U.S. Court Changes Commerce Department’s Decision on Steel Racks from China

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On June 23, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) made a final decision about steel racks and parts from China. This case involved Nanjing Dongsheng Shelf Manufacturing Co., Ltd. The court disagreed with a past decision made by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The court’s decision changes how the Commerce Department will handle this case going forward.

The U.S. Department of Commerce finished reviewing an antidumping duty order on steel racks from China on April 10, 2024. Antidumping duties are tariffs set on foreign imports priced below fair market value. In this decision, the Commerce Department did not select Dongsheng as a mandatory respondent. It assigned Dongsheng the China-wide antidumping duty rate because Dongsheng did not submit a required form on time.

Dongsheng was not happy with this decision and took it to the court. On June 16, 2025, the CIT told the Commerce Department to revisit its decision. The court said the Commerce Department was wrong not to select Dongsheng as a mandatory respondent just because the form was late.

In February 2026, the Commerce Department took another look. This time, it treated Dongsheng as a mandatory respondent. It checked Dongsheng’s sales and production information and gave Dongsheng a dumping margin of 25.00 percent.

Now, with the court’s June 23 judgment, the earlier decision by the Commerce Department is officially changed. This means the dumping margin for Dongsheng will be 25.00 percent. There have been new official instructions that will change how future cases are handled.

The cash deposit requirements for Dongsheng will not change because there’s already a new rate in place from another review. The entries that haven’t been finished will stay on hold until a final decision is made.

For now, the U.S. Court has stopped the Department of Commerce from collecting duties on certain steel rack entries made by Dongsheng. These entries are for products brought into the U.S. from September 1, 2021, to August 31, 2022. The Commerce Department will wait to see if the Court’s decision is appealed or if it becomes final.

This notice was officially published on July 3, 2026, by Christian L. Bush, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.

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