South Korea Superabsorbent Polymers: Details of AD Order
The Commerce Department issued an antidumping duty order on superabsorbent polymers from South Korea (A-580-914). The order details a “gap period” of Dec. 4-13, 2022, of no AD duty liability.
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This order sets permanent AD duties on superabsorbent polymers from South Korea. Duties will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce, which may take place only under certain conditions, such as a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD duties on importers and make changes to AD duty cash deposit rates.
Gap Period of No AD Suspension of Liq or AD Duties for Dec. 4-13
For these investigations, the six-month provisional measures period for which the AD suspension of liquidation may remain in effect before the order is issued began on June 7, 2022 (the publication date of the preliminary determination), and ended on Dec. 3, 2022.
As the ITC's final affirmative injury determination was published Dec. 14, Commerce is instructing CBP to terminate AD suspension of liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated entries of subject merchandise entered on or after Dec. 4 and through Dec. 13 (the gap period).
(For subject merchandise entered June 7, 2022, through Dec. 3, 2022, AD suspension of liquidation and AD liability remains in effect.)
AD Suspension of Liq, Cash Deposit Instructions
Suspension of liquidation resumes for all entries of subject merchandise entered on or after Dec. 14, the date that the final ITC affirmative injury determination was published. AD duty cash deposit requirements also resume as of that date. Commerce will instruct CBP to require, at the same time that importers deposit estimated duties, a cash deposit equal to the AD duty rates listed below:
| Exporter/Producer | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| LG Chem, Ltd. | 17.64% |
| All Others | 17.64% |
(See the notice for additional details, including the full scope description, etc. See 2210260053 for a summary of Commerce's final determination.)