Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders from China - Five-Year Sunset Review

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ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, to determine
whether revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on non-refillable steel cylinders from China would be
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury. Pursuant to the Act, interested parties are requested to
respond to this notice by submitting the information specified below to the Commission.

DATES:

Instituted April 1, 2026. To be assured of consideration, the deadline for responses is May 1, 2026. Comments on the adequacy
of responses may be filed with the Commission by June 9, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alexis Yim (202-708-1446), Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC
20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-1810.
Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the
Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its
internet server (https://www.usitc.gov). The public record for this proceeding may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background. —On May 11, 2021, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders on imports of
non-refillable steel cylinders from China (86 FR 25839). The Commission is conducting reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of
the

  Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)), to determine whether revocation of the orders would be likely to lead to continuation
  or recurrence of material injury to the domestic industry within a reasonably foreseeable time. Provisions concerning the
  conduct of this proceeding may be found in the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure at 19 CFR part 201, subparts A
  and B, and 19 CFR part 207, subparts A and F. The Commission will assess the adequacy of interested party responses to this
  notice of institution to determine whether to conduct full or expedited reviews. The Commission's determinations in any expedited
  reviews will be based on the facts available, which may include information provided in response to this notice.

Definitions. —The following definitions apply to these reviews:

(1) Subject Merchandise is the class or kind of merchandise that is within the scope of the five-year reviews, as defined by Commerce.

(2) The Subject Country in these reviews is China.

(3) The Domestic Like Product is the domestically produced product or products which are like, or in the absence of like, most similar in characteristics
and uses with, the Subject Merchandise. In its original determinations, the Commission defined a single Domestic Like Product consisting of non-refillable steel cylinders, coextensive with Commerce's scope.

(4) The Domestic Industry is the U.S. producers as a whole of the Domestic Like Product, or those producers whose collective output of the Domestic Like Product constitutes a major proportion of the total domestic production of the product. In its original determinations, the Commission
defined the Domestic Industry to consist of the sole U.S. producer of non-refillable steel cylinders, Worthington, in accordance with the Commission's definition
of the domestic like product.

(5) The Order Date is the date that the antidumping and countervailing duty orders under review became effective. In these reviews, the Order Date is May 11, 2021.

(6) An Importer is any person or firm engaged, either directly or through a parent company or subsidiary, in importing the Subject Merchandise into the United States from a foreign manufacturer or through its selling agent.

Participation in the proceeding and public service list. —Persons, including industrial users of the Subject Merchandise and, if the merchandise is sold at the retail level, representative consumer organizations, wishing to participate in the
proceeding as parties must file an entry of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, as provided in § 201.11(b)(4)
of the Commission's rules, no later than 21 days after publication of this notice in the
Federal Register
. The Secretary will maintain a public service list containing the names and addresses of all persons, or their representatives,
who are parties to the proceeding.

Former Commission employees who are seeking to appear in Commission five-year reviews are advised that they may appear in
a review even if they participated personally and substantially in the corresponding underlying original investigation or
an earlier review of the same underlying investigation. The Commission's designated agency ethics official has advised that
a five-year review is not the same particular matter as the underlying original investigation, and a five-year review is not
the same particular matter as an earlier review of the same underlying investigation for purposes of 18 U.S.C. 207, the post-employment
statute for Federal employees, and Commission rule 201.15(b) (19 CFR 201.15(b)), 79 FR 3246 (Jan. 17, 2014), 73 FR 24609 (May
5, 2008). Consequently, former employees are not required to seek Commission approval to appear in a review under Commission
rule 19 CFR 201.15, even if the corresponding underlying original investigation or an earlier review of the same underlying
investigation was pending when they were Commission employees. For further ethics advice on this matter, contact Charles Smith,
Office of the General Counsel, at 202-205-3408.

Limited disclosure of business proprietary information (BPI) under an administrative protective order (APO) and APO service
list. —Pursuant to § 207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the Secretary will make BPI submitted in this proceeding available to authorized
applicants under the APO issued in the proceeding, provided that the application is made no later than 21 days after publication
of this notice in the
Federal Register
. Authorized applicants must represent interested parties, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9), who are parties to the proceeding.
A separate service list will be maintained by the Secretary for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO.

Certification. —Pursuant to § 207.3 of the Commission's rules, any person submitting information to the Commission in connection with this
proceeding must certify that the information is accurate and complete to the best of the submitter's knowledge. In making
the certification, the submitter will acknowledge that information submitted in response to this request for information and
throughout this proceeding or other proceeding may be disclosed to and used: (i) by the Commission, its employees and Offices,
and contract personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations,
audits, reviews, and evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including under 5 U.S.C.
Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and contract personnel, solely for cybersecurity purposes. All contract personnel
will sign appropriate nondisclosure agreements.

