Lithographic Plates: Details of AD/CVD Orders for China and Japan
The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on aluminum lithographic printing plates from China (A-570-156) and Japan (A-588-881), and countervailing duty orders on aluminum lithographic printing plates from China (C-570-157).
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The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties that will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce, which may only take place under certain conditions, such as a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The orders detail a “gap period” of no CVD liability for subject merchandise that was entered June 29, 2024, through Nov. 17, 2024, and of no AD liability for subject merchandise entered Oct. 28, 2024, through Nov. 17, 2024. Commerce may only suspend liquidation for a four-month period after its preliminary CVD determination, issued March 1, 2024, and for six months after its preliminary AD determination, issued May 1, 2024. Commerce will order CBP to liquidate, without regard to AD or CVD, any entries during these respective gap periods. Subject merchandise entered during the CVD gap period but outside the AD gap period (i.e., June 29, 2024, through Oct. 27, 2024) will only be assessed AD.
Commerce will order the refund of all CVD cash deposits collected on aluminum lithographic plates from China entered before March 1, 2024, and all AD cash deposits for entries from China prior to May 1, 2024, because the ITC reversed Commerce's findings of critical circumstances and retroactive collection of cash deposits.
AD/CV Suspension of Liq Instructions
Suspension of liquidation resumes for all entries of subject merchandise entered on or after Nov. 18, the date that the final ITC affirmative injury determination was published.
CVD Cash Deposit Instructions
Commerce will require importers to pay CVD cash deposits on subject merchandise entered on or after Nov. 18. CV duty cash deposits will be required at the following rates:
China
| Company | CVD Rate |
|---|---|
| Fujifilm Printing Plate (China) Co., Ltd. / Fujifilm (China) Investment Co., Ltd. | 35.66% |
| Shanghai National Ink Co. Ltd. | 229.54% |
| All Others | 35.66% |
AD Cash Deposit Instructions
An AD cash deposit requirement is also in effect for subject merchandise entered on or after Nov. 18. Commerce will instruct CBP to require, at the same time that importers deposit estimated duties, a cash deposit equal to the rates listed below.
China
| Exporter | Producer | AD Rate | Adjusted* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fujifilm Printing Plate (China) Co., Ltd | Fujifilm Printing Plate (China) Co., Ltd | 115.85% | 115.84% |
| China-wide Entity | 317.44% | 317.43% |
*As adjusted for export subsidies found in the concurrent CVD investigation. This rate serves as the AD cash deposit rate for entries on or after Nov. 18.
Japan
| Exporter/Producer | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Fujifilm Corporation; Fujifilm Shizuoka Co., Ltd | 91.83% |
| Miraclon Corporation Ltd | 160.11% |
| All Others | 91.83% |
(See the notice for additional details, including the full scope description, etc. See 2409270029 for a summary of the final AD determinations, and 2409270033 for summary of the final CVD determinations.)