Certain Paper Plates From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Circumvention Inquires on the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-164, C-570-165] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: In response to a request from the Anticircumvention Working Group of the American Paper Plate Coalition (AWG) (collectively, the requesters), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating country-wide circumvention inquiries to determine whether imports of certain paper plates (paper plates) completed in the Kingdom of Cambodia (Cambodia) or ( printed page 41056) Malaysia (collectively, the third countries) using paperboard manufactured in the People's Republic of China (China), are circumventing the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on paper plates from China. DATES: Applicable August 22, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justin Enck at (202) 482-1614, Shawn Gregor at (202) 482-3226 (Cambodia), and Walter Schaub at (202) 482-0907 (Malaysia), Trade Remedy Counseling and Initiations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On July 8, 2025, pursuant to section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.226(i) , the requesters  [ 1 ] filed circumvention inquiry requests  [ 2 ] alleging that paper plates completed in the third countries using paperboard manufactured in China, are c…