Notice2025-18891
Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
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Published
September 30, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that thermoformed molded fiber products (molded fiber products) from the People's Republic of China (China) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) during the period of investigation (POI) April 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46800-46805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18891]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-182]
Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products From the People's Republic of
China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
thermoformed molded fiber products (molded fiber products) from the
People's Republic of China (China) are being, or are likely to be, sold
in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) during the period
of investigation (POI) April 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025.
DATES: Applicable September 30, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Matthew Lipka, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973, or (202)
482-7976, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 12, 2025, Commerce published the Preliminary Determination
in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to comment.\1\
On May 12, 2025, Commerce received timely ministerial error allegations
from separate rate applicants Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco
Technology Co., Ltd. (Eco Technology) and Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco
(Xinfeng) Technology Co., Ltd. (Xinfeng); and from mandatory respondent
Zhejiang Zhongxin Environmental Protection Technology Group Co., Ltd.
(Zhejiang Zhongxin) and its affiliates, Chongzuo Zhongxin Environmental
Protection Technology Co., Ltd., Guangxi Huabao Fiber Products Co.,
Ltd., Jinhua Zhongsheng Fiber Products Co., Ltd., Hangzhou Ganzhejun
Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd., and Guangxi Huabao
(collectively, the Zhongxin Group).\2\ On May 15 and May 19, 2025, two
additional separate rate applicants submitted comments concerning their
combination rates which we considered in this final determination.\3\
On June 11, 2025, Commerce published the Amended Preliminary
Determination in the Federal Register.\4\ On July 23, 2025, Commerce
released its Post-Preliminary Analysis to implement changes to the
differential pricing analysis in this
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investigation.\5\ For a complete description of the events that
followed the Preliminary Determination, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\6\
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\1\ See Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products 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 20147 (May 12, 2025)
(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Eco Technology's Letter, ``Request to Correct
Significant Ministerial Error,'' dated May 12, 2025 (Eco
Technology's ME Allegation); see also Xinfeng's Letter, ``Request to
Correct Significant Ministerial Error,'' dated May 12, 2025
(Xinfeng's ME Allegation); see also Zhejiang Zhongxin's Letter,
``Ministerial Error Comments for the Preliminary Determination,''
dated May 12, 2025 (Zhejiang Zhongxin's ME Allegation). In the
Preliminary Determination, Commerce preliminarily determined that
Zhejiang Zhongxin was affiliated with Chongzuo Zhongxin
Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd., Guangxi Huabao Fiber
Products Co., Ltd., Jinhua Zhongsheng Fiber Products Co., Ltd., and
Hangzhou Ganzhejun Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. and
should be treated as a single entity. No parties challenged those
findings, and we are continuing to collapse those firms in this
final determination.
\3\ See Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Tableware Co.,
Ltd.'s Letter, ``Request to Correct,'' dated May 15, 2025; see also
Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.'s Letter,
``Request to Correct,'' dated May 19, 2025.
\4\ See Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products from the People's
Republic of China: Correction and Amended Preliminary Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 90 FR 24590 (June 11, 2025)
(Amended Preliminary Determination), and accompanying Ministerial
Errors Memorandum (ME Memorandum).
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Post-Preliminary Analysis in the Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products
from the People's Republic of China,'' dated July 23, 2025 (Post-
Preliminary Analysis Memorandum).
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Affirmative Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigation of Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products from the
People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on
file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation are molded fiber
products from China. For a complete description of the scope of this
investigation, see Appendix I.
Scope Comments
In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time
for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage (i.e., scope) in
scope-specific case briefs or other written comments.\7\ We received
comments from multiple interested parties on the scope of the
investigation as it appeared in the Preliminary Determination. For a
summary of the product coverage comments submitted to the record for
this final determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of
all comments timely received, see the Final Scope Decision
Memorandum.\8\ After analyzing these comments, we made no changes to
the scope of the investigation as it appeared in the Preliminary
Determination for this final determination. See Appendix I.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,''
dated May 6, 2025.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Less-Than-Fair-Value and Countervailing
Duty Investigations of Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products from the
People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Final Scope Decision Memorandum,'' dated concurrently, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Final Scope Decision Memorandum).
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Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), between June 11 and 19, 2025, Commerce conducted
verification of the sales and factors of production information
submitted by Guangxi Firstpak Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
(Guangxi Firstpak) and the Zhongxin Group.\9\ We used standard
verification procedures, including an examination of relevant
accounting records and original source documents provided by Guangxi
Firstpak and the Zhongxin Group.
