• Effective Date: May 12, 2021
1. On 12/13/2022, in response to a request by Asia Wheel Co., Ltd. (Asia Wheel), Commerce issued a preliminary scope determination that Asia Wheel's steel wheels, which Asia Wheel manufactured in Thailand using discs from China and rims produced in Thailand from steel plates from China or a third country; which Asia Wheel exports, are within the scope of the antidumping/countervailing duty orders on certain steel wheels (steel wheels) from the People's Republic of China (China) (A-570-082/C-570-083). 2. Because the imported steel wheels produced by the manufacturing method described in paragraph 1, above, are not found to be substantially transformed by further processing in Thailand, Commerce preliminarily found these steel wheels to be within the scope of the order. 3a. CBP should suspend liquidation of the product covered by the preliminary scope determination, described in paragraph 1 above, subject to the antidumping/countervailing duty orders on certain steel wheels from the People's Republic of China effective 05/12/2021, which is the date of initiation of the scope inquiry. 3b. Case numbers A-549-082 and C-549-083 have been created to accommodate entries of steel wheels exported from Thailand by Asia Wheel, described in paragraph 1 above. 4. 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 OVII:EB) 5. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur