Notice2025-14213
Vanillin From the People's Republic of China: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders
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Published
July 28, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on vanillin from the People's Republic of China (China).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 142 (Monday, July 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35504-35506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14213]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-172, C-570-173]
Vanillin From the People's Republic of China: Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping (AD) and
countervailing duty (CVD) orders on vanillin from the People's Republic
of China (China).
DATES: Applicable July 28, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Hansen (AD) or Dylan Hill (CVD)
AD/CVD Operations, Offices I and IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3683
and (202) 482-1197, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 705(d), 735(d), and 777(i) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), on June 6, 2025, Commerce
published its affirmative final determination of sales at less-than-
fair-value (LFTV) of vanillin from China and its affirmative final
determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of vanillin from China.\1\
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\1\ See Vanillin from the People's Republic of China: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 90 FR
24093 (June 6, 2025); see also Vanillin from the People's Republic
of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 90 FR
24095 (June 6, 2025).
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On July 18, 2025, the ITC notified Commerce of its final
affirmative determinations that an industry in the United States is
materially injured within the meanings of sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of subsidized imports of vanillin
from China and by reason of imports of vanillin that are sold in the
United States at less than fair value.\2\
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\2\ See ITC's Letter, ``Chair Determinations Letter to
Commerce,'' dated July 18, 2025 (ITC Notification Letter).
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Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders is vanillin from China. For a
complete description of the scope of these orders, see the appendix to
this notice.
Antidumping Duty Order
On July 18, 2025, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the
ITC notified Commerce of its final determination that an industry in
the United States is materially injured within the meaning of section
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of imports of vanillin that are
sold in the United States for less than fair value. Therefore, in
accordance with sections 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act, Commerce is
issuing this AD order. Because the ITC determined that imports of
vanillin from China are materially injuring a U.S. industry,
unliquidated entries of such merchandise from China, entered or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are subject to the assessment
of antidumping duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise for all
relevant entries of vanillin from China. Antidumping duties will be
assessed on unliquidated entries of vanillin from China entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 16, 2025,
the date of publication of the LTFV Preliminary Determination,\3\ but
will not include entries occurring after the expiration of the
provisional measures period and before publication of the ITC's final
injury determination, as further described in the ``Provisional
Measures--AD '' section of this notice.
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\3\ See Vanillin from the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 90 FR 4720 (January 16, 2025) (LTFV
Preliminary Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits--AD
In accordance with section 736 of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of vanillin
from China, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final
affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register. These
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further
notice. Commerce also intends
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to instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the estimated
weighted-average dumping margins indicated in the table below. The rate
for the China-wide entity applies to all producers and exporters not
specifically listed below, as appropriate.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The estimated weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:
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Cash deposit rate
Weighted-average (adjusted for
Exporter Producer dumping margin subsidy offsets)
(percent) (percent)
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Jiangxi Brother Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.... Jiangxi Brother 190.20 190.15
Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Chongqing Thrive Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd... Chongqing Thrive Fine 190.20 190.15
Chemicals Co., Ltd.
HongKong Wictive Merchants Co., Ltd........ Kunshan Asia Aroma Corp., Ltd 190.20 190.15
Kunshan Asia Aroma Corp., Ltd.............. Kunshan Asia Aroma Corp., Ltd 190.20 190.15
Mianyang Sunshine Bio-Tech Co., Ltd........ Mianyang Sunshine Bio-Tech 190.20 190.15
Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Fuxin Fine Chemical Co., Ltd...... Jiaxing Zhonghua Chemical 190.20 190.15
Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Siyomicro Bio-Tech Co., Ltd....... Shenzhen Siyomicro Bio-Tech 190.20 190.15
Co., Ltd.
Wuxi Lotus Essence Co., Ltd................ Jiaxing Zhonghua Chemical 190.20 190.15
Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Bestally Biotechnology Co., Ltd..... Xiamen Oamic Biotech Co., Ltd 190.20 190.15
China-Wide Entity.......................... ............................. * 379.87 379.82
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Provisional Measures--AD
Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months.
