Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025

Issuing agencies

Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Hangzhou Ailong Metal Products Co., Ltd. (Ailong) failed to establish its eligibility for a separate rate and, therefore, is part of the China-wide entity. The period of review (POR) is August 1, 2024, through July 31, 2025. In addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to 39 companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 4, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69547-69549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-22528]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-914]


Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From the People's Republic 
of China: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, 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 Hangzhou Ailong Metal Products Co., Ltd. (Ailong) 
failed to establish its eligibility for a separate rate and, therefore, 
is part of the China-wide entity. The period of review (POR) is August 
1, 2024, through July 31, 2025. In addition, we are rescinding the 
review with respect to 39 companies. Interested parties are invited to 
comment on these preliminary results of review.

DATES: Applicable November 4, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krisha Hill, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4037.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 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 light-walled rectangular pipe 
and tube (LWR pipe) from the People's Republic of China (China), 
including Ailong.\1\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 46173 (September 25, 2025) (Initiation 
Notice); see also Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from 
Mexico, the People's Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea: 
Antidumping Duty Orders; Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from 
the Republic of Korea: Notice of Amended Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 73 FR 45403 (August 5, 2008) (Order).
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    On December 17, 2025, we released U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) information for comment.\2\ We received no comments on 
the CBP Data Release. On June 16, 2026, we issued an intent to rescind, 
in part, memorandum.\3\ We received no comments on Intent to Rescind, 
in Part.
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    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Customs and Border Protection Data 
Query,'' dated December 17, 2025 (CBP Data Release).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In 
Part,'' dated June 16, 2026 (Intent to Rescind, in Part); see also 
CBP Data Release.
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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\ On June 24, 2026, we extended the preliminary 
results of this review to no later than November 2, 2026.\6\
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    \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 1, 
2026.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025,'' 
dated June 24, 2026.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to this Order is certain welded carbon 
quality light-walled steel pipe and tube, of rectangular (including 
square) cross section, having a wall thickness of less than 4 mm.
    The term carbon-quality steel includes both carbon steel and alloy 
steel which contains only small amounts of alloying elements. 
Specifically, the term carbon-quality includes products in which none 
of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity by weight 
respectively indicated: 1.80 percent of manganese, or

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2.25 percent of silicon, or 1.00 percent of copper, or 0.50 percent of 
aluminum, or 1.25 percent of chromium, or 0.30 percent of cobalt, or 
0.40 percent of lead, or 1.25 percent of nickel, or 0.30 percent of 
tungsten, or 0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium, or 
0.15 percent vanadium, or 0.15 percent of zirconium. The description of 
carbon-quality is intended to identify carbon-quality products within 
the scope. The welded carbon-quality rectangular pipe and tube subject 
to this Order is currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7306.61.50.00 and 
7306.61.70.60. While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
CBP's customs purposes, our written description of the scope of the 
Order is dispositive.

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 antidumping duty 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 CBP to liquidate at the 
calculated antidumping duty assessment rate for the review period.\9\ 
Commerce notified all interested parties of its intent to rescind the 
instant review regarding the companies listed in the Appendix because 
there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise from 
these companies during the POR and invited interested parties to 
comment.\10\ No parties commented on Commerce's intent to rescind this 
review with respect to these companies. 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 
the Appendix, 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 Intent to Rescind, in Part.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), and 19 CFR 351.213.

China-Wide Entity

    Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide 
entity applies to this administrative review.\11\ Under this policy, 
the China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party 
specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the 
entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity, 
the entity is not under review, and the entity's rate (i.e., 255.07 
percent) \12\ is not subject to change.
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    \11\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
    \12\ See Order, 73 FR at 45405; see also Implementation of 
Determinations Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act: Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires; Circular Welded 
Carbon Quality Steel Pipe; Laminated Woven Sacks; and Light Walled 
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People's Republic of China, 77 FR 
52683 (August 30, 2012) (China 129 Determination); and Memorandum, 
``Final Determination: Section 129 Proceeding Pursuant to the WTO 
Appellate Body's Findings in WTO DS379 Regarding the Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Investigations of Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe 
and Tube from the People's Republic of China,'' dated August 30, 
2012.
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Preliminary Results of Review

