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Tin Mill Deposits Begin
A 66.61% preliminary countervailing-duty deposit reaches Chinese tin mill products, four final reviews reset company treatment, and HTS Revision 19 makes only a technical correction.
September 15, 2026Commerce's China tin mill determination is today's principal operational change: suspension of liquidation and a 66.61% cash deposit apply to covered merchandise, with critical-circumstances treatment reaching back 90 days for still-unliquidated entries. Separate final reviews also change company-specific deposit instructions for steel racks, glycine, oil-country tubular goods and aluminum foil.
China tin mill products face a 66.61% preliminary deposit
Commerce preliminarily found countervailable subsidies on tin mill products from China and assigned a 66.61% ad valorem rate to Shougang Holding Trade (Hong Kong) Ltd., Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., and all other producers and exporters. The two named rates were based entirely on adverse facts available; Commerce used the same figure for all others because those were the only individually examined rates available.
For covered merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after September 15, CBP is to suspend liquidation and collect the applicable estimated cash deposit. The written scope covers tin- or chromium-coated flat-rolled steel, subject to a narrow cable-shielding-tape exclusion. The listed HTSUS provisions—7210.11.0000, 7210.12.0000, 7210.50.0020, 7210.50.0090, 7212.10.0000, 7212.50.0000, 7225.99.0090 and 7226.99.0180—are for customs convenience; the written description controls.
Primary source: Commerce preliminary CVD and critical-circumstances determination (91 FR 58418, September 15, 2026).
Four final reviews set company-specific deposit treatment
| Product and origin | Named company | New treatment | Do not generalize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steel racks — China | Jiangsu Nova group; Jiangsu JISE | 10.34% AD | The China-wide rate remains 144.50%; Nanjing Kingmore's review was rescinded for lack of a suspended entry. |
| Glycine — India | Medilane Healthcare; Mulji Mehta Enterprises | 57.17% AD | The investigation's all-others rate remains 7.23%. |
| Oil-country tubular goods — Korea | SeAH Steel / SeAH Steel Holding | 0.00% CVD deposit | The review rate was 0.12% and therefore de minimis; non-reviewed firms retain their applicable rate, including the 1.33% all-others rate where relevant. |
| Aluminum foil — Oman | Oman Aluminium Rolling Company and cross-owned affiliates | 11.38% CVD | Non-reviewed companies continue at their latest company-specific or all-others rate. |
Each result applies to entries or warehouse withdrawals for consumption on or after publication and only under the notice's identity and scope rules. The review-period assessment process is separate: Commerce generally plans to send liquidation instructions no earlier than 35 days after publication, subject to litigation.
Primary sources: China steel racks, India glycine, Korea OCTG, and Oman aluminum foil.
Rebar findings clear the way for orders; silicon metal orders continue
The USITC made final affirmative injury determinations covering steel concrete reinforcing bar from Bulgaria, Egypt and Vietnam sold at less than fair value, plus subsidized rebar from Egypt and Vietnam. This completes the injury element needed for Commerce to issue the corresponding AD and CVD orders. The USITC notice itself contains no new deposit rates, so importers should wait for the formal orders and CBP case instructions before treating any rate as an order-stage instruction.
In a separate sunset-review outcome, Commerce continued the antidumping orders on silicon metal from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland and Malaysia and the countervailing-duty order on silicon metal from Kazakhstan. CBP will continue collecting deposits at the rates in effect at entry; the continuation notice does not establish replacement rates.
Primary sources: USITC rebar determinations and silicon metal order continuation.
HTS Revision 19 is a technical correction, not a new tariff action
USITC published 2026 HTS Revision 19 on September 15. The archive displays no Modification Source for the revision. A record-by-record comparison of USITC's official Revision 18 and Revision 19 JSON files found one changed field: the special-rate symbols for HTSUS 2908.91.00.00, “Dinoseb (ISO) and its salts,” no longer repeat the symbol “L.”
| HTSUS | Revision 18 | Revision 19 | Practical effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2908.91.00.00 | Special-rate list included “...JO, L, KR, L, MA...” | Special-rate list reads “...JO, KR, L, MA...” | No change to the 5.5% general rate, the Column 2 rate, product description or Chapter 99 coverage. |
Revision 19 should now be used as the current reference edition. The observed change is a duplicate-symbol cleanup; it does not implement the September 15 Canada Section 338 product-list expansion or any other new duty measure.
Primary data: USITC HTS Archive, Revision 19 JSON, and Revision 18 JSON.
Immediate actions and watchlist
- Identify tin mill exposure back to June 17. Separate unliquidated entries from already liquidated entries and validate merchandise against the written scope.
- Load the 66.61% preliminary CVD deposit. Apply it only to covered China-origin tin mill products and monitor the aligned final determinations.
- Update four named company profiles. Do not substitute the steel-rack, glycine, OCTG or aluminum-foil review result for a country-wide rate.
- Move classification references to Revision 19. Treat the edition change as a technical correction, not authorization for a new tariff or refund claim.
FAQ
Does the 66.61% rate apply to every Chinese steel product?
No. It applies only to merchandise within the written tin mill products scope. HTSUS numbers are screening references and do not replace the scope description.
What does the critical-circumstances finding change?
It extends suspension of liquidation to still-unliquidated covered entries made on or after June 17, 2026, rather than only entries from September 15 forward.
Are the four final-review rates country-wide?
No. They are tied to the named companies. Unreviewed, all-others and country-wide entities retain the treatment specified in each order.
Did HTS Revision 19 change a duty rate?
No rate change was found. The official datasets differ only by removal of a duplicated preference symbol in one special-rate field.
Are the rebar orders already operational?
The USITC has completed the final injury step, but importers should use the forthcoming Commerce orders and CBP instructions for order-stage treatment.
Primary sources
- Commerce: China tin mill products preliminary CVD determination — September 15, 2026.
- Commerce: China steel racks final AD review — September 15, 2026.
- Commerce: India glycine final AD review — September 15, 2026.
- Commerce: Korea OCTG final CVD review — September 15, 2026.
- Commerce: Oman aluminum foil final CVD review — September 15, 2026.
- USITC: rebar final injury determinations — September 15, 2026.
- Commerce: silicon metal order continuation — September 15, 2026.
- USITC: 2026 HTS Revision 19 and archive — September 15, 2026.
Disclaimer: This publication is for general trade-compliance information and is not legal advice. Product scope, origin, company identity, entry date, liquidation status and agency instructions should be verified for each transaction.