China MSG: Prelim AD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect, Retroactive 90 Days
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that monosodium glutamate (MSG) from China (A-570-992) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements for all Chinese companies, and will make cash deposit requirements retroactive 90 days because of a preliminary finding of "critical circumstances." The new cash deposit requirements take effect for all entries on or after Feb. 7.
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Commerce Finds Critical Circumstances; Cash Deposits Retroactive 90 Days
Commerce made a finding that Chinese companies increased their MSG exports to the U.S. in the run up to the preliminary determination, in an attempt to get in as much product as possible before the imposition of AD duties. This "critical circumstances" finding by the agency allows it to retroactively suspend liquidation for all Chinese companies back to 90 days before the preliminary determination, i.e. Feb. 7.
AD Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise from China that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after Feb. 7. The preliminary AD cash deposit rates are as follows::
| Exporter | Prelim AD Rate |
| Langfang Meihua Bio-Technology Co., Ltd./Meihua Group International Trading (Hong Kong) Limited | 52.24% |
| Fujian Province Jianyang Wuyi MSG Co., Ltd. | 52.24% |
| Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. | 52.24% |
| China-wide Entity | 52.27% |
(The period of investigation is 01/01/12 - 06/30/13. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope (unchanged from the initiation), suspension of liquidation, detailed cash deposit instructions, etc. See 13103018 for summary of initiation of this investigation, and 13091813 for the underlying petition.)
AD/CVD Operations contact -- Milton Koch (202) 482-2584
(Federal Register 05/08/14)