Commerce published the LTFV Preliminary Determination on January 16,
2025.
The provisional measures period, beginning on the date of
publication of the LTFV Preliminary Determination, ended on July 14,
2025. Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our
practice,\4\ Commerce will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties,
unliquidated entries of vanillin from China entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption after July 14, 2025, the final day on which
the provisional measures were in effect, until and through the day
preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury
determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation and
the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date of publication
of the ITC's final determination in the Federal Register.
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\4\ See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
India, Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea
and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390, 48392
(July 25, 2016).
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Countervailing Duty Order
As stated above, on July 18, 2025, the ITC notified Commerce of its
final determinations that an industry in the United States is
materially injured within the meaning of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the
Act by reason of subsidized imports of vanillin from China.\5\
Therefore, in accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is
issuing this countervailing duty order. Moreover, because the ITC
determined that imports of vanillin from China are materially injuring
a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from China,
entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are subject to the
assessment of countervailing duties.
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\5\ See ITC Notification Letter.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act, Commerce
intends to direct CBP to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce,
countervailing duties on unliquidated entries of vanillin from China
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after
November 18, 2024, the date of the publication of the CVD Preliminary
Determination,\6\ but will not include entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures and before the publication in
the Federal Register of the ITC's final injury determination under
section 705(b) of the Act, as further described in the ``Provisional
Measures--CVD'' section of this notice.
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\6\ See Vanillin from the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Alignment of Final Determination with Final Antidumping Duty
Determination, 89 FR 90671 (November 18, 2024) (CVD Preliminary
Determination).
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Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits
In accordance with section 706 of the Act, we will instruct CBP to
reinstitute suspension of liquidation on all relevant entries of
vanillin from China, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's
final affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register, and to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, pursuant to section
706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing duties for each entry of the
subject merchandise in an amount based on the net countervailable
subsidy rate for the subject merchandise. These instructions suspending
liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
Commerce will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to
the amounts as indicated below. Accordingly, effective on the date of
publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the
Federal Register, CBP will require, at the same time as importers would
normally deposit estimated duties on the subject merchandise, a cash
deposit for each entry of subject merchandise equal to the subsidy
rates listed below.\7\ The all-others rate applies to all producers or
exporters not specifically listed below, as appropriate.
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\7\ See section 706(a)(3) of the Act.
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Estimated Countervailable Subsidy Rates
The estimated countervailable subsidy rates are as follows:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Jiaxing Guihua Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd....................... 42.10
All Others................................................ 42.10
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Provisional Measures--CVD
Section 703(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation
pursuant
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to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect
for more than four months. Commerce published the CVD Preliminary
Determination on November 18, 2024.\8\ As such, the four-month period
beginning on the date of the publication of the Preliminary
Determinations ended on March 17, 2024.
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\8\ See CVD Preliminary Determination.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, we
instructed CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, unliquidated
entries of vanillin from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption after March 18, 2025, the date on which the provisional
measures were no longer in effect, until and through the day preceding
the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the
Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash
deposits will resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final
determination in the Federal Register.
Establishment of the Annual Inquiry Service Lists
Commerce published the Final Rule and the Procedural Guidance in
the Federal Register on September 20, 2021, and September 27, 2021,
respectively.\9\ The Final Rule and Procedural Guidance provide that
Commerce will maintain an annual inquiry service list for each order or
suspended investigation, and any interested party submitting a scope
ruling application or request for circumvention inquiry shall serve a
copy of the application or request on the persons on the annual inquiry
service list for that order, as well as any companion order covering
the same merchandise from the same country of origin.\10\
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\9\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20,
2021) (Final Rule); and Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry
Service List; and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27,
2021) (Procedural Guidance).
