91 FR 44813 · published 2026-07-17
· Commerce Department, International Trade Administration
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Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing the antidumping duty (AD) order on polypropylene corrugated boxes from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam).
[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 136 (Friday, July 17, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44813-44815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-14421]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-552-850]
Polypropylene Corrugated Boxes From the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing the antidumping duty (AD) order
on polypropylene corrugated boxes from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam (Vietnam).
DATES: Applicable July 17, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Cipolla, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4956.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 20, 2026, Commerce published its affirmative Final
Determination in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of
polypropylene corrugated boxes from Vietnam in accordance with sections
735(d) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\
On July 6, 2026, the ITC notified Commerce of its final affirmative
determination that an industry in the United States is materially
injured by reason of dumped imports of polypropylene corrugated boxes
from Vietnam, within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the
Act.\2\
\1\ See Polypropylene Corrugated Boxes from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, and Final Affirmative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, 91 FR 29457 (May 20, 2026) (Final
Determination).
\2\ See ITC's Letter, ``Notification of Final Determination,''
dated July 6, 2026.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order are polypropylene corrugated
boxes from Vietnam. For a complete description of the scope of the
order, see the appendix to this notice.
AD Order
Based on the above-referenced affirmative final determination by
the ITC, in accordance with sections 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act,
Commerce is issuing this AD order. Because the
ITC determined that an industry in the United States is materially
injured by reason of imports of polypropylene corrugated boxes from
Vietnam, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from Vietnam, entered
or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are subject to the
assessment of antidumping duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise on all
relevant entries of polypropylene corrugated boxes from Vietnam.
Antidumping duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of
polypropylene corrugated boxes from Vietnam entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after December 31, 2025, the date of
publication of the Preliminary Determination,\3\ but will not include
entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional measures
period and before publication of the ITC's final injury determination,
as further described below.
\3\ See Polypropylene Corrugated Boxes from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, in Part, Postponement of Final
Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures, 90 FR 61377
(December 31, 2025) (Preliminary Determination).
Critical Circumstances
In addition, the ITC found that critical circumstances do not exist
with respect to imports of polypropylene corrugated boxes from Vietnam.
As a result, we intend to instruct CBP to lift the suspension of
liquidation and to refund all cash deposits for estimated antidumping
duties with respect to entries of subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after October 2, 2025
(i.e., 90 days prior to the date of publication of the affirmative
Preliminary Determination), but before December 31, 2025 (i.e., the
date of publication of the Preliminary Determination).\4\
\4\ Id.
Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits
In accordance with section 736 of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of
polypropylene corrugated boxes from Vietnam, effective on the date of
publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the
Federal Register. Commerce also intends to instruct CBP to require cash
deposits equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins
indicated in the tables below. Accordingly, effective on the date of
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of the ITC's final
affirmative injury determination, CBP will require, at the same time as
importers would normally deposit estimated customs duties on subject
merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates listed in the tables
below. These instructions suspending liquidation and cash deposit
requirements will remain in effect until further notice.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
Vietnam-Wide Entity......................................... * 130.58
* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months.
In the underlying investigation, Commerce published the LTFV
Preliminary Determination on December 31, 2025. Therefore, the six-
month period beginning on the date of publication ended on June 28,
2026. Pursuant to section 737(b) of the Act, the collection of cash
deposits will begin on the date of publication of the ITC's final
injury determinations.
Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, Commerce
will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated entries
of polypropylene corrugated boxes from Vietnam entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 29, 2026, the first
day provisional measures were no longer in effect, until and through
the day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final injury
determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation and
the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date of publication
of the ITC's final determination in the Federal Register.
Establishment of the Annual Inquiry Service Lists
Commerce published the Final Rule and the Procedural Guidance in
the Federal Register on September 20, 2021, and September 27, 2021,
respectively.\5\ The Final Rule and Procedural Guidance provide that
Commerce will maintain an annual inquiry service list for each order or
suspended investigation, and any interested party submitting a scope
ruling application or request for circumvention inquiry shall serve a
copy of the application or request on the persons on the annual inquiry
service list for that order, as well as any companion order covering
the same merchandise from the same country of origin.\6\
\5\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement on
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20,
2021) (Final Rule); and Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry
Service List; and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27,
2021) (Procedural Guidance).
\6\ Id.
