Court Decision Changes Antidumping Duty Rates for Italian Company
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On October 2, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) made a final decision. This decision affects how the U.S. government handles certain imports from Italy.
The case was about forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy. The U.S. Department of Commerce had reviewed the prices of these blocks from July 23, 2020, to December 31, 2021. They found that Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A., an Italian company, was dumping the blocks into the U.S. market at a lower price than normal. Initially, they set a dumping margin of 2.97 percent.
Ellwood City Forge Company did not agree with this result. They took the case to court. The CIT told the Department of Commerce to look at the data again. This included looking at how they calculated costs and profits for Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A.
After re-examining the data in July 2026, the Department of Commerce made two changes. They removed two companies, Cogne and Ciscato, from their profit calculations. They also changed the way they calculated market-price benchmarks. This led to a higher dumping margin of 7.55 percent for Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A.
The CIT agreed with these changes on October 2, 2026. The court’s ruling means that the previous decision was not correct. This decision becomes final on October 12, 2026.
Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A. won’t change its current cash deposit rates. These rates were set in a later review that happened after the period from 2020 to 2021.
The CIT has stopped the liquidation of certain entries by Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A. These entries are from the 2020 to 2021 period. They will remain on hold until any appeals are finished.
If no one appeals, or if appeals support the CIT, the Department of Commerce will tell Customs to apply the new dumping margins. This means that when the new rate is not zero or almost zero, they will collect antidumping duties.
This decision by the CIT and the changes by the Department of Commerce show how the U.S. government ensures fair competition in trade. Such actions aim to stop companies from selling goods at unfairly low prices, which can harm U.S. industries.
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