Commerce has finished its dumping case on Chinese truck trailers at 130.86 percent, and the rate comes straight off the petition because no Chinese company answered
The margin table in Friday's determination holds a single line.
Commerce determined on 24 August that van-type trailers and subassemblies from China are being sold, or are likely to be sold, in the United States at less than fair value, and filed the notice at 8.45 a.m. Eastern for publication on 31 August. The period under investigation ran from 1 April 2025 to 30 September 2025.
One rate, and it belongs to the petitioner
The China-wide entity draws 130.86 percent. The table marks it with an asterisk defined on its face as based on facts available with adverse inferences, and no Chinese producer or exporter established eligibility for a separate rate, so there is nothing else in the table to read.
Commerce applied total adverse facts available under section 776 of the Tariff Act of 1930. Because the resulting rate comes solely from the petition, the notice says there are no calculations to disclose. That sentence is the case in miniature. A final antidumping determination normally turns on a respondent's own cost and price data, and this one contains none, because the respondents supplied none.
The cash deposit rate is 129.73 percent, which is the margin reduced by 1.13 points to offset export subsidies countervailed in the companion subsidy case. Commerce made no change to the margin calculation after the preliminary determination, and none to the scope.
The Canadian routing survives
The third country case number established at the preliminary stage stands. Chinese subassemblies, and trailers containing them, entering through Canada report under A-122-219, and only the Chinese subassembly portion is subject, along with any components travelling on the same bill of lading.
Suspension of liquidation continues for entries made on or after 15 June 2026, when the preliminary determination published at 91 FR 35957. The International Trade Commission now has 45 days to decide whether the domestic industry is materially injured. If it finds no injury, the proceeding terminates and every deposit is refunded.
