Business & Commerce

Expedited Third Sunset Review on Commodity Matchbooks from India

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This notice explains that the U.S. Department of Commerce has assessed whether the countervailing duty order on matchbooks imported from India should be revoked. It concludes that revoking the order would probably allow Indian exporters to continue receiving subsidies, harming U.S. manufacturers. Consequently, the duties will remain in place to protect domestic producers from unfair pricing due to these subsidies.

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Key Changes

  • Continuation of countervailing duties on Indian matchbooks
  • Preventing subsidized imports that harm U.S. producers
  • Expiration review process completed expeditiously

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Maintain countervailing duty order on commodity matchbooks imported from India at net countervailable subsidy rates of 9.88% ad valorem for Triveni Safety Matches Pvt. Limited and all other producers/exporters

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, importers of commodity matchbooks from India
operational
high

Parties subject to administrative protective orders must return or destroy proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, or convert to judicial protective orders

All parties subject to administrative protective orders in this proceeding
operational
high

Provide timely notification of the return, destruction, or conversion to judicial protective orders of APO materials

Parties subject to administrative protective orders
disclosure
high

Comply with regulations and terms of administrative protective orders; failure to comply is subject to sanctions

All parties subject to administrative protective orders
prohibition
high

The countervailing duty order on commodity matchbooks from India remains in effect applicable April 10, 2026, and shall not be revoked

U.S. Department of Commerce, importers and producers of commodity matchbooks from India
operational

Affected Parties

U.S. matchbook producersIndian exporters of matchbooks

Tags

trade,subsidy,matchbooks