Tissue Paper Smuggling? China-Vietnam Duty Dodge Probe
Published Date: 8/6/2026
Notice
Summary
In response to a request from Seaman Paper Company of Massachusetts, Inc. (Seaman, or the requester), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a country-wide circumvention inquiry to determine whether imports of certain tissue paper products (tissue paper) completed in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) using jumbo paper rolls manufactured in the People's Republic of China (China), are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) order on tissue paper from China.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
Commerce opens country-wide inquiry
On August 6, 2026, the Department of Commerce began a country-wide circumvention inquiry into tissue paper completed in Vietnam using jumbo paper rolls made in China to determine if those imports are circumventing the existing antidumping order on tissue paper from China. Commerce intends to issue a preliminary determination within 150 days and a final determination within 300 days from the date this notice was published.
Suspension of liquidation and cash deposits
Commerce will notify U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue suspension of liquidation and to apply cash deposit rates that would apply if the Vietnam-completed products were determined covered by the China antidumping order. Commerce may also instruct CBP to begin suspension and cash deposit requirements for unliquidated entries entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after the publication date of this initiation, and possibly for entries prior to initiation but not before November 4, 2021.
Respondent data rules and adverse inferences risk
Commerce will use CBP entry data to select respondents and place that data on the record; interested parties have seven days to comment after placement. Companies selected as respondents must fully answer Commerce's questionnaires, because failing to completely respond may lead Commerce to apply facts available under section 776(a) and adverse inferences under section 776(b), which can increase duties assessed.
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