In accordance with the Procedural Guidance, for orders published in
the Federal Register after November 4, 2021, Commerce will create an
annual inquiry service list segment in Commerce's online e-filing and
document management system, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Electronic Service System (ACCESS), available at https://access.trade.gov/, within five business days of publication of the
notice of the order. Each annual inquiry service list will be saved in
ACCESS, under each case number, and under a specific segment type
called ``AISL-Annual Inquiry Service List.'' \7\
\7\ This segment will be combined with the ACCESS Segment
Specific Information (SSI) field which will display the month in
which the notice of the order or suspended investigation was
published in the Federal Register, also known as the anniversary
month. For example, for an order under case number A-000-000 that
was published in the Federal Register in January, the relevant
segment and SSI combination will appear in ACCESS as ``AISL-January
Anniversary.'' Note that there will be only one annual inquiry
service list per case number, and the anniversary month will be pre-
populated in ACCESS.
Interested parties who wish to be added to the annual inquiry
service list for an order must submit an entry of appearance to the
annual inquiry service list segment for the order in ACCESS within 30
days after the date of publication of the order. For ease of
administration, Commerce requests that law firms with more than one
attorney representing interested parties in an order designate a lead
attorney to be included on the annual inquiry service
list. Commerce will finalize the annual inquiry service list within
five business days thereafter. As mentioned in the Procedural
Guidance,\8\ the new annual inquiry service list will be in place until
the following year, when the Opportunity Notice for the anniversary
month of the order is published.
\8\ See Procedural Guidance, 86 FR at 53206.
Commerce may update an annual service list at any time as needed
based on interested parties' amendments to their entries of appearance
to remove or otherwise modify their list of members and
representatives, or to update contact information. Any changes or
announcements pertaining to these procedures will be posted to the
ACCESS website.
Special Instructions for Petitioner and Foreign Governments
In the Final Rule, Commerce stated that, ``after an initial request
and placement on the annual inquiry service list, both petitioners and
foreign governments will automatically be placed on the annual inquiry
service list in the years that follow.'' \9\ Accordingly, as stated
above, the petitioner and foreign governments should submit their
initial entries of appearance after publication of this notice in order
to appear in the first annual inquiry service lists for this order for
which they qualify as interested parties. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.225(n)(3), the petitioner and foreign governments will not need to
resubmit their entries of appearance each year to continue to be
included on the annual inquiry service list. However, the petitioner
and the foreign governments are responsible for making amendments to
their entries of appearance during the annual update to the annual
inquiry service list in accordance with the procedures described above.
\9\ See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the AD order with respect to polypropylene
corrugated boxes from Vietnam, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act.
Interested parties can find a list of AD and countervailing duty orders
currently in effect at https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/adcvd-proceedings.
This AD order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: July 8, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to this order is polypropylene
corrugated boxes. Polypropylene corrugated boxes are boxes, bins,
totes, or other load-bearing containers made for holding goods, that
are made of corrugated polypropylene sheets, also known as
polypropylene hollow core sheets, polypropylene fluted sheets,
polypropylene twin wall sheets, or multi wall sheets. Such
polypropylene sheets are ``corrugated,'' ``fluted,'' or ``hollow
core,'' meaning the inside of the sheet contains channels or pockets
of air which make the sheets lightweight, while retaining strength
and durability. Polypropylene corrugated boxes are typically
produced from a plastic resin consisting of 50 percent or more
polypropylene. Polypropylene corrugated boxes are covered by the
scope irrespective of the particular mix of polypropylene homo-
polymer, polypropylene co-polymer, recycled or virgin polypropylene,
or ancillary chemicals such as electrostatic agents or flame
retardants. Polypropylene corrugated boxes are formed by corrugated
polypropylene sheets cut to length, die-cut into specific box
shapes, and may be cut or scored to allow each side of the box to be
folded into shape. Polypropylene corrugated boxes may include a tab
or attached portion of polypropylene corrugated sheet (commonly
referred to as a ``manufacturer's joint'') that has been cut,
slotted, or scored to facilitate the formation of the box by
stapling, gluing, welding, or taping the sides together to form a
tight seal. One-piece polypropylene corrugated boxes are die-cut or
otherwise formed so that the top, bottom, and sides form a single,
contiguous unit. Two-piece polypropylene corrugated boxes are those
with a folded bottom and a folded top as separate pieces. Multi-
piece polypropylene corrugated boxes are those with separate bottoms
and tops that are fitted to a single folded piece comprising the
sides of the box. Polypropylene corrugated boxes may be printed with
ink or digital designs.
The subject merchandise includes polypropylene corrugated boxes
with or without handles, with or without lids or tops, with or
without reinforcing wire, whether in a one-piece, two-piece, or
multi-piece configuration, and whether folded into shape or in an
unfolded form. The subject merchandise includes all polypropylene
corrugated boxes regardless of size, shape, or dimension. The
subject merchandise also includes polypropylene corrugated box lids
or tops when imported separately from polypropylene corrugated
boxes.
The products subject to this order are currently classified in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
statistical reporting number 3923.10.9000. Although the HTSUS
statistical reporting number is provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the merchandise is dispositive.
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