CSMS 5238411·Trade policy·August 26, 2025·View on csms.cbp.gov ↗

Notice of preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value for temporary steel fencing from China and critical circumstances, in part (A-570-198)

Plain-English explanation

CSMS 5238411 is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Cargo Systems Messaging Service bulletin (trade policy), published on August 26, 2025. It carries the official CBP guidance brokers and importers must follow for the topic — "Notice of preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value for temporary steel fencing from China and critical circumstances, in part (A-570-198)". It links to 2 AD/CVD cases in Tandom's catalog. CSMS messages are the operational layer between Commerce determinations and at-the-border collections: when Commerce publishes a new rate, scope ruling, or instruction, CBP turns it into a CSMS that ACE/ACS systems and brokers act on.

Linked AD/CVD cases(2)

Cases referenced or affected by this CSMS message

A-570-170 A-570-198

Message body

Full text as published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection

1. On 08/19/2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register (90 FR 40332) its affirmative preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value, critical circumstances (in part), and the postponement of the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of temporary steel fencing from China. 2. The merchandise covered by this investigation has changed. The merchandise subject to this investigation is temporary steel fencing. Temporary steel fencing consists of temporary steel fence panels and temporary steel fence stands. Temporary steel fence panels, when assembled with temporary steel fence stands or other types of stands outside of the scope, with each other, or with posts, create a free-standing fence. Temporary steel fence panels are covered by the scope regardless of whether they attach to a stand or the type of stand to which they connect. Temporary steel fence panels have a welded frame of steel tubing and an interior consisting of chain link, steel wire mesh, or other steel materials that are not more than ten millimeters in actual diameter or width. The steel tubing may surround all edges of the temporary steel fence panel or only be attached along two parallel sides of the panel. All temporary steel fence panels with at least two framed sides are covered by the scope, regardless of the number of edges framed with steel tubing. Temporary steel fence panels are typically between 10 and 12 feet long and six to eight feet high, though all temporary steel fence panels are covered by the scope regardless of dimension or weight as long as a single panel meets each of the three following criteria: (1) it has over seven and a half square feet in actual surface area; (2) it weighs more than four pounds; and (3) it weighs less than 1.92 pounds per square foot. Temporary steel fence panels may be square, rectangular, or have rounded edges, and may or may not have gates, doors, wheels, or barbed wire or other features, though all temporary steel fence panels are covered by the scope regardless of shape and other features. Temporary steel fence panels may have one or more horizontal, vertical, or diagonal reinforcement tubes made of steel welded to the inside frame, though all temporary steel fence panels are covered by the scope regardless of the existence, number, or type of reinforcement tubes attached to the panel. Temporary steel fence panels may have extensions, pins, tubes, or holes at the bottom of the panel, but all temporary steel fence panels are covered regardless of the existence of such features. Steel fence stands are shapes made of steel that stand flat on the ground and have one or two open tubes or solid pins into which temporary steel fence panels are inserted to stand erect. The steel fence stand may be made of welded steel tubing or may be a flat steel plate with one or two tubes or pins welded onto the plate for connecting the panels. Temporary steel fencing is covered by the scope regardless of coating, painting, or other finish. Both temporary steel fence panels and temporary steel fence stands are covered by the scope, whether imported assembled or unassembled, and whether imported together or separately. Subject merchandise includes material matching the above description that has been finished, assembled, or packaged in a third country, including by coating, painting, assembling, attaching to, or packaging with another product, or any other finishing, assembly, or packaging operation that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation if performed in the country of manufacture of the temporary steel fencing. Temporary steel fencing is included in the scope of this investigation whether or not imported attached to, or in conjunction with, other parts and accessories such as posts, hooks, rings, brackets, couplers, clips, connectors, handles, brackets, or latches. If temporary steel fencing is imported attached to, or in conjunction with, such non-subject merchandise, only the temporary steel fencing is included in the scope. Excluded from the scope of this investigation are decorative steel fence panels. Decorative steel fence panels are steel fence panels that have all of the following characteristics: (i) the panel's long ends are no more than 48 inches; (ii) the panel's short ends are no more than 38 inches; (iii) the panel weighs 7 pounds or less; (iv) the panel is framed on all sides with steel tubing no wider than 10 mm; and (v) the panel's the interior contains a decorative pattern (meaning a pattern other than square, rectangular, diamond, or hexagonal meshing) accounting for at least 5 percent of the area within the frame. Merchandise covered by this investigation is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under the subheading 7308.90.9590. Subject merchandise may also enter under subheadings 7326.90.8688 and 7323.99.9080 of the HTSUS. The HTSUS subheadings set forth above are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description of the scope is dispositive. 3. This proceeding has been assigned case number A-570-198. 4. Because Commerce determined that critical circumstances exist for imports of temporary steel fencing from China from the exporters and producers listed below, CBP shall suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of temporary steel fencing from China that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 05/21/2025 which is 90 days before the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Effective 05/21/2025, for entries of temporary steel fencing from China from the exporter and producer combinations listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following dumping margin: Exporter: China-Wide Entity Case number: A-570-198-000 Cash deposit rate: 187.69% Exporter: Shenzhou Yongao Metal Products Co., Ltd./ Shenzhou Yuelei Metal Products Co., Ltd. Producer: Shenzhou Yongao Metal Products Co., Ltd./ Shenzhou Yuelei Metal Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-001 Cash deposit rate: 177.15% 5. Commerce found that critical circumstances do not exist for imports of temporary steel fencing from China exporter and producers listed below. For imports of temporary steel fencing from China exporter and producers combination rates listed below CBP shall suspend liquidation of such entries which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 08/19/2025. Effective 08/19/2025, for entries of temporary steel fencing from China from producers and exporters listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following dumping margins: Exporter: Shijiazhuang Sd Company Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Xingchang Hardware Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-002 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Shijiazhuang Sd Company Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Shengrundong Hardware Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-003 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Shijiazhuang