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Opportunity to Request AD/CV Admin Reviews for Steel Sinks, Pipe Fittings, Threaded Rod

The Commerce Department announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by April 30 for producers and exporters subject to eight antidumping duty orders and two countervailing duty orders with April anniversary dates.

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Commerce to Set Final AD/CV Duty Assessments, New Cash Deposit Rates

If it conducts these administrative reviews, Commerce will determine final assessments of AD and CV duties on importers for entries of subject merchandise during the relevant period of review. It would also set new cash deposit requirements for subject merchandise from the companies under review, effective on the date it issues the final results of the review.

Products for which review may be requested and periods for which assessments apply are as follows:

Antidumping Proceedings

(Review Period:04/01/17 - 03/31/18)
ChinaActivated CarbonA-570-904
ChinaMagnesium MetalA-570-896
ChinaNon-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe FittingsA-570-875
ChinaSteel Threaded RodA-570-932
ChinaDrawn Stainless Steel SinksA-570-983
(Review Period:09/09/16 - 03/31/18)
ChinaStainless Steel Sheet and StripA-570-042
(Review Period:10/07/16 - 03/31/18)
China1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (R-134A)A-570-044
(Review Period:10/14/16 - 03/31/18)
South KoreaPhosphor CopperA-580-885

Countervailing Proceedings

(Review Period:01/01/17 - 12/31/17)
ChinaDrawn Stainless Steel SinksC-570-984
(Review Period:07/18/16 - 12/31/17)
ChinaStainless Steel Sheet and StripC-570-043

Suspension Agreements

None

If No Review Request, CBP to Assess AD/CV Duties Equal to Deposit Estimate

If the Commerce Department does not receive by April 30 a request for an administrative review of entries covered by an AD or CV duty order or suspension agreement listed above for the identified review period, it will instruct CBP to assess AD/CV duties on those entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated AD/CV duties required on those entries at the time of entry, and to continue to collect the cash deposit previously ordered.

Commerce said it clarified its practice in 2003 on the collection of final antidumping duties on imports of merchandise where intermediate firms are involved, and that the public should be aware of this clarification in determining whether to request an administrative review. See 2003 notice clarifying collection of duties (here).

AD/CVD Operations Contact -- Brenda Brown (202) 482-4735

(Federal Register 04/02/18)