Commerce Department, International Trade Administration
On July 29, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in Tube Forgings of America, Inc. and Mills Iron Works, Inc. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 23-00231, sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)'s second remand redetermination pertaining to the covered merchandise inquiry (CMI) for the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings (butt-weld pipe fittings) from the People's Republic of China (China). Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's CMI determination, and that Commerce is amending the CMI determination to find that products cut to length and formed into the rough shape of a butt-weld pipe fitting in China represent "unfinished" fittings, which are covered by the scope of the Order, and that when such products are further processed in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam), they remain subject to the AD order on butt-weld pipe fittings from China.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-814] ( printed page 55518) AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On July 29, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in Tube Forgings of America, Inc. and Mills Iron Works, Inc. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 23-00231, sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)'s second remand redetermination pertaining to the covered merchandise inquiry (CMI) for the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings (butt-weld pipe fittings) from the People's Republic of China (China). Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's CMI determination, and that Commerce is amending the CMI determination to find that products cut to length and formed into the rough shape of a butt-weld pipe fitting in China represent “unfinished” fittings, which are covered by the scope of the Order, and that when such products are further processed in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam), they remain subject to the AD order on butt-weld pipe fittings from China. DATES: Applicable August 8, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Miranda Bourdeau, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-…
Other Federal Register documents from the same docket.
Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Covered Merchandise Determination and Notice of Amended Covered Merchandise Determination Pursuant to Court Decision; Correction
Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Final Determination of Covered Merchandise Inquiry
Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Covered Merchandise Inquiry
Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Covered Merchandise Referral and Initiation of Covered Merchandise Inquiry
Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Scope Ruling and Notice of Amended Final Scope Ruling Pursuant to Court Decision
Citation: 91 FR 55518
