Certain Paper Shopping Bags From the Republic of Turkey: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 19295-19297 [2024-05675]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–12–2024]
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Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 49,
Notification of Proposed Production
Activity; Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC;
(Pharmaceutical Products for
Research and Development); Rahway,
New Jersey
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC submitted
a notification of proposed production
activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) for
its facility in Rahway, New Jersey,
within FTZ 49. The notification
conforming to the requirements of the
Board’s regulations (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on March 8, 2024.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ
production activity would be limited to
the specific foreign-status material(s)/
component(s) and specific finished
product(s) described in the submitted
notification (summarized below) and
subsequently authorized by the Board.
The benefits that may stem from
conducting production activity under
FTZ procedures are explained in the
background section of the Board’s
website—accessible via www.trade.gov/
ftz.
The proposed finished products for
research and development include: drug
products containing the following active
pharmaceutical ingredients: MK–7962
Sotatercept, MK–3475A monoclonal
antibody, MK–2060 monoclonal
antibody, MK–6024 Efinopegdutide,
and, MK–5475 hypertension; clinical
placebos; and, blinded clinical trial kits
(duty rate ranges from duty-free to 6.5%,
and 40 cents/kg+10.4%).
The proposed foreign-status materials
and components include: active
pharmaceutical ingredients: MK–5475
Hypertension, MK–6024
Efinopegdutide, MK–7962 Sotatercept,
MK–3475A monoclonal antibody, and
MK–2060 monoclonal antibody;
syringes and syringe parts: barrels, hubs,
plungers, needles; autoinjectors and
autoinjector subassemblies: casings and
dosing mechanisms; and, empty gelatin
capsules (duty rate ranges from dutyfree to 6.5%). The request indicates that
certain materials/components are
subject to duties under section 301 of
the Trade Act of 1974 (section 301),
depending on the country of origin. The
applicable section 301 decisions require
subject merchandise to be admitted to
FTZs in privileged foreign status (19
CFR 146.41).
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the Board’s Executive
Secretary and sent to: ftz@trade.gov. The
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closing period for their receipt April 29,
2024.
A copy of the notification will be
available for public inspection in the
‘‘Online FTZ Information System’’
section of the Board’s website.
For further information, contact Diane
Finver at Diane.Finver@trade.gov.
Dated: March 12, 2024.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–489–849]
Certain Paper Shopping Bags From the
Republic of Turkey: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
certain paper shopping bags (paper
shopping bags) from the Republic of
Turkey (Turkey) are being, or are likely
to be, sold in the United States at less
than fair value (LTFV) during the period
of investigation (POI) April 1, 2022,
through March 31, 2023.
DATES: Applicable March 18, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2769.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On January 3, 2024, Commerce
published the preliminary
determination in this LTFV
investigation in the Federal Register.1
Although we provided interested parties
with an opportunity to comment on the
Preliminary Determination, no
interested party submitted comments on
the Preliminary Determination, other
than scope comments, which we have
addressed in a Final Scope Decision
Memorandum.2 On March 5, 2024,
1 See Certain Paper Shopping Bags from the
Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 89
FR 339 (January 3, 2024) (Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Scope Decision
Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this notice
(Final Scope Decision Memorandum).
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Commerce held a hearing regarding
scope comments filed in the LTFV
investigations of paper shopping bags
from Cambodia, the People’s Republic
of China, Colombia, India, Malaysia,
Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey, and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam.3
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this
investigation are paper shopping bags
from Turkey. For a complete description
of the scope of this investigation, see the
appendix to this notice.
Scope Comments
During the course of this
investigation, Commerce received scope
comments from parties. Commerce
issued a Preliminary Scope Decision
Memorandum to address these
comments and set aside a period of time
for parties to address scope issues in
scope-specific case and rebuttal briefs.4
We received comments from parties on
the Preliminary Scope Decision
Memorandum, which we address in the
Final Scope Decision Memorandum. We
did not make any changes to the scope
of the investigation from the scope
published in the Preliminary
Determination.
Use of Adverse Facts Available (AFA)
Pursuant to section 776(a) and (b) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), we have continued to assign the
specific companies that are listed in the
table below an estimated weightedaverage dumping margin based on
adverse facts available (AFA), because
these companies failed to cooperate to
the best of their ability in responding to
Commerce’s requests for information.
For the reasons explained in the
Preliminary Determination, and
consistent with Commerce’s practice, as
AFA, we assigned these companies the
highest corroborated dumping margin
alleged in the petition.5
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Hearing Schedule,’’ dated
February 21, 2024.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision
Memorandum,’’ dated December 27, 2023
(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum).
5 See, e.g., Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from
Thailand: Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value, 79 FR 31093 (May 30, 2014), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum
(IDM) at Comment 3; see also Checklist,
‘‘Antidumping Duty Investigation Initiation
Checklist,’’ dated June 20, 2023 (Initiation
Checklist); and Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Response of
Petitioner to Volume IX Supplemental
Questionnaire,’’ dated June 12, 2023 at Exhibit IX–
S9 (Petition Supplement). The petitioner consists of
members of the Coalition for Fair Trade in
Shopping Bags, which include Novolex Holdings,
LLC and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry,
Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial
and Service Workers International Union.
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All-Others Rate
As discussed in the Preliminary
Determination, in the absence of a
calculated estimated weighted-average
dumping margin on the record of this
investigation, and pursuant to section
735(c)(5) of the Act and its practice,6
Commerce assigned a simple average of
the dumping margins that were alleged
in the Petition, i.e., 26.32 percent,7 to all
other producers and exporters of subject
merchandise that are not specifically
listed in the table below.
Final Determination
Commerce determines that the
following estimated dumping margins
exist for the period, April 1, 2022,
through March 31, 2023:
Estimated
weighted-average
dumping margin
(percent)
Exporter/producer
Artpack Kagit Ambalaj Anonim Sirketi .........................................................................................................................................
Oztas Ambalaj Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S .........................................................................................................................................
Babet Kagitsilik ............................................................................................................................................................................
Bati Kraft Torba Ambalaj .............................................................................................................................................................
BFT Packaging ............................................................................................................................................................................
Cicupack Ambalaj ........................................................................................................................................................................
Ekopack Kagit Ambalaj ................................................................................................................................................................
Elhadefler A.S ..............................................................................................................................................................................
Esda Pack Ambalaj .....................................................................................................................................................................
Haypack Ambalaj .........................................................................................................................................................................
Jefira Global Dis ..........................................................................................................................................................................
Kahramanmaras¸ Kag˘(t Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim S
¸ irketi ...........................................................................................................
Multi Kraft Ambalaj ......................................................................................................................................................................
Rad Tekstil ...................................................................................................................................................................................
Suleyman Tabak Kagitcilik ..........................................................................................................................................................
Sunvision Tekstil ..........................................................................................................................................................................
Umur Basim .................................................................................................................................................................................
Yildez Paper Bag Ambalaj Pazarlama ........................................................................................................................................
All Others .....................................................................................................................................................................................
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
* 47.56
26.32
* Rate based on AFA.
Disclosure
Because Commerce received no
comments on the Preliminary
Determination, we have not modified
our analysis and no decision
memorandum accompanies this Federal
Register notice. We are adopting the
Preliminary Determination as the final
determination in this investigation.
Consequently, there are no new
calculations to disclose in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.224(b) for this final
determination.
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Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to continue
to suspend liquidation of entries of the
merchandise described in the scope of
this investigation where that
merchandise was entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after January 3, 2024, which is the date
of publication of the Preliminary
Determination in this investigation in
the Federal Register. Pursuant to
section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.210(d), Commerce will also
instruct CBP to require the posting of an
antidumping duty cash deposit.
6 See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value: Sodium Nitrite from the
Federal Republic of Germany, 73 FR 38986, 38987
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The cash deposit requirements are as
follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for the
companies listed in the table above will
be equal to the company-specific
estimated weighted-average dumping
margin listed for the company in the
table; (2) if the exporter of the subject
merchandise is not identified in the
table above, but the producer is, then
the cash deposit rate will be equal to the
company-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for
that producer of the subject
merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers and
exporters of subject merchandise will be
equal to the all-others estimated
weighted-average dumping margin
listed in the table above.
These suspension of liquidation
instructions will remain in effect until
further notice.
U.S. International Trade Commission
Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of
the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC) of
its final affirmative determination of
sales at LTFV. Because the final
determination in this proceeding is
affirmative, in accordance with section
(July 8, 2008), and accompanying IDM at Comment
2.
