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Steel Nails: Prelim CV Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect for 4 Countries, Not Thailand

Suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect June 7 for imports of steel nails from India, Oman, Sri Lanka and Turkey (C-533-905, C-523-817, C-542-805, C-489-847), after the Commerce Department found illegal subsidization in preliminary determinations in its ongoing CV duty investigations.

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The agency also found that steel nails from Thailand (C-549-845) are not being illegally subsidized, in a negative countervailing duty determination, and will not suspend liquidation or impose CV duty cash deposit requirements for imports from Thailand at this time. The agency may still impose CV duties when it issues its final determination.

Commerce is also conducting AD duty investigations on steel nails from India, Oman, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Turkey. The agency's preliminary AD duty investigations are due July 28.

CV Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements

Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise from India, Oman, Sri Lanka and Turkey that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 7. It will require CV duty cash deposits at the following rates:

India

CompanyCV Rate
Astrotech Steels Pvt. Ltd2.93%
Geekay Wires Ltd.2.73%
All Others2.85%

Sri Lanka

Producer/ExporterCV Rate
Trinity Steel Private Ltd.4.12%
All Others4.12%

Turkey

Producer/ExporterCV Rate
Aslanbas Civi Tel Ve Celik Hasir San A.S.3.88%
Sertel Vida Metal A.S.1.33%
All Others1.7%

Oman

Producer/ExporterCV Rate
Oman Fasteners LLC2.49%
All Others2.49%

(The period of investigation is 04/01/20 - 03/31/21 for India, and 01/01/20 - 12/31/20 for Oman, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Turkey. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope (unchanged), suspension of liquidation, etc. See 2201260027 for a summary of the initiation of these CV duty investigations, including deadlines and scope information.)