China Twist Ties: Prelim AD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect
The Commerce Department made an affirmative antidumping preliminary determination that imports of twist ties from China (A-570-131) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning on Dec. 10, the date that its preliminary determination is set to be published in the Federal Register.
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Twist ties from China are already subject to suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements, announced in Commerce's preliminary CV duty determination (see 2011300045). Suspension of liquidation for subject merchandise from China began Dec. 1.
Scope Amended to Exempt Twist Ties for Bags, in Packaging
As announced in the CV duty preliminary determinations on twist ties, Commerce is amending the scope of these AD/CVD investigations on twist ties to exclude twist ties packaged together for sale with bags, as well as twist ties that are part of the packaging of an imported product. The new scope language is as follows:
“Excluded from the scope of the order are twist ties packaged with bags for sale together where the quantity of twist ties does not exceed twice the number of bags in each package. Also excluded are twist ties that constitute part of the packaging of the imported product, for example, merchandise anchored/secured to a backing with twist ties in the retail package or a bag of bread that is closed with a twist tie.”
​AD Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for AD duty purposes for all entries of subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after Dec. 9 (liquidation is already suspended under Commerce's CV duty investigation), and require AD duty cash deposits as follows:
| Producer | Exporter | AD Rate | Adjusted* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rongfa Plastic Products Co., Ltd. (also known as Zhenjiang Rongfa Plastic Co., Ltd) | Rongfa Plastic Products Co., Ltd. (also known as Zhenjiang Rongfa Plastic Co., Ltd) | 72.96% | 62.42% |
| Tianjin Kyoei Packaging Supplies Co., Ltd. | Tianjin Kyoei Packaging Supplies Co., Ltd. | 72.96% | 62.42% |
| China-wide entity | 72.96% | 62.42% |
*As adjusted for export subsidies found in the concurrent CV duty investigation. This rate is the AD duty cash deposit rate while CV duty suspension of liquidation remains in effect.
China-wide entity. The China-wide entity includes Zhenjiang Hongda and Zhenjiang Zhonglian, as well as all other producer-exporter combinations not named in Commerce's notice.
(The period of investigation is 10/01/19 - 03/31/20. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope, suspension of liquidation, detailed cash deposit instructions, etc. See 2007240043 for a summary of initiation of this investigation, and 2007010019 for the underlying petition.)