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735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make
its final determination as to whether the
domestic industry in the United States
is materially injured, or threatened with
material injury, before the later of 120
days after the date that Commerce made
its affirmative preliminary
determination in this investigation or 45
days after the date of this final
determination. If the ITC determines
that material injury, or the threat of
material injury, does not exist, the
proceeding will be terminated, and all
cash deposits will be refunded. If the
ITC determines that material injury, or
the threat of material injury, exists,
Commerce will issue an antidumping
duty order directing CBP to assess, upon
further instruction by Commerce,
antidumping duties on all imports of the
subject merchandise, entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the effective
date of the suspension of liquidation.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
7 See Initiation Checklist and Petition
Supplement.
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with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
notification of the return, or destruction,
of APO materials, or conversion to
judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and the terms of an APO is
a violation subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination and this notice are
issued and published in accordance
with sections 735(d) and 777(i) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(c).
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Dated: March 11, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
measured at the bottom of the bag). The
width of the bag is measured from the left to
the right edges of the front and back panels
(upon which the handles typically are
located).
This merchandise is currently classifiable
under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) subheadings
4819.30.0040 and 4819.40.0040. The HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes only; the written
description of the scope is dispositive.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Appendix
[RTID 0648–XD806]
Scope of the Investigation
The products within the scope of this
investigation are paper shopping bags with
handles of any type, regardless of whether
there is any printing, regardless of how the
top edges are finished (e.g., folded, serrated,
or otherwise finished), regardless of color,
and regardless of whether the top edges
contain adhesive or other material for sealing
closed. Subject paper shopping bags have a
width of at least 4.5 inches and depth of at
least 2.5 inches.
Paper shopping bags typically are made of
kraft paper but can be made from any type
of cellulose fiber, paperboard, or pressboard
with a basis weight less than 300 grams per
square meter (GSM).
A non-exhaustive illustrative list of the
types of handles on shopping bags covered
by the scope include handles made from any
materials such as twisted paper, flat paper,
yarn, ribbon, rope, string, or plastic, as well
as die-cut handles (whether the punchout is
fully removed or partially attached as a flap).
Excluded from the scope are:
• paper sacks or bags that are of a 1⁄6 or 1⁄7
barrel size (i.e., 11.5–12.5 inches in width,
6.5–7.5 inches in depth, and 13.5–17.5
inches in height) with flat paper handles or
die-cut handles;
• paper sacks or bags with die-cut handles,
a grams per square meter paper weight of less
than 86 GSM, and a height of less than 11.5
inches; and
• paper sacks or bags (i) with non-paper
handles made wholly of woven ribbon or
other similar woven fabric 8 and (ii) that are
finished with folded tops or for which tied
knots or t-bar aglets (made of wood, metal,
or plastic) are used to secure the handles to
the bags.
The above-referenced dimensions are
provided for paper bags in the opened
position. The height of the bag is the distance
from the bottom fold edge to the top edge
(i.e., excluding the height of handles that
extend above the top edge). The depth of the
bag is the distance from the front of the bag
edge to the back of the bag edge (typically
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
8 Paper sacks or bags with handles made of
braided or twisted materials, such as rope or cord,
do not qualify for this exclusion.
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public hybrid meeting of
its Enforcement Committee to consider
actions affecting New England fisheries
in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
This meeting will be held in-person
with a webinar option.
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: This meeting will be held on
Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at
the Hilton Garden Inn, 100 High Street,
Portsmouth, NH 03801; telephone: (603)
431–1499.
Webinar registration URL
information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/
webinar/register/WN_qfnCHO7USe
2SML1X1VwXOA.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate
O’Keefe, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Agenda
The Enforcement Committee will
meet to discuss VMS as an enforcement
tool. They will also discuss
enforceability of closed area polygon
boundaries as well as
VMS ping rates for Council-managed
scallop fisheries. The Committee will
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discuss Enforcement issues around ondemand fishing gear. Other business
will be discussed, if necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained on the agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Council
action will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency. The public also should be
aware that the meeting will be recorded.
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy
of the recording is available upon
request.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Cate
O’Keefe, Executive Director, at (978)
465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 13, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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Endangered and Threatened Species;
Take of Anadromous Fish
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt and
availability; request for comments.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
NMFS has received a permit application
(25803) from NOAA’s Southwest
Fisheries Science Center Fisheries
Ecology Division (FED) to continue
hatchery activities associated with the
Southern Coho Salmon Captive
Broodstock Program (SCSCBP, or
program) in accordance with its
Hatchery and Genetic Management Plan
(HGMP). The application has been
submitted pursuant to the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended.
