In preliminary results for common alloy aluminum sheet from China, the U.S. Department of Commerce concluded that exporter Yantai Jintai International Trade Co., Ltd. does not qualify for its own antidumping rate. Under that preliminary determination, the company falls within the China-wide entity for this administrative review. The stated basis is that Yantai Jintai did not submit evidence of eligibility for separate rate status. Enforcement and Compliance, part of the International Trade Administration, published the notice in the Federal Register on November 5, 2026, and the notice itself is dated November 2, 2026.
The review is still under way, and the results in the notice are preliminary. It covers February 1, 2025, through January 31, 2026. Commerce opened the review of Yantai Jintai on March 31, 2026, after a timely request. The China-wide entity is not itself under review because no party asked for that. Its existing rate of 59.72 percent is therefore not subject to change in this review.
What would follow in the final results
If the preliminary results are unchanged in the final results, Commerce would keep treating Yantai Jintai as part of the China-wide entity. It would also tell U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to apply an ad valorem assessment rate of 59.72 percent to the company's entries of subject merchandise exported from February 1, 2025, through January 31, 2026. On the cash deposit side, Commerce will require the China-wide entity rate of 59.72 percent from China exporters not found entitled to a separate rate, including Yantai Jintai. That requirement takes effect when the final results are published and applies to shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after that date. Once imposed, it stays in effect until further notice.
Other exporters not covered by this review will also see cash deposit rates set when the final results are published. Exporters from China or elsewhere that received a separate rate in an earlier segment keep that exporter-specific rate. A non-China exporter without its own rate receives the rate that applies to the China exporter that supplied it.
Commerce says it intends to send assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the final results appear in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, Commerce would direct CBP not to liquidate the relevant entries. That hold would last until the period for requesting a statutory injunction ends, which is within 90 days of publication.
Commerce modified the case-brief deadline, which is now no later than 21 days after publication of the notice. Interested parties may then file rebuttal briefs, but no more than five days after the case-brief filing date. A rebuttal can address only issues raised in the case briefs. A party that wants a hearing must file a written request through ACCESS with the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. The deadline is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after publication of the notice. The hearing is limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs, and Commerce will announce the date if a request is made.
Product scope
The order applies to flat-rolled common alloy aluminum sheet, sold in coils or cut to length, regardless of width. Covered sheet is thicker than 0.2 mm and no thicker than 6.3 mm. Both unclad and multi-alloy clad products fall within it. Unclad sheet is made from a 1XXX-, 3XXX- or 5XXX-series alloy, while clad sheet has a 3XXX-series core with cladding on one or both sides. Sheet processed further in a third country stays covered if the same processing in the country of manufacture would not take it out of scope. Tariff subheadings are listed for convenience and customs purposes, and the written scope description controls.
The order excludes aluminum can stock suitable for making beverage cans, lids or tabs. Excluded stock has a gauge of 0.200 to 0.292 mm, an H-19, H-41, H-48, H-39 or H-391 temper, and a lubricant on its flat surfaces. For this exclusion too, the written description governs regardless of tariff classification.