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\9\ See Memoranda, ``Verification of the Questionnaire Responses
of Zhejiang Zhongxin Environmental Protection Technology Group Co.,
Ltd. in the Antidumping Investigation of Thermoformed Molded Fiber
Product from the People's Republic of China,'' dated July 15, 2025;
and ``Verification of the Questionnaire Responses of Guangxi
Firstpak Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in the Antidumping
Investigation of Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products from the
People's Republic of China,'' dated July 21, 2025.
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Analysis of Comments Received
The issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by the parties in
this investigation are discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
For a list of the issues raised by interested parties and addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, see Appendix II.
Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
Based on a review of the record and analysis of the information
received during verification and comments received from interested
parties for this final determination, we made certain changes to the
estimated weighted-average dumping margins for Guangxi Firsptak and
Zhejiang Zhongxin and made certain changes to the names included in
combination rates for two separate rate companies. For a discussion of
these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
China-Wide Entity and Use of Adverse Facts Available
Consistent with the Preliminary Determination,\10\ Commerce
continues to find, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, that
the use of facts otherwise available, with adverse inferences, is
warranted in determining the dumping rate for the China-wide entity. In
the Preliminary Determination, Commerce applied the highest dumping
margin alleged in the Petition to the China-wide entity as AFA.\11\
There is no new information on the record that would cause us to
reconsider our decision in the Preliminary Determination. Thus, we made
no changes to our analysis for the China-wide entity. We are assigning
a rate of 477.97 percent, which is the highest margin alleged in the
petition,\12\ to the China-wide entity. For a full description of the
methodology underlying Commerce's final determination, see the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
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\10\ See Preliminary Determination PDM at 23-24, 27-30.
\11\ Id.
\12\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Thermoformed Molded Fiber
Products from the People's Republic of China and the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Petitions,'' dated October 8, 2024; see also Checklist,
``Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products from the People's Republic of
China,'' dated October 28, 2024 at 7; and Petitioners' Letter,
``Responses to China AD Questionnaire,'' dated October 16, 2024 at
II-Supp-13.
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Separate Rates
No interested parties commented on Commerce's preliminary separate
rate determinations,\13\ and we have no basis to reconsider the
determinations except for the changes to the names for separate rate
companies mentioned above. Accordingly, we continue to find that
Guangxi Firstpak, the Zhongxin Group, and certain non-individually
examined companies that are listed in the rate table below, are
eligible for a separate rate.\14\
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\13\ See Preliminary Determination PDM at 15-23.
\14\ See Memorandum, ``Calculation of the Dumping Margin for
Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination,'' dated
September 24, 2025.
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Combination Rates
Consistent with the Preliminary Determination, and Policy Bulletin
05.1,\15\ Commerce calculated exporter/producer combination rates for
the respondents that are eligible for a separate rate.
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\15\ See Enforecement and Compliance's Policy Bulletin No. 05.1,
regarding, ``Separate-Rates Practice and Application of Combination
Rates in Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market Economy
Countries,'' (April 5, 2005) (Policy Bulletin 05.1), available at
<a href="https://access.trade.gov/Resourced/policy/bull05-1.pdf">https://access.trade.gov/Resourced/policy/bull05-1.pdf</a>.
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Final Determination
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period April 1, 2024, through September
30, 2024:
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\16\ In the Preliminary Determination, we collapsed four firms
(Chongzuo Zhongxin Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.,
Guangxi Huabao Fiber Products Co., Ltd., Hangzhou Ganzhejun
Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd., and Jinhua Zhongsheng
Fiber Products Co., Ltd.) with Zhejiang Zhongxin Environmental
Protection Technology Group Co., Ltd. No parties challenged those
findings, and we are continuing to collapse those firms in this
final determination.
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Cash deposit
Weighted- rate (adjusted
Exporter Producer average for subsidy
dumping margin offsets)
(percent) (percent)
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Guangxi Firstpak Environmental Technology Co., Guangxi Firstpak Environmental 49.08 49.01
Ltd. Technology Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Zhongxin Environmental Protection Zhejiang Zhongxin Environmental 283.89 283.72
Technology Group Co., Ltd./Chongzuo Zhongxin Protection Technology Group
Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd./ Co., Ltd./Chongzuo Zhongxin
Guangxi Huabao Fiber Products Co., Ltd./ Environmental Protection
Hangzhou Ganzhejun Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd./Guangxi
Technology Co., Ltd./Jinhua Zhongsheng Fiber Huabao Fiber Products Co., Ltd./
Products Co., Ltd \16\. Hangzhou Ganzhejun
Environmental Protection
Technology Co., Ltd./Jinhua
Zhongsheng Fiber Products Co.,
Ltd.
Xiamen Win Win Bag Co., Ltd................... Shandong Yijia Packaging 214.73 214.56
Technology Co., Ltd.
Anhui Shangjia Environmental Tableware Co., Anhui Shangjia Environmental 214.73 214.56
Ltd. Tableware Co., Ltd.
Shandong Tranlin Straw New Environmental Shandong Tranlin Straw New 214.73 214.56
Technology Joint Stock Company Limited. Environmental.
Shandong Teanhe Hongsheng International Trade Shandong Tranlin Straw New 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Environmental.
Zhejiang Kingsun Eco-Pack Co. Ltd............. Zhejiang Kingsun Eco-Pack Co. 214.73 214.56
Ltd.
Zhejiang Kingsun Eco-Pack Co. Ltd............. Guangxi Jiefeng Biological 214.73 214.56
Technology Co., Ltd.
Guangxi Jiefeng Biological Technology Co., Ltd Guangxi Jiefeng Biological 214.73 214.56
Technology Co., Ltd.
Guangxi Fineshine ECO Technology Co., Ltd..... Guangxi Fineshine ECO Technology 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd.
Wenzhou Sanxing Eco-Friendly Packaging Co., Wenzhou Sanxing Eco-Friendly 214.73 214.56
Ltd. Packaging Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Shaoneng Group Luzhou Technology Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco 214.73 214.56
Development Co., Ltd. (Xinfeng) Technology Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Shaoneng Group Luzhou Technology Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou 214.73 214.56
Development Co., Ltd. Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Technology Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. (Xinfeng) Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Technology Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Technology Longyan Green Olive Co., Ltd.... 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Technology Hebei Daoxiang Eco Technology 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Technology Guangxi Fineshine ECO Technology 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Technology Zhejiang Fuchang Environmental 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Cangzhou Jinda Packaging 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Minjie Eco-Machinery Technology 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. (XinFeng) Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Hainan Huandu Biotechnology Co., 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Hebei Daoxiang Eco Technology 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology HuiZhou Gold-Superman Packing 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Material Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Nanxiong Taihua Plastic Products 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology NAN Xiong Yangxin ECO Packing 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Shandong Qizheng Packaging Co., 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Zhejiang Fuchang Environmental 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Jiangmen Zhuoyu Technology Co., 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Dongguan Lvluo Environmental 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Nanxiong Aerospace Health 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Purpus Packaging Technology 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Shantou Jinshida Supersonic 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Machine Co., Ltd.
Clean Packaging Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd GreenDoer Advanced Materials, 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd.
Ningbo HomeLink Eco-itech Co., Ltd............ Zhejiang Jiadebao Technology 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd.
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Ningbo HomeLink Eco-itech Co., Ltd............ Guangxi Ecolink Technology Co., 214.73 214.56
Ltd.
Guangxi Ecolink Technology Co., Ltd........... Guangxi Ecolink Technology Co., 214.73 214.56
Ltd.
Shandong Shengquan New Materials Co., Ltd..... Shandong Shengquan New Materials 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Jinsheng Environmental Protection Jiangsu Jinsheng Environmental 214.73 214.56
Tableware Co., Ltd. Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Hubei Wheat-Straw Environmental Technologies Hubei Wheat-Straw Environmental 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Technologies Co., Ltd.
Shandong Lvhe Packaging Co., Ltd.............. Shandong Tranlin Straw New 214.73 214.56
Environmental Technology Joint
Stock Company Limited.
Yibin YUTO Eco Packaging Technology Co., Ltd.. Yibin YUTO Eco Packaging 214.73 214.56
Technology Co., Ltd.
HaiKou YUTO Eco Technology Co., Ltd........... HaiKou YUTO Eco Technology Co., 214.73 214.56
Ltd.
Xiamen Target Trade Co., Ltd.................. GeoTegrity Eco Pack (Xiamen) 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Jiurong Packaging Co., Ltd.......... Guandong Fenghua Paper Co., Ltd. 214.73 214.56
Guangzhou Jiurong Packaging Co., Ltd.......... Zhejiang Guangju Paper Products 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Jiurong Packaging Co., Ltd.......... Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou 214.73 214.56
Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Jiurong Packaging Co., Ltd.......... Shaoneng Group Luzhou (Xinfeng) 214.73 214.56
Technology Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Huilin Packaging Technology Group Shenzhen Pinchuang Supply Chain 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Huilin Packaging Technology Group Pinchuang Fabric Products 214.73 214.56
Co., Ltd. Factory.
Fuzhou Hengli Paper Co., Ltd.................. Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou 214.73 214.56
Eco Technology Co., Ltd.
Fuzhou Hengli Paper Co., Ltd.................. Shenzhen Yike Environmental 214.73 214.56
Resources Co., Ltd.
Sabert Asia Holdings Limited.................. Sabert (Zhongshan) Limited...... 214.73 214.56
Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Fujian Lvwei Environmental 214.73 214.56
Tableware Co., Ltd. Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Wenzhou Keyi Environmental 214.73 214.56
Tableware Co., Ltd. Protection Tableware Co., Ltd.