Written submissions. —Pursuant to § 207.61 of the Commission's rules, each interested party response to this notice must provide the information
specified below. The deadline for filing such responses is on or before 5:15 p.m. on May 1, 2026. Pursuant to § 207.62(b)
of the Commission's rules, eligible parties (as specified in Commission rule 207.62(b)(1)) may also file comments concerning
the adequacy of responses to the notice of institution and whether the Commission should conduct expedited or full reviews.
The deadline for filing such comments is on or before 5:15 p.m. on June 9, 2026. All written submissions must conform with
the provisions of § 201.8 of the Commission's rules; any submissions that contain BPI must also conform with the requirements
of §§ 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission's rules. The Commission's Handbook on Filing Procedures, available on the Commission's website at https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_filing_procedures.pdf, elaborates upon the Commission's procedures with respect to filings. Also, in accordance with §§ 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the
Commission's rules, each document filed by a party to the proceeding must be served on all other parties to the proceeding
(as identified by either the public or APO service list as appropriate), and a certificate of service must accompany the document
(if you are not a party to the proceeding you do not need to serve your response).

Please note the Secretary's Office will accept only electronic filings at this time. Filings must be made through the Commission's
Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paper-based filings or paper copies of any

  electronic filings will be accepted until further notice.

No response to this request for information is required if a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) number
is not displayed; the OMB number is 3117 0016/USITC No. 26-5-684, expiration date June 30, 2026. Public reporting burden for
the request is estimated to average 15 hours per response. Please send comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate
to the Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436.

Inability to provide requested information. —Pursuant to § 207.61(c) of the Commission's rules, any interested party that cannot furnish the information requested by
this notice in the requested form and manner shall notify the Commission at the earliest possible time, provide a full explanation
of why it cannot provide the requested information, and indicate alternative forms in which it can provide equivalent information.
If an interested party does not provide this notification (or the Commission finds the explanation provided in the notification
inadequate) and fails to provide a complete response to this notice, the Commission may take an adverse inference against
the party pursuant to § 776(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1677e(b)) in making its determinations in the reviews.

Information to be Provided in Response to this Notice of Institution: As used below, the term “firm” includes any related firms.

Those responding to this notice of institution are encouraged, but not required, to visit the USITC's website at https://usitc.gov/reports/response_noi_worksheet, where one can download and complete the “NOI worksheet” Excel form for the subject proceeding, to be included as attachment/exhibit
1 of your overall response.

(1) The name and address of your firm or entity (including World Wide Web address) and name, telephone number, fax number,
and Email address of the certifying official.

(2) A statement indicating whether your firm/entity is an interested party under 19 U.S.C. 1677(9) and if so, how, including
whether your firm/entity is a U.S. producer of the Domestic Like Product, a U.S. union or worker group, a U.S. importer of the Subject Merchandi se, a foreign producer or exporter of the Subject Merchandise, a U.S. or foreign trade or business association (a majority of whose members are interested parties under the statute), or
another interested party (including an explanation). If you are a union/worker group or trade/business association, identify
the firms in which your workers are employed or which are members of your association.

(3) A statement indicating whether your firm/entity is willing to participate in this proceeding by providing information
requested by the Commission.

(4) A statement of the likely effects of the revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on the Domestic Industry in general and/or your firm/entity specifically. In your response, please discuss the various factors specified in § 752(a)
of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675a(a)) including the likely volume of subject imports, likely price effects of subject imports, and
likely impact of imports of Subject Merchandise on the Domestic Industry.

(5) A list of all known and currently operating U.S. producers of the Domestic Like Product. Identify any known related parties and the nature of the relationship as defined in § 771(4)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1677(4)(B)).

(6) A list of all known and currently operating U.S. importers of the Subject Merchandise and producers of the Subject Merchandise in the Subject Country that currently export or have exported Subject Merchandise to the United States or other countries since the Order Date.

(7) A list of 3-5 leading purchasers in the U.S. market for the Domestic Like Product and the Subject Merchandise (including street address, World Wide Web address, and the name, telephone number, fax number, and Email address of a responsible
official at each firm).

(8) A list of known sources of information on national or regional prices for the Domestic Like Product or the Subject Merchandise in the U.S. or other markets.

