Paper Plates: Details of AD/CVD Orders for China, Thailand and Vietnam

The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties that will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce, which may only take place under certain conditions, such as a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.

The orders detail a “gap period” of no CVD liability for subject merchandise that was entered Oct. 29, 2024, through March 18, 2025. Likewise, there's a gap period of no AD liability for most companies for subject merchandise entered March 4-18, 2025. Commerce may only suspend liquidation for a four-month period for CVD, and for six months for AD determination, without a published International Trade Commission affirmative injury determination.

For the Chinese exporter Fuzhou Hengli Paper Co., Ltd. and the Vietnamese exporter Go-Pak Paper Products Vietnam Co., Ltd., Commerce didn't suspend liquidation for antidumping duty purposes until later in these investigations, so AD suspension of liquidation remains in effect and no AD gap period applies for those companies (though the CVD gap period still applies).

Commerce will order CBP to liquidate, without regard to AD or CVD, any entries during these respective gap periods. Subject merchandise entered during the CVD gap period but outside the AD gap period (i.e., Oct. 29, 2024, through March 3, 2025, for most companies, or Oct. 29, 2024 through March 18, 2025, for Fuzhou Hengli and Go-Pak) will only be assessed AD.

Commerce will order the refund of all CVD cash deposits collected on paper plates from Vietnam entered before July 1, 2024, and all AD cash deposits for entries from Vietnam and Thailand prior to Sept. 5, 2024, because the ITC reversed Commerce's findings of critical circumstances and retroactive collection of cash deposits for those countries.

On the other hand the ITC affirmed Commerce's critical circumstances findings for China, so retroactive suspension of liquidation will continue to apply, and Commerce will assess AD/CVD duties on entries from China for which retroactive suspension of liquidation applied.

AD/CV Suspension of Liq Instructions

Suspension of liquidation resumes for all entries of subject merchandise entered on or after March 19, the date that the final ITC affirmative injury determination was published.

CVD Cash Deposit Instructions

Commerce will require importers to pay CVD cash deposits on subject merchandise entered on or after March 19. CVD cash deposits will be required at the following rates:

China

Vietnam

AD Cash Deposit Instructions

An AD cash deposit requirement is also in effect for subject merchandise entered on or after March 19. Commerce will instruct CBP to require, at the same time that importers deposit estimated duties, a cash deposit equal to the rates listed below.

China

*As adjusted for export subsidies found in Commerce's preliminary CVD determination. This rate is the cash deposit rate while CVD suspension of liquidation remains in effect. If CVD suspension of liquidation is lifted (e.g., if the “provisional measures” period expires, the rate in the “AD Rate” column will be the AD duty cash deposit rate).

Thailand

Vietnam

(See the notice for additional details, including the full scope description, etc. See 2501270053 for a summary of the final AD determinations, and 2501270049 for summary of the final CVD determinations.)