# Slag Pots From the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order and Countervailing Duty Order
**AGENCY:**
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
**SUMMARY:**
Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on slag pots from the People's Republic of China (China).
**DATES:**
Applicable January 26, 2026.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
George McMahon (AD) or Samuel Brummitt (CVD), AD/CVD Operations, Offices VI and III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1167 or (202) 482-7851, respectively.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Background**
In accordance with sections 705(d) and 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), on August 28, 2025, Commerce published its affirmative final determination of sales at less than fair value (LTFV) of slag pots from China, [^1] and its affirmative final determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of slag pots from China. [^2] On November 25, 2025, pursuant to sections 705(d) and 735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final affirmative determinations that an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of dumped imports of slag pots from China, and subsidized imports of slag pots from China, within the meaning of sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act. [^3]
[^1]*See Slag Pots from the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,* 90 FR 41990 (August 28, 2025) ( *LTFV Final Determination* ).
[^2]*See Slag Pots from the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination,* 90 FR 41986 (August 28, 2025) ( *Final CVD Determination* ).
[^3]*See* ITC's Letter, “Notification of ITC Final Determinations,” dated November 25, 2025 (ITC Notification Letter).
**Scope of the Orders**
The product covered by these orders are slag pots from China. For a complete description of the scope of the orders, *see* the appendix to this notice.
**AD Order**
On November 25, 2025, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination that an industry in the United States is materially injured within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of imports of slag pots from China that are sold in the United States at LTFV. [^4] Therefore, in accordance with sections 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act, Commerce is issuing this AD order. Because the ITC determined that imports of slag pots from China are materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from China, entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption are subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
[^4]*Id.*
Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise on all relevant entries of slag pots from China. Antidumping duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of slag pots from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 17, 2025, the date of publication of the *LTFV Preliminary Determination* but will not include entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional measures period and before the publication of the ITC's final injury determination under section 705(b) of the Act, as further described in the “Provisional Measures—AD” section of this notice. [^5]
[^5]*See Slag Pots from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,* 90 FR 25584 (June 17, 2025) ( *LTFV Preliminary Determination* ).
**Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits—AD**
Commerce intends to instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all relevant entries of slag pots from China, in accordance with section 736 of the Act. These instructions suspending liquidations will remain in effect until further notice.
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. Accordingly, effective on the date of publication in the *Federal Register* of the notice of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination, CBP must require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated customs duties on subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates listed in the *LTFV Final Determination.*[^6]
[^6]*See LTFV Final Determination,* 90 FR at 41991.
**Provisional Measures—AD**
Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a significant proportion of export of the subject merchandise request that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months. In the underlying investigation, Commerce published the *LTFV Preliminary Determination* on June 17, 2025. [^7] Therefore, the four-month period beginning on the date of publication ended on October 14, 2025. Pursuant to section 737(b) of the Act, the collection of cash deposits will begin on the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determinations.
[^7]*See LTFV Preliminary Determination.*
Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, Commerce will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to 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, the first day provisional measures were no longer in effect, until and through the day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the *Federal Register* . Suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final determination in the *Federal Register* .
**CVD Order**
As stated above, based on the above-referenced affirmative final determination by the ITC that an industry in the United States is materially injured within the meaning of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of subsidized imports of slag pots from China, [^8] in accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is issuing this CVD order. Moreover, because the ITC determined that imports of slag pots from China are materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of subject merchandise from China, entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, are subject to the assessment of countervailing duties.
[^8]*See* ITC Notification Letter.
Therefore, in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act, Commerce intends to direct CBP to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, countervailing duties on unliquidated entries of slag pots from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after April 3, 2025, the date of publication of the *Preliminary CVD Determination,*[^9] but will not include entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional measures period and before the publication of the ITC's final injury determination under section 705(b) of the Act, as further described in the “Provisional Measures—CVD” section of this notice.
[^9]*See Slag Pots from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination,* 90 FR 14625 (April 3, 2025) ( *Preliminary CVD Determination* ).
**Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits—CVD**
In accordance with section 706 of the Act, we will instruct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation on all relevant entries of slag pots from China, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the *Federal Register* , and to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing duties on each entry of subject merchandise in an amount based on the net countervailable subsidy rates below. On or after the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the *Federal Register* , 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.*[^10] These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice. The all-others rate applies to all producers or exporters not specifically listed.
[^10]*See Final CVD Determination,* 90 FR 41986 at 41987.
**Provisional Measures—CVD**
Section 703(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect for more than four months. Commerce published the *Preliminary CVD Determination* on April 3, 2025. [^11] As such, the four-month period beginning on the date of the publication of the *Preliminary CVD Determination* ended on July 31, 2025.
[^11]*Id.*
In accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to 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, the date on which the provisional measures expired, until and through the day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the *Federal Register* . Suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date of publication of the ITC's affirmative final injury determination in the *Federal Register* .
