Legal & enforcement
U.S. sets preliminary AD rates on Indonesian fatty acids
Commerce preliminarily found that certain fatty acids from Indonesia are sold, or likely to be sold, in the U.S. at less than fair value, based on January 1 to December 31, 2025. From September 22, 2026, CBP is to suspend liquidation and collect cash deposits of 22.96% for Musim Mas, 12.31% for PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia and 19.49% for all others. Critical circumstances were found for all other exporters and producers.
What changed
The scope covers fatty acids with C6 to C18 carbon chains, an iodine value below 105 g/100 g and a degree of split of at least 97 percent, as single cuts or blends, including product processed or blended in a third country.
Acids with 90 percent or more C6, C8 or C10 chains, and mixtures under 80 percent fatty acids by weight, are excluded.
Named HTSUS lines are 2915.70.0110, 2915.70.0120, 2915.70.0150, 2915.90.1010, 2915.90.1050, 2916.15.1000, 2916.15.5100, 3823.11.0000, 3823.12.0000, 3823.19.2000, 3823.19.4000 and possibly 3824.99.4190; the written scope controls, and Commerce has not yet decided the scope comments.
Deposits are the margins (23.04%, 12.32%, 19.55%) offset for export subsidies in the companion CVD case. For all others, suspension also reaches entries made on or after the date 90 days before publication.
At the two respondents' request, the final determination is postponed to no later than 135 days after publication, and provisional measures run up to six months instead of four. If the final is affirmative, the ITC then decides injury.
What an import team should check
- Match the producer and exporter on each invoice to Musim Mas (P.T. Musim Mas and PT Inti Benua Perkasatama) or PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia; other suppliers take the 19.49% all-others deposit.
- For suppliers other than Musim Mas and PT Wilmar, list unliquidated entries made in the 90 days before September 22, 2026 and ask your broker how the retroactive suspension applies.
- Check chain length, iodine value, degree of split and fatty acid share against the written scope, and diary the final determination due within 135 days of September 22, 2026.