Importers of forged steel components face a major cost and compliance shift. The Italy fluid end blocks antidumping duty rate for Lucchini has increased to 58.48 percent, affecting new cash deposits, 2024 entry exposure, reseller transactions, and the financial assumptions supporting future sourcing decisions.
What the 58.48 Percent Final Margin Changes
The final results cover forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy entered during the January 1 through December 31, 2024 period of review. Commerce assigned a 58.48 percent weighted-average dumping margin to Lucchini Mamé Forge S.p.A., Lucchini Industries S.r.l., and Lucchini RS S.p.A., which are treated as a single entity for this proceeding.
Total Adverse Facts Available Drives the Increase
The final margin is based entirely on adverse facts available, commonly called total AFA. Commerce had applied partial AFA in its preliminary results but ultimately determined that total AFA was appropriate. The underlying issues included whether Lucchini's U.S. sales database should be accepted and whether the record supported partial or total adverse inferences.
Because the final margin rests entirely on AFA, there are no company-specific margin calculations to disclose. This is important for importers evaluating whether the increase reflects a change in transaction-level pricing, a methodological adjustment, or a compliance-based adverse inference. A total AFA rate generally does not provide the same transaction-specific analytical detail that would accompany a calculated dumping margin.
New Entries Require the Updated Deposit Rate
The 58.48 percent rate becomes Lucchini's antidumping cash deposit rate for qualifying entries made on or after October 19, 2026. The all-others rate remains 7.33 percent. Customs brokers and import compliance teams should ensure that entry systems, product databases, broker instructions, and landed cost models distinguish Lucchini merchandise from merchandise subject to the all-others rate.
The deposit rate is not necessarily the final duty liability. Cash deposits secure potential liability, while liquidation generally determines the final amount owed for the relevant entries.
Entry Review and Financial Exposure Priorities
The immediate compliance task is broader than changing a rate table. Importers should review both prospective entries and entries made during the 2024 period of review, since those two populations can create different operational and financial consequences.
Reconcile 2024 Entries Against the Final Result
Finance and trade compliance teams should identify every potentially covered 2024 entry associated with Lucchini and compare the estimated final antidumping liability against cash deposits already paid. A large difference between the deposit rate in effect at entry and the 58.48 percent final margin could create a significant payable, reserve adjustment, or contingent liability.
Assessment instructions generally will not be issued earlier than 35 days after publication. Based on the October 19, 2026 effective date, that means instructions would not be expected before November 23, 2026. If a timely summons is filed with the U.S. Court of International Trade, liquidation may remain suspended while the statutory injunction period runs. Entry teams should monitor liquidation status rather than assuming that final results produce immediate liquidation.
Importers should also verify that required reimbursement certificates have been filed under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2). Failure to address reimbursement certification requirements can create additional duty consequences.
Account for Separate Countervailing Duties
The antidumping rate is only one component of potential trade remedy exposure. Lucchini and its cross-owned affiliates also received a 15.94 percent countervailing duty rate for the corresponding 2024 review, with that cash deposit rate applying from September 22, 2026.
Where both orders apply, trade remedy deposits could potentially total 74.42 percent of entered value before ordinary customs duties and other applicable charges. Importers should validate product scope, manufacturer identity, exporter identity, entry date, and instructions applicable to each shipment before using that combined figure in a landed cost model.
Reseller Transactions, Prior Reviews, and Drawback
Intermediary sales require careful review because the applicable assessment rate can depend on what the producer knew about the merchandise's ultimate destination. Importers should not assume that every Lucchini-produced fluid end block will automatically liquidate at the 58.48 percent rate.
Apply the Reseller Rule at the Transaction Level
For entries of Lucchini-produced merchandise during the 2024 review period, the 7.33 percent all-others rate generally applies when Lucchini did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States and the intermediary does not have its own company-specific rate. Supporting records should establish the identities of the producer, exporter, intermediary, importer of record, and parties involved in directing the merchandise to the U.S. market.
This analysis is especially important for distributors and multinational supply chains where purchase orders, invoices, shipping documents, and entry data may identify different commercial parties. A broker can transmit the declared information, but the importer remains responsible for maintaining an accurate factual record supporting the claimed rate treatment.
