Portugal uncoated paper: final AD admin review results (2024-2025)
Commerce finalizes the 2024-2025 Portugal certain uncoated paper AD review with no changes from prelim. Navigator margin, cash deposits, assessment, and importer certificate reminder.
Commerce published final results of the antidumping administrative review of certain uncoated paper from Portugal (A-471-807). FR Doc. 2026-20484 (91 FR 63522) is applicable October 6, 2026. Period of review: March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025.
Final unchanged from prelim: The Navigator Company, S.A. 2.70%. All-others cash deposit stays 7.80%. New cash deposits for Navigator apply to entries on or after Oct 6, 2026.
Order history and final margin
Order: Certain Uncoated Paper from Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, China, and Portugal, 81 FR 11174 (March 3, 2016). Preliminary results: 91 FR 33145 (June 3, 2026). No interested party submitted comments. The final results remain unchanged from the Preliminary Results. No decision memorandum accompanies the notice, and there are no new calculations to disclose.
POR: Mar 1, 2024 through Feb 28, 2025
The Navigator Company, S.A.: 2.70%
All-others cash deposit: remains 7.80% (LTFV)
Only producer/exporter reviewed
Contact: Monica Gillis, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, (202) 482-6384
Cash deposits, assessment, and importer certificate
- Cash deposits for Navigator at 2.70% apply to subject merchandise entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after October 6, 2026. All-others stays 7.80%.
- Importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates. Entries with zero or de minimis (under 0.5%) importer rates liquidate without AD duties.
- Automatic assessment at the all-others rate where Navigator did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States (if no intermediary rate).
- Assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after publication. A CIT summons holds liquidation for the 90-day injunction window.
- Reimbursement certificate under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) before liquidation, or Commerce may presume reimbursement and assess double AD duties.
Antidumping assessments and cash deposits are generally outside drawback (19 U.S.C. § 1677h; see AD/CVD drawback exclusion). Treat the Navigator rate as deposit and liquidation risk, not a refund path.
- FR Doc. 2026-20484 (91 FR 63522; A-471-807): Portugal certain uncoated paper AD admin review final; POR Mar 1, 2024-Feb 28, 2025; applicable Oct 6, 2026.
- Only producer/exporter reviewed: The Navigator Company, S.A., 2.70%. All-others cash deposit remains 7.80% (LTFV).
- No comments; final unchanged from prelim (91 FR 33145). No decision memorandum; no new calculations to disclose.
- Cash deposits for Navigator at 2.70% for entries on/after Oct 6, 2026. Assessment instructions no earlier than 35 days after publication; CIT summons holds liquidation for 90 days.
- File the 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) reimbursement certificate before liquidation. AD duties are not drawback-eligible. Contact: Monica Gillis (202) 482-6384.
- Certain Uncoated Paper From Portugal: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025 (91 FR 63522; FR Doc. 2026-20484) · International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce
This article is for general information and is not legal or tax advice. Drawback eligibility depends on your specific facts, and final refunds are determined by CBP at liquidation. Consult a licensed customs broker or attorney for your situation.