NMFS has also prepared a draft
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-489-849]
Certain Paper Shopping Bags From the Republic of Turkey: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
certain paper shopping bags (paper shopping bags) from the Republic of
Turkey (Turkey) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United
States at less than fair value (LTFV) during the period of
investigation (POI) April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023.
DATES: Applicable March 18, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2769.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 3, 2024, Commerce published the preliminary
determination in this LTFV investigation in the Federal Register.\1\
Although we provided interested parties with an opportunity to comment
on the Preliminary Determination, no interested party submitted
comments on the Preliminary Determination, other than scope comments,
which we have addressed in a Final Scope Decision Memorandum.\2\ On
March 5, 2024, Commerce held a hearing regarding scope comments filed
in the LTFV investigations of paper shopping bags from Cambodia, the
People's Republic of China, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal,
Taiwan, Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.\3\
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\1\ See Certain Paper Shopping Bags from the Republic of Turkey:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, 89 FR 339 (January 3, 2024) (Preliminary Determination), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Final Scope Decision Memorandum,'' dated
concurrently with this notice (Final Scope Decision Memorandum).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Hearing Schedule,'' dated February 21,
2024.
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Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation are paper shopping bags
from Turkey. For a complete description of the scope of this
investigation, see the appendix to this notice.
Scope Comments
During the course of this investigation, Commerce received scope
comments from parties. Commerce issued a Preliminary Scope Decision
Memorandum to address these comments and set aside a period of time for
parties to address scope issues in scope-specific case and rebuttal
briefs.\4\ We received comments from parties on the Preliminary Scope
Decision Memorandum, which we address in the Final Scope Decision
Memorandum. We did not make any changes to the scope of the
investigation from the scope published in the Preliminary
Determination.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,''
dated December 27, 2023 (Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum).
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Use of Adverse Facts Available (AFA)
Pursuant to section 776(a) and (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), we have continued to assign the specific companies
that are listed in the table below an estimated weighted-average
dumping margin based on adverse facts available (AFA), because these
companies failed to cooperate to the best of their ability in
responding to Commerce's requests for information. For the reasons
explained in the Preliminary Determination, and consistent with
Commerce's practice, as AFA, we assigned these companies the highest
corroborated dumping margin alleged in the petition.\5\
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\5\ See, e.g., Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from Thailand:
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR 31093
(May 30, 2014), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum
(IDM) at Comment 3; see also Checklist, ``Antidumping Duty
Investigation Initiation Checklist,'' dated June 20, 2023
(Initiation Checklist); and Petitioner's Letter, ``Response of
Petitioner to Volume IX Supplemental Questionnaire,'' dated June 12,
2023 at Exhibit IX-S9 (Petition Supplement). The petitioner consists
of members of the Coalition for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags, which
include Novolex Holdings, LLC and the United Steel, Paper and
Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and
Service Workers International Union.
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All-Others Rate
As discussed in the Preliminary Determination, in the absence of a
calculated estimated weighted-average dumping margin on the record of
this investigation, and pursuant to section 735(c)(5) of the Act and
its practice,\6\ Commerce assigned a simple average of the dumping
margins that were alleged in the Petition, i.e., 26.32 percent,\7\ to
all other producers and exporters of subject merchandise that are not
specifically listed in the table below.
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\6\ See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value: Sodium Nitrite from the Federal Republic of
Germany, 73 FR 38986, 38987 (July 8, 2008), and accompanying IDM at
Comment 2.
\7\ See Initiation Checklist and Petition Supplement.
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Final Determination
Commerce determines that the following estimated dumping margins
exist for the period, April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023:
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Estimated weighted-
Exporter/producer average dumping
margin (percent)
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Artpack Kagit Ambalaj Anonim Sirketi................ * 47.56
Oztas Ambalaj Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S................. * 47.56
Babet Kagitsilik.................................... * 47.56
Bati Kraft Torba Ambalaj............................ * 47.56
BFT Packaging....................................... * 47.56
Cicupack Ambalaj.................................... * 47.56
Ekopack Kagit Ambalaj............................... * 47.56
Elhadefler A.S...................................... * 47.56
Esda Pack Ambalaj................................... * 47.56
Haypack Ambalaj..................................... * 47.56
Jefira Global Dis................................... * 47.56
Kahramanmara[scedil] Ka[gbreve][inodot]t Sanayi ve * 47.56
Ticaret Anonim [Scedil]irketi......................
