• Effective Date: Dec 07, 2012
  • Period of Review: Apr 01, 2010 to Mar 31, 2011

1. On 11/29/2012, the U.S. Court of International Trade issued a preliminary injunction enjoining liquidation of certain entries which are subject to the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from the People's Republic of China (A-570-904) for the period 04/01/2010 through 03/31/2011.

2. This injunction was issued in connection with court case number 12-00377 and enjoins liquidation of the entries described in paragraph 3 below.

3. Accordingly, until further notice, do not liquidate entries of subject merchandise which were exported by Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd., imported through the Port of Newark (Port Code 4601) under the following entry numbers, and which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 04/01/2010 through 03/31/2011:

Entry No. Entry Date

N05 0273711-2 01/04/2011
N05 0273046-3 01/20/2011
N05 0274219-5 01/31/2011
N05 0274554-5 03/03/2011
N05 0274872-1 03/02/2011

Any entries with the above mentioned entry numbers that are set for liquidation must be unset immediately. Continue to suspend liquidation of these entries until liquidation instructions are issued.

4. Liquidation instructions for entries affected by the injunction have not yet been issued.

5. Effective immediately, CBP is instructed to prevent liquidation of any entries subject to the above.

6. Commerce's APO Docket Center was served with the above-referenced injunction on 11/30/2012. Pursuant to the terms of the injunction, no liquidation of the entries covered by the injunction may be made for entries which remain unliquidated as of 5:00 p.m. on the fifth business day after which copies of this order are personally served on Commerce's APO Docket Center.

7. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by O9: AR.)

8. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Michael B. Walsh