# 2026-16056: Tissue Paper Smuggling? China-Vietnam Duty Dodge Probe

2026-16056, Certain Tissue Paper Products From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Circumvention Inquiry of the Antidumping Duty Order, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, International Trade Administration published 2026-08-06, effective 2026-08-06; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-13).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16056
- Title: Certain Tissue Paper Products From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Circumvention Inquiry of the Antidumping Duty Order
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; International Trade Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 50789
- Published: 2026-08-06
- Effective: 2026-08-06
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-13

## In one line

Tissue Paper Smuggling? China-Vietnam Duty Dodge Probe

## 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.

## Effects PRIA read

- Commerce opens country-wide inquiry: mixed, medium. 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…
- Suspension of liquidation and cash deposits: cost, medium. 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…
- Respondent data rules and adverse inferences risk: cost, medium. 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 fa…

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## Sources
- [2026-16056 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/06/2026-16056/certain-tissue-paper-products-from-the-peoples-republic-of-china-initiation-of-circumvention-inquiry)
- [2026-16056 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-06/pdf/2026-16056.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16056 (as of 2026-08-13).