China Cased Pencils: Commerce Rescinds 2023-24 AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department said it's rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cased pencils from China (A-570-827) for the period of review Dec. 1, 2023, through Nov. 30, 2024, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the review period for the five companies that remained under review after 34 others were determined not eligible for review. The five companies are: Centraline Stationery & Gift Co. Limited; Ningbo Homey Union Co., Ltd.; Shandong Wah Yuen Stationery Co. Ltd.; Tianjin Tonghe Stationery Co. Ltd; and Wah Yuen Stationery Co. Ltd.
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On March 25, based on all information collected for the record in the review, Commerce determined that Aloha Pencil Co. wasn't a bona fide producer, manufacturer or wholesaler of a domestic like product during the review period, and declined to find that the company was a domestic interested party. Its request for review was therefore voided by Commerce, and, Aloha Pencil being the sole requestor of a review for 34 companies, Commerce voided the review with respect to the other companies.
As a result, no cash deposit rates will change, and the current cash deposit requirements will remain in effect until further notice. Commerce will instruct CBP to assess AD on all appropriate entries, at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated AD required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, it said.