# 2026-22524: U.S. Keeps Its Trade Guardrails Around Chinese Metal Lockers

2026-22524, Certain Metal Lockers and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, International Trade Administration published 2026-11-04, effective 2026-11-04; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22524
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-22524
- Title: Certain Metal Lockers and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; International Trade Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 69534
- Published: 2026-11-04
- Effective: 2026-11-04
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

U.S. Keeps Its Trade Guardrails Around Chinese Metal Lockers

## Summary

The U.S. Department of Commerce decided to keep the antidumping duties on metal lockers and parts from China because dropping them could lead to unfairly low prices again. This affects Chinese exporters and U.S. locker makers like List Industries and Tennsco, who benefit from these protections. The decision is effective November 4, 2026, helping U.S. companies stay competitive and fair in the market.

## Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain metal lockers and parts thereof (metal lockers) from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, at the levels indicated in the "Final Results of Sunset Review" section of this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Antidumping Order Remains in Effect: benefit, medium. Commerce determined that revoking the antidumping duty order on certain metal lockers and parts from the People’s Republic of China would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and the order therefore remains in effect starting November 4, 2026. This decision maintains trade protecti…
- Dumping Margins Could Reach 322.25%: cost, high. Commerce found that the magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighted-average dumping margins up to 322.25 percent. That finding accompanies the continued order effective November 4, 2026, and is directly relevant to exporters and importers of the covered metal lockers and pa…

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## Sources
- [2026-22524 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/04/2026-22524/certain-metal-lockers-and-parts-thereof-from-the-peoples-republic-of-china-final-results-of-the)
- [2026-22524 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-04/pdf/2026-22524.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22524 (as of 2026-11-04).