- Effective Date: Jan 01, 2018
- Period Covered: 01/01/2018
- Notice of Lifting of Suspension Date: Jan 07, 2026
1.
Notice of lifting of suspension of entries covered by paragraph 4 below occurred with this message and on the message date of these instructions.
Unless instructed otherwise, for shipments of merchandise covered by the scope of the order you shall continue to collect cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties for the merchandise at the current rates.
2.
In message 9031302, dated 01/31/2019, Commerce notified CBP of the affirmative final scope ruling on SIGMA Corporation's SAFELET and UNILET fire-protection weld outlets, which SIGMA imports, regarding the antidumping duty order on carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from the People's Republic of China (A-570-814).
3. On 12/10/2025, the U.S. Court of International Trade issued a final decision in the case of SIGMA Corporation v. United States (court no. 19-00003). The injunction to which message 9031305 dated 01/31/2019 refers, enjoined entries which: (1) were imported by SIGMA Corporation; (2) were the subject of the United States Department of Commerce's Final Determination in 57 FR 29702 and related December 11, 2018 Final Scope Ruling; and (3) were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2018.
The U.S. Court of International Trade dismissed SIGMA Corporation's action contesting Commerce's scope ruling, in which Commerce found that SIGMA's SAFELET and UNILET brand fire-protection weld outlets were covered by the order on carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from the People's Republic of China.
The Court also vacated its remand order entered on 07/15/2025.
As a result of the court's order dismissing the case, the injunction to which message 9031305 refers, dissolved on 12/10/2025.
4.
For unliquidated entries of SIGMA Corporation's SAFELET and UNILET fire-protection weld outlets that were imported by SIGMA Corporation and that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after 01/01/2018, CBP should liquidate such entries in accordance with appropriate previously issued liquidation instructions for the applicable period of review.
5.
There are no injunctions applicable to entries covered by this instruction.
6.
The assessment of antidumping duties by CBP on shipments or entries of this merchandise is subject to the provisions of section 778 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
Section 778 requires that CBP pay interest on overpayments or assess interest on underpayments of the required amounts deposited as estimated antidumping duties.
The interest provisions are not applicable to cash posted as estimated antidumping duties before the date of publication of the antidumping duty order.
Interest shall be calculated from the date payment of estimated antidumping duties is required through the date of liquidation.
The rate at which such interest is payable is the rate in effect under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such period.
7.
This instruction to liquidate entries covered by this message does not limit CBP's independent authority, including its authority to suspend, continue to suspend, or extend liquidation of entries addressed by this message.
Accordingly, CBP should examine all entries for which this message directs liquidation to determine whether any such entries are subject to suspension, continued suspension, or extension of liquidation pursuant to CBP's independent authority (e.g., Enforce and Protect Act under section 517 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended).
If entries of subject merchandise covered by this message are subject to suspension, continued suspension, or extension of liquidation pursuant to CBP's own authority, CBP port officials should follow CBP's internal procedures with respect to continuing any suspension, the lifting of suspension, and/or continuing any extension of liquidation for such entries.
8.
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 OV: NJ.)
9.
There are no restrictions on the release of this information.
Alexander Amdur