China Small Vertical Shaft Engines: Commerce Finalizes Circumvention Finding for Dual-Piston Engines
Imports of dual-piston engines with a single combustion chamber are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties on vertical shaft engines between 99cc and up to 225cc from China (A-570-124/C-570-125), the Commerce Department said in the final determination of an anti-circumvention inquiry released Feb. 27.
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Making no changes from its preliminary determination (see 2209290033), Commerce continued to find the dual-piston engines with a single, common combustion chamber are “later developed merchandise” created after the orders were issued in an attempt to get around the AD/CVD orders. The preliminary finding of circumvention applies countrywide to all dual-piston engines from China “of the type designed by FNA Group, Inc.” that are of Chinese origin.
Commerce will direct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation and require AD/CVD cash deposits for all subject dual-piston engines entered on or after April 25, 2022, the initiation date of the anti-circumvention inquiry (see 2204220047). For any unliquidated entries filed as non-AD/CVD entries, importers should file a post-summary correction switching the entry to an AD/CVD entry type by April 14, the agency said.