China Tetrafluoroethane: Commerce Postpones CV Duty Preliminary Determination

The Commerce Department is extending until April 11 the deadline for its preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation on 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane from China (C-570-999). Although the agency’s preliminary finding was due Feb. 5, Commerce said it received a request from domestic industry to postpone the deadline. Cash deposits of estimated CV duties can only be collected after the preliminary determination in AD/C duty investigations, although cash deposits can be made retroactive 90 days from the preliminary determination if Commerce finds “critical circumstances.”