Commerce discontinues policy to issue liquidation instructions after 15 Days in applicable AD/CVD administrative proceedings

On January 15, 2021, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration (ITA), Department of Commerce, published in the Federal Register a notice announcing that, effective immediately upon publication of the notice, it is discontinuing its policy to issue liquidation instructions in certain segments of antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) administrative proceedings to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after publication or mailing, whichever applies, of final administrative determinations where no statutory injunction was requested, which was announced on its website August 14, 2002, revised in November 2006, and again modified by an announcement on its website November 9, 2010. Such time frames for AD/CVD administrative proceedings involving subject merchandise from Canada and Mexico were not affected by the 15-day policy.

See https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-01-15/pdf/2021-00884.pdf