Commerce Finalizes Expansion of Vertical Engine Duties to Smaller Displacement Engines
The Commerce Department will lower the engine displacement threshold for inclusion under the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on vertical shaft engines between 99cc and up to 225cc from China (A-570-124/C-570-125), it said in the final determination in an anti-circumvention inquiry. The agency found vertical shaft engines with a displacement of 60cc to 99cc are circumventing the orders and should be subject to AD/CVD.
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The finding is unchanged from Commerce’s preliminary determination (see 2209060023), where the agency found the smaller displacement engines are “not dissimilar to subject merchandise and that the engines at issue constitute merchandise 'altered in form or appearance in minor respects' from in-scope merchandise.” The finding applies country-wide to all vertical shaft engines with a displacement of 60cc to 99cc from China.
AD/CVD cash deposit requirements in effect for entries on or after Sept. 17, 2021, will remain in place until further notice, as will suspension of liquidation. Commerce said it will assess AD on entries prior to May 1, and CVD on entries prior to Jan. 1, 2022, because the administrative reviews covering these periods have been rescinded. Post-summary corrections for any unliquidated entries covered by this anti-circumvention inquiry that were entered as type 01 after Sept. 17, 2021, are due Jan. 30.