Commerce Sets AD/CV Duties on Smaller Steel Cylinders From China
The Commerce Department will suspend liquidation and require cash deposits on imports of steel cylinders with water capacities between 100 and 299 cubic inches, after finding imports of the merchandise are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties on non-refillable steel cylinders from China (A-570-126/C-570-127), the agency said in a notice released Nov. 20.
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Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take retroactive effect June 1, 2023, the date that Commerce published the initiation notice for the inquiry (see 2305310049), Commerce said. The agency preliminarily found that the goods covered by the inquiry are “altered in form or appearance in minor respects,” but should still be covered by the AD/CVD orders.
The inquiry applies to non-refillable cylinders meeting the requirements of, or produced to meet the requirements of USDOT Specification 39, TransportCanada Specification 39M or United Nations pressure receptacle standard ISO 11118, and with a water capacity between 100 cubic inches (1.6 liters) and 299 cubic inches (4.9 liters). It applies country-wide to all imports of such merchandise from China, regardless of manufacturer or exporter.
Commerce currently is scheduled to issue its final determination in the anti-circumvention inquiry by March 27, 2024.