Certain Paper Shopping Bags From Cambodia, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, the People's Republic of China, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders, 58334-58339 [2024-15746]
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2024, the ITC notified Commerce of its
affirmative final determinations,
International Trade Administration
pursuant to section 735(d) of the Act,
[A–555–002, A–301–805, A–533–917, A–557– that an industry in the United States is
825, A–471–808, A–583–872, A–570–152, A– materially injured within the meaning
552–836]
of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by
reason of LTFV imports of paper bags
Certain Paper Shopping Bags From
from Cambodia, China, Colombia, India,
Cambodia, Colombia, India, Malaysia,
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and
Portugal, Taiwan, the People’s
Vietnam.2 On July 10, 2024, in
Republic of China, and the Socialist
accordance with section 735(d) of the
Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping
Act, the ITC published in the Federal
Duty Orders
Register its affirmative final injury
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
determination in these investigations in
International Trade Administration,
which it found that an industry in the
Department of Commerce.
United States is materially injured by
reason of imports of paper bags from
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the U.S. Department
Cambodia, China, Colombia, India,
of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S.
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Vietnam.3
Commerce is issuing antidumping duty
Scope of the Orders
(AD) orders on certain paper shopping
bags (paper bags) from Cambodia,
The products covered by these orders
Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal,
are paper bags from Cambodia, China,
Taiwan, the People’s Republic of China
Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal,
(China), and the Socialist Republic of
Taiwan, and Vietnam. For a complete
Vietnam (Vietnam).
description of the scope of these orders,
DATES: Applicable July 18, 2024.
see the appendix to this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles Doss or Kyle Clahane at (202)
Determination), and accompanying Issues and
482–4474 or (202) 482–5449,
Decision Memorandum (IDM); see also Certain
Paper Shopping Bags from the People’s Republic of
respectively (Cambodia); Jinny Ahn or
China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Tyler Weinhold at (202) 482–0339 or
Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Critical
(202) 482–1121, respectively (China);
Circumstances Determination, 89 FR 45823 (May
Laurel LaCivita at (202) 482–4243
24, 2024) (China Final Determination), and
(Colombia); Nathan Araya or Gorden
accompanying IDM; Certain Paper Shopping Bags
from Colombia: Final Affirmative Determination of
Struck at (202) 482–3401 or (202) 482–
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 89 FR 45843 (May
8151, respectively (India); Daniel
24, 2024) (Colombia Final Determination), and
Alexander at (202) 482–4313 (Malaysia); accompanying IDM; Certain Paper Shopping Bags
Colin Thrasher at (202) 482–3004
from India: Final Affirmative Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Negative
(Portugal); Nathan James at (202) 482–
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 89 FR
5305 (Taiwan); Myrna Lobo at (202)
45826 (May 24, 2024) (India Final Determination),
482–2371 (Vietnam), AD/CVD
and accompanying IDM; Certain Paper Shopping
Operations, Offices II, III, IV, V, VI, and
Bags from Malaysia: Final Affirmative
VII Enforcement and Compliance,
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 89
FR 45821 (May 24, 2024) (Malaysia Final
International Trade Administration,
Determination), and accompanying IDM; Certain
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Paper Shopping Bags from Portugal: Final
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
DC 20230.
Fair Value and Final Negative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, 89 FR 45845 (May 24, 2024)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Background
On May 24, 2024, Commerce
published in the Federal Register its
affirmative final determinations in the
less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigations of paper bags from
Cambodia, China, Colombia, India,
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and
Vietnam in accordance with sections
735(d) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).1 On July 5,
1 See Certain Paper Shopping Bags from
Cambodia: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, In Part, 89
FR 45841 (May 24, 2024) (Cambodia Final
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(Portugal Final Determination), and accompanying
IDM; Certain Paper Shopping Bags from Taiwan:
Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 89
FR 45832 (May 24, 2024) (Taiwan Final
Determination), and accompanying IDM; and
Certain Paper Shopping Bags from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Final Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 89 FR 45839 (May 24, 2024)
(Vietnam Final Determination), and accompanying
IDM (collectively, Final Determinations).
