Preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value and critical circumstances, in part, in AD investigation of melamine from Trinidad and Tobago (A-274-810)

1. On 09/24/2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register (89 FR 77814) its affirmative preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value and critical circumstances in the antidumping duty investigation of melamine from Trinidad and Tobago. 2. Because Commerce determined that critical circumstances exist for imports of melamine from Trinidad and Tobago from the producer and/or exporter listed below, CBP shall suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of melamine from Trinidad and Tobago that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 06/26/2024 which is 90 days before the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Effective 06/26/2024, for entries of melamine from Trinidad and Tobago from the producer and/or exporter listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following dumping margins: Producer and/or Exporter: Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Limited Case number: A-274-810-001 Cash deposit rate: 146.85% 3. Commerce found that critical circumstances do not exist for imports of melamine from Trinidad and Tobago from the producers and/or exporters listed below. For imports of melamine from Trinidad and Tobago from the producers and/or exporters listed below CBP shall suspend liquidation of such entries which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 09/24/2024. Effective 09/24/2024, for entries of melamine from Trinidad and Tobago from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following dumping margins: Producer and/or Exporter: All Others Case number: A-274-810-000 Cash deposit rate: 98.32% 4. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 4072410, dated 03/12/2024. 5. This proceeding has been assigned case number A-274-810. 6. If any entries of this merchandise are exported by a firm other than the producer, then the following instructions apply: A. If the exporter of the subject merchandise does not have its own rate but the producer has its own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the producer's rate. B. Where neither the exporter nor the producer has its own rate or the producer is unknown, use the all-others rate of 98.32 percent to establish the cash deposit. 7. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OV: BEB.) 8. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur