AD: China Fresh Garlic

AD Cash Deposit Instructions for a Time of Entry on or after 06/22/07:

(a) The ITA has determined a de minimis AD duty cash deposit rate for subject merchandise exported by Qingdao Saturn and produced by Cangshan County Taifeng Agricultural By-Products Processing Co., therefore, no cash deposit will be required; however, suspension of liquidation will continue;

(b) For previously investigated or reviewed China and non-China exporters not listed above that have separate rates, the AD duty cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the most recent period;

(c) For all China exporters of subject merchandise which have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the AD duty cash deposit rate will be the China-wide entity rate of 376.67%;

(d) For all non-China exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their own rate, the AD duty cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the China exporters that supplied that non-China exporter; and

(e) For subject merchandise exported by Qingdao Camel, Qingdao Saturn, XuZhou and Longtai but not manufactured by their respective suppliers, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the China-wide entity rate (i.e., 376.67%).

¹New shipper review

²The ITA has determined to apply partial adverse facts available (AFA) to Qingdao Camel as its producer, Lufeng, failed to act to the best of its ability to comply with the ITA's requests for information.

³The ITA has determined to apply total AFA to QXF and Qingyuan as they failed to cooperate with the ITA by not acting to the best of their ability to comply with the ITA's requests for information.

Assessment Instructions for the Review Period (11/01/04 - 10/31/05)

The ITA states that it intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after June 22, 2007.

Additionally, the ITA states that it calculated importer-specific duty assessment rates for subject merchandise, which trade sources note may differ significantly from the AD cash deposit rates listed above (which are weighted averages).

China-wide rate to be assessed for rescinded exporter/producer. The ITA states that it is rescinding the administrative review with respect to Shanghai Ever Rich Trade Company (Ever Rich) and its supplier Pizhou Guangda Import and Export Co., Ltd. (Pizhou Guangda) because the ITA found no evidence that it made shipments of subject merchandise during the review period; therefore, for entries of subject merchandise exported by Ever Rich, AD duties shall be assessed at the China-wide entity rate required at the time of entry.

China-wide rate to be assessed for Trans-High non-customers/importers. Lastly, the ITA states that for all shipments of subject merchandise exported by Trans-High and imported by companies other than those identified by Trans-High as its customers/importers in this administrative review, AD duties shall be assessed at the China-wide entity rate required at the time of entry.

(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the order, the rescission of the review for two other companies, etc.

See ITT's Online Archives or 12/29/06 news, 06122935, for BP summary of the preliminary results of these AD duty administrative and new shipper reviews.)

ITA contact - Paul Walker (202) 482-0413

ITA notice (FR Pub 06/22/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-12031.pdf