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1.
On 05/12/2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register (90 FR 20147) its preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value and the postponement of the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of thermoformed molded fiber products from the People's Republic of China (China).
2.
The merchandise covered by this investigation has changed.
The merchandise subject to this investigation consists of thermoformed molded fiber products regardless of shape, form, function, fiber source, or finish.
Thermoformed molded fiber products are formed with cellulose fibers, thermoformed using one or more heated molds, and dried/cured in the mold.
Thermoformed molded fiber products include, but are not limited to, plates, bowls, clamshells, trays, lids, food or foodservice contact packaging, and consumer or other product packaging.
Thermoformed molded fiber products are relatively dense, with a typical fiber density above 0.5 grams per cubic centimeter, and are generally characterized by relatively smooth surfaces.
They may be derived from any virgin or recycled cellulose fiber source (including, but not limited to, those sourced from wood, woody crops, agricultural crops/byproducts/residue, and agricultural/industrial/other waste).
They may have any weight, shape, dimensionality, design, or size, and may be bleached, unbleached, dyed, colored, or printed.
They may include ingredients, additives, or chemistries to enhance functionality including, but not limited to, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, heat/flame resistant, hydrophobic, oleophobic, absorbent, or adsorbent.
Thermoformed molded fiber products may also be subject to other processing or treatments, including, but not limited to, hot or after pressing, die-cutting, punching, trimming, padding, perforating, printing, labeling, dying, coloring, coating, laminating, embossing, debossing, repacking, or denesting.
Thermoformed molded fiber products subject to this investigation may also have additional design features, including, but not limited to, tab closures, venting, channeling, or stiffening.
Thermoformed molded fiber products remain covered by the scope of this investigation
if the subject product is encased by exterior packaging.
They also remain covered by the scope of this investigation whether imported alone, or in any combination of subject and non-subject merchandise (e.g., a lid or cover of any type packaged with a molded fiber bowl, addition of any items to make the thermoformed molded fiber packaging suitable for end-use such as absorbent pads).
When thermoformed molded fiber products are imported in combination with non-subject merchandise, only the thermoformed molded fiber products are subject merchandise.
Also excluded from the scope of this investigation are products covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on paper plates from People's Republic of China, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Excluded from the scope of this investigation are thermoformed molded fiber products imported as packaging material that enclose and/or surround non-subject merchandise prepackaged for final sale upon importation into the United States (e.g., molded fiber packaging surrounding a cellular phone).
Thermoformed molded fiber products include thermoformed molded fiber products matching the above description that have been finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in a third country by performing finishing, packaging, or processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation if performed in the country of manufacture of the thermoformed molded fiber products.
Examples of finishing, packaging, or other processing in a third country that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation if performed in the country of manufacture of the thermoformed molded fiber products include, but are not limited to, hot or after pressing, die-cutting, punching, trimming, padding, perforating, printing, labeling, dying, coloring, coating, laminating, embossing, debossing, repacking, or denesting.
Thermoformed molded fiber products are classified under subheadings 4823.70.0020 and 4823.70.0040, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
Imports may also be classified under subheadings 4823.61.0020, 4823.61.0040, 4823.69.0020, 4823.69.0040, 4823.90.1000, HTSUS.
References to the HTSUS classification are provided for convenience and customs purposes, and the written description of the merchandise under investigation is dispositive.
3.
This proceeding has been assigned case number A-570-182.
4.
For imports of thermoformed molded fiber products from China, CBP shall suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 05/12/2025.
Effective 05/12/2025, CBP shall require, for entries of thermoformed molded fiber products from China from the exporter/producer combinations listed below, a cash deposit equal to the antidumping duty cash deposits shown below:
Exporter: China-Wide Entity
Case number:
A-570-182-000
Cash deposit rate: 477.97%
Exporter: Guangxi Firstpak Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Guangxi Firstpak Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-001
Cash deposit rate: 47.44%
Exporter: Zhejiang Zhongxin Environmental Protection Technology Group Co., Ltd. / Chongzuo Zhongxin Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd./ Guangxi Huabao Fiber Products Co., Ltd. / Hangzhou Ganzhejun Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd./ Jinhua Zhongsheng Fiber Products Co., Ltd.
Producer: Zhejiang Zhongxin Environmental Protection Technology Group Co., Ltd. / Chongzuo Zhongxin Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd./ Guangxi Huabao Fiber Products Co., Ltd. / Hangzhou Ganzhejun Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd./ Jinhua Zhongsheng Fiber Products Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-570-182-002
Cash deposit rate: 470.36%
Exporter: Sabert Asia Holdings Limited
Producer: Sabert (Zhongshan) Limited
Case number:
A-570-182-003
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Xiamen Win Win Bag Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shandong Yijia Packaging Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-004
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Anhui Shangjia Environmental Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Anhui Shangjia Environmental Tableware Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-005
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shandong Tranlin Straw New Environmental Technology Joint Stock Company Limited
Producer: Shandong Tranlin Straw New Environmental
Case number:
A-570-182-006
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shandong Teanhe Hongsheng International Trade Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shandong Tranlin Straw New Environmental
Case number:
A-570-182-007
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Zhejiang Kingsun Eco-Pack Co. Ltd.
