- Effective Date: Feb 27, 2026
- Period Covered: 12/18/2024 to 04/30/2025
- Notice of Lifting of Suspension Date: Feb 27, 2026
- Cite as: 91 FR 9811
Cite date: Feb 27, 2026
1. Notice of lifting of suspension of entries covered by paragraphs 3a and 3b below occurred with the publication of the final affirmative determination of circumvention (91 FR 9811, 02/27/2026).
Unless instructed otherwise, for shipments of merchandise covered by the scope of the orders you shall continue to collect cash deposits of estimated antidumping and countervailing duties for the merchandise at the current rates.
2. In message 6092425, dated 04/02/2026, Commerce notified CBP of the affirmative final circumvention determination that seamless OCTG completed in Thailand using steel billets produced in China are circumventing the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on OCTG from China (A-570-943 and C-570-944).
3a. For unliquidated entries of seamless OCTG completed in Thailand using steel billets produced in China that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after 12/18/2024 through 04/30/2025, CBP should liquidate such entries in accordance with appropriate previously issued liquidation instructions for the applicable period of review.
3b. For unliquidated entries of seamless OCTG completed in Thailand using steel billets produced in China that were already subject to the suspension of liquidation prior to 12/18/2024 (Message 6092425, dated 04/02/2026), CBP should liquidate such entries in accordance with appropriate previously issued liquidation instructions for the applicable period of review.
4. There are no injunctions applicable to the entries covered by this instruction.
5. This instruction to liquidate entries of subject merchandise covered by this message does not limit CBP's independent authority, including its authority to suspend, continue to suspend, or extend liquidation of entries addressed by this message.
Accordingly, CBP should examine all entries for which this message directs liquidation to determine whether any such entries are subject to suspension, continued suspension, or extension of liquidation pursuant to CBP's independent authority (e.g., Enforce and Protect Act proceeding under section 517 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended).
If entries of subject merchandise covered by paragraph 3 of this message are subject to suspension, continued suspension, or extension of liquidation pursuant to CBP's own authority, CBP officials should follow CBP's internal procedures with respect to continuing any suspension, the lifting of suspension, and/or continuing any extension of liquidation for such entries.
6. If there are any questions by the public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984.
CBP officials should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only.
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Alexander Amdur