The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that revocation of the existing antidumping duty order on cased pencils from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. 

As a result of the Commission’s affirmative determination, the existing order on imports of this product from China will remain in place. 

Chairman David S. Johanson and Commissioners Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Jason E. Kearns, Randolph J. Stayin, and Amy A. Karpel voted in the affirmative. 

Today’s action comes under the five-year (sunset) review process required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. See the attached page for background on this five-year (sunset) review.

The Commission’s public report Cased Pencils from China (Inv. No. 731-TA-669 (Fifth Review), USITC Publication 5411, March 2023) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the review. 

The report will be available by March 31, 2023; when available, it may be accessed on the USITC website at: https://www.usitc.gov/commission_publications_library.

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