# 2024-31587: Court Overturns Tariffs On Obscure German Steel Thingamajigs

2024-31587, Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Germany: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Final Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigation; Notice of Amended Final Determination and Amended Countervailing Duty Order, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-03, effective 2025-01-03 (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31587
- Title: Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From Germany: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Final Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigation; Notice of Amended Final Determination and Amended Countervailing Duty Order
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-03
- Effective: 2025-01-03
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Court Overturns Tariffs On Obscure German Steel Thingamajigs

## Summary

The U.S. Court of International Trade made a new ruling that changes the subsidy rates for forged steel fluid end blocks from Germany. This affects German companies like BGH Siegen, SWG, and voestalpine Bohler, with updated duty rates starting January 3, 2025. These changes could impact how much extra money these companies pay when selling in the U.S.

## Abstract

On December 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH v. United States, Court No. 21-00080, Slip Op. 24-148 (CIT December 26, 2024), sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce's (Commerce) fourth remand redetermination pertaining to the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks (FEBs) from the Germany covering the period of investigation, January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's final determination in that investigation, and that Commerce is amending the final determination and resulting CVD order with respect to the countervailable subsidy rates assigned to BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH (BGH Siegen), Schmiedewerke Gr[ouml]ditz GmbH (SWG), voestalpine Bohler Group (voestalpine Bohler), and all others.

## Effects PRIA read

- Revised Duty Rates for German FEBs: benefit, low. Commerce amended the countervailing duty (CVD) subsidy rates for forged steel fluid end blocks from Germany effective January 3, 2025. The revised ad valorem rates are: BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH 5.81%, Schmiedewerke Gröditz GmbH (SWG) 6.64%, voestalpine Bohler Group 14.74%, and All Others 6.18%.
- Cash Deposit Instructions Updated: mixed, low. Commerce stated that BGH Siegen's current superseding cash deposit rate will not change, and that for companies without a superseding cash deposit rate, Commerce will issue revised cash deposit instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. These instructions follow the amended final determina…

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## Sources
- [2024-31587 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/03/2024-31587/forged-steel-fluid-end-blocks-from-germany-notice-of-court-decision-not-in-harmony-with-the-final)
- [2024-31587 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-03/pdf/2024-31587.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31587 (as of 2026-06-08).