[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24590-24594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10631]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-182]
Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products From the People's Republic of
China: Correction and Amended Preliminary 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) is amending the
preliminary determination in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation of thermoformed molded fiber products (molded fiber
products) from the People's Republic of China (China) to correct
certain significant ministerial errors. This notice also corrects a
typographical error in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS) subheadings included in the scope of the investigation.
DATES: Applicable June 11, 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 in the Federal Register the
Preliminary Determination in the LTFV investigation of molded fiber
products from China.\1\ On May 12, 2025, separate rate applicants,
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Technology Co., Ltd. (Eco
Technology) and Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Technology Co.,
Ltd. alleged that Commerce made certain ministerial errors in its
Preliminary Determination.\2\ On May 12, 2025, mandatory respondent
Zhejiang Zhongxin Environmental Protection Technology Group Co., Ltd.
(Zhejiang Zhongxin)
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also submitted ministerial error comments.\3\ On May 15 and 19, 2025,
two additional separate rate applicants submitted comments concerning
their combination rates which we will consider in the final
determination.\4\
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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).
\3\ See 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 the mandatory respondent
Zhejiang Zhongxin is affiliated with the following companies and
treated these companies as a single entity: (1) Chongzuo Zhongxin
Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.; (2) Guangxi Huabao
Fiber Products Co,. Ltd.; (3) Jinhua Zhongsheng Fiber Products Co.,
Ltd.; and (4) Hangzhou Ganzhejun Environmental Protection Technology
Co., Ltd. (collectively, the Zhongxin Group).
\4\ 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.
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Period of Investigation
The period of investigation is April 1, 2024, through September 30,
2024.
Correction
In the Federal Register of May 12, 2025, in FR Doc 2025-08304, on
page 20152 in the third column, correct the first sentence of the last
paragraph as follows:
Thermoformed molded fiber products are classified under subheadings
4823.70.0020 and 4823.70.0040, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS).
For a full description of the scope of these investigations,
revised to reflect the correction specified above, see the appendix to
this notice.
Legal Authority
When ministerial errors are alleged with respect to preliminary
determinations in LTFV investigations, 19 CFR 351.224(e) provides that
Commerce will analyze any allegations received and, if appropriate,
correct any significant ministerial error by amending the preliminary
determination. A ministerial error is defined in 19 CFR 351.224(f) as
``an error in addition, subtraction, or other arithmetic function,
clerical error resulting from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the
like, and any other similar type of unintentional error which the
Secretary considers ministerial.'' A significant ministerial error is
defined as a ministerial error, the correction of which, either singly
or in combination with other errors, would result in: (1) a change of
at least five absolute percentage points in, but not less than 25
percent of, the weighted-average dumping margin calculated in the
original (erroneous) preliminary determination; or (2) a difference
between a weighted-average dumping margin of zero or de minimis and a
weighted-average dumping margin of greater than de minimis or vice
versa.\5\
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(g).
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Analysis of Ministerial Error Allegations
Eco Technology and Xinfeng allege that Commerce made ministerial
errors in identifying certain of their producers in the exporter-
producer combinations listed in the Preliminary Determination notice
(i.e., Commerce omitted certain producers). The Zhongxin Group alleges
that Commerce failed to convert the electricity surrogate value that
was used in the calculation of normal value (NV).
We agree with the allegations regarding the producers' names and
include the omitted export-producer combinations for the exporters Eco
Technology and Xinfeng in the rate table below. We also agree with the
Zhongxin Group's allegation that we did not convert the electricity
surrogate value used in the calculation of NV. Additionally, because in
the Preliminary Determination the rate calculated for non-individually
examined separate rate companies was based on the weighted-average of
the dumping margins of the two mandatory respondents, including the
Zhongxin Group, we find it necessary to recalculate this rate using the
same methodology as in the Preliminary Determination,\6\ but with
Zhongxin Group's revised rate. The changes to Zhejiang Zhongxin's rate
and the rate applied to non-individually examined separate rate
companies are significant because the corrections result in a change of
at least five percentage points, but not less than 25 percent of the
weighted average dumping margins, calculated for the Zhongxin Group and
separate rate respondents, respectively. For details regarding these
decisions, see the Ministerial Error Memorandum.\7\
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\6\ See Preliminary Determination, 90 FR at 20148.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Allegations of Ministerial Errors in the
Preliminary Determination,'' dated concurrently with this notice
(Ministerial Error Memorandum).
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Amended Preliminary Determination
Commerce has amended its Preliminary Determination to include the
exporter-producer combinations for the exporters Eco Technology and
Xinfeng that were inadvertently omitted from the Preliminary
Determination. We are also amending the weighted-average dumping margin
and cash deposit rate determined in the Preliminary Determination for
the Zhongxin Group and the non-selected companies receiving a separate
rate. Additionally, Commerce has corroborated the China-wide entity
rate using the component method because we were unable to corroborate
the highest dumping margin alleged in the petition using Zhongxin
Group's individual sale dumping margins.\8\ In applying the component
method, we compared the NV and net U.S. price underlying the petition
rate to the range of the preliminary NV and net U.S. price calculated
for this investigation. We were able to corroborate the margin of
477.97 percent alleged in the Petition using this component
approach.\9\ Specifically, we find that the NV and net U.S. price
underlying these margins are within the range of the highest
preliminary NV and lowest net U.S. price calculated for Zhongxin Group.
