Case numberA-542-806Antidumping duty (AD), market economy
ProductPaper File Folders ITA commodity group: Paper and Paperboard
CountrySri Lanka
StatusCurrent Order
Next sunset reviewAugust 2030 the month Commerce is due to start the five-year review
Rates published in the order notice
57.43%All-others weighted-average dumping margin
As printed in the order notice (90 FR 46553, September 29, 2025). 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 products within the scope of this order are file folders
consisting primarily of paper, paperboard, pressboard, or other
cellulose material, whether coated or uncoated, that has been folded
(or creased in preparation to be folded), glued, taped, bound, or
otherwise assembled to be suitable for holding documents. The scope
includes all such folders, regardless of color, whether or not
expanding, whether or not laminated, and with or without tabs,
fasteners, closures, hooks, rods, hangers, pockets, gussets, or
internal dividers. The term ``primarily'' as used in the first
sentence of this scope means 50 percent or more of the total product
weight, exclusive of the weight of fasteners, closures, hooks, rods,
hangers, removable tabs, and similar accessorie …
Excerpt from 90 FR 46553. Later scope rulings and circumvention findings can change the scope; check the Federal Register notices below.
What A-542-806 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.
Your supplier sets your rate. The same product from two plants in Sri Lanka 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 paper file folders from Sri Lanka under A-542-806?
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.