Import Tax Reviews Dropped After Companies Back Out
Published Date: 1/27/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce is canceling certain reviews on special import taxes because everyone who asked for them changed their minds in time. This means no extra checks or changes in money for the companies involved, and the decision takes effect right away on January 27, 2025. If you’re a business affected by these taxes, you can relax for now—no new fees or paperwork coming your way.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Reminder: File Reimbursement Certificate Before Liquidation
If you imported merchandise subject to antidumping orders, you must file a certificate about reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties before the entries are liquidated as required by 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2). The notice warns that failing to file this certificate could lead to a presumption that reimbursement occurred and the possible assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Administrative Reviews Rescinded for Listed Imports
If you import any of the products listed in the notice (for example, wind towers, steel products, mattresses, staples, and other items from countries such as Canada, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Spain, Türkiye, Switzerland, China, Ukraine, and Malaysia), Commerce has rescinded the administrative antidumping and countervailing duty reviews for the periods of review shown in the table. The rescissions are effective January 27, 2025, and apply because all review requests were withdrawn within the 90-day withdrawal deadline.
Duties Assessed at Cash Deposit Rates
Commerce will tell U.S. Customs and Border Protection to assess antidumping and/or countervailing duties on entries during the listed periods of review at rates equal to the cash deposit required at the time of entry or withdrawal for consumption. Commerce intends to issue those assessment instructions no earlier than 35 days after publication of this rescission notice, and no earlier than 41 days after publication for rescinded reviews of orders on Canada or Mexico.
APO Parties Must Return or Destroy Proprietary Materials
If you were a party receiving business proprietary information under an Administrative Protective Order (APO) in these proceedings, you must follow 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3) on disposition of that information and provide timely written notice of return, destruction, or conversion to a judicial protective order. The notice reminds parties that failure to comply with APO rules is a sanctionable violation.
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