Rescission of Countervailing Duty Review for Chinese Freight Rail Parts

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SUMMARY:

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order
on certain freight rail couplers and parts thereof (freight rail couplers) from the People's Republic of China (China). The
period of review (POR) is January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.

DATES:

Applicable March 13, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Whitley Herndon, AD/CVD Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6274.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On June 30, 2025, Commerce published in the
Federal Register
a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD order on freight rail couplers from China. (1) Commerce received a timely request for review of the CVD order from the Coalition of Freight Coupler Producers (the petitioner)
for certain producers/exporters of subject merchandise. (2)

On August 22, 2025, Commerce published the initiation notice in the
Federal Register
for thirteen companies, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). (3) On September 12, 2025, we notified interested parties that information from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) indicated
that there were no POR entries of the subject merchandise. (4) On September 19, 2025, the petitioner submitted comments on the lack of entries in the CBP data, stating that there may be
entries of subject merchandise that entered as a product other than an entry for consumption (such as entries of subject merchandise
that entered mounted to railcars), or under harmonized tariff schedule subheadings listed in the scope of the CVD order. (5) We did not receive any additional comments in this administrative review.

Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in
administrative proceedings by 47 days. (6) 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. (7) Accordingly, the deadline for the preliminary results of this review is now June 9, 2026.

Rescission of Review

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to rescind an administrative review of a CVD order where it concludes
that there were there are no entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which liquidation is suspended. (8) Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the CVD rates calculated for
the review period. (9) 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 CVD rates for the

  review period. [(10)]() As noted above, there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise for any companies subject to this review during the
  POR. [(11)]() Accordingly, in the absence of reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR, we are hereby rescinding
  this administrative review in its entirety, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).

Assessment

Commerce will instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. Countervailing duties shall be assessed
at rates equal to the cash deposit rate of estimated countervailing 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 assessment instructions
to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this rescission notice in the
Federal Register
.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order (APO)

This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction
of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of the APO materials
or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with regulations and terms of an APO is
a violation, which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

Dated: March 11, 2026. Scot Fullerton, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. [FR Doc. 2026-04951 Filed 3-12-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P

Footnotes

(1) See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review
and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 90 FR 27841 (June 30, 2025).

(2) See Petitioner's Letter, “Request for Administrative Review,” dated July 29, 2025; see also Petitioner's Letter, “Clarification of Companies,” dated August 13, 2025.

(3) See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 41043 (August 22, 2025).

(4) See Memorandum, “Release of Customs Entry Data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),” dated September 12, 2025 (CBP Data
Memorandum).

(5) See Petitioner's Letter, “Comments on CBP Release of Data and Clarification of Companies,” dated September 19, 2025.

(6) See Memorandum, “Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the Federal Government,” dated November 14, 2025.

(7) See Memorandum, “Tolling of all Case Deadlines,” dated November 24, 2025.

(8) See, e.g., Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Turkey: Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020, 87 FR 27988 (May 10, 2022); see also, e.g., Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final Results and Final Rescission, in Part, of the Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review, 2020, 87 FR 48455 (August 9, 2022); and Certain Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders from the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2020-2021, 87 FR 64008 (October 21, 2022).

(9) See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).

(10) See 19 CFR 351.212(d)(3).

(11) While the petitioner argues that there may be misclassified entries that could be subject to this review, there are nonetheless
no suspended entries in the CBP data covering the POR for the companies under review to be liquidated as a result of this
review. See CBP Data Memorandum. CBP, not Commerce, has the ability to address the issues the petitioner raises.

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