United States sets a 58.48% anti-dumping deposit on Lucchini’s forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy from Oct. 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Department of Commerce set a 58.48% anti-dumping rate for Italy’s Lucchini group on forged steel fluid end blocks from Oct. 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
The rate comes from the final results of a yearly review of the anti-dumping order on these blocks from Italy1<\/a><\/sup>. It covers sales made from Jan. 1, 2024, to Dec. 31, 2024, and is more than double the preliminary rate of 21.97%2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n In short, a U.S. importer bringing in Lucchini’s fluid end blocks must now pay a deposit of 58.48% of the goods’ value at the border. Blocks from other Italian makers without their own rate still face the 7.33% deposit.<\/p>\n The Department of Commerce (Commerce) runs U.S. anti-dumping cases through its International Trade Administration. An anti-dumping duty is an extra import tax on goods sold in the United States below their normal price. Commerce found that certain producers and exporters sold forged steel fluid end blocks<\/strong> from Italy below normal value during 20241<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The notice names one group of companies. It treats them as a single seller called Lucchini:<\/p>\n Commerce gave this group one dumping margin, the gap between the U.S. price and the normal price, of 58.48%<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>. The notice was dated Oct. 13, 2026, and is published in the Federal Register on Oct. 19, 20261<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n On April 14, 2026, Commerce published preliminary results with a margin of 21.97% for Lucchini Mam\u00e9 Forge S.p.A.2<\/a><\/sup>. That figure already rested partly on "adverse facts available"2<\/a><\/sup>. This term means Commerce fills gaps in a company’s data with figures that work against the company, because the company did not fully cooperate.<\/p>\n For the final results, Commerce went further. It based the whole margin on adverse facts, not just part of it1<\/a><\/sup>. The final notice says Commerce based the rate entirely on adverse facts<\/strong> and changed its decision after reading the parties’ comments1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The notice lists two main questions decided in the separate decision memo. The first was whether to accept Lucchini’s database of U.S. sales. The second was whether to use partial or total adverse facts1<\/a><\/sup>. The final rate shows Commerce chose the total approach.<\/p>\n Because the rate is not built from Lucchini’s own sales and costs, Commerce says there are no calculations to share with the parties1<\/a><\/sup>. Normally it shares them within five days of publication1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The U.S. companies that first asked for the duties are called the petitioners. They are Ellwood City Forge Company, Ellwood Quality Steels Company, Ellwood National Steel Company and A. Finkl & Sons1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Commerce began the review of Lucchini on Feb. 21, 2025, after timely requests2<\/a><\/sup>. The petitioners had also asked for a review of three other producers or exporters. They withdrew those requests on April 15, 2025, so Commerce dropped those companies2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Commerce also ended the review for three more firms that had no U.S. entries of these goods in 20242<\/a><\/sup>. These were:<\/p>\n With those firms removed, Lucchini was the only company left in the 2024 review2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The review took longer than usual. Commerce first extended the deadline for the preliminary results by 119 days on Aug. 21, 20252<\/a><\/sup>. A lapse in U.S. government funding then led Commerce to pause all its case deadlines by 47 days on Nov. 14, 20251<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n A backlog of filings in its electronic filing system, called ACCESS, added another 21 days on Nov. 24, 20251<\/a><\/sup>. Lucchini filed its main written arguments on May 12, 2026, and both sides filed replies on May 22, 20261<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n On July 21, 2026, Commerce extended the final deadline by 53 days1<\/a><\/sup>. On Oct. 1, 2026, it moved the deadline again, to Oct. 13, 2026<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The new deposit rates apply to goods entered into the United States, or taken out of a bonded warehouse for sale, on or after Oct. 19, 2026<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>. A cash deposit is money the importer pays at entry as an estimate of the final duty.<\/p>\nWhat did Commerce decide on Italian fluid end blocks?<\/h2>\n
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Why did the Lucchini rate jump from 21.97%?<\/h2>\n
Lucchini anti-dumping rate for 2024 sales, %<\/h4>\n
Who asked for the review of Italian forged blocks?<\/h2>\n
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How did the review timetable change?<\/h2>\n
Key dates in the 2024 review<\/h4>\n
What changes at the U.S. border from Oct. 19?<\/h2>\n
Anti-dumping deposit rules from Oct. 19, 2026<\/h4>\n