Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof From India: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination

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 [C-533-941] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain freight rail couplers and parts thereof (freight rail couplers) from India. The period of investigation is April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025. DATES: Applicable September 24, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin Blythe or Joshua Jacobson, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3457 or (202) 482-0266, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On March 3, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary Determination on freight rail couplers from India in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to comment. [ 1 ] In August 2026, the petitioner, [ 2 ] Kharagpur Metal Reforming Industries Pvt Ltd. (KMRI), Texmaco Rail and ( printed page 60596) Engineering Limited (Texmaco), and the Government of India (GOI) timely submitted case and rebuttal briefs. For a complete discussion of the events that followed the Preliminary Determination, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. [ 3 ] The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Complia…