On November 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a preliminary affirmative anti-subsidy ruling on cable ties (TwistTies) imported from China. The preliminary ruling was Zhenjiang Hongda Household Products Co., Ltd. (Zhenjiang Hongda Commodity Co. Ltd.), Zhenjiang Zhonglian I/ECo., Ltd. and other Chinese manufacturers/exporters did not participate in responding to the lawsuit, so the subsidy rate was 122.5%. The U.S. Department of Commerce is expected to make a final countervailing ruling on February 16, 2021.
On July 17, 2020, in response to an application submitted by the American company Bedford Industries, Inc. on June 26, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it would impose restrictions on imports from China. Conduct anti-dumping and countervailing investigations. On August 7, 2020, the U.S. International Trade Commission voted to make a preliminary affirmative ruling on anti-dumping and countervailing industrial damage to cable ties imported from China. This case involves products under U.S. harmonized tariff numbers 8309.90.0000 and 5609.00.3000.
Original text: https://www.trade.gov/faq/preliminary-determination-countervailing-duty-investigation-twist-ties-china
