Boltless Steel Shelving Units Prepackaged for Sale From Thailand: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2025

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Fuding Industries Company Limited (Fuding) did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), November 29, 2023, through May 31, 2025. In addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to five companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 200 (Monday, October 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66080-66082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21279]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-846]


Boltless Steel Shelving Units Prepackaged for Sale From Thailand: 
Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, 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 Fuding Industries Company Limited (Fuding) did not make 
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the 
period of review (POR), November 29, 2023, through May 31, 2025. In 
addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to five companies. 
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results 
of review.

DATES: Applicable October 19, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Wolfe, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-5826.

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 (AD) order on boltless steel shelving 
units prepackaged for sale (boltless steel shelving) from Thailand.\1\ 
On August 13, 2025, Commerce identified Fuding as the mandatory 
respondent in this administrative review.\2\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 35268 (July 25, 2025) (Initiation 
Notice); see also See Boltless Steel Shelving Units Prepackaged for 
Sale from Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination 
for Taiwan and Antidumping Duty Orders, 89 FR 48555 (June 7, 2024) 
(Order).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Identification,'' dated August 
13, 2025.
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    Due to the lapse in appropriations and federal government shutdown, 
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled the deadline of the preliminary 
results by 47 days.\3\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents that 
were electronically filed via Enforcement and

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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\ Between May 5, and August 28, 
2026, Commerce extended the deadline for the preliminary results of 
this review by 120 days.\5\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated November 17, 2025.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated 
November 24, 2025.
    \5\ See Memoranda, ``Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 5, 
2026; ``Second Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated July 2, 2026; 
``Third Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review,'' dated August 28, 2026.
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\ 
A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 
on Boltless Steel Shelving Units Prepackaged for Sale from Thailand; 
2023-2025,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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    Memorandum is attached as Appendix I 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>.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is boltless steel shelving 
from Thailand. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, 
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to 
rescind an administrative review of an AD order where it concludes that 
there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise during the 
POR.\7\ Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the 
suspended entries are liquidated at the antidumping duty assessment 
rate for the review period.\8\ Therefore, for an administrative review 
to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that 
Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
liquidate at the AD assessment rate calculated for the POR.\9\ Commerce 
notified all interested parties of its intent to rescind the instant 
review regarding the five companies listed in Appendix II because there 
were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise from these 
companies during the POR and invited interested parties to comment.\10\ 
No party commented on this memorandum. In the absence of any suspended 
entries of subject merchandise from these companies during the POR, we 
are rescinding this administrative review for the companies listed in 
Appendix II, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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    \7\ See, e.g., Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to Length 
Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of Antidumping 
Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4154 (January 24, 2023).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \9\ See, e.g., Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co. v. United States, 
380 F.Supp.3d 1328, 1337 (CIT 2019), at 12 (referring to section 
751(a) of the Act, the U.S. Court of International Trade held that 
``{w{time} hile the statute does not explicitly require that an 
entry be suspended as a prerequisite for establishing entitlement to 
a review, it does explicitly state the determined rate will be used 
as the liquidation rate for the reviewed entries. This result can 
only obtain if the liquidation of entries has been suspended;'' see 
also Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019, 86 FR 36102 (July 8, 
2021), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 4; 
and Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian 
Federation: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 77 FR 65532 (October 29, 2012) (noting that ``for an 
administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, 
suspended entry to be liquidated at the newly calculated assessment 
rate'').
    \10\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In 
Part,'' dated December 19, 2025.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 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 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 of November 29, 2023, through May 31, 2025:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Fuding Industries Company Limited..........................        0.00
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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 the Federal Register 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 will notify parties of the briefing schedule at a 
later date. 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.\11\ 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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    \11\ 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.\12\ 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).\13\
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    \12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \13\ 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

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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.\14\
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    \14\ 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), Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in 
accordance with the final results of this review.
    If Fuding'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.\15\ 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 Fuding'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.\16\
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding: 
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment 
Rate in Certain Antidumping 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 Fuding 
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 less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.\17\
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    \17\ 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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    For the companies listed in Appendix II for which the review is 
being rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed 
at rates equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated antidumping 
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce 
intends to issue rescission instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days 
after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding 
Fuding 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).

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 Fuding will be 
the rate established for Fuding in the final results of this review, 
except, if this 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 2.75 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV 
investigation.\18\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \18\ See Order.
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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: October 13, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix I

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

Appendix II

Companies for Which the Administrative Review Is Rescinded

1. ABC Tools Mfg. Corp.
2. Bangkok Sheet Metal Public Co., Ltd.
3. Great Star Industries
4. Pengdong Electromechanical (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
5. Thai First Precision Industry Company Limited

[FR Doc. 2026-21279 Filed 10-16-26; 8:45 am]
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