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Final Affirmative Determination in the AD Investigation of Certain Freight Rail Couplers From Mexico

Final Affirmative Determination in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof from Mexico

 

On September 18, 2023, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of certain freight rail couplers and parts thereof (freight rail couplers) from Mexico.

 

Final Dumping Rates

Exporter/Producer Dumping Rate
ASF-K de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. 48.10%
All Others 48.10%

 

Case Calendar

Event Date
Petition Filed September 28, 2022
Commerce Initiation Date October 18, 2022
ITC Preliminary Determination November 15, 2022
Commerce Preliminary Determination April 26, 2023
Commerce Final Determination September 15, 2023
ITC Final Determination* October 30, 2023
Issuance of Order** November 6, 2023

NOTE: Commerce’s preliminary and final determination deadlines are governed by statute. For AD investigations, the deadlines are set forth in sections 733(b) and 735(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
*This will take place only in the event of a final affirmative determination from Commerce.
**This will take place only in the event of final affirmative determinations by Commerce and the International Trade Commission (ITC).

 

Import Statistics

  2019 2020 2021
Volume (KG) 12,850,859 9,639,825 9,832,354
Value (USD) $34,581,779 $22,463,753 $20,204,699

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, accessed through IHS Markit’s Global Trade Atlas (Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 8607.30.1000). Imports of freight rail couplers enter under an HTSUS subheading that covers subject and non-subject merchandise. In addition, unfinished merchandise or merchandise that is imported attached to finished rail cars may enter under other HTSUS subheadings. Therefore, publicly available import data may not accurately reflect actual imports of the freight rail couplers covered by the proposed scope of the investigations.

 

Other Case Information

  • The petitioner is the Coalition of Freight Coupler Producers, the members of which are McConway and Torley, LLC (Pittsburgh, PA) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (Washington, DC).

  • To date, Commerce maintains 670 AD and countervailing duty orders that provide relief to American companies and industries impacted by unfair trade.

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