Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025

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-570-827] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that producers/exporters subject to this review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), December 1, 2024, through November 30, 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review. DATES: Applicable September 10, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Chen, AD/CVD Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2860. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 20, 2026, based on timely requests for review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i) , we initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cased pencils (cased pencils) from the People's Republic of China (China). [ 1 ] On September 2, 2026, Commerce extended the deadline for the preliminary results by two days. [ 2 ] The deadline for these preliminary results is September 4, 2026. Scope of the Order  [ 3 ] The merchandise covered by the scope of this Order is cased pencils from China. See Appendix I for the full description of the scope. Methodology Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sect…