No Extra Duties on Thai Citric Acid Imports
Published Date: 7/16/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce checked if Thai companies sold citric acid and citrate salts too cheaply from July 2024 to June 2025. They found no unfair low pricing, so no extra duties will be charged—at least for now. Businesses involved should watch for final results and can share their thoughts before the decision is locked in.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 2 mixed.
Cash Deposit Requirements After Final Results
For shipments entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the final results; if that rate is less than 0.50 percent, the cash deposit rate will be zero. For exporters/manufacturers not covered by this review, previously published company-specific rates remain, and the all-others rate remains 11.25 percent.
Importer Certificate Requirement and Risk
Importers must file a certificate regarding reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries for this review period, per 19 CFR 351.402(f). If an importer fails to file this certificate, Commerce may presume reimbursement occurred and assess double antidumping duties.
Preliminary Zero Dumping Margins
Commerce preliminarily found that COFCO Biochemical (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Sunshine Biotech International Co. Ltd., and Xitrical Group Co. LTD had weighted-average dumping margins of 0.00 percent for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. This preliminary finding means no antidumping duties are being assessed now for those companies for that period, though final results could change that outcome.
Assessment Rates and Liquidation Rules
If final weighted-average dumping margins for COFCO or Sunshine are not zero or de minimis (i.e., ≥ 0.50 percent), Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates based on the ratio of total dumping to entered value or per-unit ratios when entered values are missing. If margins are zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
Automatic Assessment Practice for Certain Entries
For entries produced by COFCO and Sunshine for which they did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved. This follows Commerce's automatic assessment practice.
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