China HFC Blends: Prelim Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on hydrofluorocarbon blends from China (A-570-028). The agency said the companies for which a review was requested but which did not respond to the request also did not demonstrate independence from Chinese government control, and they preliminarily were assigned to the China-wide entity with an AD rate of 216.37%. See the notice for the list of these companies.
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Commerce also said it preliminarily found that Huantai Dongyue International Trade Co., Ltd., Shandong Dongyue Chemical Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Yonghe Refrigerant Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd. had no shipments during the review period, Aug. 1, 2020, through July 31, 2021. Commerce will continue the review for those companies, and if the final results are unchanged, the rate for them will not change.
If these preliminary results are adopted unchanged, Commerce will in its final results assess AD duties at 216.37% for importers of subject merchandise from the China-wide entity companies entered Aug. 1, 2020, through July 31, 2021. A cash deposit rate of 216.37% would take effect for them upon publication of the final results in the Federal Register. For the companies that Commerce determined had no shipments of the subject merchandise during the review period, any suspended entries of subject merchandise that entered under any of these exporters’ CBP case numbers during the review period would be liquidated at the China-wide rate.
Commerce has already ordered liquidation as entered for subject merchandise entered Aug. 1, 2020, through July 31, 2021, that was exported by companies that are not under review (i.e., all except the companies listed above) (AD/CVDWeb Message # 1316402).
(The period of review is 08/01/20 - 07/31/21. See the notice for additional information, including the scope of the order, potential cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc.)