AD: China Petroleum Wax Candles
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice announcing that it is initiating an anticircumvention inquiry, as requested by the petitioner, to determine whether certain imports of molded or carved articles of wax (wax forms) from China are circumventing the AD duty order on petroleum wax candles from China.
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Anticircumvention Inquiry on Wax Forms
On December 14, 2005, the National Candle Association (NCA) requested that the ITA conduct an anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether candles assembled in the U.S. from wax forms from China are circumventing the AD duty order on petroleum wax candles from China.
Among other things, NCA alleges that the wax forms from China are essentially wickless wax candles. NCA maintains that producers in China are shipping wickless wax forms to the U.S., with or without a pre-drilled hole in the center, for final assembly of the candle through insertion of a wick and clip assembly. Such assembly in the U.S., NCA avers, constitutes circumvention of the AD duty order on petroleum wax candles from China.
ITA to examine four importers, etc. Based upon the information included in NCA's request and additional submission, as well as the ITA's analysis of relevant U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) import data, the ITA states that it is initiating this anticircumvention inquiry with respect to the following firms: DECOR-WARE, Inc., A&M Wholesalers, Inc., Albert E. Price, and Northern Lights Enterprises.
However, if within 45 days of the date of this initiation, the ITA receives sufficient evidence that other importers are importing wax forms for completion into finished candles in the U.S., it will consider examining any such additional importers.
If the ITA issues a preliminary affirmative determination that imports of wax forms and other candle components are circumventing the order on petroleum wax candles from China, it will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation and require a cash deposit of estimated duties on the merchandise subject to this inquiry from the date of initiation.
The ITA adds that it intends to issue its final determinations within 300 days of May 11, 2006.
The ITA notes that the companies listed above are identified as Decoware Inc., A & M Wholesalers Inc., Albert E. Price Inc, and Northern Lights Enterprises as the importers on record in CBP data.
(See ITA's notice for more information including the scope of the AD duty order, the scope of the anticircumvention inquiry, etc.
See ITT's Online Archives or 03/09/05 news, 05030920, for BP summary of the initiation of two other AD anticurmvention inquiries requested by the NCA regarding petroleum wax candles from China.)
ITA Contact - Angela Strom (202) 482-2704
ITA Notice (FR Pub 05/17/06) available athttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-7504.pdf