The United States made the final determination of industrial injury in the third anti-dumping sunset review of tissue paper

On October 22, 2021, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) voted to make a positive and final determination on the industrial injury of the third anti-dumping sunset review of tissue paper imported from China, ruling that if the current anti-dumping measures are cancelled, the material injury caused by the import of the products involved to the domestic industry of the United States may continue or reoccur within a reasonably foreseeable period. According to the final result, the current anti-dumping measures in this case continue to be effective. In the ruling, all five members of the United States International Trade Commission voted yes.

On March 15, 2004, the US Department of Commerce conducted an anti-dumping investigation on tissue paper originating in China. On February 14, 2005, the US Department of Commerce made a final anti-dumping ruling on the case. On February 1, 2010, the U.S. Department of Commerce conducted the first anti-dumping sunset review investigation on tissue paper originating in China. On June 10, 2010, the U.S. Department of Commerce made the final decision of the first anti-dumping sunset review on tissue paper originating in China. On June 1, 2015, the U.S. Department of Commerce filed the second sunset anti-dumping review investigation on tissue paper originating in China. On October 2, 2015, the US Department of Commerce made the final decision of the second sunset review of anti-dumping against China’s tissue paper. On June 1, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it would launch the third sunset anti-dumping review investigation on the tissue imported from China.

On September 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it had made the final decision of the third anti-dumping fast sunset review on the tissue paper imported from China, and ruled that if the anti-dumping duty in this case was cancelled, the dumping of the products involved in China would continue or reoccur at a dumping rate of 112.64%. The U.S. harmonized tariff numbers of the products involved are 4802.30, 4802.54, 4802.61, 4802.62, 4802.69, 4804.31.1000, 4804.31.2000, 4804.31.4020, 4804.31.4040, 4804.31.6000, 4804.39, 4805.91.1090, 4805.91.5000, 4805.91.7000, 4806.40, 4808.30, 4808.90, 4811.90, 4823.90, 4802.50.00, 4802.90.00, 4805.91.90 and 9505.90.40.