Accordingly, because we corroborated the Petition rate to the extent
practicable within the meaning of section 776(c) of Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), we preliminarily find the 477.97 percent rate to
be both reliable and relevant and, accordingly, that it has probative
value. Therefore, we continue to assign this rate as advsere facts
available to the China-wide entity.
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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Amended Preliminary Analysis,'' dated
concurrently with this memorandum for the corroboration discussion.
\9\ See Preliminary Determination PDM at 29-30; see also
Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products from the People's Republic of
China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 89 FR 87551 (November 4, 2024), and
accompanying Checklist, ``Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products from
the People's Republic of China,'' dated October 28, 2024, at 7.
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Commerce is amending its Preliminary Determination by assigning the
following weighted-average dumping margins to the exporter-producer
combinations listed below:
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Estimated Cash deposit rate
weighted-average (adjusted for
Exporter Producer dumping margin subsidy offsets)
(percent) (percent)
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Zhejiang Zhongxin Environmental Protection Zhejiang Zhongxin 136.54 136.27
Technology Group Co., Ltd./Chongzuo Environmental Protection
Zhongxin Environmental Protection Technology Group Co., Ltd./
Technology Co., Ltd./Guangxi Huabao Fiber Chongzuo Zhongxin
Products Co., Ltd./Hangzhou Ganzhejun Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Technology Co., Technology Co., Ltd./Guangxi
Ltd./Jinhua Zhongsheng Fiber Products Co., Huabao Fiber Products Co.,
Ltd. Ltd./Hangzhou Ganzhejun
Environmental Protection
Technology Co., Ltd./Jinhua
Zhongsheng Fiber Products
Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Win Win Bag Co., Ltd................ Shandong Yijia Packaging 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd.
Anhui Shangjia Environmental Tableware Co., Anhui Shangjia Environmental 110.30 110.16
Ltd. Tableware Co., Ltd.
Shandong Tranlin Straw New Environmental Shandong Tranlin Straw New 110.30 110.16
Technology Joint Stock Company Limited. Environmental.
Shandong Teanhe Hongsheng International Shandong Tranlin Straw New 110.30 110.16
Trade Co., Ltd. Environmental.
Zhejiang Kingsun Eco-Pack Co. Ltd.......... Zhejiang Kingsun Eco-Pack Co. 110.30 110.16
Ltd.
Zhejiang Kingsun Eco-Pack Co. Ltd.......... Guangxi Jiefeng Biological 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd.
Guangxi Jiefeng Biological Technology Co., Guangxi Jiefeng Biological 110.30 110.16
Ltd. Technology Co., Ltd.
Guangxi Fineshine ECO Technology Co., Ltd.. Guangxi Fineshine ECO 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd.
Wenzhou Sanxing Eco-Friendly Packaging Co., Wenzhou Sanxing Eco-Friendly 110.30 110.16
Ltd. Packaging Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Shaoneng Group Luzhou Technology Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco 110.30 110.16
Development Co., Ltd. (Xinfeng) Technology Co.,
Ltd.
Guangdong Shaoneng Group Luzhou Technology Shaoneng Group Guangdong 110.30 110.16
Development Co., Ltd. Luzhou Eco Technology Co.,
Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. (Xinfeng) Technology Co.,
Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Shaoneng Group Guangdong 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Luzhou Eco Technology Co.,
Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Longyan Green Olive Co., Ltd. 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Hebei Daoxiang Eco Technology 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Guangxi Fineshine ECO 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco (Xinfeng) Zhejiang Fuchang 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Environmental Protection
Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Shaoneng Group Guangdong 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Luzhou Eco Technology Co.,
Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Cangzhou Jinda Packaging 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Minjie Eco-Machinery 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Shaoneng Group Luzhou Eco 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. (XinFeng) Technology Co.,
Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Hainan Huandu Biotechnology 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Hebei Daoxiang Eco Technology 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco HuiZhou Gold-Superman Packing 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Material Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Nanxiong Taihua Plastic 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco NAN Xiong Yangxin ECO Packing 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Shandong Qizheng Packaging 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Zhejiang Fuchang 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Environmental Protection
Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Jiangmen Zhuoyu Technology 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Dongguan Lvluo Environmental 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Protection Technology Co.,
Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Nanxiong Aerospace Health 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Purpus Packaging Technology 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.
Shaoneng Group Guangdong Luzhou Eco Shantou Jinshida Supersonic 110.30 110.16
Technology Co., Ltd. Machine Co., Ltd.
Clean Packaging Technology (Shenzhen) Co., GreenDoer Advanced Materials, 110.30 110.16
Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Ningbo HomeLink Eco-itech Co., Ltd......... Zhejiang Jiadebao Technology 110.30 110.16
Co., Ltd.
Ningbo HomeLink Eco-itech Co., Ltd......... Guangxi Ecolink Technology 110.30 110.16
Co., Ltd.
Guangxi Ecolink Technology Co., Ltd........ Guangxi Ecolink Technology 110.30 110.16
Co., Ltd.
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Shandong Shengquan New Materials Co., Ltd.. Shandong Shengquan New 110.30 110.16
Materials Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Jinsheng Environmental Protection Jiangsu Jinsheng 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Environmental Protection
Tableware Co., Ltd.
Hubei Wheat-Straw Environmental Hubei Wheat-Straw 110.30 110.16
Technologies Co., Ltd. Environmental Technologies
Co., Ltd.
Shandong Lvhe Packaging Co., Ltd........... Shandong Tranlin Straw New 110.30 110.16
Environmental Technology
Joint Stock Company Limited.
Yibin YUTO Eco Packaging Technology Co., Yibin YUTO Eco Packaging 110.30 110.16
Ltd. Technology Co., Ltd.
HaiKou YUTO Eco Technology Co., Ltd........ HaiKou YUTO Eco Technology 110.30 110.16
Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Target Trade Co., Ltd............... GeoTegrity Eco Pack (Xiamen) 110.30 110.16
Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Jiurong Packaging Co., Ltd....... Guandong Fenghua Paper Co., 110.30 110.16
Ltd.
Guangzhou Jiurong Packaging Co., Ltd....... Zhejiang Guangju Paper 110.30 110.16
Products Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Jiurong Packaging Co., Ltd....... Shaoneng Group Guangdong 110.30 110.16
Luzhou Eco Technology Co.,
Ltd.
Guangzhou Jiurong Packaging Co., Ltd....... Shaoneng Group Luzhou 110.30 110.16
(Xinfeng) Technology Co.,
Ltd.
Guangdong Huilin Packaging Technology Group Shenzhen Pinchuang Supply 110.30 110.16
Co., Ltd. Chain Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Huilin Packaging Technology Group Pinchuang Fabric Products 110.30 110.16
Co., Ltd. Factory.
Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Fujian Qingshan Paper 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Suzhou Pchem New Energy 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Technology Co., Ltd.
Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Positive energy machinery 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. processing plant.
Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Yangzhou Cannaan Mesh Belt 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Guangxi Boguan Environmental 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Guangxi Liantuo Trading Co., 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Ltd.
Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Shanghai Tingli Environmental 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Protection Technology Co.,
Ltd.
Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Guangdong Liangshi Industrial 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Materials Co., Ltd.
Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Wenzhou Honglian Packaging 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Container Co., Ltd.
Fujian Lvwei Environmental Protection Zhenghe County Fenghua 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Packaging Co., Ltd.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Fujian Qingshan Paper 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Suzhou Pchem New Energy 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Technology Co., Ltd.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Wenzhou Shunfu Packaging Co., 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Ltd.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Wenzhou Xinao Energy 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Development Co. Ltd.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Ningbo Lufeng Logistics Co., 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Ltd.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Positive energy machinery 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. processing plant.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Yangzhou Cannaan Mesh Belt 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Guangxi Boguan Environmental 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Guangxi Liantuo Trading Co., 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Ltd.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Wenzhou Yongdian Technology 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Wandu packaging products 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. factory.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Fujian Qingshan Paper 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Wenzhou Honglian Packaging 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Container Co., Ltd.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Shanghai Tingli Environmental 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Protection Technology Co.,
Ltd.
Wenzhou Keyi Environmental Protection Guangdong Liangshi Industrial 110.30 110.16
Tableware Co., Ltd. Materials Co., Ltd.
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Fuzhou Hengli Paper Co., Ltd............... Shaoneng Group Guangdong 110.30 110.16
Luzhou Eco Technology Co.,
Ltd.
Fuzhou Hengli Paper Co., Ltd............... Shenzhen Yike Environmental 110.30 110.16
Resources Co., Ltd.
Sabert Asia Holdings Limited............... Sabert (Zhongshan) Limited... 110.30 110.16
China-wide Entity.......................... ............................. * 477.97 * 477.97
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* This rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Amended Cash Deposits and Suspension of Liquidation
The collection of cash deposits and suspension of liquidation will
be revised for the exporter-producer combinations listed in the table
above, in accordance with sections 733(d) and (f) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.224. Because the rates are decreasing from the Preliminary
Determination, the amended cash deposit rates will be effective
retroactively to May 12, 2025, the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determination. Parties will be notified of this
determination, in accordance with sections 733(d) and (f) of the Act.
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we will notify the
ITC of our amended preliminary determination.
Notification to Interested Parties
This amended preliminary determination is issued and published in
accordance with sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.224(e).
Dated: June 5, 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 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.
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