2 See ITC’s Letter, Investigation Nos. 701–TA–
690–691, 731–TA–1619–1625, and 731–TA–1627
(Final), dated July 10, 2024.
3 See Paper Shopping Bags from Cambodia,
China, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal,
Taiwan, and Vietnam, 89 FR 56776 (July 10, 2024)
(ITC Final Determination).
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Antidumping Duty Orders
Based on the above-referenced
affirmative final determinations, in
accordance with section 735(c)(2) and
736 of the Act, Commerce is issuing
these AD orders. Because the ITC
determined that imports of paper bags
from Cambodia, China, Colombia, India,
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and
Vietnam are materially injuring a U.S.
industry, unliquidated entries of such
merchandise entered or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, are subject
to the assessment of antidumping
duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section
736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will
direct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further
instruction by Commerce, antidumping
duties equal to the amount by which the
normal value of the merchandise
exceeds the export price (or constructed
export price) of the merchandise, for all
relevant entries of paper bags from
Cambodia, China, Colombia, India,
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and
Vietnam. With the exception of entries
occurring after the expiration of the
provisional measures period and before
publication of the ITC’s final affirmative
injury determinations, as further
described below, antidumping duties
will be assessed on unliquidated entries
of paper bags entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption, on or
after January 3, 2024, the date of
publication of the Preliminary
Determinations.4 Because Commerce
4 See Certain Paper Shopping Bags from
Cambodia: Preliminary Affirmative Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination
of Critical Circumstances, in Part, Postponement of
Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 89 FR 325 (January 3, 2024) (Cambodia
Preliminary Determination), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM); see also
Certain Paper Shopping Bags from the People’s
Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Critical Circumstances,
Postponement of Final Determination, and
Extension of Provisional Measures, 89 FR 344
(January 3, 2024) (China Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying PDM; Certain
Paper Shopping Bags from Colombia: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination,
and Extension of Provisional Measures, 89 FR 319
(January 3, 2024) (Colombia Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying PDM; Certain
Paper Shopping Bags from India: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, Preliminary Negative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, Postponement of Final
Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 89 FR 336 (January 3, 2024) (India
Preliminary Determination), and accompanying
PDM; Certain Paper Shopping Bags from Malaysia:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less-Than-Fair-Value, 89 FR 333 (January 3, 2024)
(Malaysia Preliminary Determination), and
accompanying PDM; Certain Paper Shopping Bags
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made final affirmative determinations of
sales at LTFV, Commerce directed CBP
to continue suspension of liquidation of
paper bags from Cambodia, China,
Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal,
Taiwan, and Vietnam entered or
withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after May 24, 2024,
the date of publication of the Final
Determinations.5
Critical Circumstances
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With respect to the ITC’s negative
critical circumstances determination on
imports of paper bags from Cambodia,
China, India, Taiwan, and Vietnam, we
will instruct CBP to lift the suspension
of liquidation and to refund all cash
deposits for estimated antidumping
duties with respect to entries of the
subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after October 5, 2023
(i.e., 90 days prior to the date of the
publication of the Cambodia
Preliminary Determination, China
Preliminary Determination, India
Preliminary Determination, Taiwan
Preliminary Determination, and
Vietnam Preliminary Determination),
but before January 3, 2024, the date of
publication of the Preliminary
Determinations.
from Portugal: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, and Postponement of Final
Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 89 FR 341 (January 3, 2024) (Portugal
Preliminary Determination), and accompanying
PDM; Certain Paper Shopping Bags from Taiwan:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Critical Circumstances,
Postponement of Final Determination, and
Extension of Provisional Measures, 89 FR 331
(January 3, 2024) (Taiwan Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying PDM; and
Certain Paper Shopping Bags from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances
Determination, Postponement of Final
Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 89 FR 321 (January 3, 2024) (Vietnam
Preliminary Determination), and accompanying
PDM (collectively, Preliminary Determinations).
