AD/CVD message 9108301 - Scope determination on countervailing duty orders on stainless steel flanges from China and India (C-570-065 and C-533-878).

9108301
Apr 18, 2019
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Effective Date: Apr 01, 2019

Category: Countervailing • Type: Scope Determination • Sub type: INSCO-In Scope • Reference messages: 8162301 8284302 • Cases: C-533-878 C-570-065

1. On 04/01/2019, in response to a request by the Coalition of American Flange Producers (petitioners), Commerce issued a final scope determination that EN Corporation's stainless steel flanges forged in the People's Republic of China (China) or India and finished in the Philippines are within the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on stainless steel flanges from China and India (A-570-064; C-570-065; A-533-877; C-533-878).

2. This message pertains specifically to the countervailing duty orders from China and India. Because the scope language of the orders (see message 8162301, dated 6/11/2018, and message 8284302, dated 10/11/2018), explicitly state that “the country of origin for certain forged stainless steel flanges, whether unfinished, semi-finished, or finished is the country where the flange was forged”, Commerce found EN Corporation's exports of stainless steel flanges forged in China or India and finished in the Philippines, to be within the scope of the order.

3. Accordingly, CBP should suspend, or continue to suspend (as appropriate), liquidation of entries of the merchandise described in paragraph 2, subject to the countervailing duty order on stainless steel flanges from China and India. The case numbers below have been created to accommodate entries of EN Corporation's stainless steel flanges forged in China or India, finished in the Philippines and subsequently exported to the United States, and which are subject to the countervailing duty orders on stainless steel flanges from China and India.

Merchandise subject to the China Order processed in the Philippines
Exporter: EN Corporation
Case Number: C-565-992-001

Merchandise subject to the India Order processed in the Philippines
Exporter: EN Corporation
Case Number: C-565-994-001

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 OV: JM.)

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

Alexander Amdur