US–China Trade Daily Hightlights | 2026-10-15
1) Executive Summary
Today’s brief covers 5 events from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (Enforcement and Compliance). Actions include court-related amendments to antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) administrative reviews and preliminary results in ongoing AD reviews. Key policy instruments are AD/CVD administrative reviews, CIT Timken notices, amended final results, and preliminary determinations. China-related actions concern wood mouldings and millwork products (AD and CVD).
2) Updates by Authority
H3: DOC (Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration)
Headline (one line, bold):
Wood mouldings and millwork products (China) — AD_CVD (TRADE_REMEDY)
Summary:
The Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment on September 23, 2026, sustaining Commerce’s first remand results in the AD review of wood mouldings and millwork products from China (POR: August 12, 2020–January 31, 2022). Commerce reports the judgment is not in harmony with its prior final results and amends the results to include China Cornici Co. Ltd. in the review, assigning a revised cash deposit rate. Commerce will issue revised cash deposit instructions and, consistent with the CIT’s ruling, will not issue assessment instructions for entries already liquidated.
Key Details:
– Authority: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, International Trade Administration
– Policy Type: AD_CVD
– Event Type: TRADE_REMEDY
– China Indicator: EXPLICIT
– Investigation No.: A-570-117
– CIT Case Nos.: 23-00216 & 23-00217; Slip Op. 26-118 (September 23, 2026)
– Applicable Date: October 5, 2026
– Amended result: China Cornici Co. Ltd. cash deposit rate 220.87 percent
– Notes: Timken notice; Commerce states it lacks authority to reliquidate already-liquidated entries; revised cash deposit instructions to CBP for China Cornici
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Headline (one line, bold):
Wood mouldings and millwork products (China) — AD_CVD (TRADE_REMEDY)
Summary:
The CIT’s September 23, 2026 final judgment sustained Commerce’s first remand results in the CVD review of wood mouldings and millwork products from China (POR: June 12, 2020–December 31, 2021). Commerce amends the final results to include China Cornici Co., Ltd. and RaoPing HongRong Handicrafts Co., Ltd. in the review and assigns each the non-selected cash deposit rate of 8.89 percent. Commerce will provide updated cash deposit instructions and, as affirmed by the CIT, will not issue assessment instructions for entries previously liquidated.
Key Details:
– Authority: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, International Trade Administration
– Policy Type: AD_CVD
– Event Type: TRADE_REMEDY
– China Indicator: EXPLICIT
– Investigation No.: C-570-118
– CIT Case Nos.: 23-00216 & 23-00217; Slip Op. 26-118 (September 23, 2026)
– Applicable Date: October 3, 2026
– Amended results: Cash deposit rates (ad valorem) — China Cornici: 8.89%; RaoPing: 8.89%
– Notes: Timken notice; no authority to reliquidate already-liquidated entries; updated cash deposit instructions to CBP pending appeals
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Headline (one line, bold):
Forged steel fluid end blocks (Italy) — AD_CVD (TRADE_REMEDY)
Summary:
On October 2, 2026, the CIT sustained Commerce’s first remand results in the AD review of forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy (POR: July 23, 2020–December 31, 2021). Commerce is amending the final results for Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A., increasing the weighted-average dumping margin to 7.55 percent, while noting existing cash deposit instructions remain unchanged due to a superseding rate. Injunctions on liquidation remain in place pending any appeals.
Key Details:
– Authority: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, International Trade Administration
– Policy Type: AD_CVD
– Event Type: TRADE_REMEDY
– Investigation No.: A-475-840
– Court No.: 23-00191 (CIT judgment dated October 2, 2026)
– Applicable Date: October 12, 2026
– Amended margin: Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A. — 7.55 percent (from 2.97 percent)
– Notes: Timken notice; no change to current cash deposit rate due to subsequent review; injunction on liquidation continues during appeals
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Headline (one line, bold):
Certain steel nails (Oman) — AD_CVD (TRADE_REMEDY)
Summary:
Commerce preliminarily finds that Oman Fasteners LLC did not sell certain steel nails at less than normal value during the POR July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025. Commerce also intends to rescind the review for 15 companies due to no reviewable suspended entries and preliminarily applies a 9.10 percent rate to the non-selected respondent, Gulf Nails LLC. Interested parties may comment per the notice’s deadlines.