Producer: Zhejiang Kingsun Eco-Pack Co. Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-008
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Zhejiang Kingsun Eco-Pack Co. Ltd.
Producer: Guangxi Jiefeng Biological Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-009
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Guangxi Jiefeng Biological Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Guangxi Jiefeng Biological Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-010
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Guangxi Fineshine ECO Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Guangxi Fineshine ECO Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-011
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Sanxing Eco-Friendly Packaging Co., Ltd.
Producer: Wenzhou Sanxing Eco-Friendly Packaging Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-012
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Guangdong Shaoneng Group Luzhou Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-013
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Guangdong Shaoneng Group Luzhou Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-014
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-015
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Longyan Green Olive Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-016
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Hebei Daoxiang Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-017
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Guangxi Fineshine ECO Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-018
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Zhejiang Fuchang Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-019
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Cangzhou Jinda Packaging Products Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-020
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Minjie Eco-Machinery Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-021
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (XinFeng) Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-022
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Hainan Huandu Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-023
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Hebei Daoxiang Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-024
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: HuiZhou Gold-Superman Packing Material Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-025
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Nanxiong Taihua Plastic Products Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-026
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: NAN Xiong Yangxin ECO Packing Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-027
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shandong Qizheng Packaging Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-028
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Zhejiang Fuchang Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-029
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Jiangmen Zhuoyu Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-030
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Dongguan Lvluo Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-031
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Nanxiong Aerospace Health Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-032
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Clean Packaging Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Producer: GreenDoer Advanced Materials, Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-033
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Ningbo HomeLink Eco-itech Co., Ltd.
Producer: Zhejiang Jiadebao Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-034
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Ningbo HomeLink Eco-itech Co., Ltd.
Producer: Guangxi Ecolink Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-035
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Guangxi Ecolink Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Guangxi Ecolink Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-036
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shandong Shengquan New Materials Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shandong Shengquan New Materials Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-037
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Jiangsu Jinsheng Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Jiangsu Jinsheng Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-038
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Hubei Wheat-Straw Environmental Technologies Co., Ltd.
Producer: Hubei Wheat-Straw Environmental Technologies Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-039
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Shandong Lvhe Packaging Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shandong Tranlin Straw New Environmental Technology Joint Stock Company Limited
Case number:
A-570-182-040
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Yibin YUTO Eco Packaging Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Yibin YUTO Eco Packaging Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-041
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: HaiKou YUTO Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: HaiKou YUTO Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-042
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Xiamen Target Trade Co., Ltd.
Producer: GeoTegrity Eco Pack (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-043
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Guangzhou Jiurong Packaging Co., Ltd.
Producer: Guandong Fenghua Paper Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-044
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Guangzhou Jiurong Packaging Co., Ltd.
Producer: Zhejiang Guangju Paper Products Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-045
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Guangzhou Jiurong Packaging Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-046
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Guangzhou Jiurong Packaging Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shaoneng Group Luzhou (Xinfeng) Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-047
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Guangdong Huilin Packaging Technology Group Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shenzhen Pinchuang Supply Chain Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-048
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Guangdong Huilin Packaging Technology Group Co., Ltd.
Producer: Pinchuang Fabric Products Factory
Case number:
A-570-182-049
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Fujian Qingshan Paper Industry Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-050
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Suzhou Pchem New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-051
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Positive energy machinery processing plant
Case number:
A-570-182-052
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Yangzhou Cannaan Mesh Belt Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-053
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Guangxi Boguan Environmental Products Co.. Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-054
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Guangxi Liantuo Trading Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-055
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shanghai Tingli Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-056
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Guangdong Liangshi Industrial Materials Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-057
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Wenzhou Honglian Packaging Container Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-058
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Zhenghe County Fenghua Packaging Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-059
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Fujian Qingshan Paper Industry Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-060
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Suzhou Pchem New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-061
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Wenzhou Shunfu Packaging Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-062
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Wenzhou Xinao Energy Development Co. Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-063
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Ningbo Lufeng Logistics Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-064
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Positive energy machinery processing plant
Case number:
A-570-182-065
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Yangzhou Cannaan Mesh Belt Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-066
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Guangxi Boguan Environmental Products Co.. Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-067
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Guangxi Liantuo Trading Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-068
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Wenzhou Yongdian Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-069
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Wandu packaging products factory
Case number:
A-570-182-070
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Fujian Qingshan Paper Industry Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-071
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Wenzhou Honglian Packaging Container Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-072
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shanghai Tingli Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-073
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Producer: Guangdong Liangshi Industrial Materials Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-074
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Fuzhou Hengli Paper Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-075
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
Exporter: Fuzhou Hengli Paper Co., Ltd.
Producer: Shenzhen Yike Environmental Resources Co., Ltd.
Case number:
A-570-182-076
Cash deposit rate: 345.84%
5.
For all other entries of thermoformed molded fiber products from China, the following cash deposit instructions apply:
A.
For all Chinese exporters of thermoformed molded fiber products from China which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the China-wide rate.
B.
For all non-Chinese exporters of thermoformed molded fiber products from China which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the exporter/producer combinations that supplied that non-Chinese exporter.
6. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984.
CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only.
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There are no restrictions on the release of this information.
Alexander Amdur