(9) If you are a U.S. producer of the Domestic Like Product, provide the following information on your firm's operations on that product during calendar year 2025, except as noted (report
quantity data in units and value data in U.S. dollars, f.o.b. plant). If you are a union/worker group or trade/business association,
provide the information, on an aggregate basis, for the firms in which your workers are employed/which are members of your
association.

(a) Production (quantity) and, if known, an estimate of the percentage of total U.S. production of the Domestic Like Product accounted for by your firm's(s') production;

(b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm to produce the Domestic Like Product (that is, the level of production that your establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the year, assuming
normal operating conditions (using equipment and machinery in place and ready to operate), normal operating levels (hours
per week/weeks per year), time for downtime, maintenance, repair, and cleanup, and a typical or representative product mix);

(c) the quantity and value of U.S. commercial shipments of the Domestic Like Product produced in your U.S. plant(s);

(d) the quantity and value of U.S. internal consumption/company transfers of the Domestic Like Product produced in your U.S. plant(s); and

(e) the value of (i) net sales, (ii) cost of goods sold (COGS), (iii) gross profit, (iv) selling, general and administrative
(SG&A) expenses, and (v) operating income of the Domestic Like Product produced in your U.S. plant(s) (include both U.S. and export commercial sales, internal consumption, and company transfers)
for your most recently completed fiscal year (identify the date on which your fiscal year ends).

(10) If you are a U.S. importer or a trade/business association of U.S. importers of the Subject Merchandise from the Subject Country, provide the following information on your firm's(s') operations on that product during calendar year 2025 (report quantity
data in units and value data in U.S. dollars). If you are a trade/business association, provide the information, on an aggregate
basis, for the firms which are members of your association.

(a) The quantity and value (landed, duty-paid but not including antidumping or countervailing duties) of U.S. imports and,
if known, an estimate of the percentage of total U.S. imports of Subject Merchandise from the Subject Country accounted for by your firm's(s') imports;

(b) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S. port, including antidumping and/or countervailing duties) of U.S. commercial shipments
of Subject Merchandise imported from the Subject Country; and

(c) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S. port, including antidumping and/or countervailing duties) of U.S. internal consumption/company
transfers of Subject Merchandise imported from the Subject Country.

(11) If you are a producer, an exporter, or a trade/business association of producers or exporters of the Subject Merchandise in the Subject Country, provide the following information on your firm's(s') operations on that product during calendar year 2025 (report quantity
data in units and value

  data in U.S. dollars, landed and duty-paid at the U.S. port but not including antidumping or countervailing duties). If you
  are a trade/business association, provide the information, on an aggregate basis, for the firms which are members of your
  association.

(a) Production (quantity) and, if known, an estimate of the percentage of total production of Subject Merchandise in the Subject Country accounted for by your firm's(s') production;

(b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm(s) to produce the Subject Merchandise in the Subject Country (that is, the level of production that your establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the year, assuming
normal operating conditions (using equipment and machinery in place and ready to operate), normal operating levels (hours
per week/weeks per year), time for downtime, maintenance, repair, and cleanup, and a typical or representative product mix);
and

(c) the quantity and value of your firm's(s') exports to the United States of Subject Merchandise and, if known, an estimate of the percentage of total exports to the United States of Subject Merchandise from the Subject Country accounted for by your firm's(s') exports.

(12) Identify significant changes, if any, in the supply and demand conditions or business cycle for the Domestic Like Product that have occurred in the United States or in the market for the Subject Merchandise in the Subject Country since the Order Date, and significant changes, if any, that are likely to occur within a reasonably foreseeable time. Supply conditions to consider
include technology; production methods; development efforts; ability to increase production (including the shift of production
facilities used for other products and the use, cost, or availability of major inputs into production); and factors related
to the ability to shift supply among different national markets (including barriers to importation in foreign markets or changes
in market demand abroad). Demand conditions to consider include end uses and applications; the existence and availability
of substitute products; and the level of competition among the Domestic Like Product produced in the United States, Subject Merchandise produced in the Subject Country, and such merchandise from other countries.

(13) (OPTIONAL) A statement of whether you agree with the above definitions of the Domestic Like Product and Domestic Industry; if you disagree with either or both of these definitions, please explain why and provide alternative definitions.

Authority: This proceeding is being conducted under authority of Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published pursuant
to § 207.61 of the Commission's rules.

By order of the Commission.

Issued: March 26, 2026. Lisa Barton, Secretary to the Commission. [FR Doc. 2026-06293 Filed 3-31-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7020-02-P

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