Mexico Freight Rail Couplers: Prelim AD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect
The Commerce Department is setting new antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for imports of freight rail couplers from Mexico (A-201-857), after finding sales at less than fair value by Mexican producers in the preliminary determination of its AD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect for entries on or after May 3, 2023.
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Commerce has also suspended liquidation and is requiring cash deposits of antidumping and countervailing duties on freight rail couplers from China, after finding dumping in preliminary determinations issued in March (see 2303020035 and 2303100057).
Minor Changes to Scope Provisions on Covered Subheadings
Commerce is amending the scope of its investigations on freight rail couplers from Mexico and China to make a minor change to the list of subheadings potentially covered by the investigation from 9803.00.5000 to 9803.00.50. The agency is also removing the rest of the sentence that follows that number, specifically “if imported as an Instrument of International Traffic,” based on CBP’s input that merchandise entered under HTS subheading 9803.00.50 is not imported as an IIT, Commerce said.
​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Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from a warehouse, for consumption on or after May 3, and require AD cash deposits as follows:
| Exporter/Producer | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| ASF-K de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. | 47.82% |
| All Others | 47.82% |
(The period of investigation is 07/01/21 - 06/30/22. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope, suspension of liquidation, detailed cash deposit instructions, etc. See 2210240025 for a summary of initiation of this investigation, and 2209300052 for the underlying petition.)