Can-stock relief, four trade-remedy decisions and a poultry import proposal
A scope change may unlock aluminum-duty refunds; new remedy filings and an APHIS proposal require different decisions from importers.
Filings made public on September 23 bring a narrow aluminum-sheet order revocation, a final anti-circumvention decision on two Chinese engine models, new company-specific findings and a proposal to ease one poultry-import waiting period. Product scope, liquidation status and official publication date determine the immediate effect.
Aluminum can stock: the product description controls
Commerce’s final changed-circumstances reviews partially revoke the common-alloy aluminum-sheet antidumping orders covering China and 16 other origins, and the associated countervailing orders where they exist: China, Bahrain, India and Türkiye. This is a product-specific clarification of an existing beverage-can-stock exclusion, not cancellation of every aluminum-sheet remedy.
Covered stock must be suitable for beverage cans, lids or tabs, have a gauge of 0.200–0.292 mm, an H-19, H-41, H-48, H-39 or H-391 temper, and lubricant on its flat surfaces. The revised text says the written description controls regardless of HTSUS classification; 7606.12.3045 and 7606.12.3055 are generally applicable codes, not exclusive entry gates.
The partial revocation reaches qualifying unliquidated entries retroactively to the start of suspension under each applicable order. Commerce says it will direct CBP to liquidate those entries without the relevant AD/CVD and refund estimated AD/CVD deposits; it intends to send instructions within 15 days after the scheduled September 24 publication. Previously liquidated entries are not promised relief here, and separate measures such as Section 232 are not removed by this notice.
Primary source: Commerce’s final partial-revocation notice (public-inspection PDF).
Two Zongshen engines fall within China AD/CVD orders
Commerce has reached a final affirmative circumvention determination for model 5C65M0 and BC70M0 vertical-shaft engines produced in China by Chongqing Zongshen General Power Machine. It found these two later-developed models circumvent the existing antidumping and countervailing orders covering specified 99–225 cc vertical-shaft engines. The final finding made no change from Commerce’s May 18 preliminary result; it is not a finding about every small engine made in China.
Commerce will tell CBP to keep already-suspended entries on hold and to suspend any still-unliquidated covered entries not yet suspended that were entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after July 11, 2025. Applicable existing AD/CVD cash-deposit rates are required; this notice does not set a single new percentage.
Primary source: Commerce’s final anti-circumvention determination (public-inspection PDF).
Korean OCTG: distinguish antidumping from countervailing duty
Commerce’s final 2023–24 antidumping administrative-review margins for Korean oil-country tubular goods are 29.94% for NEXTEEL, 9.80% for SeAH Steel, and 19.87% for the specifically listed non-examined companies. The corresponding cash-deposit changes are set to take effect on September 24 publication for entries on or after that date; this is not a blanket rate for all Korean OCTG.
Commerce plans assessment instructions for review-period entries no earlier than 35 days after publication, with litigation caveats. Crucially, the SeAH figure here is an AD result; it must not be confused with the separate CVD review discussed in an earlier edition.
Primary source: Commerce’s Korean OCTG final AD review (public-inspection PDF).
Rail couplers: final margins, but not identical deposit treatment
Commerce has posted final affirmative findings on India’s rail couplers (AD and CVD) and Czech rail couplers (AD). The U.S. International Trade Commission still must make final injury findings before Commerce could issue new duty orders. The table records findings, not a claim that every percentage is already collectible on September 23.
| Origin / case | Named results | Entry treatment |
|---|---|---|
| India AD | Bhilai and Jupiter 71.01%; Kharagpur 2.32%; Texmaco 15.79%; all others 5.24% | Upon September 24 publication, Commerce says to collect at these unadjusted margins. The notice’s lower subsidy-adjusted table column is not the current instruction while companion CVD provisional measures are suspended. |
| India CVD | Kharagpur 9.71%; Texmaco, Bhilai and Jupiter 75.00%; all others 9.71% | Provisional CVD suspension ended for entries from July 1, 2026. These final subsidy findings do not restart CVD cash deposits unless the ITC finds injury and an order issues. |
| Czech Republic AD | CKD Kutná Hora and all others 73.74% | Commerce says updated AD deposits follow upon September 24 publication; a permanent order still depends on the ITC’s final injury finding. |
The written product scope—not a tariff number alone—controls. Coupler bodies and knuckles are included in specified forms; casting or forging determines origin under the stated scope rules.
Primary sources: India AD final finding; India CVD final finding; Czech AD final finding (public-inspection PDFs).
China Tris: the retroactive trigger applies to one respondent
Commerce’s preliminary countervailing determination for Chinese tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane sets estimated subsidy rates of 117.39% for Changzhou Peicheng, 20.63% for Suzhou Yacoo (including its identified cross-owned companies), and 20.63% for all others. Cash deposits and ordinary suspension are directed upon scheduled September 24 publication, not on September 23.
The preliminary affirmative critical-circumstances finding applies only to merchandise produced and/or exported by Changzhou Peicheng. For its still-unliquidated entries, the notice directs retroactive suspension reaching up to 90 days before publication, subject to the investigation-initiation limit. It specifically finds no critical circumstances for Suzhou Yacoo or other companies. A final CVD decision remains pending.
Primary source: Commerce’s preliminary Tris CVD notice (public-inspection PDF).
APHIS proposes shortening the avian-influenza waiting period
The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service proposes reducing a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) import-condition window from 90 days to 28 days before export for live birds and other covered avian commodities. The change would apply across foreign regions by amending 9 CFR parts 93 and 94; APHIS says a comparable 28-day protocol already applies to Canada on a provisional basis.
This is a proposed rule, not a current relaxation of import eligibility. The separate 90-day provisions concerning other communicable poultry diseases remain distinct. The notice invites comments in docket APHIS-2023-0069 within 60 days of the planned September 24 publication, making November 23, 2026 the expected deadline if that publication occurs as scheduled.
Primary source: APHIS proposed HPAI import-rule amendments (public-inspection PDF).
Importer FAQ
Did September 23 public inspection start these new cash-deposit rates?
No. The cited Commerce filings are scheduled for Federal Register publication on September 24. Where a notice says deposits change upon publication, do not treat the public-inspection date as the operative deposit date.
Does the aluminum result eliminate Section 232 duties?
No. It partially revokes named AD/CVD orders only for qualifying can stock, with relief limited to unliquidated entries. Separately applicable tariffs and fees require their own legal analysis.
Can a poultry shipment now use a 28-day HPAI waiting period?
No. APHIS has proposed the change for foreign regions, but the general regulatory amendment is not final. Existing import permits, health certification and regional disease restrictions still apply; consult the operative rules before shipping.
Is the Indian rail-coupler CVD rate being newly collected today?
No. The CVD notice says provisional suspension ended on June 30 for entries from July 1, 2026. CVD collection would restart after an affirmative ITC injury finding and a Commerce order; the companion AD notice has a separate deposit path.
Which Chinese Tris entries face the preliminary 90-day look-back?
Only still-unliquidated subject entries produced and/or exported by Changzhou Peicheng under the preliminary critical-circumstances finding. The finding is negative for Suzhou Yacoo and all other companies.
Primary documents and status
Office of the Federal Register public-inspection PDFs, filed September 23, 2026 and scheduled for publication September 24, 2026: