Taiwan Brightening Agents: Final Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department has issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on stilbenic optical brightening agents from Taiwan (A-583-848). Commerce set an AD rate of 1.04% for Teh Fong Min International Co., Ltd. (TFM), the only company under review. That rate is unchanged from the preliminary results. Subject merchandise from TFM entered between May 1, 2022, and Nov. 26, 2022, will be liquidated at importer-specific rates, Commerce said. The 1.04% AD cash deposit rate for TFM is effective May 28.
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Commerce revoked the AD order effective Nov. 27, 2022, accounting for the "abbreviated" period of review in this instance. Only entries of subject merchandise “prior to the effective date of revocation will continue to be subject to suspension of liquidation and AD deposit requirements,” the Federal Register notice for the preliminary results said.
For exporters of subject merchandise that were not under review (i.e., all except TFM), cash deposit rates remain at the level set in the most recent review of each respective company. If the exporter has never been assigned its own AD rate but the manufacturer has, the rate assigned to the manufacturer applies. For merchandise manufactured and exported by companies that have never been assigned a cash deposit rate by Commerce, the all-others rate of 6.19% applies.
(The review period is 05/01/22 - 11/26/22. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 2402030004 for a summary of the preliminary results of this administrative review.)