Thermal Paper: Details of AD Duty Orders on Germany, Japan, Spain, South Korea

This order sets permanent AD duties on thermal paper from Germany, Japan, Spain and South Korea. Duties will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce, which may take place only 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 duties on importers and make changes to AD duty cash deposit rates.

In its final injury determination, the International Trade Commission made a negative "critical circumstances" determination on imports of thermal paper from Germany and South Korea. As a result, Commerce will instruct CBP to lift suspension and to refund any cash deposits collected on entries prior to May 12, 2021.

Gap Period of No AD Suspension of Liq or AD Duties for Nov. 8-18

For these investigations, the six-month provisional measures period for which the AD suspension of liquidation may remain in effect before the order is issued began on May 12, 2021, the date of the preliminary determination, and ended on Nov. 7, 2021.

As the ITC's final affirmative injury determination was published Nov. 19, Commerce is instructing CBP to terminate AD suspension of liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to AD duties, unliquidated entries of subject merchandise entered on or after Nov. 8 and through Nov. 18 (the gap period).

(For subject merchandise entered May 12, 2021, through Nov. 7, 2021, AD duty suspension of liquidation and AD duty liability remains in effect.)

AD Suspension of Liq, Cash Deposit Instructions

Suspension of liquidation resumes for all entries of subject merchandise entered on or after Nov. 19, the date that the final ITC affirmative injury determination was published. AD duty cash deposit requirements also resume as of that date. Commerce will instruct CBP to require, at the same time that importers deposit estimated duties, a cash deposit equal to the AD duty rates listed below:

Germany

Japan

Spain

South Korea

(See the notice for additional details, including the full scope description, etc. See 2109290028 for a summary of Commerce's final determinations.)