CBP Reminds Importers to Use Third-Country AD/CVD Case Numbers for Some Entries
Some importers of merchandise subject to antidumping and countervailing duties may need to use special case numbers on entry documentation if their goods were processed in a third country prior to importation, CBP said in a CSMS message. Though AD/CV duty orders generally covered goods produced in a given country, sometimes such goods may have undergone processes in a third country that mean the third country is actually the country of origin on CBP entry documentation, even though the good itself may remain subject to the AD/CV duty order. AD/CVD case numbers must match the country of origin on entry summaries, so for these situations Commerce creates new case numbers that importers can use to report such entries properly.
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In ACE, these third-country case numbers have the same case name and short description of the relevant AD/CV duty order, though there is also a reference to the country subject to the AD/CV duty order at the end of each. A document attached to the CSMS message uses solar cells produced in China and further processed in Lithuania as an example. Though the solar cells remain subject to the AD duty order on solar cells from China, they now have a CBP country of origin of Lithuania. “In order for importers to properly report the import of this merchandise to CBP, Commerce created the third country case number A-451-988 to correspond to the antidumping duty Order on solar cells from China, and the CBP country of origin of Lithuania,” CBP said. Questions regarding third country case numbers should be directed to the call center for Commerce’s Office of AD/CVD Operations at (202) 482-0984.