Sd Company Ltd. Producer: Hebei Oriental Star Metal Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-004 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Wangang Hardware Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-005 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Taiyue Hardware Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-006 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd. Producer: Hebei Wuxin Garden Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-007 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Qingxin Metal Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-008 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Xingyu Hardware Products Co, Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-009 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Deyue Hardware Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-010 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd. Producer: Cangzhou Hualing Metal Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-011 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Huanyu Hardware Factory Case number: A-570-170-012 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Tianjin Linkwel International Trading Co., Ltd. Producer: Tianjin Lianhao Metal Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-013 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Tianjin Linkwel International Trading Co., Ltd. Producer: Changzhou Lianrui Metal Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-014 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Shantou Jiayu Trading Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Juntai Hardware Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-015 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Wangang Hardware Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-016 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Taiyue Hardware Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-017 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Ltd. Producer: Hebei Wuxin Garden Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-018 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Qingxin Metal Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-019 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Xingyu Hardware Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-020 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Metaltec Group Co., Limited Producer: Shijiazhuang Shuangming Trade Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-021 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Metaltec Group Co., Limited Producer: Huanghua Wangang Hardware Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-022 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Metaltec Group Co., Limited Producer: Huanghua Taiyue Hardware Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-023 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Metaltec Group Co., Limited Producer: Hebei Wuxin Garden Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-024 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Metaltec Group Co., Limited Producer: Huanghua Qingxin Metal Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-025 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Metaltec Group Co., Limited Producer: Huanghua Xingyu Hardware Products Co, Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-026 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Yelang Imp. & Exp. Trade Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Pengxiang Hardware Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-027 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited Producer: Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-028 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited Producer: Huanghua Wangang Hardware Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-029 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited Producer: Huanghua Taiyue Hardware Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-030 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited Producer: Hebei Wuxin Garden Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-031 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited Producer: Huanghua Qingxin Metal Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-032 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited Producer: Huanghua Xingyu Hardware Products Co, Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-033 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited Producer: Huanghua Deyue Hardware Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-034 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Joint Force Int'l Co., Limited Producer: Huanghua Huanyu Hardware Factory Case number: A-570-170-035 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Jinshi Industrial Metal Co., Ltd. Producer: Tangshan ZhongRui IndustriaI Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-036 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Jinshi Industrial Metal Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Tianhang Hardware Products Co., Ltd.. Case number: A-570-170-037 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Jinshi Industrial Metal Co., Ltd. Producer: Hebei Tinlin Metal Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-038 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Jinshi Industrial Metal Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Xindarui Hardware Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-039 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Haiao Wire Mesh Products Co., Ltd. Producer: Raoyang Shengshi Metal Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-040 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Anping Chengxin Metal Mesh Co., Ltd. Producer: Anping Chengxin Metal Mesh Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-041 Cash deposit rate: 126.03% Exporter: Hebei Houtuo Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua Aiyuan Hardware Products Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-042 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Neweast Yilong Trading Co., Ltd. Producer: Huanghua City Deyue Hardware Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-043 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% Exporter: Hebei Giant Metal Technology Co., Ltd. Producer: Hebei Giant Metal Technology Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-170-044 Cash deposit rate: 136.57% 5. For all other entries of temporary steel fencing from China, the following cash deposit instructions apply: A. For all Chinese exporters of temporary steel fencing from China which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the China-wide rate. B. For all non-Chinese exporters of temporary steel fencing from China which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the exporter/producer combinations that supplied that non-Chinese exporter. 6. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OVIII:DM.) 7. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur

Frequently asked questions

What is CSMS 5238411?

CSMS 5238411 is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Cargo Systems Messaging Service bulletin titled "Notice of preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value for temporary steel fencing from China and critical circumstances, in part (A-570-198)". CSMS bulletins are the operational instructions CBP issues to brokers, importers, and ACE filers covering rate changes, system updates, scope guidance, and other day-to-day customs-operations changes.

When was CSMS 5238411 published?

CBP published CSMS 5238411 on August 26, 2025. The bulletin's instructions are typically operative as of the publication date unless the body specifies a different effective date.

Which AD/CVD cases does CSMS 5238411 affect?

CSMS 5238411 references 2 AD/CVD cases (A-570-170, A-570-198). The links on this page take you to each linked order with its current scope, rates, and history.

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