China Calhypo: Prelim AD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that calcium hypochlorite from China (A-570-008) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. As a result, Commerce will impose AD duty cash deposit requirements on shipments of subject merchandise entered on or after July 25.
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AD Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise from China that is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after July 25. Commerce found that all of the companies under review failed to cooperate, so assigned them all the high China-wide rate. The preliminary AD cash deposit rates as follows:
| Exporter | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| China-wide Entity | 210.52% |
China-wide rate. The China-wide entity includes the following companies: China Petrochemical International (Wuhan) Co., Ltd., Tianjin JinBin International Trade Co., Ltd., and Wuhan Rui Sunny Chemical Co., Ltd.
Adjustment for export subsidies. Commerce says it will adjust AD duty cash deposit rates downward by 9.62% to account for export subsidies preliminarily found in the agency's concurrent countervailing duty investigation 14052316).
(The period of investigation is 04/01/13 - 09/30/13. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope, suspension of liquidation, detailed cash deposit instructions, etc. See 14011313 for summary of initiation of this investigation, and 13121920 for the underlying petition.)
AD/CVD Operations contact -- Kabir Archuletta (202) 482-2593
(Federal Register 07/25/14)