China Steel Racks Duties Stick Around for Now
Published Date: 3/11/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. government is keeping special taxes on steel racks and their parts from China because stopping them could hurt American businesses. These taxes, called antidumping and countervailing duties, will continue starting March 5, 2025, to stop unfair pricing and subsidies. If you import or sell these steel racks, get ready for these rules to stay in place and protect U.S. industry.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties Continue
The U.S. is continuing antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CVD) duty orders on steel racks and parts from China starting March 5, 2025. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect AD and CVD cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all imports of the covered merchandise.
Which Products Are Covered or Excluded
The Orders apply to steel racks and parts meeting specific physical criteria (for example: load-bearing members at least 0.044 inches thick, yield strength ≥36,000 psi, vertical member width over 2 inches, and roll-formed horizontal depth over 2 inches). The scope also lists many exclusions and thresholds, for example boltless horizontal supports 95 inches or less in length and made from steel 0.068 inches or less in thickness, boltless vertical supports 95 inches or less with no face over 2.90 inches wide and steel thickness 0.065 inches or less, tubular racks with round tubes no more than 2 inches in diameter, and portable tier racks that meet four listed criteria.
Continuation Aimed to Protect U.S. Industry
Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission determined that ending the orders would likely cause dumping, countervailable subsidies, and material injury to a U.S. industry, so the Orders will continue to protect that industry beginning March 5, 2025. The continuation is the result of sunset reviews under section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930.
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