Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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The U.S. Department of Commerce has released the final results of the 2023 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy.

The review covers the period from January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023. Two main Italian producers/exporters were examined: Lucchini Mamé Forge S.p.A. (with its affiliates Lucchini Industries S.r.l. and Lucchini RS S.p.A.) and Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A.

The Commerce Department found that Lucchini Mamé Forge S.p.A. had a weighted-average dumping margin of 11.71 percent. In contrast, Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A. received a dumping margin of 0.00 percent.

The decision modifies the previous preliminary results issued on May 14, 2025. Changes were made after a post-preliminary analysis on September 29, 2025, where the Commerce Department adjusted its approach to the differential pricing analysis.

On August 8, 2025, the agency extended the deadline for final results by 60 days. Due to the government shutdown and the resulting system delays, Commerce tolled all administrative deadlines twice: once by 47 days on November 14, 2025, and again by 21 days on November 24, 2025. On December 22, 2025, Commerce again extended the schedule, making the final results due on January 21, 2026.

The final conclusions, including calculations and decisions, are detailed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum published alongside the final results. The document is available on ACCESS, the centralized system for importing and anti-dumping cases.

The scope of the order includes all forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy, as reaffirmed in the January 29, 2021, Federal Register notice establishing the antidumping orders.

Commerce stated that it has made changes since the preliminary results. These were based on issues raised in briefs submitted by interested parties. All such issues are listed in the appendix to the final notice.

For assessment purposes, the Commerce Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess duties based on specific ad valorem calculations. For companies like Lucchini with a dumping margin above de minimis, duties will apply. Cogne Acciai Speciali, with a 0.00 percent rate, will face no such duties.

If imported entries were made by a company unaware that their goods were heading to the United States, Commerce will instruct CBP to apply the “all-others” rate of 7.33 percent. This rate also applies when no specific rate is available for an involved company in the transaction.

Assessment instructions will be issued no earlier than 35 days after this Federal Register notice. If a legal challenge follows, CBP will delay action until the time for seeking an injunction expires.

Cash deposit requirements are also updated. Starting from the publication date of this notice, importers must follow the new rates. For Lucchini, the cash deposit will be set at 11.71 percent. For Cogne, it will be 0.00 percent. Companies not covered in this review will continue with their last assigned rate or the all-others rate of 7.33 percent if no rate exists.

Importers are reminded of their responsibility to file certificates under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) regarding the reimbursement of antidumping or countervailing duties. If not filed properly, Commerce may assume reimbursement occurred and double the duties applied.

Parties under Administrative Protective Order (APO) must return or destroy confidential materials, per 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Not doing so is a punishable violation.

The full list of issues discussed in this review includes:

• Whether Commerce incorrectly increased Lucchini’s costs.
• Whether scrap was deducted twice in Lucchini’s calculations.
• Whether specific sales should have been excluded when calculating Lucchini’s cash deposit rate.

The actions are authorized by sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 and the related regulations.

Christopher Abbott signed the notice on January 20, 2026, as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

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