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Ref. : EIC 111/3/10/1

9 November 2022

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 876/2022

US : Antidumping Action against Paper File Folders from the Mainland of China : Initiation of Investigation

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 829/2022 of 21 October 2022, the US Department of Commerce (DoC) announced in the Federal Register (FR) notice of 8 November 2022 the initiation of antidumping investigation to determine whether imports of paper file folders from, among others, the Mainland of China were being, or were likely to be, sold in the US at less than fair value. The relevant FR notice on the initiation of antidumping investigation is available at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-11-08/pdf/2022-24316.pdf.

2.DoC requests quantity and value (Q & V) information from relevant exporters and producers for use as the basis to select the mandatory respondents. The Q & V questionnaire as well as the filing instructions is available on the DoC's website at https://enforcement.trade.gov/questionnaires/questionnaires-ad.html. Exporters and producers wishing to obtain separate rate status in the antidumping investigation are required to submit a separate rate status application. The specific requirements for submitting the separate rate application are outlined in detail in the application itself, which is available on the DoC's website at https://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme-sep-rate.html. The separate rate application is due 30 days after publication of the FR notice. Also, exporters and producers who submit a separate rate status application and are selected as mandatory respondents are required to respond to all parts of the questionnaire as mandatory respondents to be eligible for separate rate status. DoC requests respondents to submit a response to both the Q & V questionnaire and the separate rate application by the respective deadlines in order to receive consideration for separate rate status.

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3.For traders involved in the export of the subject product produced in Guangdong, please contact Zheng Jingmin, Director of Trade Remedy and Industry Injury Investigation Division under the Guangdong Department of Commerce at 8620 3881 9797. The Division is responsible for, among others, guiding and coordinating enterprises in the Guangdong Province in responding to antidumping investigations against products of the Province.

4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Miss K Y HO at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Kwany KOU)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.