Commerce hits China, Vietnam with duties for molded fiber products

Packaging Dive reported the development on 2026-02-05. Duties of up to 540% on imported bowls, clamshells and other products follow the U.S. federal government’s decision that certain producers engaged in dumping and received subsidies from their governments.

The report places the news in a wider commercial context. The U.S. Department of Commerce issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders for thermoformed molded fiber products imported from China and Vietnam. These took effect immediately upon Commerce publishing the duty orders Jan. 27, and they run for five years, with the possibility of extensions. This action follows the U.S.

For the food sector, the practical implications extend beyond the immediate announcement. Commerce says U.S.

Attention now turns to how companies, customers and regulators respond. The American Molded Fiber Coalition comprises the two companies Genera and Tellus Products, as well as the United Steelworkers Union. The coalition filed its petition in October 2024 because “they were seeing time and time again that they were losing sales and losing accounts to very low-priced imports from China and Vietnam,” said Yohai Baisburd, partner at Cassidy Levy Kent and lead.