China Slag Pots: Prelim CVD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect April 3; All Rates Based on AFA
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of slag pots from China (C-570-197), after finding subsidization of Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of a CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect April 3.
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The determination assigned all respondents, selected and nonselected, a rate based on adverse facts available.
In this preliminary CVD determination, Commerce also amended the scope of its AD/CVD investigations on slag pots from China to add the tariff schedule subheading 8454.20.0080 to the scope.
Commerce is also considering the imposition of antidumping duties on slag pots from China. The agency's preliminary determination is currently due June 10.
CV Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce says it will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the dates listed below. Preliminary CVD cash deposit rates will be required as follows:
| Company | CVD Rate |
|---|---|
| Chaeng Great Wall Steel Casting Co. Ltd. | 226.16%* |
| UMECC Beijing Equipment Inc. Ltd | 226.16%* |
| Cast-Con Engineering GmbH & Co. KG | 226.16%* |
| Changzhou Jinyuan Machinery Equipment Ltd. Co. | 226.16%* |
| Dawang Metals Co. Ltd. | 226.16%* |
| GVA Krefeld GmbH | 226.16%* |
| Liaoning Mineral and Metallurgy Group Co. Ltd. | 226.16%* |
| Luoyang Zhongtai Industries Co., Ltd. | 226.16%* |
| Shantou Huaxing Metallurgical Equipment Co. Ltd. | 226.16%* |
| Tangshan Sinya International Trade Co., Ltd. | 226.16%* |
| All Others | 226.16% |
* Rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences.
(The period of investigation is 01/01/23 - 12/31/23. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope, suspension of liquidation, etc. See 2501280036 for a summary of the initiation of this CVD investigation.)