§ 1671f — Treatment Of Difference Between Deposit Of Estimated Countervailing Duty And Final Assessed Duty Under Countervailing Duty Order

(a) If the amount of a cash deposit, or the amount of any bond or other security, required as security for an estimated countervailing duty under section 1671b(d)(1)(B) of this title is different from the amount of the countervailing duty determined under a countervailing duty order issued under section 1671e of this title, then the difference for entries of merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption before notice of the affirmative determination of the Commission under section 1671d(b) of this title is published shall be— (1) disregarded, to the extent that the cash deposit, bond, or other security is lower than the duty under the order, or (2) refunded or released, to the extent that the cash deposit, bond, or other security is higher than the duty under the order. (b) If the amount of an estimated countervailing duty deposited under section 1671e(a)(3) of this title is different from the amount of the countervailing duty determined under a countervailing duty order issued under section 1671e of this title, then the difference for entries of merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after notice of the affirmative determination of the Commission under section 1671d(b) of this title is published shall be— (1) collected, to the extent that the deposit under section 1671e(a)(3) of this title is lower than the duty determined under the order, or (2) refunded, to the extent that the deposit under section 1671e(a)(3) of this title is higher than the duty determined under the order,