5 See Cambodia Final Determination, 89 FR
45841; see also China Final Determination, 89 FR
45823; Colombia Final Determination, 89 FR 45843;
India Final Determination, 89 FR 45826; Malaysia
Final Determination, 89 FR 45821; Portugal Final
Determination, 89 FR 45845; Taiwan Final
Determination, 89 FR 45832; and Vietnam Final
Determination, 89 FR 45839.
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Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation and Cash Deposits
Except as noted in the ‘‘Provisional
Measures’’ section of this notice, in
accordance with section 736 of the Act,
Commerce intends to instruct CBP to
continue to suspend liquidation on all
relevant entries of paper bags from
Cambodia, China, Colombia, India,
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and
Vietnam, effective July 10, 2024, the
date of publication of the ITC Final
Determination. These instructions
suspending liquidation will remain in
effect until further notice.
Further, Commerce intends to instruct
CBP to require cash deposits equal to
the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins, with offsets for
export subsidies where appropriate, as
indicated in the tables below.
Accordingly, effective July 10, 2024, the
date of publication of the ITC Final
Determination, CBP will suspend the
liquidation of entries of subject
merchandise, and require, at the same
time that importers would normally
deposit estimated duties on the
merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the
rates listed below. The relevant allothers rates apply to all producers or
exporters not specifically listed, as
appropriate.
The extended provisional measures
period, beginning on the date of
publication of the Preliminary
Determinations, ended on June 30, 2024.
Therefore, in accordance with section
733(d) of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to terminate the
suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to
antidumping duties, certain 7
unliquidated entries of paper bags from
Cambodia, China, Colombia, India,
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and
Vietnam entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption after June
30, 2024, the final day on which the
provisional measures were in effect,
through the day preceding the date of
publication of the ITC Final
Determination. Suspension of
liquidation and the collection of cash
deposits will resume on the date of
publication of the ITC Final
Determination.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
Margins
The estimated weighted-average
dumping margins as published in
Commerce’s Final Determinations are as
follows:
CAMBODIA
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that
instructions issued under section
733(d)(1) and (2) of the Act pursuant to
an affirmative preliminary
determination may not remain in effect
for more than four months, except
where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the
subject merchandise request that
Commerce extends the four-month
period to no more than six months. At
the request of exporters that account for
a significant proportion of exports of
paper bags from Cambodia, China,
Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal,
Taiwan, and Vietnam, Commerce
extended the four-month period to six
months in these investigations.
Commerce published the Preliminary
Determinations on January 3, 2024.6
6 See Cambodia Preliminary Determination, 89 FR
325; see also China Preliminary Determination, 89
FR 344; Colombia Preliminary Determination, 89 FR
319; India Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 336;
Malaysia Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 333;
Portugal Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 341;
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Producer or exporter
Nice Packaging (Cambodia) Co.,
Ltd ...........................................
UUPak Company Limited ...........
Pan Pacific Plastics Manufacturing, Inc ................................
All Others ....................................
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
7.07
7.07
* 248.81
7.07
* Rate based on facts available with adverse
inferences.
Taiwan Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 331; and
Vietnam Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 321.
7 In the investigation of paper bags from Taiwan,
Commerce’s preliminary determination was
negative with respect to Haur Tyi Paper Bag Co.,
Ltd., but Commerce’s final determination for the
company was affirmative. Accordingly, we directed
CBP to suspend liquidation for Haur Tyi Paper Bag
Co., Ltd.’s entries from the date of publication of the
Taiwan Final Determination and, at the time of
publication of this order, we have not issued
instructions pertaining to the expiration of
provisional measures for Haur Tyi Paper Bag Co.,
Ltd.
