India Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders: Details of AD/CV Duty Orders
The Commerce Department on June 13 issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders on non-refillable steel cylinders from India (A-533-912/C-533-913). The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
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The order details a “gap period” of no CV duty liability for subject merchandise entered Jan. 27 through June 11, 2024, and of no AD liability for subject merchandise entered May 29 through June 11, 2024. Commerce may suspend liquidation for a four-month period only after its preliminary CVD determination, issued Sept. 29, 2023, and for six months after its preliminary AD determination, issued Dec. 11, 2023, without an International Trade Commission final affirmative injury determination in place. Commerce will order CBP to liquidate, without regard to AD or CVD, any entries during these respective gap periods.
Subject merchandise entered during the CVD gap period but outside the AD gap period (i.e., Jan. 27 through May 28, 2024) will only be assessed antidumping duties.
Inox India will be exempt from the AD order on non-refillable steel cylinders from India, as a result of the zero percent AD rate Commerce calculated for the company in its final determination. The company is still subject to suspension of liquidation under the CVD order on non-refillable steel cylinders from India. Only non-refillable steel cylinders both produced and exported by Inox India qualify for the AD exemption.
AD/CV Suspension of Liq Instructions
Suspension of liquidation resumes for all entries of subject merchandise entered on or after June 12, the date that the final ITC affirmative injury determination was published.
CV Cash Deposit Instructions
Commerce will require importers to pay CV duty cash deposits for all entries at the following rates:
| Company | CVD Rate |
|---|---|
| Bhiwadi Cylinders Private Limited / Sapphire (India) Private Limited | 2.48% |
| Inox India Ltd. | 2.26% |
| All other companies | 2.38% |
AD Cash Deposit Instructions
An AD cash deposit requirement is also in effect for subject merchandise equal to the rates listed below:
| Exporter/Producer | AD Rate | Adjusted* |
|---|---|---|
| Bhiwadi Cylinders Private Limited / Sapphire (India) Private Limited | 6.27% | 4.13% |
| Inox India Limited | zero | zero |
| All Others | 6.27% | 4.13% |
*As adjusted for export subsidies found in the CV duty investigation. This rate now serves as the AD cash deposit rate.
(See the notice for additional details, including the full scope description, etc. See 2404190065 for a summary of the final antidumping duty determination, and 2404190066 for a summary of the final countervailing duty determination.)