US defers AD/CVD decisions on cardboard boxes until 19 October 2026.

Petitions were filed on 9 September 2026

The US Department of Commerce received, on 9 September 2026, anti-dumping and countervailing duty petitions concerning imports of “certain corrugated die-cut cardboard boxes” originating in China, Malaysia and the Republic of Türkiye . The Federal Register notice uses the designations “People’s Republic of China”, “Malaysia” and “Republic of Türkiye”, the latter also being abbreviated as “Türkiye” .

The product concerned is described in the notice as corrugated die-cut cardboard boxes, or “corrugated die-cut boxes” . This extension notice does not reproduce a tariff classification or a more detailed technical definition of the goods covered .

The petitions were filed on behalf of the American Pizza Boxes Manufacturers Coalition and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union . According to the notice, the members of the American Pizza Boxes Manufacturers Coalition are Smurfit Westrock plc and Pratt Industries, Inc. . The Department of Commerce describes the coalition’s members as US producers of corrugated die-cut cardboard boxes and the trade union as representing workers employed in their production in the United States .

Four case numbers are involved.

The notice is referenced under case numbers A-570-242, A-557-838, A-489-860 and C-489-861 . References A-570-242, A-557-838 and A-489-860 appear in the heading alongside the anti-dumping case descriptions for China, Malaysia and Türkiye, respectively . Reference C-489-861 appears in the same heading and in the contact details for the competent unit handling the countervailing duty case concerning Türkiye .

The notice identifies the competent agency as the International Trade Administration, within the Department of Commerce’s Enforcement and Compliance unit . The contacts listed are part of that administration’s anti-dumping and countervailing duty operations .

The deadline was deferred until 19 October 2026

The International Trade Administration notice has applied since 29 September 2026 and was published in the Federal Register on 2 October 2026 . In it, the Department of Commerce extends by 20 days the deadline for deciding whether to initiate the anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations . Its initiation decisions are now due no later than 19 October 2026 .

According to the notice, sections 702(c)(1)(A) and 732(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 require the Department of Commerce to decide within 20 days of the filing of an anti-dumping or countervailing duty petition, including whether the petition was filed by, or on behalf of, the US industry . Sections 702(c)(1)(B) and 732(c)(1)(B) permit an additional 20-day extension where extraordinary circumstances exist, when the Department must poll the industry or otherwise determine support for the petition .

Sections 702(c)(4)(A) and 732(c)(4)(A) set two support thresholds: producers or workers supporting the petition must account for at least 25% of total production of the like product in the United States and more than 50% of production expressing support or opposition . The notice states that it is not clearly established from the petitions that these thresholds are met . The Department of Commerce cites the need to gather and analyse further information on industry support .

Where petitions do not establish support from producers or workers accounting for more than 50% of total production of the like product in the United States, sections 702(c)(4)(D) and 732(c)(4)(D) provide for polling the industry, using other information or, where there is a large number of producers, statistically valid sampling . The Department of Commerce states that it will contact the US International Trade Commission and make the extension notice available to it .