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CSMS # 61402544 - Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations: Large Top Mount Combination Refrigerator-Freezers from Thailand

Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Large Top Mount Combination Refrigerator-Freezers from Thailand

On July 9, 2024, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated its less-than-fair-value duty investigation on “Large Top Mount Combination Refrigerator-Freezers from Thailand.” This investigation has been assigned the following case number: A-549-853.

The Scope of Merchandise covered by this investigation reads as follows:

The products covered by this investigation are large top mount combination refrigerator-freezers with a refrigerated volume of at least 15.6 cubic feet or 442 liters. For the purposes of this investigation, the term “large top mount combination refrigerator-freezers” consists of freestanding or built-in cabinets that have an integral source of refrigeration using compression technology, with all of the following characteristics:

• The cabinet contains at least two interior storage compartments accessible through two separate external doors;
• The lower-most interior storage compartment(s) that is accessible through an external door is a fresh food or convertible compartment, but is not a freezer compartment, however, the existence of an interior sub-compartment for ice-making in the lower-most storage compartment does not render the lower-most storage compartment a freezer compartment; and
• There is a freezer or convertible compartment that is mounted above the lower-most interior storage compartment(s).

For the purposes of the investigation, a fresh food compartment can store food at temperatures above 32 degrees F (0 degrees C), a freezer compartment is capable of storing food at temperatures at or below 32 degrees F (0 degrees C), and a convertible compartment is capable of operating as either a fresh food compartment or a freezer compartment, as defined in this paragraph.

The products subject to this investigation are currently classifiable under subheading 8418.10.0075 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Products subject to this investigation may also enter under HTSUS subheadings 8418.21.0090, 8418.40.0000, and 8418.69.0180. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, but the written description of the merchandise subject to this scope is dispositive.

Parties may submit comments on the scope of the investigations. Please be sure to comply with all requirements pertaining submitting comments as described in the forthcoming Initiation Notices. The Initiation Notices may be found at www.federalregister.gov via the search bar using the assigned case number.

Importers should be aware that entries of subject merchandise made after the initiation of an investigation may retroactively be subject to antidumping duties.

For questions about CBP’s AD/CVD enforcement, see Priority Trade Issue: Antidumping and Countervailing Duties | U.S. Customs and Border Protection (cbp.gov).