China nails/LWR pipe, Spain olives: review prelims

Commerce issued three administrative-review preliminary results: certain steel nails from China, light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from China, and ripe olives from Spain. The notices (FR Docs. 2026-22526, 2026-22528, 2026-22525; cases A-570-909, A-570-914, C-469-818) are scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on November 4, 2026 (public-inspection PDFs linked in sources). Nails signed October 29, 2026; LWR pipe dated October 14, 2026; ripe olives signed October 30, 2026; all Scot Fullerton. Preliminary rates are not final and do not change cash deposits until final results.

China nails: Yueda Nails 9.27% (separate rate). China LWR: Ailong preliminarily China-wide at 255.07%. Spain olives: Agro Sevilla and Camacho 4.57%. Cash deposits wait for finals.

China steel nails (A-570-909)

POR August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025. Mandatory respondent Yueda Nails (Shanghai Yueda Nails Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Yueda Nails (Chuzhou) Ltd.) preliminary margin 9.27%, eligible for a separate rate. Review rescinded for nine companies with no reviewable suspended entries. The China-wide entity is not under review; its rate 118.04% is unchanged. This is the China nails order, separate from the Korea nails admin-review prelims (Korea steel nails AD admin review prelims) and the Taiwan nails review finals (Taiwan steel nails AD review final 2024-2025).

China LWR pipe (A-570-914) and Spain ripe olives (C-469-818)

LWR pipe POR August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025. Hangzhou Ailong Metal Products Co., Ltd. did not submit a separate rate application or certification and is preliminarily part of the China-wide entity at 255.07%. Review rescinded for 39 companies. No decision memorandum accompanies the LWR notice. Ripe olives POR January 1 through December 31, 2024. Mandatory respondent Agro Sevilla Aceitunas S.Coop And. 4.57%; Angel Camacho Alimentacion, S.L. and its cross-owned affiliates 4.57% (non-selected rate). Review rescinded for Plasoliva, S.L. (withdrawal) and three companies with no reviewable entries (Alimentary Group DCoop, S.Coop. And.; Aceitunera del Norte de Caceres, Soc. Coop. LTDA 2o Grado; Aceitunera del Norte de Caceres, S.C.L.).

Briefing calendar and cash deposits

Across all three notices, case briefs are due no later than 21 days after Federal Register publication (by our count November 25, 2026); rebuttals five days after the case-brief deadline; hearing requests within 30 days after publication (by our count December 4, 2026). The ripe olives notice states that Commerce intends to issue final results within 120 days after publication of the preliminaries, unless the deadline is extended. For nails and LWR pipe, the statute generally provides 120 days after publication unless extended. Cash deposit instructions become effective only upon publication of the final results. ACCESS hosts the nails and olives preliminary decision memoranda (access.trade.gov).

Action items

• Map China nails, China LWR pipe, and Spain ripe olives suppliers to the company-specific or China-wide rates above; do not change deposit budgeting until finals publish.
• For Ailong LWR entries, plan against the China-wide 255.07% unless finals restore separate-rate eligibility.
• Calendar case briefs (by our count November 25, 2026) and hearing requests (by our count December 4, 2026); track ACCESS for verification and final-results timing.

Antidumping and countervailing duties are not drawback-eligible (19 U.S.C. 1677h; see AD/CVD duties are excluded from drawback). Ordinary customs duties on the same entries can still be drawback-eligible when merchandise is exported or destroyed (or used to manufacture exported goods) and the claim otherwise qualifies (how to file a duty drawback claim).

This article is for general information and is not legal or tax advice. Drawback eligibility depends on your specific facts, and final refunds are determined by CBP at liquidation. Consult a licensed customs broker or attorney for your situation.