U.S. Commerce delays preliminary duties review on fatty acids from Indonesia and Malaysia
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The U.S. Department of Commerce has pushed back the preliminary deadlines in its countervailing duty investigations into certain fatty acids from Indonesia and Malaysia. The new deadline is July 17, 2026, instead of May 13, 2026. This matters for exporters, importers, and U.S. buyers in the fatty acids supply chain because the subsidy review will take longer before Commerce decides whether to impose duties. Companies involved in these imports should watch for follow-up questionnaires, comment deadlines, and any shift in the final determination schedule.
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Key Changes
- Commerce delayed the preliminary determinations in the fatty acids CVD investigations.
- The new preliminary deadline is July 17, 2026.
- The final determination schedule remains tied to the preliminary decision date unless changed later.
Obligations
What this law requires
Commerce must issue the preliminary countervailing duty determinations for certain fatty acids from Indonesia and Malaysia no later than 130 days after the investigations were initiated, which sets the deadline at July 17, 2026.
The U.S. Department of Commerce must issue the preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty investigations of certain fatty acids from Indonesia and Malaysia no later than July 17, 2026, instead of the earlier May 13, 2026 deadline.
Interested parties in the countervailing duty investigations should monitor for supplemental questionnaires and related comment deadlines because the postponed preliminary determinations allow additional time for Commerce to review questionnaire responses and subsidy allegations.
If a petitioner wants postponement of a preliminary countervailing duty determination, the petitioner must file the postponement request at least 25 days before the scheduled preliminary determination date and state the reasons for the request.
Commerce must grant a timely postponement request for the preliminary determination unless it finds compelling reasons to deny the request.