According to notice by the US International Trade Administration (USIT) on September 15, 2022, das US-Handelsministerium (USDOC) preliminarily determined that certain stainless steel sheet and strip originating in China has been further processed in Vietnam and then sold to the US to circumvent the anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD) on these products from China.

Deshalb, the USDOC will direct the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation and to require a cash deposit of estimated duties on unliquidated entries of stainless steel sheet and strip produced in Vietnam from China’s stainless steel flat-rolled inputs imported on or after May 15, 2020