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In accordance with the Procedural Guidance, for orders published in
the Federal Register after November 4, 2021, Commerce will create an
annual inquiry service list segment in Commerce's online e-filing and
document management system, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Electronic Service System (ACCESS), available at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>, within five business days of publication of the
notice of the order. Each annual inquiry service list will be saved in
ACCESS, under each case number, and under a specific segment type
called ``AISL-Annual Inquiry Service List.'' \11\
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\11\ This segment will be combined with the ACCESS Segment
Specific Information (SSI) field which will display the month in
which the notice of the order or suspended investigation was
published in the Federal Register, also known as the anniversary
month. For example, for an order under case number A-000-000 that
was published in the Federal Register in January, the relevant
segment and SSI combination will appear in ACCESS as ``AISL-January
Anniversary.'' Note that there will be only one annual inquiry
service list segment per case number, and the anniversary month will
be pre-populated in ACCESS.
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Interested parties who wish to be added to the annual inquiry
service list for an order must submit an entry of appearance to the
annual inquiry service list segment for the order in ACCESS within 30
days after the date of publication of the order. For ease of
administration, Commerce requests that law firms with more than one
attorney representing interested parties in an order designate a lead
attorney to be included on the annual inquiry service list. Commerce
will finalize the annual inquiry service list within five business days
thereafter. As mentioned in the Procedural Guidance, \12\ the new
annual inquiry service list will be in place until the following year,
when the Opportunity Notice for the anniversary month of the order is
published.
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\12\ See Procedural Guidance, 86 FR at 53206.
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Commerce may update an annual inquiry service list at any time as
needed based on interested parties' amendments to their entries of
appearance to remove or otherwise modify their list of members and
representatives, or to update contact information. Any changes or
announcements pertaining to these procedures will be posted to the
ACCESS website at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>.
Special Instructions for Petitioners and Foreign Governments
In the Final Rule, Commerce stated that, ``after an initial request
and placement on the annual inquiry service list, both petitioners and
foreign governments will automatically be placed on the annual inquiry
service list in the years that follow.'' \13\ Accordingly, as stated
above, the petitioner and the Government of China (GOC) should submit
their initial entries of appearance after publication of this notice in
order to appear in the first annual inquiry service lists for these
orders for which they qualify as interested parties. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.225(n)(3), the petitioner and the GOC will not need to resubmit
their entries of appearance each year to continue to be included on the
annual inquiry service list. However, the petitioner and the GOC are
responsible for making amendments to their entries of appearance during
the annual update to the annual inquiry service list in accordance with
the procedures described above.
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\13\ See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335.
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Notifications to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the AD and CVD orders with respect to
vanillin from China pursuant to section 736(a) and 706(a) of the Act.
Interested parties can find a list of AD and CVD orders currently in
effect at <a href="https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/adcvd-proceedings">https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/adcvd-proceedings</a>.
These orders are published in accordance with sections 736(a) and
706(a) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: July 23, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders is vanillin, with the
molecular formula C<INF>8</INF>H<INF>8</INF>O<INF>3</INF> or
C<INF>9</INF>H<INF>10</INF>O<INF>3</INF>. Merchandise subject to
these orders consists of natural vanillin, synthetic vanillin, bio-
sourced synthetic vanillin (biovanillin) (each also known as 4-
Hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde), and ethylvanillin (also known as 3-
Ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde). Vanillin covered by these orders is a
chemical compound with the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number
121-33-5 or 121-32-4. Vanillin is covered by these orders regardless
of whether it is in a crystalline powder or crystal form. Vanillin
is covered by the scope of these orders, irrespective of purity,
particle size, or physical form.
Merchandise subject to these orders is specified within the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
subheading 2912.41.0000 and 2912.42.0000. The HTSUS subheadings and
CAS registry numbers are provided for convenience and customs
purposes only. The written description of the merchandise covered by
these orders is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2025-14213 Filed 7-25-25; 8:45 am]
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