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CHINA
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Cash deposit
rate
(adjusted
for export
subsidy
offset(s)
(percent)
Exporter
Producer
UUPAK Co., Ltd ...........................................................
Fujian Eco Packaging Co., Ltd .....................................
Fujian Eco Packaging Co., Ltd .....................................
Fujian Eco Packaging Co., Ltd .....................................
Tianjin Haishun Printing & Packing Co., Ltd ................
Fujian Hongkai Packaging Co., Ltd ..............................
Fujian Yihe Packaging Co., Ltd ....................................
Guangdong Union Eco-Packaging Scien-Tech Co.,
Ltd.
Xiamen Huide Eco-friendly Paper Bags Co., Ltd .........
Xiamen Jihong Technology Co., Ltd ............................
Anhui Nanwang Environmental Protection Technology
Co., Ltd.
Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien-tech
CO., LTD.
Hubei Nanwang Environmental Protection Scien-tech
Co., Ltd.
Xianghe Nanwang Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
Zhuhai Zhongyue Paper CUP Container Co., Ltd .......
73.05
73.05
73.05
73.05
62.07
62.07
62.07
62.07
73.05
73.05
73.05
62.07
62.07
61.65
73.05
61.65
73.05
61.65
73.05
61.65
73.05
61.65
Ruichuang Limited ........................................................
Winner Printing and Packaging (He Yuan) Ltd ............
Wenzhou Weijie Packing Co., Ltd ................................
Zhejiang Shengxiang Industrial Co., Ltd ......................
Guangdong Union Eco-Packaging Scien-Tech Co.,
Ltd.
Wuxi Hualite Paper Products Co., Ltd .........................
Xiamen CYR Green-Tech Co., Ltd ..............................
Xiamen Huide Eco-Friendly Paper Bags Co., Ltd .......
Xiamen Jihong Technology Co., Ltd ............................
Fujian Huian Nice Paper Products Co., Ltd .................
Xiamen THINKER Packaging Products Co., Ltd .........
Fujian Huian Nice Paper Products Co., Ltd .................
Xiamen THINKER Packaging Products Co., Ltd .........
73.05
73.05
73.05
73.05
73.05
62.07
62.07
62.07
62.07
62.07
73.05
73.05
73.05
73.05
73.05
73.05
73.05
73.05
62.07
62.07
62.07
62.07
62.07
62.07
62.07
62.07
China-wide Entity .....................................................................................................................................................
* 146.32
135.77
Fujian Eco Packaging Co., Ltd .....................................
Fujian Eco Packaging Co., Ltd .....................................
Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien-tech
Co., Ltd.
Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien-tech
Co., Ltd.
Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien-tech
Co., Ltd.
Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien-tech
Co., Ltd.
Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien-tech
Co., Ltd.
Grand Intelligent Limited ..............................................
Max Fortune Industrial Ltd ...........................................
Ningbo Beiheng Import & Export Company Limited ....
Shanghai Miho Package & Product Co., Ltd ...............
Union Packaging Group Limited ..................................
Wuxi Hualite Metal Plastic Products Co., Ltd ..............
Xiamen Bag Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd ................................
Xiamen Huide Xiesheng Packaging Co., Ltd ...............
Xiamen Jihong Technology Co., Ltd ............................
Xiamen Joy Supply Chain Co., Ltd ..............................
Xiamen Joy Supply Chain Co., Ltd ..............................
Xiamen Nice Packaging Products Co., Ltd ..................
Xiamen Nice Packaging Products Co., Ltd ..................
* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
COLOMBIA
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Producer or exporter
Ditar, S.A .............................................................................................................................................................................................
Industria Colombiana de Papeles .......................................................................................................................................................
Fábrica de Bolsas de Papel ................................................................................................................................................................
All Others .............................................................................................................................................................................................
