Commerce Slaps Preliminary Dumping Duties on Chinese Tin Products
Published Date: 9/21/2026
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Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce has found that tin mill products from China are likely being sold in the U.S. for less than their fair price. This means extra duties could be added to these imports to protect American businesses. The investigation covers sales from October 2025 to March 2026, and the new rules start on September 21, 2026.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.
Very Large China-Wide Duty Rate
If you import tin mill products from China, Commerce preliminarily set a China-wide cash deposit/duty of 136.52 percent (130.17 percent when adjusted for subsidy offsets). CBP will require that cash deposit starting on September 21, 2026, and the suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.
Retroactive Suspension for Critical Circumstances
Commerce preliminarily found critical circumstances for the China-wide entity, so suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements apply to unliquidated entries entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 23, 2026 (90 days before the September 21, 2026 publication). These instructions apply until Commerce provides further notice.
Named Exporters Assigned China-Wide Rate
Commerce preliminarily determined that specific companies (listed in Appendix III) are part of the China-wide entity and thus subject to the China-wide rate; Appendix III includes GDH Zhongyue Tinplate Industrial Company Limited; Jiangsu Ninesky Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Jiangsu Suxun New Material Co., Ltd.; Jiangsu Youfu Sheet Technology Co., Ltd.; Jintai Packing Material Co., Ltd.; Nanjing Kemision Chemicals Co., Ltd.; and Shougang Holding Trade (Hong Kong) Limited. If you source from these suppliers, their shipments are preliminarily covered by the China-wide duty rate.
Adjustment of Deposit If CVD Measures Expire
Commerce states that if provisional measures in the companion countervailing duty (CVD) investigation expire before the LTFV provisional measures do, CBP will collect cash deposits at the unadjusted preliminary dumping margins (i.e., without subsidy pass-through offsets).
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