Multi Kraft Ambalaj................................. * 47.56
Rad Tekstil......................................... * 47.56
Suleyman Tabak Kagitcilik........................... * 47.56
Sunvision Tekstil................................... * 47.56
Umur Basim.......................................... * 47.56
Yildez Paper Bag Ambalaj Pazarlama.................. * 47.56
All Others.......................................... 26.32
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* Rate based on AFA.
Disclosure
Because Commerce received no comments on the Preliminary
Determination, we have not modified our analysis and no decision
memorandum accompanies this Federal Register notice. We are adopting
the Preliminary Determination as the final determination in this
investigation. Consequently, there are no new calculations to disclose
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b) for this final determination.
Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
continue to suspend liquidation of entries of the merchandise described
in the scope of this investigation where that merchandise was entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 3,
2024, which is the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination
in this investigation in the Federal Register. Pursuant to section
735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), Commerce will also
instruct CBP to require the posting of an antidumping duty cash
deposit.
The cash deposit requirements are as follows: (1) the cash deposit
rate for the companies listed in the table above will be equal to the
company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin listed for
the company in the table; (2) if the exporter of the subject
merchandise is not identified in the table above, but the producer is,
then the cash deposit rate will be equal to the company-specific
estimated weighted-average dumping margin established for that producer
of the subject merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers and exporters of subject merchandise will be equal to the
all-others estimated weighted-average dumping margin listed in the
table above.
These suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect
until further notice.
U.S. International Trade Commission Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, Commerce will notify
the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) of its final affirmative
determination of sales at LTFV. Because the final determination in this
proceeding is affirmative, in accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the
Act, the ITC will make its final determination as to whether the
domestic industry in the United States is materially injured, or
threatened with material injury, before the later of 120 days after the
date that Commerce made its affirmative preliminary determination in
this investigation or 45 days after the date of this final
determination. If the ITC determines that material injury, or the
threat of material injury, does not exist, the proceeding will be
terminated, and all cash deposits will be refunded. If the ITC
determines that material injury, or the threat of material injury,
exists, Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order directing CBP to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties on all
imports of the subject merchandise, entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective date of the
suspension of liquidation.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance
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with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely notification of the return, or
destruction, of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective
order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and
the terms of an APO is a violation subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination and this notice are issued and published in
accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.210(c).
Dated: March 11, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Investigation
The products within the scope of this investigation are paper
shopping bags with handles of any type, regardless of whether there
is any printing, regardless of how the top edges are finished (e.g.,
folded, serrated, or otherwise finished), regardless of color, and
regardless of whether the top edges contain adhesive or other
material for sealing closed. Subject paper shopping bags have a
width of at least 4.5 inches and depth of at least 2.5 inches.
Paper shopping bags typically are made of kraft paper but can be
made from any type of cellulose fiber, paperboard, or pressboard
with a basis weight less than 300 grams per square meter (GSM).
A non-exhaustive illustrative list of the types of handles on
shopping bags covered by the scope include handles made from any
materials such as twisted paper, flat paper, yarn, ribbon, rope,
string, or plastic, as well as die-cut handles (whether the punchout
is fully removed or partially attached as a flap).
Excluded from the scope are:
paper sacks or bags that are of a \1/6\ or \1/7\ barrel
size (i.e., 11.5-12.5 inches in width, 6.5-7.5 inches in depth, and
13.5-17.5 inches in height) with flat paper handles or die-cut
handles;
paper sacks or bags with die-cut handles, a grams per
square meter paper weight of less than 86 GSM, and a height of less
than 11.5 inches; and
paper sacks or bags (i) with non-paper handles made
wholly of woven ribbon or other similar woven fabric \8\ and (ii)
that are finished with folded tops or for which tied knots or t-bar
aglets (made of wood, metal, or plastic) are used to secure the
handles to the bags.
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\8\ Paper sacks or bags with handles made of braided or twisted
materials, such as rope or cord, do not qualify for this exclusion.
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The above-referenced dimensions are provided for paper bags in
the opened position. The height of the bag is the distance from the
bottom fold edge to the top edge (i.e., excluding the height of
handles that extend above the top edge). The depth of the bag is the
distance from the front of the bag edge to the back of the bag edge
(typically measured at the bottom of the bag). The width of the bag
is measured from the left to the right edges of the front and back
panels (upon which the handles typically are located).
This merchandise is currently classifiable under Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings
4819.30.0040 and 4819.40.0040. The HTSUS subheadings are provided
for convenience and customs purposes only; the written description
of the scope is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2024-05675 Filed 3-15-24; 8:45 am]
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