Keep Review Segments Separate
The 58.48 percent margin applies to the 2024 administrative review and establishes Lucchini's prospective deposit rate from October 19, 2026. It should not be confused with the amended 7.55 percent margin associated with the earlier 2020-2021 review following court proceedings. Administrative reviews are separate segments with distinct periods, rates, entry populations, and litigation outcomes.
Exclude AD and CVD From Drawback Calculations
Antidumping and countervailing duties are not eligible for duty drawback. Ordinary customs duties paid on the same entries may still qualify when the merchandise is subsequently exported or destroyed and all drawback requirements are met. Claim calculations should therefore separate ordinary duties from AD and CVD amounts at the entry-line level. This distinction helps prevent ineligible trade remedy duties from being included in a drawback claim.
- On October 19, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce published the final results of the 2024 antidumping duty administrative review of forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy (A-475-840, 91 FR 66098), covering the period January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024. Commerce assigned the Lucchini companies (Lucchini Mamé Forge S.p.A., Lucchini Industries S.r.l., and Lucchini RS S.p.A., treated as a single entity) a 58.48 percent weighted-average dumping margin based on total adverse facts available, a change from the partial AFA applied in the April 14, 2026, preliminary results. This rate becomes Lucchini's cash deposit rate for entries on or after October 19, 2026. The all-others rate remains 7.33 percent.
- On October 15, 2026, Commerce published a notice (91 FR 65527) of a U.S. Court of International Trade decision (Ellwood City Forge Company v. United States, Court No. 23-00191, judgment issued October 2, 2026) that is not in harmony with the 2020-2021 administrative review results. Commerce amended Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A.'s dumping margin from 2.97 percent to 7.55 percent for that earlier period of review, but will not issue revised cash deposit instructions because Lucchini has superseding rates from later reviews. Entries from that period remain enjoined pending any appeals.
- On September 22, 2026, Commerce published the final results of the 2024 countervailing duty administrative review of the same product from Italy (C-475-841). Lucchini and its cross-owned affiliates received a 15.94 percent CVD rate (up from 8.49 percent in the preliminary results), with new cash deposit rates effective for entries on or after that date.
- Practitioner discussions on X remain limited, with one low-engagement post on October 15, 2026, noting the court-related margin amendment for Lucchini on Italian forged steel fluid end blocks. No significant industry news or broader commentary on the 58.48 percent total AFA assignment appeared in the past 30 days.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the new Lucchini antidumping duty rate?
The final weighted-average dumping margin is 58.48 percent. It applies as the cash deposit rate for qualifying Lucchini entries made on or after October 19, 2026. Importers should confirm that the merchandise is within scope and that Lucchini is the relevant producer or exporter before applying the rate.
Does the 58.48 percent rate apply to every Italian producer?
No. The rate applies to the Lucchini companies treated as a single entity in the review. The all-others rate remains 7.33 percent. Other company-specific rates may apply if established through the proceeding, so manufacturer and exporter identities must be verified for each entry.
What happens to Lucchini entries made during 2024?
Covered entries from January 1 through December 31, 2024 are generally subject to assessment based on the final review results. Importers should compare deposits paid with estimated liability, review suspension status, and monitor CBP liquidation activity and any court challenge affecting assessment instructions.
Can reseller entries receive the all-others rate?
Potentially. Lucchini-produced entries may liquidate at the 7.33 percent all-others rate when Lucchini did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States and the intermediary lacks its own rate. Transaction records should support both conditions.
Can antidumping duties be recovered through drawback?
No. AD and CVD duties are not eligible for drawback. However, ordinary customs duties paid on the same entry may qualify if the exported or destroyed merchandise and the claim satisfy the applicable requirements. Drawback calculations should clearly exclude all AD and CVD amounts.
How Stable Software Can Help
Separate Eligible Duties From Trade Remedy Charges
The sharp increase in Lucchini's antidumping rate highlights why drawback calculations must distinguish ordinary customs duties from ineligible AD and CVD charges. Stable Software's DrawbackAI is flat-license duty drawback software that U.S. customs brokers can white-label for importer clients and use to file under their own filer code.
Stable Software charges a flat software license and never takes a percentage of the refund. For brokers managing importer drawback programs, that model supports a clear separation between software cost and refund value while preserving the broker's direct client relationship. Brokers evaluating drawback opportunities involving entries subject to trade remedies can explore how DrawbackAI fits their filing model.
Resources
| Type | Resource |
|---|---|
| Source | Primary source |
