• Effective Date: Nov 27, 2022
  • Period Covered: 11/27/2022
  • Cite as: 87 FR 80162 • Cite date: Dec 29, 2022
1. On 12/29/2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register (87 FR 80162) a notice pertaining to Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents from the People's Republic of China and Taiwan: Final Results of Sunset Reviews and Revocation of Order. 2. On 12/29/2022, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ordered Commerce to instruct CBP to continue suspension of liquidation, and require a cash deposit rate of zero percent on entries of stilbenic optical brightening agents from the People's Republic of China and Taiwan that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after November 27, 2022 pursuant to Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents from the People's Republic of China and Taiwan: Final Results of Sunset Review and Revocation of Order, 87 Fed. Reg. 80,162-63 (Dep't Commerce Dec. 29, 2022). See message number 3010408, dated 01/10/2022. 3. Accordingly, a cash deposit rate of zero is applicable to entries of stilbenic optical brightening agents from the People's Republic of China or Taiwan, that were entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 11/27/2022. 4. These cash deposit instructions will remain in effect until further notice. 5. Do not liquidate entries of the merchandise covered by paragraph 2 above until specific liquidation instructions are issued. 6. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, 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 OI:MJK.) 7. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur