Tariffs & HTS
China feed-grade L-lysine AD/CVD orders: scope and dates
Commerce issued separate antidumping (AD) and countervailing-duty (CVD) orders on covered animal feed-grade L-lysine from China after affirmative U.S. industry-injury findings. The notice applies September 16, 2026; it does not set one combined rate for every shipment. The AD and CVD orders have different deposit tables and different entry-date gaps.
What changed
The written scope covers feed-grade lysine in HCl, sulfate and liquid forms, coated or encapsulated forms, and lysine in blends or premixes (only the lysine component). Processing in a third country does not necessarily remove it from scope; tariff codes and CAS numbers do not replace the written description.
For AD, the published cash-deposit table distinguishes listed producer/exporter pairs at 73.37% from the China-wide entity at 139.65%; these differ from the corresponding dumping margins of 73.55% and 139.83% because of subsidy offsets.
For CVD, the published all-others subsidy rate is 48.21%, while two named firms have 82.11%. The notice says AD suspension/deposits resume from the ITC injury publication on September 8 and CVD from September 9.
Entries in the AD provisional-measures gap beginning September 2 and the CVD gap beginning May 22 need separate treatment. Neither the publication date nor adding two headline rates determines an entry's liability.
What an import team should check
- Match the product's feed grade, chemical form, blend composition and origin to the written scope; document third-country processing instead of assuming it changes coverage.
- Record the producer/exporter pair and entry date, then check the applicable AD deposit table, CVD company rate and each order's provisional-measures gap with the customs broker.
- Keep composition, origin and processing evidence, entry records, both official orders and the broker's rate confirmation together for later review.