China Carbon Exporters Hit With Duty Update
Published Date: 7/13/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce found that two Chinese companies, Datong Juqiang and Ningxia Huahui, sold activated carbon at unfairly low prices from April 2024 to March 2025. Meanwhile, the review for Beijing Pacific was canceled because they didn’t sell any during that time. This means some import duties might change soon, affecting businesses and prices in the U.S.
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 5 costs, 1 mixed.
Preliminary Dumping Margins Announced
Commerce preliminarily found that Datong Juqiang had a dumping margin of 0.83 USD per kilogram and Ningxia Huahui had a dumping margin of 0.86 USD per kilogram for sales from April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025. These preliminary margins (and the 0.84 USD/kg rate assigned to non‑examined companies) could change the antidumping duties you pay on imported activated carbon and may affect U.S. prices.
Separate Rate of 0.84 USD/kg for 12 Firms
Commerce preliminarily assigned a separate rate of 0.84 USD per kilogram to twelve non‑individually examined Chinese exporters listed in Appendix II for the period April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025. If finalized, importers sourcing from those listed companies would face antidumping assessment rates equal to 0.84 USD/kg.
China-Wide Rate Remains 2.42 USD/kg
Commerce states the China‑wide entity rate remains 2.42 USD per kilogram and will apply to companies Commerce treats as part of the China‑wide entity (those in Appendix III) for entries produced and/or exported by those companies during April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025. If applied in the final results, importers of products from those companies would face a 2.42 USD/kg assessment.
Cash Deposit Rules After Final Results
When the final results publish, cash deposit requirements for shipments entered on or after the publication date will be: (1) the final review rate for companies with separate rates (unless zero or de minimis); (2) existing exporter‑specific rates for previously reviewed exporters; (3) the China‑wide rate of 2.42 USD/kg for Chinese exporters without a separate rate; and (4) the rate of the Chinese exporter for non‑Chinese exporters without their own rate. These deposit rules take effect on shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results.
How Duties Will Be Assessed; 0.50% De Minimis Rule
If the mandatory respondents' weighted‑average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (defined as less than 0.50 percent), Commerce intends to calculate importer‑specific assessment rates using the ratio of total dumping to entered value or a per‑unit rate; if a margin or importer‑specific ad valorem rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to antidumping duties. The POR covered April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025.
Importer Filing Requirement and Double‑Duty Risk
Importers must file a certificate about reimbursement of antidumping duties under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) before liquidation of relevant entries for this review period; failure to file may cause Commerce to presume reimbursement occurred and lead to assessment of double antidumping duties. This applies to entries from the review period April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025.
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