CSMS Message: 02-001632

FROM: OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

TO: ALL ABI FILERS

SUBJECT: ABI SUBMISSION OF SPECIFIC DUTY RATE AD/CVD CASES

AD/CVD DEPOSIT RATES ASSOCIATED WITH AN AD/CVD (ANTIDUMPING AND
COUNTERVAILING ) CASE ARE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
CURRENTLY ALMOST ALL AD/CVD DEPOSIT RATES ARE AD VALOREM RATES (WHERE
THE VALUE IS MULTIPLIED BY A STATED PERCENTAGE FACTOR).

WHEN AN ABI FILER TRANSMITS AN AD/CVD SUMMARY WITH AN AD VALOREM RATE,
THE DEPOSIT RATE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 60 RECORD OF THE ENTRY SUMMARY
INPUT APPLICATION. THE CVD DEPOSIT RATE IS ENTERED IN THE CVD DEPOSIT
RATE FIELD (POSITIONS 69-73) AND THE ADD DEPOSIT RATE IS ENTERED IN
THE ADD DEPOSIT RATE FIELD (POSITIONS 74-78).

ON OCCASION, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE MAY DETERMINE THAT THE
ANTIDUMPING OR COUNTERVAILING DEPOSIT RATE ASSOCIATED WITH AN AD/CVD
CASE SHOULD BE A RATE OTHER THAN AN AD VALOREM RATE.

AN EXAMPLE OF A NON AD VALOREM DEPOSIT RATE FOR AN AD/CVD CASE WOULD
BE A SPECIFIC RATE OF DUTY. SUCH A RATE WOULD BE CALCULATED AS A PRICE
MULTIPLIED BY A UNIT OF MEASURE (E.G., 5 CENTS PER KILOGRAM).

CURRENTLY, ANTIDUMPING CASE A570-848-003 (FRESHWATER CRAWFISH TAIL MEAT
FROM CHINA) HAS A SPECIFIC DEPOSIT RATE OF $5.07 PER KILGRAM, EFFECTIVE
WITH AN ENTRY DATE OF 04/22/02. LIKEWISE, ADD CASE A570-848-029 HAS A
SPECIFIC DEPOSIT RATE OF 38 CENTS PER KILGRAM EFFECTIVE WITH ENTRY
DATE 01/15/02.

WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DETERMINES THAT A CASE REQUIRES A NON
AD VALOREM DEPOSIT RATE, IT WILL POST THE DEPOSIT RATE FIELD
IN THE CUSTOMS ANTIDUMPING/COUNTERVAILING DUTY CASE FILE WITH SPACES
ALONG WITH THE APPROPRIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. THE NON AD VALOREM RATE WILL
BE INDICATED IN SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS POSTED FOR THE CASE IN QUESTION.

BEFORE 11/27/02, ANTIDUMPING SUMMARIES FOR THE ABOVE CITED CASES
(A570-848-003/A570-848-029) WOULD HAVE TO BE FILED AS NON-ABI ENTRIES
BECAUSE ACS WAS NOT ABLE TO PROCESS THE NON AD VALOREM DEPOSIT RATES.

EFFECTIVE 11/27/02, ACS HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO ALLOW THE FILER TO
TRANSMIT AD/CVD SUMMARIES WITH NON AD VALOREM DEPOSIT RATES.

TO FILE AN ABI AD/CVD SUMMARY WITH A NON AD VALOREM RATE, THE
FOLLOWING PROCEDURE SHOULD BE OBSERVED:

IF THE NON AD VALOREM RATE IS INDICATED FOR A COUNTERVAILING
CASE, SPACES SHOULD BE TRANSMITTED IN THE CVD DEPOSIT RATE FIELD
(60 RECORD, POS 69-73).

IF THE NON AD VALOREM RATE IS INDICATED FOR AN ANTIDUMPING CASE,
SPACES SHOULD BE TRANSMITTED IN THE ADD DEPOSIT RATE FIELD
(60 RECORD, POSITIONS 74-78).

A WARNING MESSAGE, "AAX, RATE ACCEPTED/DUTY NOT CALCULATED" WILL BE
RETURNED TO THE FILER TO INDICATE THAT CUSTOMS HAS ACCEPTED THE
AD/CVD LINE ITEM. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FILER TO VERIFY
THAT THE ENTERED AD/CVD DUTY AMOUNTS PROPERLY REFLECT THE AD/CVD
DEPOSIT RATE CALCULATIONS THAT WERE ISSUED FOR THAT CASE.

QUESTIONS RELATING TO THIS MESSAGE SHOULD BE REFERRED TO YOUR
LOCAL CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE OR TO ACS: ATTENTION, TONY CASUCCI,
AT 202-927-1035.

Referenced By

CSMS #04-001115