2020 September 28, the US Commerce Department announced that the imports from China hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants [hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) blends] anti-circumvention make sure of the final ruling, ruled that Chinese hydrofluorocarbon component R-404A, R- The HFC mixtures of 407A, R-407C, R-410A, R-507A/R-507 are processed in India, mixed with HFC components produced in India or other countries to make HFC refrigerants and exported to the United States to avoid Anti-dumping duties. Based on the above affirmative final ruling, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (C BP ) will deal with the import of hydrogen fluorine containing R-404A, R-407A, R-407C, R-410A, R-507A/R-507 from China Anti-dumping cash deposits are levied on hydrocarbon refrigerants. This measure applies to imported products involved in the case that have not been liquidated since June 18, 2019. The U.S. coordinated tariff numbers of the products involved are 3824.78.0000 and 2903.39.2030.
On July 16, 2015, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced an anti-dumping investigation on hydrocarbon mixtures and their components imported from China. The U.S. coordinated tariff numbers of the products involved were 3822.78.0000 and 2903.39.3030. On June 22, 2016, The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it has made a positive anti-dumping final ruling on hydrocarbon mixtures and their components imported from China. On June 18, 2019, at the request of the American HFC Coalition, the U.S. Department of Commerce initiated an anti-circumvention investigation of HFC refrigerants imported from China.
Anti-circumvention refers to the legal act of the importing country to restrict foreign export dumpers from using various methods to exclude the application of the importing country’s anti-dumping duties and to take corresponding remedies for this behavior. Anti-circumvention measures.