SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On May 21, 1999, Commerce published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty (AD) order on SSPC from Taiwan.^[1] On May 5, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order for the POR.^[2] On June 25, 2025, based on timely request for review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an AD administrative review of the Order.^[3]

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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47 days.^[4] 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.^[5]

For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.^[6] A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered users at access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be access directly at access.trade.gov/​frnotices.

Scope of the Order

The product covered by the Order is SSPC from Taiwan. For a full description of the scope of the Order, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if a company covered by the review had no recorded entries of subject merchandise during the POR.^[7] Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the AD assessment rate calculated for the review period.^[8] Therefore, for an administrative review of a company to be conducted, there must be a suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to liquidate at the AD assessment rate calculated for the review period.^[9]

On July 21, 2025, we placed on the record U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for entries of SSPC from Taiwan during the POR, showing no suspended entries during the POR for 71 companies ( see Appendix II) and invited interested parties to comment.^[10] No interested party submitted comments regarding the CBP data. On February 10, 2026, Commerce notified all interested parties of its intent to rescind the administrative review, in part, with respect to these 71 companies because there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR and invited interested parties to comment.^[11] No interested party submitted comments in response to this notice. Accordingly, in the absence of suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR for these companies for which this review was initiated, we are hereby rescinding this administrative review, in part, with respect to these 71 companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).^[12]

Methodology

Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Pursuant to sections 776(a), (b), and (c) of the Act, Commerce preliminarily assigned a weighted-average dumping margin to Yuan Long based on facts available with adverse inferences (AFA). For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of Review

Commerce preliminarily determines that the following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025:

Disclosure

Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations performed in preliminary results within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice of preliminary results in the Federal Register , in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce preliminarily applied total AFA to Yuan Long, in accordance with section 776 of the Act, the applied rate is based on a rate calculated using data placed on the record by Commerce.^[13]

Public Comment

Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.^[14] Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the date of the publication of this notice.^[15] Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case briefs.^[16] Interested parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.^[17] All briefs must be filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the established deadline.

As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.^[18] Further, we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request that ( printed page 50768) interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).^[19]

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, filed electronically via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. ET within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.^[20] Hearing requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants and whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the date, time, and location of the hearing.^[21] Parties should confirm the date and time of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.

Assessment Rates

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, upon completion of the final results of this administrative review, Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by this review.^[22] If the weighted-average dumping margins for Yuan Long continues to be based upon total AFA for the final results of this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on subject merchandise sold by Yuan Long and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the POR at a rate equal to the weighted-average dumping margin in the final results. The final results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.^[23]

Commerce's “automatic assessment” practice will apply to entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in these final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not know that the merchandise they sold to the intermediary ( e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.^[24]

For the companies listed in Appendix II for which the review is being rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated antidumping 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 rescission instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register .

Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding Yuan Long no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register . If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired ( i.e., within 90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following deposit requirements will be effective upon publication in the Federal Register of the notice of final results of this administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Yuan Long will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margins established in the final results of this review, except if the rates are less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rates will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by a company not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published in the completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or a previous segment, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the completed segment for the most recent period for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 7.39 percent, the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.^[25] These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Final Results of Review

Unless the deadline is otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative review, including the results of its analysis of issues raised by interested parties in the written comments, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results in the Federal Register .^[26]

Notification to Importers

This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213 and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

Appendix I—List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary

II. Background

III. Scope of the Order

IV. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inference

V. Recommendation

Appendix II—Companies With No Reviewable Entries During the POR Rescinded From Review

1. Alpha Metal International Co., Ltd.

2. Aurora Metal International Co., Ltd.

3. Best Win International Co., Ltd.

4. Build Up Hardware Co., Ltd.

5. Chain Chon Industrial Co., Ltd.

6. Chang Mien Industries Co., Ltd.

7. Chia Far Industries Factory Co., Ltd. ( printed page 50769)

8. Chien Shing Stainless Co., Ltd.

9. China Steel Corporation

10. China Steel Global Trading Corp.

11. China Tah Lee Special Steel Co., Ltd.

12. Chung Hung Steel Co., Ltd.

13. Da Song Enterprise Co., Ltd.

14. Da Tsai Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.

15. East Track Enterprise Co., Ltd.

16. Froch Enterprise Co., Ltd.

17. Fu Sheng Rubber & Plastic Industries Co.

18. Gifull Enterprise Co., Ltd.

19. Goang Jau Shing Enterprise Co., Ltd.

20. Goldioceans International Co., Ltd.

21. High Point Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd.

22. Hoka Elements Co., Ltd.

23. Huang-Yi Steel Coil Co., Ltd.

24. Hwa Yang Stainless Steel Ind Corp.

25. JJSE Co., Ltd.

26. JK Industrial Development Corp.

27. Jye Chi Corporation

28. Kunn Chuan Enterprise Co., Ltd.

29. Lien Chy Laminated Metal Co., Ltd.

30. Lien Kuo Metal Industries Co., Ltd.

31. Lung An Stainless Ind. Co., Ltd.

32. Meglobe Co., Ltd.

33. Omen Bright Co., Ltd.

34. PFP Taiwan Co., Ltd.

35. Po Chwen Metal Industrial Co., Ltd.

36. Pyramid Metal Technology Co., Ltd.

37. Shang Chen Steel Co., Ltd.

38. Shiner Steel International Ltd.

39. Shing Shong Ta Metal Co., Ltd.

40. Shye Yao Steel Co., Ltd.

41. Sinkang Industries Co., Ltd.

42. S-More Steel Materials Co., Ltd.

43. Stanch Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.

44. Sun Chun Stainless Co., Ltd.

45. Sunmax Industrial Inc.

46. Ta Chen International, Inc.

47. Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd.

48. Ta Fong Steel Co., Ltd.

49. Taiwan Nippon Steel Stainless

50. Tang Eng Iron Works

51. Ton Yi Industrial Corp.

52. Top Sunny Group Corp.

53. Tsung Yui Enterprise Co., Ltd.

54. Tung Mung Development Co., Ltd.

55. Tzong Ji Metals Co., Ltd.

56. Unity Special Steel Co., Ltd.

57. Vasteel Enterprises Co., Ltd.

58. Walsin Lihwa Corp.

59. Wu Fu Jin

60. Wuu Jing Enterprise Co., Ltd.

61. Yc Inox Co., Ltd.

62. Yeou Ting Industries Co., Ltd.

63. Yeou Yih Steel Co., Ltd.

64. Yes Stainless International Co.

65. Yi Shuenn Enterprise Co., Ltd.

66. Yieh Corp.

67. Yieh Loong Enterprise Co., Ltd.

68. Yieh Mau Corporation

69. Yue Send Industrial Co., Ltd.

70. Yuen Chang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.

71. Yuh Sheng Stainless Steel Co., Ltd

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