China Melamine: AD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect
The Commerce Department will impose AD duty cash deposit requirements on imports of melamine from China (A-570-020) entered on or after June 18, finding Chinese exporters undersold subject merchandise in its preliminary affirmative antidumping determination (here). The agency found no Chinese companies demonstrated independence from government control, assigning all to the China-wide entity with an AD rate of over 350%.
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Melamine subject to this investigation is also the subject of a countervailing duty investigation. Commerce issued it's preliminary CV duty determination and began requiring CV duty cash deposits in April (see 1504170015).
AD Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 18, and require cash deposits at the following rates (as adjusted for export subsidies found in the agency's preliminary CV duty determination):
| Manufacturer/Exporter | AD Rate (adjusted) |
|---|---|
| China-wide Entity | 360.03% |
(The period of investigation is 04/01/13 - 09/30/14. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope, suspension of liquidation, detailed cash deposit instructions, etc. See 1412080014 for summary of initiation of this investigation, and 1411140020 for the underlying petition.)
(Federal Register 06/18/15)