied AFA rate is based solely on the petition, 
there are no calculations to disclose.

Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to 
suspend liquidation of subject merchandise entries, as described in 
Appendix I of this notice, which are entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after June 15, 2026, the date of 
publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register.
    Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.210(d), Commerce will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal 
to the amount by which the normal value exceeds the U.S. price as 
follows: (1) for the producer/exporter combinations listed in the table 
above, the applicable cash deposit rate is listed in the table for that 
combination; adjusted for subsidy offsets, if appropriate; (2) for all 
combinations of Chinese producers/exporters of subject merchandise that 
have not established eligibility for a separate rate, the cash deposit 
will be equal to the cash deposit rate listed for the China-wide entity 
in the table above; and (3) for all third-country exporters of the 
subject merchandise that are not listed in the table above, the cash 
deposit rate is the cash deposit rate applicable to the Chinese 
producer/exporter combination or the China-wide entity that supplied 
that third-country exporter. These liquidation instructions will remain 
in effect until further notice.
    To determine the cash deposit rate, Commerce normally adjusts the 
estimated weighted-average dumping margin by the amount of domestic 
pass-through and export subsidies countervailed in a companion 
countervailing duty (CVD) investigation, when CVD provisional measures 
are in effect. Accordingly, where Commerce made an affirmative 
determination for countervailable export subsidies, Commerce would 
offset the estimated weighted-average dumping margins by the 
appropriate export subsidy rate.\5\ Any such adjusted cash deposit 
rates may be found in the ``Final Determination'' section above.
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    \5\ See Preliminary Determination PDM at 12-13.
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    Additionally, in the Preliminary Determination, Commerce 
established a Canadian third country case number in the Automated 
Commercial Environment (ACE).\6\ 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, as well as components entering on the same bill of lading 
as the Chinese subassembly, are subject to China antidumping duties.
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    \6\ See Preliminary Determination, 91 FR at 35958-35959.
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    If the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) makes a final 
affirmative determination of injury due to both dumping and subsidies, 
then the cash deposit rate will be revised effective on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final affirmative determination in the Federal 
Register to be the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping 
margin adjusted for export subsidies.
    If the ITC determines that material injury, or threat of material 
injury, does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, and all 
cash deposits for estimated antidumping duties will be refunded and the 
suspension of liquidation will be lifted.

ITC Notification

    In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, Commerce will notify 
the ITC of its final affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. 
Because Commerce's final determination is affirmative, in accordance 
with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make its final 
determination as to whether the domestic industry in the United States 
is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of 
imports of van-type trailers from China for sale (or the likelihood of 
sale) no later than 45 days after this final determination. In 
addition, we are making available to the ITC all non-privileged and 
non-proprietary information in our files, provided the ITC confirms 
that it will not disclose such information, either publicly or under 
administrative protective order (APO), without the written consent of 
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
    If the ITC determines that material injury, or threat of material 
injury, does not exist, the proceeding will be terminated and all cash 
deposits will be refunded or canceled, and suspension of liquidation 
will be lifted. If the ITC determines that such injury does exist, 
Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order directing CBP to assess, 
upon further instructions by Commerce, antidumping duties on all 
imports of the subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective date of the 
suspension of liquidation, as discussed above in the ``Suspension of 
Liquidation'' section above.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice will serve as the final reminder to parties subject to 
an APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return or destruction 
of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 735(d) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(c).

    Dated: August 24, 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 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 
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.

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    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 the 
investigation are typically classified in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) at subheadings: 8716.39.0040, 
8716.39.0090 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Discussion of the Issue
    Comment: Cash Deposits on Entries of Subject Merchandise from 
Canada
IV. Recommendation

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