**Establishment of the Annual Inquiry Service Lists**
On September 20, 2021, Commerce published the *Final Rule* in the *Federal Register* . [^12] On September 27, 2021, Commerce also published the *Procedural Guidance* in the *Federal Register* . [^13] The *Final Rule* and *Procedural Guidance* provide that Commerce will maintain an annual inquiry service list for each order or suspended investigation, and any interested party submitting a scope ruling application or request for circumvention inquiry shall serve a copy of the application or request on the persons on the annual inquiry service list for that order, as well as any companion order covering the same merchandise from the same country of origin.
[^12]*See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws,* 86 FR 52300 (September 20, 2021) ( *Final Rule* ).
[^13]*See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry Service List;* and *Informational Sessions,* 86 FR 53205 (September 27, 2021) ( *Procedural Guidance* ).
In accordance with the *Procedural Guidance,* for orders published in the *Federal Register* after November 4, 2021, Commerce will create an annual inquiry service list segment in Commerce's online e-filing and document management system, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Electronic Service System (ACCESS), available at *https://access.trade.gov,* within five business days of publication of the notice of the order. Each annual inquiry service list will be saved in ACCESS, under each case number, and under a specific segment type called “AISL-Annual Inquiry Service List.” [^14]
[^14] This segment will be combined with the ACCESS Segment Specific Information (SSI) field which will display the month in which the notice of the order or suspended investigation was published in the *Federal Register* , also known as the anniversary month. For example, for an order under case number A-000-000 that was published in the *Federal Register* in January, the relevant segment and SSI combination will appear in ACCESS as “AISL-January Anniversary.” Note that there will be only one annual inquiry service list segment per case number, and the anniversary month will be pre-populated in ACCESS.
Interested parties who wish to be added to the annual inquiry service list for an order must submit an entry of appearance to the annual inquiry service list segment for the order in ACCESS within 30 days after the date of publication of the order. For ease of administration, Commerce requests that law firms with more than one attorney representing interested parties in an order designate a lead attorney to be included on the annual inquiry service list. Commerce will finalize the annual inquiry service list within five business days thereafter. As mentioned in the *Procedural Guidance,*[^15] the new annual inquiry service list will be in place until the following year, when the Opportunity Notice for the anniversary month of the order is published.
[^15]*See Procedural Guidance,* 86 FR at 53206.
Commerce may update an annual inquiry service list at any time as needed based on interested parties' amendments to their entries of appearance to remove or otherwise modify their list of members and representatives, or to update contact information. Any changes or announcements pertaining to these procedures will be posted to the ACCESS website.
**Special Instructions for Petitioner and Foreign Governments**
In the *Final Rule,* Commerce stated that, “after an initial request and placement on the annual inquiry service list, both petitioners and foreign governments will automatically be placed on the annual inquiry service list in the years that follow.” [^16] Accordingly, as stated above, the petitioner and the Government of China (GOC) should submit their initial entries of appearance after publication of this notice in order to appear in the first annual inquiry service lists for these orders. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.225(n)(3), the petitioner and the GOC will not need to resubmit their entries of appearance each year to continue to be included on the annual inquiry service list. However, the petitioner and the GOC are responsible for making amendments to their entries of appearance during the annual update to the annual inquiry service list in accordance with the procedures described above.
[^16]*See Final Rule,* 86 FR at 52335.
**Notification to Interested Parties**
This notice constitutes the AD and CVD orders with respect to slag pots from China, pursuant to sections 706(a) and 736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of AD and CVD orders currently in effect at *https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.*
These orders are published in accordance with sections 706(a) and 736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: January 21, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
**Appendix**
**Scope of the Orders**
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.
Slag pots are load bearing devices typically formed as a curved shell or bowl-shaped container. Slag pots are metallurgical goods typically produced either using a casting process or a fabrication process ( *e.g.,* welding) and may include a ceramic refractory coating, heat treatment or various finishes in order to handle high temperature slag. Slag pots may contain integral features or attachments including (1) legs (or a stand) and (2) pivotal mounting hooks or brackets. Legs (or a stand) are a fixed or detachable support structure which allows the slag pot to be securely positioned upright on a surface when not being lifted or transported and may also keep the slag pot off the ground and allow for air cooling. The pivotal mounting hooks and brackets are specialized attachment points (such as lifting lugs or trunnions) that allow the slag pot to be securely lifted and transported by a crane or lifting device, or that enable the slag pot to swing or rotate while remaining attached to the lifting mechanism. The merchandise covered by these orders includes all aforementioned attachments of a fully assembled slag pot, regardless of whether shipped assembled or unassembled.
Slag pots are included within the scope whether finished or unfinished, whether imported individually or with other subject or non-subject merchandise, or whether assembled with attachments or unassembled. Finishing includes, but is not limited to, arc washing, welding, grinding, shot blasting, heat treatment, machining, and assembly of various parts.
The country of origin for slag pots whether fully assembled, unfinished or finished, is the country where the slag pot was cast or forged. Subject merchandise includes slag pots that have been further processed or further assembled in a third country. Further processing and further assembly include, but is not limited to, arc washing, welding, grinding, shot blasting, heat treatment, painting, coating, priming, machining, and assembly of attachments.
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. The slag pot attachments covered by the scope of these orders may enter under HTSUS subheadings 7316.00.0000, 7325.10.0080, 7325.99.1000, 7325.99.5000, and 7326.19.0080. Although the HTSUS statistical reporting numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise is dispositive.