Notice2026-18085
Brass Rod From South Africa: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2025
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Published
September 3, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the sole producer/exporter subject to this review, Non- Ferrous Metal Works (SA) (PTY) Ltd. (NFMW), made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) December 1, 2023, through May 31, 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 170 (Thursday, September 3, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56625-56627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18085]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-791-828]
Brass Rod From South Africa: Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that the sole producer/exporter subject to this review, Non-
Ferrous Metal Works (SA) (PTY) Ltd. (NFMW), made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review
(POR) December 1, 2023, through May 31, 2025. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable September 3, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0665.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 13, 2024, Commerce published the antidumping duty order on
brass rod from Brazil in the Federal Register.\1\ 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 brass rod from South Africa with respect to
NFMW.\2\
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\1\ See Brass Rod from the Republic of Korea: Amended Final
Antidumping Duty Determination; Brass Rod from Brazil, India,
Mexico, the Republic of Korea, and South Africa: Antidumping Duty
Orders; Brass Rod from the Republic of Korea: Countervailing Duty
Order, 89 FR 50263 (June 13, 2024) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Revies, 90 FR 35268, 35275 (July 25, 2025); see also
Brass Rod from the Republic of Korea: Amended Final Antidumping Duty
Determination; Brass Rod from Brazil, India, Mexico, the Republic of
Korea, and South Africa: Antidumping Duty Orders; Brass Rod from the
Republic of Korea: Countervailing Duty Order, 89 FR 50263 (June 13,
2024) (Order).
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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.\3\ 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.\4\ On April 9, 2026, Commerce extended the deadline
to
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issue these preliminary results until August 31, 2026.\5\
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated April 9,
2026.
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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 an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
via ACCESS, which 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
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Brass Rod from
South Africa; 2023-2025,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is brass rod from South
Africa. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Constructed export price is calculated in accordance with section 772
of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with section 773
of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, 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 December 1, 2023, through May 31, 2025:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Non-Ferrous Metal Works (SA) (PTY) Ltd..................... 19.82
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these 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 this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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.\7\ 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.\8\ 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.\9\ All 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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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\8\ 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).
\9\ 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 in their
briefs.\10\ 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).\11\
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\10\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\11\ 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. Issues raised in 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.\12\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce
will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject
merchandise covered by this review.
If NFMW's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review,
Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the
basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each
importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those sales.
Where we do not have entered values for all U.S. sales to a particular
importer, we will calculate an importer-specific, per-unit assessment
rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total quantity of
those sales.\13\ To determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit
assessment rate is de minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2),
we also will calculate an importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on
estimated entered values. If NFMW's weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis or where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\14\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceedings:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77
FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by NFMW for
which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United
States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the
all-others rate calculated in the investigation of sales at less than
fair value (LTFV) if there is no rate for
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the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\15\
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\15\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated
duties, where applicable.\16\
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\16\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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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.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the company
listed above will be that established in the final results of this
review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the
cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously investigated or
reviewed companies not covered by this review, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the
company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, or the LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent
segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to
be 10.67 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation.\17\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\17\ See Order.
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Final Results of the Review
Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in
any written briefs, no later than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice, unless extended, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. 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 of review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: August 31, 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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-18085 Filed 9-2-26; 8:45 am]
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