Commerce Opens Its Annual Window for Import-Duty Review Requests
Published Date: 11/2/2026
Notice
Summary
If you're involved in importing goods under antidumping or countervailing duty orders, now's your chance to ask the government to review those duties during the anniversary month. The Department of Commerce will pick which companies to review based on import data, so get your requests and comments in quickly to have a say. This process helps keep trade fair and can impact how much money companies pay in duties.
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
If No Review Is Requested, Duties Assessed At Cash Deposit Rate
If Commerce does not receive a timely request for review of the entries covered by a listed order by the last day of November 2026, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to assess antidumping or countervailing duties on those entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit required at the time of entry and will continue to collect the previously ordered cash deposit. That means entries from the listed periods will be assessed at the existing cash-deposit rate unless a review is requested.
Deadline to Request Administrative Review
If you are an interested party (for example, an importer, exporter, or producer) you may request an administrative review of the specific antidumping (AD) or countervailing duty (CVD) orders listed in this notice no later than the last day of November 2026. The listed AD review periods are generally 11/1/25–10/31/26 and the listed CVD review periods are generally 1/1/25–12/31/25, so act by the November 2026 deadline to ask Commerce to review duties for those periods.
Deadline to Submit Particular Market Situation (PMS) Allegations
If you want Commerce to consider a particular market situation (PMS) under section 773(e) of the Tariff Act for constructed value purposes, you must submit the PMS allegation and supporting factual information no later than 20 days after submission of initial Section D responses. If Commerce finds a PMS, it may modify its dumping calculations accordingly.
Nonmarket-Economy (NME) Entity Review Rule
Commerce stated it no longer treats the nonmarket-economy (NME) entity as an exporter conditionally subject to AD administrative review; the NME entity will not be under review unless Commerce specifically receives a request for, or self-initiates, a review of the NME entity. If an individual exporter does not qualify for a separate rate and no review of the NME entity was conducted, Commerce will indicate that the exporter is part of the NME entity but the NME entity's rate will not change because it was not reviewed.
Respondent Selection Uses CBP Import Data and Tight Timelines
If Commerce limits the number of companies it examines, it will select respondents using U.S. Customs and Border Protection import data for the period of review, release that CBP data under an administrative protective order within five days of the initiation notice, and make a respondent-selection decision within 35 days of the initiation notice. Parties wishing to comment should submit APO applications promptly (on publication of the initiation notice) so they can receive the CBP data and have five days to comment after the data are placed on the record.
Annual Inquiry Service List Update Requirement
Commerce will update the annual inquiry service lists for the listed AD and CVD proceedings. Interested parties who want to appear on the updated annual inquiry service list must either submit a new entry of appearance or submit an amended entry of appearance within 30 days after the date of this notice; Commerce will finalize the lists five business days after that 30-day period. Petitioners and foreign governments that have submitted an entry of appearance once will be automatically added in future years.
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