11.06
* 56.14
* 56.14
11.06
* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
INDIA
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
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Producer or exporter
Aeroplast Packaging Solution Private Limited; Aero Plast Limited; Aero Business Solutions Private Limited ......
Kuloday Plastomers Pvt. Ltd ...................................................................................................................................
Adeera Packaging Pvt. Ltd ......................................................................................................................................
Amate Products Pvt. Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
Apex Paper and Plastic and Film ............................................................................................................................
Archies Limited ........................................................................................................................................................
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0.00
4.59
4.59
4.59
* 53.05
4.59
Cash deposit
rate
(adjusted
for export
subsidy
offset(s)
(percent)
Not Applicable
1.20
1.20
1.20
49.66
1.20
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INDIA—Continued
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Producer or exporter
Asha Overseas ........................................................................................................................................................
Carrywell Packaging Pvt. Ltd ..................................................................................................................................
Colorbox ...................................................................................................................................................................
Dynaflex Private Limited ..........................................................................................................................................
Godhani Exports ......................................................................................................................................................
Pack Easy Paper Products ......................................................................................................................................
Pack Planet Pvt. Ltd ................................................................................................................................................
Poonam ....................................................................................................................................................................
Shriniwas Enterprises ..............................................................................................................................................
Tejaswi Plastic Pvt. Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................
The Velvin Group (DBA Velvin Packaging Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and Velvin Paper Products) ..................................
Vama Packaging ......................................................................................................................................................
All Others .................................................................................................................................................................
* 53.05
4.59
4.59
4.59
* 53.05
* 53.05
4.59
4.59
4.59
4.59
4.59
4.59
4.59
Cash deposit
rate
(adjusted
for export
subsidy
offset(s)
(percent)
49.66
1.20
1.20
1.20
49.66
49.66
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
2.21
1.20
1.20
* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
MALAYSIA
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Producer or exporter
Hexachase Packaging Sdn. Bhd .........................................................................................................................................................
Nanwang Pack (M) Sdn. Bhd ..............................................................................................................................................................
Kooka Paper Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd ................................................................................................................................................
All Others .............................................................................................................................................................................................
3.18
* 112.22
* 112.22
3.18
* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
PORTUGAL
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Producer or exporter
Finieco Indústria e Comércio de Embalagens, S.A ............................................................................................................................
All Others .............................................................................................................................................................................................
6.14
6.14
TAIWAN
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Producer or exporter
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Haur Tyi Paper Bag Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................................
Juang Jia Guoo Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................................
All Others .............................................................................................................................................................................................
* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
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* 65.81
4.74
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VIETNAM 8
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter
Producer
Goldsun Packaging and Printing Joint Stock Company ............
Dong Sung Printing Co., Ltd ......................................................
Khang Thanh Manufacturing Company Limited .........................
Vietnam Red Star Industry Company Limited ............................
Goldsun Packaging and Printing Joint Stock Company ............
Dong Sung Vina Printing Co., Ltd ..............................................
Khang Thanh Manufacturing Company Limited .........................
Vietnam Red Star Industry Company Limited ............................
36.51
36.51
36.51
36.51
Vietnam-Wide Entity ............................................................................................................................................................................
* 92.34
* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Establishment of the Annual Inquiry
Service List
On September 20, 2021, Commerce
published the final rule titled
‘‘Regulations to Improve Administration
and Enforcement of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Laws’’ in the
Federal Register.9 On September 27,
2021, Commerce also published the
notice titled ‘‘Scope Ruling Application;
Annual Inquiry Service List; and
Informational Sessions’’ in the Federal
Register.10 The Final Rule and
Procedural Guidance provide that
Commerce will maintain an annual
inquiry service list for each order or
suspended investigation, and any
interested party submitting a scope
ruling application or request for
circumvention inquiry shall serve a
copy of the application or request on the
persons on the annual inquiry service
list for that order, as well as any
companion order covering the same
merchandise from the same country of
origin.11
In accordance with the Procedural
Guidance, for orders published in the
Federal Register after November 4,
2021, Commerce will create an annual
inquiry service list segment in
Commerce’s online e-filing and
document management system,
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Electronic Service System (ACCESS),
available at https://access.trade.gov,
within five business days of publication
of the order. Each annual inquiry
service list will be saved in ACCESS,
under each case number, and under a
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8 Regarding
Dong Sung Printing Co., Ltd., and
Dong Sung Vina Printing Co., Ltd., Dong Sung is
sometimes translated as one word ‘‘Dongsung.’’
