Float Glass: Prelim AD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect for China, Malaysia

Commerce is also conducting a countervailing duty investigation on float glass from China and Malaysia, setting CVD rates ranging from 11.41% to 891.62% for Chinese companies and 19.09% to 101.99% for Malaysian companies in preliminary determinations issued in May (see 2505160033).

Cash Deposits Retroactive 90 Days for All Chinese Companies

Commerce made a finding that a single exporter of float glass from Malaysia -- NSG (Malaysian Sheet Glass) -- increased its exports to the U.S. in the months before the preliminary determination. This “critical circumstances” finding by the agency allows it to retroactively require AD cash deposits for subject merchandise from NSG 90 days before the preliminary determination, i.e., April. 16, 2025.

For all other Malaysian companies and all Chinese companies, suspension of liquidation and AD cash deposit requirements take effect July 15, 2025.

Commerce Clarifies Scope on LED Mirrors, Other Products

In response to comments, Commerce is amending the scope to address how AD/CVD on float glass apply to LED mirrors and other products that combine flat glass with electronics.

For LED mirrors, Commerce is adding language that says mirrors with LEDs “attached” are still covered by AD/CVD. Previously, the scope had only said “integrated with.” The scope change is as follows (new language in bold):

“LED mirrors (i.e., float glass mirrors with one or more light-emitting diodes attached to or integrated with the mirror, as well as framed float glass mirrors with one or more light-emitting diodes attached to or integrated with the mirror or the mirror frame, but without other electronic functionality).”

Adding the phrase “‘attached to’ clarifies that the LED components need not be within the float glass for the mirror to be in scope, but they may also be fastened or affixed to the mirror or mirror frame and the LED mirror assembly will still be in scope,” Commerce said in its explanation of the change.

Likewise, Commerce also is amending that part of the scope to clarify what is meant by “other electronic functionality” that renders mirrors exempt from AD/CVD by clarifying that it means functions “such as digital or video displays or audio circuitry.”

Commerce also is adding two exclusions from the AD/CVD investigations. First, the agency is excluding non-float glass components of insulting glass units. Specifically, the exemption applies to "any non-float glass components (other than the spacer and insulating materials) that may be mounted within the space between sheets of float glass (e.g., blinds, wrought iron cores, and camed patterned glass), as such non-float glass components are deemed outside the scope and not subject to duties.”

Commerce is also exempting some metal-camed glass products. The exclusion applies to “metal-camed glass products (i.e., panels of glass joined together with metal banding) where the constituent glass panels would otherwise be excluded by reason of their size (e.g., an actual surface area less than 0.37 square meters, or 4.0 square feet) and/or by reason of consisting of patterned flat glass (i.e., rolled glass with a pattern impressed on one or both sides) meeting the requirements of Type II under ASTM-C1036.”

AD Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements

Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for AD purposes for all entries of subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after the dates listed in the tables below (liquidation is already suspended for CVD purposes since May 19), and require cash deposits at the following rates:

China

Malaysia

*As adjusted for export subsidies found in Commerce's concurrent CVD investigation. This rate is currently in effect for cash deposit purposes, and will remain in effect while Commerce is collecting CVD cash deposits. If the “provisional measures” period in the CVD investigation expires, the rate in the “AD Rate” column will take effect for cash deposit purposes, until such time that CVD collection resumes.

(The period of investigation for Malaysia is 10/01/23 - 09/30/24; for China, the period of investigation is 04/01/24 - 09/30/24. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope, suspension of liquidation, etc. See 2501070049 for a summary of the initiation of this AD investigation.)