China Tissue Paper: Initiation of AD Duty Anti-Circumvention Inquiry
Effective May 10, 2012, the International Trade Administration is initiating an anti-circumvention inquiry to determine whether Indian company AR Printing and Packaging India Pvt. Ltd.'s tissue paper products are circumventing the antidumping duty order on certain tissue paper products from China (A-570-894).
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Petitioner Alleges that Minor Alteration Constitutes Circumvention
Seaman Paper Company, the petitioner, alleges that AR Printing and Packaging India Pvt. Ltd. is importing into India China-produced jumbo rolls (and likely cut-to-length sheets) of tissue paper for completion or assembly into merchandise of the same class or kind as that covered by the antidumping duty order on tissue paper from the China prior to exporting that merchandise to the United States, and that such completion or assembly is minor or insignificant.
The ITA said there is sufficient basis to initiate an AD anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether the merchandise subject to the inquiry involves a minor alteration that is so insignificant as to render it subject to the AD order. If the ITA issues a preliminary affirmative determination, it will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation and require a cash deposit of estimated duties, at the applicable rate, for each unliquidated entry of the merchandise at issue, entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the date of initiation of the inquiry, i.e. May 10, 2012.
(Final determination due within 300 days of January 5, 2012. See notice for additional details, including the scope of the orders, the petitioners' arguments and submissions, etc.)
ITA contact -- Brian Smith (202) 482-1733
(FR Pub 04/10/12, A--570--894)