Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof From Mexico: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
Published Date: 1/30/2026
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Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce reviewed certain freight rail couplers from Mexico and found that Amsted Rail Company sold them at unfairly low prices between May 2023 and October 2024. This means antidumping duties might increase for Amsted, affecting their costs and imports. The review results are preliminary, and people can still share their thoughts before final decisions come out.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 4 costs, 1 mixed.
Cash Deposit Rates After Final Results
When Commerce issues the final results, the cash deposit rate for companies subject to the review will equal the dumping margin established in those final results. For exporters or producers not covered in the review, the previously published company-specific rate will continue, and all other producers or exporters will continue to be subject to the all-others rate of 48.10 percent.
Automatic Assessment at 48.10% for Unknown Entries
Under Commerce's automatic assessment practice, for entries of subject merchandise produced by Amsted for which Amsted did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate of 48.10 percent if there is no rate for the intermediate company involved in the transaction.
Amsted Preliminary 6.50% Margin
The Department of Commerce preliminarily found that Amsted Rail Company sold freight rail couplers from Mexico at less than normal value and calculated a weighted-average dumping margin of 6.50% for the period May 3, 2023 through October 31, 2024. If this finding is finalized, it would increase the antidumping duties applied to Amsted's imports.
Importers Must File Reimbursement Certificate
Importers are reminded of their obligation under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate about reimbursement of antidumping duties before liquidation of relevant entries during the period of review. If an importer fails to file this certificate, Commerce may presume reimbursement occurred and assess double antidumping duties.
Review Rescinded for 22 Companies
Commerce rescinded the administrative review for 22 listed companies (Appendix II) after the petitioner withdrew its requests. For those companies, antidumping duties will be assessed on entries at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.
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