Government Hits Cheap Imported Capsules with Dumping Duties
Published Date: 2/23/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. government is putting extra taxes on hard empty capsules imported from Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam because they were sold at unfairly low prices. This move protects American capsule makers from losing business and starts on February 23, 2026. Importers from these countries will now pay more, helping level the playing field for U.S. companies.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Importers must pay high antidumping deposits
Starting February 23, 2026, U.S. Customs will require cash deposits (antidumping duties) on hard empty capsules imported from Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam. Example rates listed in the order include 77.63% for Brazil (ACG do Brasil S.A. and All Others), 18.71% for most named Chinese producers (with a China-wide rate of 18.71%), 18.68% (All Others) for India, and 47.12% (Suheung Vietnam and Vietnam-wide) for Vietnam. Deposits are the estimated weighted-average dumping margins adjusted by any export subsidy offsets.
One Chinese exporter excluded and refunded
Commerce excluded Shanxi JC Biological Technology Co., Ltd. from the China order with a 0.00% dumping margin, instructed Customs to discontinue suspension of liquidation for that producer/exporter, and to refund any cash deposits collected for entries from that company.
Retroactive assessment window and provisional gap
Antidumping duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of capsules from China, India, and Vietnam entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after May 29, 2025, but entries made on or after November 25, 2025 and before publication of the ITC's final determinations are not subject to duties because provisional measures expired. Suspension of liquidation and collection of deposits resume on publication of the ITC's final determinations.
U.S. capsule industry shielded by orders
The Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission found material injury or threat of injury to a U.S. capsule industry and issued antidumping orders to protect that industry from dumped imports from Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam.
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