- Effective Date: Sep 13, 2024
- Period of Review: Jan 01, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
- Cite as: 89 FR 74908
Cite date: Sep 13, 2024
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1. AD/CVD orders generally cover products from a particular country.
In some cases, however, products from the country subject to the AD/CVD order may undergo completion or assembly in a third country prior to export or sale to the United States.
The products may remain subject to the AD/CVD order despite the completion or assembly that occurs in the third country.
However, for CBP purposes, the country of origin for such products may be the third country where the completion or assembly occurred.
For technical reasons, the country of the AD/CVD case number must match the CBP country of origin in the entry summary documentation.
Accordingly, Commerce establishes third country AD/CVD case numbers that match the CBP country of origin for CBP purposes.
2. The merchandise subject to this order is 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and its derivative products, including salt and ester forms of 2,4-D.
2,4-D has the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number of 94-75-7 and the chemical formula C8H6Cl2O3.
Salt and ester forms of 2,4-D include 2,4-D sodium salt (CAS 2702-72-9), 2,4-D diethanolamine salt (CAS 5742-19-8), 2,4-D dimethyl amine salt (CAS 2008-39-1), 2,4-D isopropylamine salt (CAS 5742-17-6), 2,4-D tri-isopropanolamine salt (CAS 3234180-3), 2,4-D choline salt (CAS 1048373-72-3), 2,4-D butoxyethyl ester (CAS 1929-733), 2,4-D 2-ethylhexylester (CAS 1928-43-4), and 2,4-D isopropylester (CAS 94-11-1).
All 2,4-D, as well as the salt and ester forms of 2,4-D, is covered by the scope irrespective of purity, particle size, or physical form.
The conversion of a 2,4-D salt or ester from 2,4-D acid, or the formulation of nonsubject merchandise with the subject 2,4-D, its salts, and its esters in the country of manufacture or in a third country does not remove the subject 2,4-D, its salts, or its esters from the scope.
For any such formulations, only the 2,4-D, 2,4-D salt, and 2,4-D ester components of the mixture are covered by the scope of this order.
Formulations of 2,4-D are products that are registered for end-use applications with the Environmental Protection Agency and contain a dispersion agent.
The country of origin of any 2,4-D derivative salt or ester is determined by the country in which the underlying 2,4-D acid is produced.
2,4-D, its salts, and its esters are classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 2918.99.2010.
Subject merchandise, including the abovementioned formulations, may also be classified under HTSUS subheadings 2922.12.0001, 2921.11.0000, 2921.19.6195, 2922.19.9690, 3808.93.0500, and 3808.93.1500.
While the HTSUS subheadings and CAS registry numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of this order is dispositive.
3. Effective 09/13/2024, Commerce established third-country case numbers to allow 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid from India assembled in Australia to be properly reported as subject to the order on 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid from India (C-533-923) upon entry.
Third Country: Australia
Case Number: C-602-923
Producer and/or Exporter:
All Others
Case number: C-602-923-000
Cash Deposit Rate: 4.13 percent
Producer and/or Exporter: Atul Limited
Case Number: C-602-923-001
Cash Deposit: 5.29 percent
Producer and/or Exporter: Meghmani Organics Limited and its cross-owned companies Epigral Limited; and Matangi Industries LLP
Case Number: C-602-923-002
Cash Deposit: 3.28 percent
The third country AD/CVD case numbers above have been assigned for CBP purposes.
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 OVI: GM).
5. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.
Alexander Amdur