China-wide Entity............................. ................................ * 477.97 477.90
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* This rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with this final determination within five days of any public
announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days
of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to
suspend liquidation of subject merchandise entries, as described in
Appendix I of this notice, which are entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after May 12, 2025, the date of
publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register.
Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(d), upon the publication of this notice, Commerce will instruct
CBP to require a cash deposit for estimated antidumping duties for
appropriate entries: (1) for the producer/exporter combinations listed
in the table above, the applicable cash deposit rate is listed in the
table for that combination; (2) for all combinations of Chinese
producers/exporters of the merchandise under consideration that have
not established eligibility for a separate rate, the cash deposit rate
will be equal to the cash deposit rate listed for the China-wide entity
in the table above; and (3) for all third-country exporters of the
merchandise under consideration that are not listed in the table above,
the cash deposit rate is the cash deposit rate applicable to the
Chinese producer/exporter combination or the China-wide entity that
supplied that third-country exporter. These suspension of liquidation
instructions will remain in effect until further notice.
To determine the antidumping duty cash deposit rate, Commerce
normally adjusts the estimated weighted-average dumping margin by the
amount of domestic subsidy pass-through and export subsidies determined
in a companion countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding. In the companion
CVD final determination, Commerce determined export subsidy rates exist
for Guangxi Firstpak, and the Zhongxin Group.\17\ Thus, because Guangxi
Firstpak and the Zhongxin Group in the companion CVD investigation have
export subsidy rates, Commerce is offsetting Guangxi Firstpak, the
Zhongxin Group, the separate rate companies, and the China-wide
entity's estimated weighted-average dumping margins for export
subsidies.\18\ However, the suspension of liquidation of provisional
measures in the companion CVD investigation has been discontinued.\19\
Therefore, we are
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not instructing CBP to collect cash deposits based on the adjusted
estimated weighted-average dumping margin for export subsidies at this
time. If the U.S. International Commission (ITC) makes a final
affirmative determination of injury due to both dumping and subsidies,
then the cash deposit rate will be revised effective on the date of
publication of the ITC's final affirmative determination in the Federal
Register to be the weighted-average dumping margin adjusted for export
subsidies.
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\17\ See unpublished Federal Register notice, ``Thermorformed
Molded Fiber Products from the People's Republic of China: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination,'' dated concurrently
with this notice.
\18\ See Memorandum, ``Export Subsidy Cash Deposit Rate
Adjustments,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
\19\ See Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products from the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Affimative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Alignment of Final Determination with Final
Antidumping Duty Determination, 90 FR 12123 (March 14, 2025); see
also section 703(d) of the Act, which states that the provisional
measures may not be in effect for more than four months, which in
the companion CVD case is 120 days after the publication of the
preliminary determination, or July 11, 2025 (i.e., last day
provisional measures are in effect).
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ITC Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we will notify the
ITC of this final affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. Because
the final determination in this investigation is affirmative, in
accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make its
final determination as to whether the domestic industry in the United
States is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by
reason of imports of molded fiber products no later than 45 days after
this final determination. In addition, we are making available to the
ITC all nonprivileged and nonproprietary information related to this
investigation.
If the ITC determines that material injury or threat of material
injury does not exist, the proceeding will be terminated and all cash
deposits will be refunded or canceled, and suspension of liquidation
will be lifted. If the ITC determines that such injury does exist,
Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order directing CBP to assess,
upon further instructions by Commerce, antidumping duties on all
imports of the subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective date of the
suspension of liquidation, as discussed above in the ``Continuation of
Suspension of Liquidation'' section above.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
an APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition of
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR
351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return or destruction
of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO
is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination and this notice are issued and published
pursuant to sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.210(c).
Dated: September 24, 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 I
Scope of the Investigation
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.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Adjustments to Cash Deposit Rate for Export Subsidies
IV. Separate Rates
V. Changes Since the Preliminary Determination and Amended
Preliminary Determination
VI. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inference
VII. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Selected the Proper Surrogate
Country
Comment 2: Whether to Inflate Marine Insurance Surrogate Value
Comment 3: Whether to Apply Partial Adverse Facts Available to
Certain of Guangxi Firstpak's Packing Inputs
Comment 4: Whether to Correct the Record Regarding Guangxi
Firstpak's Verification Report
Comment 5: Whether to Apply Total Adverse Facts Available to the
Zhongxin Group for their Pulp Factors of Production (FOP)
Comment 6: Whether to Apply the Highest Surrogate Value as
Partial Facts
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Available for the Zhongxin Group's Unreported Pulp Type
VIII. Recommendation
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