Case numberA-533-848Antidumping duty (AD), market economy
Companion countervailing duty caseC-533-849 countervailing →same product and country under the other duty law; an entry pays both deposits ProductCommodity Matchbooks ITA commodity group: Chemicals and Allied Industries
CountryIndia
StatusCurrent Order
Next sunset reviewMay 2031 the month Commerce is due to start the five-year review
Rates published in the order notice
66.07%All-others weighted-average dumping margincash deposit rate 56.19% after the subsidy offset
As printed in the order notice (74 FR 65737, December 11, 2009). Your deposit today may differ: it is the rate the latest administrative review assigned to the exporter or producer on your invoice, which can be higher or lower. A company that has never been reviewed keeps the all-others rate. Check your supplier's current rate in Commerce's ACCESS case record before you price an order.
HTS numbers named in the scope
The notice lists these subheadings for convenience only. The written scope decides whether goods are covered, and goods entered under other HTS numbers can still be in scope.
Scope, from the order notice
Scope of the Order
The scope of this order includes commodity matchbooks, also known
as commodity book matches, paper matches or booklet matches.\1\
Commodity matchbooks typically, but do not necessarily, consist of
twenty match stems which are usually made from paperboard or similar
material tipped with a match head composed of any chemical formula. The
match stems may be stitched, stapled, or otherwise fastened into a
matchbook cover of any material, on which a striking strip composed of
any chemical formula has been applied to assist in the ignition
process.
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\1\ Such commodity matchbooks are also referred to as ``for
resale'' because they always enter into retail channels, meaning
businesses that sell a general variety of tangible merchandise,
e.g., convenience stores, supermarkets, dollar stores, drug stores
and mass merchandisers.
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Commodity matchbooks included in the scope of this order may or may
not contain printing. For example, they may have no printing other than
the identification of the manufacturer or importer. …
Excerpt from 74 FR 65737. Later scope rulings and circumvention findings can change the scope; check the Federal Register notices below.
What A-533-848 means when you import
Cash deposit at entry. For every entry of goods in scope, CBP collects an estimated antidumping duty cash deposit at the rate assigned to the exporter or producer on the entry, on top of the Column 1 duty and any Chapter 99 trade-remedy lines. Because a companion countervailing case exists, an entry of Commodity Matchbooks from India carries both deposits.
Your supplier sets your rate. The same product from two plants in India can deposit at different rates. Before you price the order, ask the supplier which legal entity will appear as exporter and as producer on the invoice.
Deposit now, final duty later. The deposit is not the final duty. The entry stays unliquidated until Commerce completes the administrative review for the period it was entered in. CBP then liquidates it at the rate that review sets and bills or refunds the difference with interest. AD/CVD entries can stay open for years, and the importer of record carries the difference. A review happens only if Commerce is asked for one in the order's anniversary month; if nobody asks, entries liquidate at the deposit rate.
Reimbursement certificate. Before liquidation, the importer files a certificate under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) stating whether the exporter has paid or reimbursed the antidumping duty. Without it, Commerce may presume reimbursement and deduct the duty a second time in the margin calculation. Brokers file it with the entry summary; make sure yours does.
Entry reporting. The AD/CVD case number goes on the 7501 line alongside the HTS number, and any Chapter 99 lines the goods carry are reported in the order CBP prescribes; the tariff updates tracker carries the current Chapter 99 sequence and the actions behind it.
Shipping from a third country doesn't change the origin. Goods finished, cut or packaged in a third country stay in scope if the notice's written scope covers them. A change of shipping origin is not a change of AD/CVD origin.
Estimating the stack. The tariff simulator returns the Column 1 rate and the Chapter 99 additional duties for an HTS number and origin. It does not include antidumping or countervailing deposits, so add the deposit at your supplier's current rate on top. Airlift USA does not hold a US customs broker license; entries on cargo we move are filed through our licensed broker network.
Case list: AD/CVD Orders and Suspension Agreements, International Trade Administration, Enforcement and Compliance — ITA dashboard, export of September 2026. Notices, rates and HTS numbers: Federal Register API v1. Both are US Government works in the public domain. This page is a reference, not legal or customs advice.
Importing commodity matchbooks from India under A-533-848?
Send us the product, the exporter and producer named on the invoice, the load port, the US delivery point and the ready date. We quote the ocean freight and destination charges and explain how the entry is filed through our licensed broker network. The AD/CVD cash deposit itself is set by the rate on the entry, not by us.