9 See Regulations to Improve Administration and
Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20, 2021)
(Final Rule).
10 See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry
Service List; and Informational Sessions, 86 FR
53205 (September 27, 2021) (Procedural Guidance).
11 Id.
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specific segment type called ‘‘AISLAnnual Inquiry Service List.’’ 12
Interested parties who wish to be
added to the annual inquiry service list
for an order must submit an entry of
appearance to the annual inquiry
service list segment for the order in
ACCESS within 30 days after the date of
publication of the order. For ease of
administration, Commerce requests that
law firms with more than one attorney
representing interested parties in an
order designate a lead attorney to be
included on the annual inquiry service
list. Commerce will finalize the annual
inquiry service list within five business
days thereafter. As mentioned in the
Procedural Guidance, the new annual
inquiry service list will be in place until
the following year, when the
Opportunity Notice for the anniversary
month of the order is published.
Commerce may update an annual
inquiry service list at any time as
needed based on interested parties’
amendments to their entries of
appearance to remove or otherwise
modify their list of members and
representatives, or to update contact
information. Any changes or
announcements pertaining to these
procedures will be posted to the
ACCESS website at https://access.
trade.gov.
Special Instructions for Petitioners and
Foreign Governments
In the Final Rule, Commerce stated
that, ‘‘after an initial request and
placement on the annual inquiry service
list, both petitioners and foreign
12 This segment will be combined with the
ACCESS Segment Specific Information (SSI) field,
which will display the month in which the notice
of the order or suspended investigation was
published in the Federal Register, also known as
the anniversary month. For example, for an order
under case number A–000–000 that was published
in the Federal Register in January, the relevant
segment and SSI combination will appear in
ACCESS as ‘‘AISL-January Anniversary.’’ Note that
there will be only one annual inquiry service list
segment per case number, and the anniversary
month will be pre-populated in ACCESS.
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governments will automatically be
placed on the annual inquiry service list
in the years that follow.’’ 13
Accordingly, as stated above, the
petitioners and foreign governments
should submit their initial entry of
appearance after publication of this
notice in order to appear in the first
annual inquiry service list for those
orders for which they qualify as an
interested party. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.225(n)(3), the petitioners and
foreign governments will not need to
resubmit their entries of appearance
each year to continue to be included on
the annual inquiry service list.
However, the petitioners and foreign
governments are responsible for making
amendments to their entries of
appearance during the annual update to
the annual inquiry service list in
accordance with the procedures
described above.
Notifications to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the AD orders
with respect to paper bags from
Cambodia, China, Colombia, India,
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and
Vietnam pursuant to section 736(a) of
the Act. Interested parties can find a list
of AD orders currently in effect at
https://www.trade.gov/datavisualization/adcvd-proceedings.
These AD orders are published in
accordance with section 736(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: July 11, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders
consists of 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
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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 14 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
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
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; A Coastal Management
Needs Assessment and Market
Analysis for Financing Resilience
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on February 27,
2024 (89 FR 14447) during a 60-day
comment period. No comments were
received. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: A Coastal Management Needs
Assessment and Market Analysis for
Financing Resilience.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0796.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
[extension of an approved information
collection].
Number of Respondents: 36.
