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The United States has published the expedited sunset review of countervailing duties on Chinese twist ties.
The US Department of Commerce has published the final results of the first expedited sunset review of the countervailing duty order on twist ties from China. The accessible FederalRegister.gov record does not reproduce the full notice or the duty rates.
A final sunset review notice
The Federal Register refers to a notice from the US Department of Commerce concerning twist ties originating in China, under document 2026-12961 in the page URL . The notice concerns the final results of the first expedited sunset review of the countervailing duty order covering those products . The FederalRegister.gov case page is linked to the path dated 26 June 2026 .
The wording of the FederalRegister.gov URL refers to twist ties from the People's Republic of China and to the stage of final results in a first expedited sunset review . The title indexed in the case file states that countervailing duties on twist ties from China are being maintained . The scope described is limited to that countervailing duty order and to the final stage of the first sunset review .
The content retrieved for the FederalRegister.gov page does not reproduce the body of the notice; it displays a message restricting programmatic access and refers users to the FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov APIs . The same message states that the request was flagged as potentially automated and that a CAPTCHA test conditions access to the full page . The source available in the file does not provide the rates stated in the final notice .
Twist ties originating in China
The Federal Register notice referred to in the file concerns "twist ties", described in French as attaches torsadées, originating in the People's Republic of China . The scope presented in the available extract links that product to a countervailing duty order covering goods originating in China .
The title of the federal notice refers to the final results of the first expedited sunset review of that countervailing duty order . The material scope set out in the extract does not provide any further technical description of the twist ties . Nor does it specify any composition, dimensions, packaging or use covered by the order .
The origin identified in the notice is the People's Republic of China . The available extract does not mention any other country, customs territory or preferential origin within the scope of the review .
No Harmonised System code, HTSUS code or TARIC code appears in the available extract of the notice . The document accessible in the file refers only to the Federal Register notice and its title, without any tariff annex reproduced in the extract .
The conclusion on countervailable subsidies.
The US Department of Commerce states, in the Federal Register notice concerning twist ties originating in China, the final results of the first expedited sunset review of the countervailing duty order . The notice concerns twist ties originating in the People's Republic of China, described in French in the file as attaches torsadées .
The published conclusion is that revocation of the measure would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies . The notice links that conclusion to the rates stated in the Federal Register notice . The material consulted does not provide the numerical detail of those rates, nor any breakdown by producer, exporter or examined entity .
The notice forms part of a sunset review procedure, described as expedited by the Department of Commerce in the title of the Federal Register document . The final result does not concern the opening of a new investigation, but the review of the existing countervailing measure covering this product and origin . The page consulted identifies the document as "Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order" in its Federal Register address .
The source accessible at the time of consultation displays a FederalRegister.gov page restricting automated access and does not reproduce the body of the notice . The available elements make it possible to identify the scope of the document, the nature of the review and the general conclusion on countervailable subsidies . The detail of the rates stated in the notice is not available in the content consulted .
Sources cited
- federalregister.gov - États-Unis - maintien annoncé des droits compensateurs sur les attaches torsadées originaires de Chine