When Is the Response Deadline for the Third Five-Year Review of Steel Grating AD/CVD Orders on China?

The International Trade Commission instituted Investigation Nos. 701-TA-465 (CVD) and 731-TA-1161 (AD) on May 1, 2026, initiating the third five-year review of antidumping and countervailing duty orders on steel grating from China. Interested parties face a June 1, 2026 response deadline—just 31 days from institution—with adequacy comments due by July 13, 2026.

These orders have been in continuous effect for nearly 16 years. Commerce originally issued the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on July 23, 2010, published at 75 FR 43143-43145. The ITC subsequently continued the orders following the first five-year review on November 12, 2015 (80 FR 69940) and again after the second five-year review on June 1, 2021 (86 FR 29247). Each continuation affirmed that revocation would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to the domestic steel grating industry.

The reviews proceed under 19 U.S.C. 1675(c) and the Commission's procedural rules at 19 CFR parts 201 and 207. The ITC will evaluate whether revoking these orders would likely result in material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. Based on the adequacy of responses received by the June 1 deadline, the Commission will determine whether to conduct full or expedited reviews—a decision that directly impacts how much new evidence shapes the final determination.

For trade compliance engineering teams, this review creates a binary outcome scenario: the orders either continue or get revoked. Systems pulling duty rates on steel grating classified under the relevant HTS codes must be prepared to handle either result. If the ITC finds that revocation would not likely cause material injury, the AD/CVD duties disappear—potentially zeroing out rates that have been embedded in landed cost calculations since 2010.

The Commission defined the subject merchandise as certain steel grating from China, coextensive with Commerce's scope definition established in the original investigation. The domestic like product determination has remained consistent across both prior reviews: a single domestic like product covering certain steel grating, with a corresponding single domestic industry encompassing all U.S. producers of the product.

Contact for this proceeding is Rachel Devenney at the Office of Investigations, reachable at 202-205-3172. The public record is available through the Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS) at edis.usitc.gov. Compliance teams tracking this review should monitor both the ITC docket and subsequent Federal Register notices for the Commission's adequacy determination and final injury findings.