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China Vanillin: Prelim CVD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect

The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of vanillin from China (C-570-173), after finding subsidization of Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of its CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after Nov. 18, the date that the preliminary determination is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.

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Commerce is also considering the imposition of antidumping duties on vanillin from China. The agency's preliminary AD duty determination is currently due Jan. 8.

CVD Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements

Commerce says it will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise that is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after Nov. 18, and require CVD cash deposits at the following rates:

CompanyCVD Rate
Jiaxing Guihua Chemical Import and Export Co., Ltd. / Jiaxing Zhongua Chemical Co. Ltd. / Zhejiang Zonghua Flavor Co., Ltd. / Jiaxing Zhonghua Thermal Power Development Co., Ltd.27.33%
All Others27.33%

(The period of investigation is 01/01/23 - 12/31/23. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope (unchanged), suspension of liquidation, etc. See 2407020005 for a summary of the initiation of this CVD investigation.)