29.10.2026 Regulation #USA #China #Import #Duties

US issues AD and CVD orders on van-type trailers from China

The US Department of Commerce has published antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on van-type trailers and subassemblies from China in the Federal Register. The orders apply from October 28, 2026. They follow affirmative final determinations by Commerce and the International Trade Commission (ITC), which notified Commerce of its decision on October 15, 2026. Cash deposits and suspension of liquidation will resume not on October 28 but on the date the ITC determination is published in the Federal Register; the orders do not name that date.

Rates and how duties are collected

According to the orders, the rates are:

Deposits will be paid at the same time as ordinary customs duties, from the date the ITC determination is published in the Federal Register. Commerce intends to instruct CBP to reinstitute suspension of liquidation and cash deposit collection on the date the ITC's final injury determination is published in the Federal Register.

The gap in provisional measures

Provisional measures can only run for a limited time. For AD, the four-month period after the preliminary determination (published June 15, 2026) ended on October 12, 2026. Commerce will therefore instruct CBP to liquidate entries made on or after October 16, 2026, up to the day before publication of the ITC determination, without regard to antidumping duties.

For CVD, the preliminary determination was published on June 5, 2026 and the period ended on October 2, 2026. The same rule applies to entries on or after October 3, 2026.

Definitive duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries made for consumption on or after June 15, 2026 (AD) and June 5, 2026 (CVD), excluding entries in the gap described above. Commerce will issue separate instructions to CBP.

What the orders cover

The orders cover van-type trailers for carrying goods with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of more than 26,000 pounds. The orders apply regardless of whether they are finished or unfinished, assembled or unassembled, or how many axles they have. Subassemblies are covered too: subframes, nose and side walls and roofs, rear door frames, rear impact guards, coupler assemblies, running gear and landing gear. Components entered on the same bill of lading as a trailer are also covered. Processing or assembly in a third country does not take a product out of scope.

Subassemblies covered by the existing orders on chassis from China are excluded.

The orders list typical HTSUS subheadings: 8716.39 (8716.39.0040 and 8716.39.0090) and 8716.90 (8716.90.5060). Subassemblies may also enter under 8716.90.5010 and several other subheadings in chapters 73 and 87. The written scope description is dispositive, not the tariff code.

What this means for importers

Under the appendix to the orders, the written scope description is dispositive rather than the HTSUS code; this also applies to shipments in which trailers and subassemblies arrive together with components. Suppliers in China will be subject to the rates set out above.

In its October 6, 2026 release, Wabash, one of the petitioners, notes that trailers assembled in Canada from Chinese subassemblies are treated as Chinese products. It also says that since April 6, 2026 the 25% Section 232 tariff on steel and aluminium has applied to the full value of a trailer and stacks on top of AD/CVD. The company puts the declared customs value of a typical van trailer at about $35,000. These are Wabash's estimates, not Commerce figures.

The petitioner is the American Trailer Manufacturers Coalition (Great Dane, Stoughton Trailers, Wabash National).

When deposit collection starts and what to expect for Canada and Mexico

Primary sources

Mentioned codes

8716.90

This material is for information only and does not constitute legal advice or customs consulting. Verify changes against the primary sources before acting.