Government Delays Tariff Tango Over Empty Capsules from Afar
Published Date: 11/24/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. International Trade Commission is updating the schedule for its investigation into hard empty capsules from Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam due to a government funding pause. Companies involved need to meet new deadlines for filings and hearings between late November and December 2025. This affects importers and manufacturers, with final decisions expected by the end of December, potentially impacting trade and prices.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Compressed Investigation Filing Schedule
If you are a company involved in the investigation of hard empty capsules, you must meet a revised set of deadlines: prehearing briefs due November 24, 2025; requests to appear due November 25, 2025; prehearing conference (if needed) on November 28, 2025; written testimony and slides due by noon December 1, 2025; hearing at 9:30 a.m. on December 2, 2025; posthearing briefs due December 9, 2025; the Commission's final release on December 19, 2025; and final party comments due December 23, 2025.
Investigation Could Affect Trade Prices
The Commission's investigation and its final release of information on December 19, 2025 (with final party comments due December 23, 2025 and final decisions expected by the end of December 2025) concerns hard empty capsules from Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam and could potentially affect trade flows and prices for those imports.
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