§1671e Assessment of duty

Summary

The agency in charge must publish a countervailing duty order within 7 days after the Commission says yes. The order must tell customs to charge a duty equal to the net subsidy. That duty must be assessed within 6 months after the agency gets reliable information to base the assessment, but no later than 12 months after the end of the manufacturer’s or exporter’s annual accounting period in which the goods were entered or taken out of warehouse for use. The order must also describe the goods and require estimated countervailing duties to be paid when estimated regular customs duties are paid. If the Commission finds material injury or a threat that would have caused injury but for a suspension of liquidation, then entries whose liquidation was suspended under section 1671b(d)(2) must be subject to countervailing duties. If the Commission finds a threat of injury (other than the case above) or a material slowing of a U.S. industry, then goods entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after the publication date of the Commission’s affirmative notice are subject to duties, and the agency must release bonds and refund deposits for entries before that date. For regional industry findings, the agency must, as much as possible, assess duties only on exporters or producers who actually sold the subject goods in the region during the investigation, and must apply duties to any new exporter or producer later found to be selling in the region consistent with section 1675(a)(2)(B).