Key Details:
– Authority: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, International Trade Administration
– Policy Type: AD_CVD
– Event Type: TRADE_REMEDY
– Investigation No.: A-523-808
– POR: July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025
– Preliminary results: Oman Fasteners LLC — 0.00 percent; Gulf Nails LLC (non-selected) — 9.10 percent
– Intent to rescind: 15 companies listed in Appendix II of the notice
– Applicable Date: October 15, 2026
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Certain pasta (Italy) — AD_CVD (TRADE_REMEDY)
Summary:
Commerce preliminarily determines sales at less than normal value for producers/exporters subject to the review of certain pasta from Italy (POR: July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025). Preliminary weighted-average dumping margins are 3.62 percent for La Molisana, S.p.A., 6.47 percent for Pastificio Lucio Garofalo S.p.A., and 5.05 percent for companies not individually examined. Commerce rescinds the review for 15 companies at the request of interested parties.
Key Details:
– Authority: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, International Trade Administration
– Policy Type: AD_CVD
– Event Type: TRADE_REMEDY
– Investigation No.: A-475-818
– POR: July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025
– Preliminary margins: La Molisana — 3.62%; Garofalo — 6.47%; non-selected companies — 5.05%
– Rescission: 15 companies (listed in Appendix III of the notice)
– Applicable Date: October 15, 2026
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3) Key Takeaways (Factual)
- Commerce amended both AD and CVD administrative review results for wood mouldings and millwork products from China following CIT’s September 23, 2026 judgments, assigning updated cash deposit rates and declining to issue assessment instructions for already-liquidated entries.
- In the AD case for China wood mouldings, China Cornici’s cash deposit rate was set at 220.87 percent; in the CVD case, China Cornici and RaoPing each received an 8.89 percent cash deposit rate.
- Commerce issued preliminary AD results for steel nails from Oman (0.00 percent for Oman Fasteners; intent to rescind for 15 companies; 9.10 percent for a non-selected respondent) and for pasta from Italy (preliminary margins of 3.62 percent and 6.47 percent; 5.05 percent for non-selected companies; partial rescission).
- The CIT’s October 2, 2026 judgment in the Italy forged steel fluid end blocks case led Commerce to raise Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A.’s amended AD margin to 7.55 percent, with existing cash deposit instructions unchanged due to a superseding rate.
4) Full Source Links (Index)
- – https://lawyerfanzhang.com/wood-mouldings-and-millwork-products-from-the-peoples-republic-of-china-notice-of-court-decision-not-in-harmony-with-the-results-of-antidumping-duty-administrative-review-notice-of-amended-final-re/ (China wood mouldings — AD CIT decision)
- – https://lawyerfanzhang.com/wood-mouldings-and-millwork-products-from-the-peoples-republic-of-china-notice-of-court-decision-not-in-harmony-with-the-results-of-countervailing-duty-administrative-review-notice-of-amended-final/ (China wood mouldings — CVD CIT decision)
- – https://lawyerfanzhang.com/forged-steel-fluid-end-blocks-from-italy-notice-of-court-decision-not-in-harmony-with-the-results-of-antidumping-administrative-review-notice-of-amended-final-results/ (Italy FEBs — CIT decision)
- – https://lawyerfanzhang.com/certain-steel-nails-from-the-sultanate-of-oman-preliminary-results-and-intent-to-rescind-in-part-antidumping-duty-administrative-review-2024-2025/ (Oman nails — preliminary)
- – https://lawyerfanzhang.com/certain-pasta-from-italy-preliminary-results-and-rescission-in-part-of-antidumping-duty-administrative-review-2024-2025/ (Italy pasta — preliminary)
5) Legal Disclaimer
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