Average Hours per Response: 1.5
hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 54.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for
extension to an approved collection of
information under the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.,
and implementing regulations at 5 CFR.
part 1320. This previously-approved
information collection assists NOAA in
the development of funding and
financing coastal resilience learning
products and tools in support of the
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
(CZMA), 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq. NOAA’s
Office for Coastal Management (OCM)
and its regional, State, Federal, and nonprofit partners have worked closely with
coastal managers across the country to
increase the resilience of our coastal
communities, economies and
ecosystems. Under the CZMA, OCM
provides financial and technical
assistance to states and territories,
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including that which helps its
customers (coastal managers) develop
hazard mitigation and climate
adaptation plans that include strategies
for short-term responses to immediate
threats (e.g., flooding, hurricanes) as
well as long-term responses to gradual
changes (e.g., sea level rise, drought).
Services are provided through outreach,
training, funding, resource, and tool
development.
Solutions to these resilience
challenges are often complex and crosssectoral. Therefore, coastal decisionmakers regularly point to the need for
more substantial, coordinated, sustained
and creative funding opportunities to
support these efforts. The results of an
initial review of more than 200
resources that NOAA conducted in
support of this effort, and informal
conversations with NOAA customers
and other stakeholders indicate that
there is no comprehensive inventory or
guide to understanding and selecting
appropriate funding options or
financing strategies. These findings have
been further confirmed in subsequent
informal discussions with coastal
resilience and finance practitioners at
national venues such as the National
Adaptation Forum and Social Coast
Forum, as well as through the original
needs assessment using this information
collection instrument. NOAA’s coastal
management partners continue to
request support on this topic.
The financing world is one that is
constantly evolving new products and
retiring others. The range of funding and
financing options, from grants and lowinterest loans to more innovative
private-public partnerships and
emerging bonds, presents an everchanging and complex array of choices.
In initial internal communications and
informal discussions conducted
between June 2018 and February 2020,
NOAA customers indicated that these
opportunities and mechanisms are not
well understood, and are generally
inaccessible to coastal managers,
particularly in small to mid-sized
communities, rural areas, and tribal
communities. The initial information
gathered via this collection supported
this.
In many coastal communities,
investment in mitigation and resilience
measures remains either limited or
reactive in response to a catastrophic
event. While there are no data on the
number of adaptation plans that have
been implemented, lack of funding is a
frequently cited barrier to
implementation. At the same time, it
has been estimated that investing in
mitigation can save communities $6 for
every $1 spent through mitigation grants
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[Pages 58334-58339]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-555-002, A-301-805, A-533-917, A-557-825, A-471-808, A-583-872, A-
570-152, A-552-836]
Certain Paper Shopping Bags From Cambodia, Colombia, India,
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, the People's Republic of China, and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) orders on
certain paper shopping bags (paper bags) from Cambodia, Colombia,
India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, the People's Republic of China
(China), and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam).
