---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 351.228"
title: "19"
number: "351.228"
heading: "Certification by importer or other interested party."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/351.228"
---

# §351.228. Certification by importer or other interested party.

- (a) **Certification requirements.**
  - (1) The Secretary may determine in the context of an antidumping or countervailing duty proceeding that an importer or other interested party shall:
    - (i) Maintain a certification for entries of merchandise into the customs territory of the United States;
    - (ii) Provide a certification by electronic means at the time of entry or entry summary; or
    - (iii) Otherwise demonstrate compliance with a certification requirement as determined by the Secretary, in consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
  - (2) Where the certification is required to be maintained by the importer or other interested party under [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section, the Secretary and/or U.S. Customs and Border Protection may require the importer or other interested party to provide such a certification to the requesting agency upon request.
- (b) **Consequences for no provision of a certificate; provision of a false certificate.**
  - (1) The Secretary may instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of entries of the importer or entries associated with the other interested party and require a cash deposit of estimated duties at the applicable rate if:
    - (i) The importer or other interested party has not provided to the Secretary or U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as appropriate, the certification described under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section either as required or upon request for such entries; or
    - (ii) The importer or other interested party provided a certification in accordance with [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section for such entries, but the certification contained materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or representations, or contained material omissions.
  - (2) Under paragraph [(b)(1)(i)](#b-1-i) or [(ii)](#b-1-ii) of this section, the Secretary may also instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to assess antidumping or countervailing duties, as the case may be, at the applicable rate.

## Notes

### Amendments

[86 FR 52383, Sept. 20, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 1202 note; 19 U.S.C. 1303 note; 19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.; and 19 U.S.C. 3538.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 27379, May 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[86 FR 52383, Sept. 20, 2021]