Capacity Ledger

Who Still Ships You Stearic Acid Without a Cash Deposit?

Commerce set preliminary dumping margins on fatty acids from Indonesia and Malaysia this morning, and those two origins shipped 89 percent of every tonne the United States imported under the scope's three main lines last year. An unexamined Indonesian supplier now posts 35.97 percent against a Malaysian one's 9.54, and Indonesian entries back to June 24 are already inside the net. Also on the file: the ITC voted early on PFA, a PET deposit date moved back 107 days, and Corteva's record date is Thursday.


Two Commerce notices published this morning cover the same product, the same twelve months of sales, and the same petitioner.

One of them lands at 9.54%. The other lands at 35.97%.

Between them, the two origins shipped 89% of every kilogram of fatty acid the United States imported last year under the three 3823 subheadings the scope names.

"If nine of every ten imported tonnes just picked up a cash deposit, where does the tenth come from?"

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