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India Sodium Nitrite: Prelim CV Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect

The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of sodium nitrite from India (C-533-909), after finding illegal subsidization of Indian producers in the preliminary determination of its CV duty investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after June 21, 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 sodium nitrite from India. The agency's preliminary AD duty determination is currently due Aug. 11 (see 2206070068).

CV 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Commerce says it will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise that is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 21, 2022. Preliminary CV cash deposit rates will be required as follows:

CompanyCV Rate
Deepak Nitrite Limited/Deepak Nitrite Limited Nandesari Division12.88%
All Others12.88%

(The period of investigation is 01/01/21 - 12/31/21. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope (unchanged), suspension of liquidation, etc. See 2202070025 for a summary of the initiation of this CV duty investigation, and 2201180052 for the underlying petition.)