    The deadline for Ailong to submit a separate rate application (SRA) 
or separate rate certification (SRC) was October 9, 2025, and the 
deadline to submit a no-shipment certification was October 25, 
2026.\13\ Ailong, did not submit an SRA or SRC. Thus, Commerce 
preliminarily determines that Ailong has not demonstrated its 
eligibility for a separate rate and, therefore, Ailong is part of the 
China-wide entity and subject to the China-wide rate of 255.07 percent; 
thus, no decision memorandum accompanies this notice.
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    \13\ See Initiation Notice, 90 FR at 46173 and 46174 (``If a 
producer or exporter named in this notice of initiation had no 
exports, sales, or entries during the POR, it may notify Commerce of 
this fact within 30 days of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register . . . Separate Rate Applications are due to 
Commerce no later than 14 calendar days after publication of this 
Federal Register notice . . . Separate Rate Certifications are due 
to Commerce no later than 14 calendar days after publication of this 
Federal Register notice.'').
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in 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 found Ailong to be a part of the China-
wide entity, in accordance with section 776 of the Act, there are no 
calculations to disclose.

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.\14\ 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 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).\16\
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
    \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 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

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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.\17\
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    \17\ 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.
    Upon issuance of the final results of this review, Commerce will 
determine, and CBP will assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review.\18\ We intend to instruct CBP to 
liquidate entries of subject merchandise exported by Ailong, if we 
continue to determine in the final results Ailong to be part of the 
China-wide entity, at the China-wide entity rate of 255.07 percent.\19\
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    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \19\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market 
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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    For the companies listed in the Appendix 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 for the companies listed in 
the Appendix to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
    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.
    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 upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
shipments of the subject merchandise from Vietnam entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided by sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: for Ailong, if it is 
found to not be eligible for a separate rate in the final results of 
review, then its cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable for the 
China-wide entity; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed Chinese 
and non-Chinese exporters not listed above that received a separate 
rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all Chinese 
exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be 
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the existing 
rate for the China-wide entity of 255.07 percent; and (4) for all non-
Chinese exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their 
own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the 
China exporter that supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also 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 and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing 
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping 
duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the 
amount of the countervailing 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 14, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix

Companies Rescinded From Review

1. Baoli Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
2. Chinh Dai Steel Technology Company
3. DRM Steel Group Co., Ltd.
4. Fuzhou Tong Gebei Import & Export
5. GS Global USA, Inc.
6. Hangzhou Well-Trans Supply Chain Ma
7. Henan Shuxian Trading Co., Ltd.
8. Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Company Limited
9. Hubei Yimeiyuan International Trade
10. Jaway Metal Co., Ltd.
11. Jiangmen Leader Hardware Technology
12. Maytun International Corp.
13. Ningbo Shitai Precision
14. Ningbo Shitai Precision Machinery
15. Ningbo Wicksen Imp. Exp. Co., Ltd.
16. Nvent Electrical Products China Co.
17. Qingdao New Taosheng Metal
18. Seah Steel Vina Corporation
19. Shandong Zhongtong Boda Steel Co., Ltd.
20. Shanghai GWT International Trading
21. Shenzhen Liuqin Lighting Technology
22. Shenzhen Meiheyou Technology Co. Ltd
23. Suzhou Jintuyuan Intl Trading
24. Tangshan Runying International Trade Co. Ltd.
25. Tianjin Bao Steel Co., Ltd.
26. Tianjin Baode Steel Co., Ltd.
27. Tianjin Longford Metal Products
28. Tianjin Mingyu Weiye Steel Trade Co.
29. Tianjin Yujun International Trade Co., Ltd.
30. Tianjin Zhonghua Innovate Steel
31. Vina One Steel Manufacturing Corp.
32. WJ-Lean Technology Company Limited
33. Wuxi Shengtao Metal Material Co., Ltd.
34. Xiamen Yulongxuan Sculpture
35. Xiamen Yunfa Steel Pipes Industrial
36. Xi'an Dongmeng Steel Co., Ltd.
37. Yieh Corporation Limited
38. Yieh Corp. Sc Limited
39. Yiwu Dt Supply Chain Mana

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