U.S. Starts Five-Year Trade Reviews for Certain Chinese Products
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Details of the Review
This review covers certain goods from China. Both antidumping and countervailing duty orders are included. The U.S. International Trade Commission is doing its own review at the same time.
The reviews started on June 2, 2025.
Products Under Review
- Calcium Hypochlorite (A-570-008 and C-570-009) – second review
- Collated Steel Staples (A-570-112 and C-570-113) – first review
- Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide (A-570-919) – third review
- Lightweight Thermal Paper (A-570-920 and C-570-921) – third review
Contact people for these reviews at the Commerce Department are Thomas Martin, (202) 482-3936, and Mary Kolberg, (202) 482-1785.
How the Review Works
The Commerce Department will follow its published rules on how to do Sunset Reviews. These rules are found in Federal Register notices from March 20, 1998; October 28, 2005; and February 14, 2012.
Information for the Public
People can find details about the review process on the Commerce Department website at https://enforcement.trade.gov/sunset/. All documents must follow specific formatting, translation, and electronic filing rules. These are in 19 CFR 351.303.
Parties must certify that the information they give is correct and complete. The format for these certifications is in 19 CFR 351.303(g). Commerce will reject information if these rules are not followed.
Participation Steps
Anyone wanting to take part must file a letter of appearance as per 19 CFR 351.103(d). To get on the public list early, interested parties should submit their entry of appearance within 10 days of this notice.
The Commerce Department still has some special rules about serving documents that have private business information because of COVID-19. These were announced on July 10, 2020.
What Interested Parties Must Do
Domestic interested parties must file a notice of intent to participate within 15 days of the June 2, 2025 notice. What needs to be in the notice is in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(ii). If no domestic party files in time, the order will be revoked automatically, as per 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii).
If there is a valid notice, all parties must file a full substantive response within 30 days after June 2, 2025. The requirements for these responses are in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3). There are different information requirements for domestic parties and respondents.
Commerce’s rules are separate from the ITC’s rules. Terms are defined in 19 CFR part 351.
Commerce amended service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f). Electronic documents must be fully received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on due dates.
Executive Summaries Required
Parties filing comments are asked to provide an executive summary for each issue at the beginning of their comments. Public executive summaries should be no longer than 450 words per issue, not counting citations.
These summaries will be used in the final decision document that will be published. Proper citations must be included in footnotes in the summaries.
Key Dates
- Notice Published: June 2, 2025
- Notice of Intent to Participate deadline: 15 days from June 2, 2025
- Substantive Response deadline: 30 days from June 2, 2025
This public notice was signed by Scot Fullerton, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, on May 16, 2025. The notice was officially published as document FR Doc. 2025-09939.
Contact Information
Commerce Department: AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
ITC Contact: Mary Messer, Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, (202) 205-3193.
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