US levies AD on Chinese vertical shaft engines

The US Department of Commerce intends to levy antidumping (AD) duties on vertical shaft engines of 225-998cc, exported by four Chinese producers. 

Commerce preliminarily determined in an order on Wednesday, that the subject matter was sold at less than fair value (LTFV) during the period of review (POR) of July 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019. 

The agency has assigned a preliminary weighted-average dumping margin on the import of all engines from the involved parties and included an all-others clause for Chinese exporters. A table clarifying the same is listed below. 

Commerce will direct US Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise for consumption in order to reassess the margins to be implemented for the period of review on approval of the Court of International Trade.