TARIFF TRACKER
Commerce issues AD and CVD orders on slag pots from China
Commerce issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders on slag pots from China. Importers should treat covered slag pots and listed attachments under the stated HTSUS subheadings as subject merchandise, subject to the provisional-measures gaps described in the notice.
Updated October 12, 2026
STATUS
In effect
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EFFECTIVE
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AD/CVD
RATE
226.16% to 278.81%
AD cash deposit 278.81 percent for the China-wide entity, the only AD rate. CVD cash deposit 226.16 percent for all named companies and all others. The order sets deposits at the rates in the August 28, 2025 final determinations.
COUNTRIES
China
PRODUCT FAMILIES
Industrial machinery
HTS CHAPTERS
73, 84
COVERED GOODS
Slag pots from China with nominal capacity of 65 cubic feet to 1200 cubic feet, including finished, unfinished, assembled or unassembled goods and listed attachments. Listed HTSUS subheadings include 7309.00.0090, 8454.20.0080, 7316.00.0000, 7325.10.0080, 7325.99.1000, 7325.99.5000, and 7326.19.0080.
EXCLUSIONS
No product exclusions are stated. AD entries from October 15, 2025 through the day before ITC final injury publication, and CVD entries from August 1, 2025 through the day before ITC final injury publication, are to be liquidated without regard to AD or CVD, respectively.
WHAT TO DO (OUR GUIDANCE, NOT LEGAL ADVICE)
Check whether imported slag pots and attachments match the written scope and listed HTSUS subheadings. For entries in the provisional-measures gap periods, review liquidation instructions because the notice directs liquidation without regard to AD or CVD for those periods.
SOURCES
International Trade Administration notice, 91 FR 3117 (January 26, 2026)
Slag pots from China, final LTFV determination, 90 FR 41990 (August 28, 2025)
Slag pots from China, final CVD determination, 90 FR 41986 (August 28, 2025)
QUOTES FROM THE SOURCE
Signed: "Dated: January 21, 2026." (source)
Effective date: "DATES: Applicable January 26, 2026." (source)
Countries: "Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on slag pots from the People's Republic of China (China)." (source)
Covered goods: "The merchandise covered by these orders is slag pots with a nominal capacity of 65 cubic feet to 1200 cubic feet regardless of shape, form, or finish." (source)
Covered goods: "Slag pots subject to these orders are specified within the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 7309.00.0090 and 8454.20.0080." (source)
Rate: "Commerce also intends to instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margin indicated in the table below, adjusted by the relevant subsidy offsets." (source)
Rate: "CBP must require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated customs duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates listed in Final CVD Determination." (source)
Exclusions: "liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated entries of slag pots from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after October 15, 2025" (source)
Exclusions: "liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, unliquidated entries of slag pots from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after August 1, 2025" (source)
Rate: "China-Wide Entity and Use of Adverse Facts Available" (source)
Rate: "All Others........................................... 226.16" (source)
Rate: "a cash deposit equal to the rates listed in the LTFV Final Determination" (source)
Checked against source
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AD order A-570-196 and CVD order C-570-197 on slag pots from China, applicable Jan 26, 2026 (dated Jan 21), set cash deposits at the final determination rates; those notices (90 FR 41990, 90 FR 41986) give AD 278.81 percent for the China-wide entity (the only AD rate) and CVD 226.16 percent for all named companies and all others; HTS 7309, 7316, 7325, 7326, 8454 (Ch. 73, 84); FR API search by case number on 2026-10-12 shows no later revocation or amendment.
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