AD: Canada Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative antidumping duty determination that citric acid and certain citrate salts from Canada are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
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Suspension of Liquidation
The ITA is directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to continue to suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise from Canada with a time of entry on or after November 20, 2008.
AD Cash Deposit/Bond Instructions
The ITA will also instruct CBP to require a cash deposit or the posting of a bond at the revised AD duty rates listed below, for entries of subject merchandise with a time of entry on or after April 13, 2009:
| Manufacturer/Exporter | Final AD Rate |
|---|---|
| JBL Canada Inc.1 | 23.21% (from 20.88%) |
| All Others | 23.21% (from 20.88%) |
1The ITA states that based on the corporate restructuring documentation, as verified, JBL Canada Inc., rather than Jungbunzlauer Technology GMBH & Co KG (JBLT), is the entity responsible for all the activities related to Canadian citric acid production and exportation, effective December 31, 2008. Therefore, the ITA is assigning the final determination margin to JBL Canada, Inc.
AD Duty Order to be Issued if ITC finds Injury/Threat of Injury
Within 45 days, the International Trade Commission will determine whether the domestic industry in the U.S. is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of imports or sales (or the likelihood of sales) for importation of the subject merchandise.
If the ITC determines that material injury or threat of material injury does not exist, the proceeding will be terminated and all securities posted will be refunded or canceled. If the ITC determines that such injury does exist, the ITA will issue an AD duty order.
Final Changes to the Scope of the Investigation
The ITA has implemented the following changes of certain sections of the scope of investigation, which were preliminarily amended in the ITA's preliminary determination from its original initiation notice (deleted text is crossed out, added text is underlined; see final determination for the complete scope):
(1) "The scope of this investigation also includes all forms of unrefinedcrude calcium citrate, including dicalcium citrate monohydrate, and tricalcium citrate tetrahydrate, which are intermediate products in the production of citric acid, sodium citrate, and potassium citrate.
(2) The scope of this investigation does not include calcium citrate that satisfies the standards set forth in the United States Pharmacopeia and has been mixed with a functional excipient, such as dextrose or starch, where the excipient constitutes at least 2%, by weight, of the product.
(3) Potassium citrate and crude calcium citrate are classifiable under HTS 2918.15.5000 and 3824.90.9290, respectively.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 11/21/08 news, 08112140, for BP summary of the preliminary AD duty determination.
See today's ITT, 09041345 and 09041350, for BP summaries of the ITA's final AD and countervailing duty determinations for subject merchandise from China.)
ITA contact - Terre Keaton Stefanova (202) 482-1280
ITA notice (FR Pub 04/13/09) available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-8357.pdf
ITA fact sheet available at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/download/factsheets/Factsheet-Citric-Acid-AD-CVD-Final-040709.pdf