China R-125: Details of AD/CV Duty Orders
The Commerce Department is issuing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on collated pentafluoroethane (R-125) from China (A-570-137/C-570-138). The orders, set for publication March 3, 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 Oct. 23, 2021, through Feb. 28, 2022, and of no AD liability for subject merchandise entered Feb. 13, 2022, through Feb. 28, 2022. Commerce may only suspend liquidation for a four-month period after its preliminary CVD determination, issued June 25, 2021, and for six months after its preliminary AD determination, issued Aug. 17, 2021, 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 CV duty gap period but outside the antidumping duty gap period (i.e., Oct. 23, 2021, through Feb. 12, 2022) will only be assessed antidumping duties.
Cash Deposits Refunded for Retroactive AD/CV Duties
The ITC reversed Commerce's finding of “critical circumstances” and retroactive suspension of liquidation in both the AD and CVD investigations. As a result, Commerce will refund all cash deposits collected in connection with the CV duty investigation before June 25, 2021, and all cash deposits collected in the antidumping duty investigation for entries before Aug. 17, 2021.
AD/CV Suspension of Liq Instructions
Suspension of liquidation resumes for all entries of subject merchandise entered on or after March 1, 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 | CV Rate |
|---|---|
| Arkema Daikin Advanced Fluorochemicals (Changsu) Co., Ltd. | 291.26% |
| Daikin Fluorochemicals (China) Co., Ltd. | 291.26% |
| Hongkong Richmax Ltd. | 291.26% |
| Weitron International Refrigeration Equipment (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. | 291.26% |
| Zhejiang Quzhou Juxin Fluorine Chemical Co., Ltd.; Juhua Group Corporation; Zhejiang Juhua Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Juhua Chemical & Science Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Quzhou Fluoxin Chemicals Co., Ltd.; and Zhejiang Juhua Chemical Mining Co., Ltd. | 3.23% |
| Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd. and Fujian Qingliu Dongying Chemical Ind. Co. Ltd. | 2.31% |
| All Others | 3.12% |
AD Cash Deposit Instructions
An AD cash deposit requirement is also in effect for subject merchandise equal to the rates listed below:
| Producer | Exporter | AD Rate | Adjusted* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd. | Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd. | 277.95% | 267.41% |
| Fujian Qingliu Dongying Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd. | Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd. | 277.95% | 267.41% |
| Jinhua Binglong Chemical Technology Co., Ltd. | Huantai Dongyue International Trade Co. Ltd. | 277.95% | 267.41% |
| Shandong Dongyue Chemical Co., Ltd. | Shandong Dongyue Chemical Co., Ltd. | 277.95% | 267.41% |
| Shandong Huaan New Material Co., Ltd. | Shandong Huaan New Material Co., Ltd. | 277.95% | 267.41% |
| Sinochem Environmental Protection Chemicals (Taicang) Co., Ltd. | T.T. International Co., Ltd./T.T. International Co., Limited | 277.95% | 267.41% |
| Zhejiang Quhua Fluor-Chemistry Co., Ltd | T.T. International Co., Ltd./T.T. International Co., Limited | 277.95% | 267.41% |
| Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Industry. Co., Ltd | T.T. International Co., Ltd./T.T. International Co., Limited | 277.95% | 267.41% |
| Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co., Ltd. | Zhejiang Yonghe Refrigerant Co., Ltd. | 277.95% | 267.41% |
| Zibo Feiyuan Chemical Co., Ltd. | Zibo Feiyuan Chemical Co., Ltd. | 277.95% | 267.41% |
| China-wide entity | 278.05% | 267.51% |
*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 2201070021 for a summary of the final antidumping duty determination, and 2201070023 for a summary of the final CV duty determination.)