Commerce Sets AD/CV Duties for Malaysian Quartz Surface Products Made With Chinese Slab
Imports of quartz surface products from Malaysia will now be subject to antidumping and countervailing duties unless a certification process is completed, after the Commerce Department recently ruled that quartz slab from China sent to Malaysia for further processing before export to the U.S. is covered by the scope of AD/CV duties on quartz surface products from China (A-570-084/C-570-085).
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Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements for Malaysian quartz surface products are effective Nov. 4, 2021. The AD China-wide and CVD all-others rates will apply, unless the quartz slab from China came from a supplier eligible for its own rate.
Quartz surface products exported from Malaysia that are not made from Chinese slabs are eligible for a certification process. Goods for which importers and exporters certify are not made from Chinese slab will not be subject to suspension of liquidation or cash deposit requirements. Several Malaysian companies did not cooperate with Commerce’s proceeding, and will be ineligible for the certification process, as follows: Bada Industries; Ever Stone; Karina Stone; MSI; Principal; Resstone; SCLM; Unique Stone; and Universal Quartz.
The scope ruling renders moot a concurrent anti-circumvention inquiry Commerce began simultaneously with the scope proceeding in February (see 2202040050).
Commerce is establishing the third-country case numbers A-557-084 and C-557-085 for quartz surface products exported from Malaysia that is merchandise covered by the scope of the AD/CVD orders on China, where the country-of-origin changes for CBP's reporting purposes.