Commerce Department
The Commerce Department writes the antidumping and countervailing-duty orders that drive U.S. trade-remedy enforcement. Importers and customs brokers track these the day they publish.
- total docs
- 26
- M4+ material
- 11
- distinct topics
- 25
§ 01 Materiality distribution
Each document is scored 1-5 for compliance impact. M4 = significant obligation change. M5 = major rule, withdrawal, or enforcement shift. M1-M2 are noise (typos, scheduling, references) — filtered out of most feeds by default.
§ 02 Most common topics
- customs-cash-deposits · 3
- esa-listed-salmon-take · 2
- hatchery-genetics-management-plans · 2
- rubber-chemical-imports · 2
- china-import-duties · 2
- omb-information-collection · 2
- marine-mammal-incidental-take · 2
- environmental-monitoring-reporting · 2
- antidumping-duty-reviews · 2
- countervailing-duty-reviews · 2
- antidumping-duties · 2
- large-mesh-drift-gillnet-closure · 1
- pacific-loggerhead-conservation-area · 1
- west-coast-highly-migratory-species · 1
- sea-turtle-bycatch-protection · 1
- el-nino-fishery-trigger · 1
- south-atlantic-snowy-grouper · 1
- recreational-fishing-closure · 1
- annual-catch-limit-accountability-measures · 1
- federal-fisheries-management · 1
§ 03 Recent material actions
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Fisheries Off West Coast States; the Highly Migratory Species Fishery; Pacific Loggerhead Conservation Area Closure
NMFS closes the Pacific Loggerhead Conservation Area off southern California to large-mesh drift gillnet fishing from June 1 through August 31, 2026. The closure applies east of 120° W longitude and is triggered by warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures and elevated El Niño probability, to reduce interactions with ESA-listed North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles.
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Fisheries of the South Atlantic; 2026 Recreational Accountability Measure and Closure for Snowy Grouper in the South Atlantic
NMFS shortens the 2026 recreational fishing season for snowy grouper in South Atlantic Federal waters and closes recreational harvest on the adjusted closure date. The action implements an accountability measure because recreational landings exceeded the annual catch limit in 2025 and is intended to prevent another overage in 2026.
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Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
NMFS announces the availability of its evaluation and recommended determination for a Hatchery and Genetics Management Plan covering a summer-run chum salmon hatchery program in the Dungeness River basin. The determination supports implementing the WDFW/Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe program by finding it will not appreciably reduce survival or recovery of listed Hood Canal summer-run chum salmon, Puget Sound Chinook salmon, or Puget Sound steelhead, nor adversely modify critical habitat.
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N-Cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-Sulfenamide from the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation
Action: Assess exposure for Chinese CBS imports and submit any scope comments by 2026-06-16.
Commerce initiates a countervailing duty investigation of N-Cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-Sulfenamide from China to determine whether Chinese producers or exporters receive countervailable subsidies. The notice defines the investigation scope and opens the administrative process for interested-party participation; it does not itself impose cash-deposit duties.
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N-Cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-Sulfenamide From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
Action: Review import exposure and submit scope comments by 2026-06-16 if affected.
Commerce initiates a less-than-fair-value antidumping investigation of N-Cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-Sulfenamide from China. The notice starts the investigation process, opens deadlines for scope/product comments and respondent participation, but does not yet impose final antidumping duties.
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Sparrows Point Container Terminal Project in Baltimore County, Maryland
NMFS issued two consecutive incidental harassment authorizations to Tradepoint TiL Terminals, LLC for marine mammal takes associated with the Sparrows Point Container Terminal Project in Baltimore County, Maryland. The authorizations allow otherwise prohibited incidental harassment during project activities, subject to NMFS-imposed mitigation, monitoring, and reporting conditions.
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Francis Scott Key Bridge Rebuild Project in Baltimore, Maryland
NMFS issued two consecutive incidental harassment authorizations to the Federal Highway Administration for marine mammal takes associated with the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild in Baltimore, Maryland. The authorizations allow limited incidental harassment under the MMPA while imposing project-specific mitigation, monitoring, and reporting conditions.
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Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
Action: Review amended AD rates and update duty accruals and cash deposit instructions.
Commerce amends the final results of the 2023-2024 antidumping duty administrative review on certain activated carbon from China to correct ministerial errors. The amended results affect antidumping duty assessment and cash deposit treatment for entries covered by the review period.
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Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews
Action: Check whether your company or entries are listed and prepare review responses or withdrawal requests by 2026-08-31.
Commerce is initiating administrative reviews of specified antidumping and countervailing duty orders with April anniversary dates after receiving review requests. The reviews will determine assessment rates and may affect cash deposit rates for listed exporters, producers, and importers of subject merchandise.
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Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews
Action: File sunset-review participation notice by 2026-06-16 if affected.
Commerce is initiating five-year sunset reviews of listed antidumping and countervailing duty orders and suspended investigations under the Tariff Act of 1930. Interested parties must file participation and substantive responses if they want Commerce to consider whether revocation of the orders would likely lead to continued or recurring dumping or subsidization.
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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries; Harpoon Category Retention Limit Adjustment
NMFS reduces the Atlantic bluefin tuna Harpoon category daily retention limit from 10 to 5 large medium or giant bluefin tuna per vessel. The lower limit applies to Atlantic Tunas Harpoon category permitted vessels from June 1, 2026, through the end of the Harpoon category season on November 15, 2026, unless further modified; the incidental catch limit of two large medium bluefin tuna remains unchanged.
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Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of America, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of America; 2026-2027 Recreational Closure for Greater Amberjack
NMFS closes the recreational greater amberjack season in Federal waters of the Gulf of America for the 2026-2027 fishing year beginning October 14, 2026, after projecting recreational landings will reach the annual catch target. Recreational harvest will be allowed only from September 1 through October 13, 2026, and prohibited after the closure date for the remainder of the season.
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Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel Products From Japan: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Results of Antidumping Administrative Review; Notice of Amended Final Results
Action: Review affected entries and update antidumping duty accruals for Toyo Kohan imports.
Commerce gives notice that a Court of International Trade judgment is inconsistent with its prior antidumping administrative review results for diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan. Commerce amends the final review results for Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd., changing the dumping margin applicable to that exporter for the May 1, 2022-April 30, 2023 review period.
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Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From India: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
Commerce preliminarily finds that certain Indian producers/exporters of new pneumatic off-the-road tires sold subject merchandise in the United States at less than normal value during the 2024-2025 review period. The notice also rescinds the administrative review for 25 companies and opens a comment period before final antidumping duty results are issued.
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Utility Scale Wind Towers From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
Action: Update duty accruals and cash deposit instructions for covered Korean wind tower entries effective 2026-06-01.
Commerce issued final results of the 2023-2024 antidumping duty administrative review for utility scale wind towers from South Korea, finding sales at less than normal value during the review period. The notice directs assessment of antidumping duties on covered entries and updates cash deposit requirements for future imports of subject wind towers.
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