• Effective Date: Mar 04, 2013
  • Period of Review: Jan 01, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

1. On 03/04/2013 the U.S. Court of International Trade issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) enjoining liquidation of certain entries of merchandise which were subject to suspension of liquidation pursuant to the affirmative preliminary results of the countervailing duty investigation published at Utility Scale Wind Towers from the People's Republic of China (77 FR 33422, 06/06/2012) and were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 06/06/2012 through 02/12/2013.

2. This TRO was issued in connection with court case number 13-00081and enjoins liquidation of the entries described above. This TRO shall be effective for all entries which remain unliquidated as of 5:00 p.m. on 03/04/2013 and shall remain in effect until further notice.

3. This TRO also applies to the termination of suspension of liquidation instructions in message number 2285304 dated 10/11/2012.

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

5. Accordingly, effective 03/04/2013 and remaining in effect until further notice, CBP is instructed not to liquidate entries of merchandise subject to the TRO as described in paragraph 1. Any entries that are set for liquidation must be unset immediately. Suspend or continue to suspend liquidation of other entries of utility scale wind towers from the People's Republic of China that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 06/06/2012 through 02/12/2013 until liquidation instructions are issued.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, 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 O8:PMT.)

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

Michael B. Walsh