China Xanthan Gum: Final Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on xanthan gum from China (A-570-985). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017.
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In these final results, Commerce is ending the review of the Fufeng group (Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. (a.k.a. Inner Mongolia Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd.)/Shandong Fufeng Fermentation Co., Ltd./Xinjiang Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd.), which was originally subject to review but subsequently was declared exempt from AD duties pursuant to a recent court decision (see 1810160020).
New Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect Dec. 19
For entries on or after Dec. 19, Commerce is setting new AD duty cash deposit rates. For any other exporters of subject merchandise that were not under review (i.e., all exporters of subject merchandise except those listed below), cash deposit rates will remain at the level set in the most recent review of each respective company. For companies that have never been assigned a cash deposit rate by Commerce, the China-wide rate applies. The new rates are as follows:
| Exporter | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Meihua Group International Trading (Hong Kong) Limited/Langfang Meihua Biotechnology Co., Ltd./Xinjiang Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd, | zero |
| CP Kelco (Shandong) Biological Company Limited | zero |
| Deosen Biochemical Ltd./Deosen Biochemical (Ordos) Ltd. | zero |
| Shanghai Smart Chemicals Co., Ltd. | zero |
No shipments. Commerce found two companies -- A.H.A. International Co., Ltd. and Jianlong Biotechnology Co., Ltd. -- had no exports to the U.S. during the period of review, so these companies' rates will not change. Any entries under their case numbers will be liquidated at the 154.07% China-wide rate.
China-wide. Commerce said Hebei Xinhe Biochemical Co., Ltd. did not cooperate with the review, and assigned it to the China-wide entity with a rate of 154.07%.
Assessment Rates for Entries July 2016 - June 2017
Commerce is using the rates it calculated in these final results to calculate assessments of AD duties on importers of subject merchandise for entries between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017. Commerce will liquidate entries during that period without payment of AD duties for the companies assigned a zero rate in this review. Entries from the China-wide companies will be liquidated at the 154.07% China-wide rate, as will any entries under the case numbers of the companies that purported to have no shipments.
(The review period is 07/01/16 - 06/30/17. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc.)
AD/CVD Operations contact -- Eli Lovely (202) 482-1593
(Federal Register 12/19/18)