DATES: Applicable July 18, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Doss or Kyle Clahane at (202)
482-4474 or (202) 482-5449, respectively (Cambodia); Jinny Ahn or Tyler
Weinhold at (202) 482-0339 or (202) 482-1121, respectively (China);
Laurel LaCivita at (202) 482-4243 (Colombia); Nathan Araya or Gorden
Struck at (202) 482-3401 or (202) 482-8151, respectively (India);
Daniel Alexander at (202) 482-4313 (Malaysia); Colin Thrasher at (202)
482-3004 (Portugal); Nathan James at (202) 482-5305 (Taiwan); Myrna
Lobo at (202) 482-2371 (Vietnam), AD/CVD Operations, Offices II, III,
IV, V, VI, and VII Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 24, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register its
affirmative final determinations in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigations of paper bags from Cambodia, China, Colombia, India,
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and Vietnam in accordance with sections
735(d) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\
On July 5, 2024, the ITC notified Commerce of its affirmative final
determinations, pursuant to section 735(d) of the Act, that an industry
in the United States is materially injured within the meaning of
section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of LTFV imports of paper
bags from Cambodia, China, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan,
and Vietnam.\2\ On July 10, 2024, in accordance with section 735(d) of
the Act, the ITC published in the Federal Register its affirmative
final injury determination in these investigations in which it found
that an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason
of imports of paper bags from Cambodia, China, Colombia, India,
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and Vietnam.\3\
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\1\ See Certain Paper Shopping Bags from Cambodia: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, In Part, 89 FR
45841 (May 24, 2024) (Cambodia Final Determination), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM); see also Certain
Paper Shopping Bags from the People's Republic of China: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final
Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, 89 FR 45823 (May
24, 2024) (China Final Determination), and accompanying IDM; Certain
Paper Shopping Bags from Colombia: Final Affirmative Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 89 FR 45843 (May 24, 2024)
(Colombia Final Determination), and accompanying IDM; Certain Paper
Shopping Bags from India: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value and Final Negative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 89 FR 45826 (May 24, 2024) (India Final
Determination), and accompanying IDM; Certain Paper Shopping Bags
from Malaysia: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, 89 FR 45821 (May 24, 2024) (Malaysia Final
Determination), and accompanying IDM; Certain Paper Shopping Bags
from Portugal: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Final Negative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 89 FR 45845 (May 24, 2024) (Portugal Final
Determination), and accompanying IDM; Certain Paper Shopping Bags
from Taiwan: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, in Part, 89 FR 45832 (May 24, 2024) (Taiwan Final
Determination), and accompanying IDM; and Certain Paper Shopping
Bags from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 89 FR 45839 (May 24, 2024)
(Vietnam Final Determination), and accompanying IDM (collectively,
Final Determinations).
\2\ See ITC's Letter, Investigation Nos. 701-TA-690-691, 731-TA-
1619-1625, and 731-TA-1627 (Final), dated July 10, 2024.
\3\ See Paper Shopping Bags from Cambodia, China, Colombia,
India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and Vietnam, 89 FR 56776 (July
10, 2024) (ITC Final Determination).
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Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these orders are paper bags from Cambodia,
China, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and Vietnam. For a
complete description of the scope of these orders, see the appendix to
this notice.
Antidumping Duty Orders
Based on the above-referenced affirmative final determinations, in
accordance with section 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act, Commerce is
issuing these AD orders. Because the ITC determined that imports of
paper bags from Cambodia, China, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal,
Taiwan, and Vietnam are materially injuring a U.S. industry,
unliquidated entries of such merchandise entered or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, are subject to the assessment of antidumping
duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise, for all
relevant entries of paper bags from Cambodia, China, Colombia, India,
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and Vietnam. With the exception of entries
occurring after the expiration of the provisional measures period and
before publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury
determinations, as further described below, antidumping duties will be
assessed on unliquidated entries of paper bags entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption, on or after January 3, 2024, the date
of publication of the Preliminary Determinations.\4\ Because Commerce
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made final affirmative determinations of sales at LTFV, Commerce
directed CBP to continue suspension of liquidation of paper bags from
Cambodia, China, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and
Vietnam entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or
after May 24, 2024, the date of publication of the Final
Determinations.\5\
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\4\ See Certain Paper Shopping Bags from Cambodia: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, in Part, Postponement of Final Determination, and
Extension of Provisional Measures, 89 FR 325 (January 3, 2024)
(Cambodia Preliminary Determination), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum (PDM); see also Certain Paper Shopping Bags from
the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, Postponement of Final
Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures, 89 FR 344
(January 3, 2024) (China Preliminary Determination), and
accompanying PDM; Certain Paper Shopping Bags from Colombia:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 89 FR 319 (January 3, 2024) (Colombia
Preliminary Determination), and accompanying PDM; Certain Paper
Shopping Bags from India: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Negative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, Postponement of Final Determination, and
Extension of Provisional Measures, 89 FR 336 (January 3, 2024)
(India Preliminary Determination), and accompanying PDM; Certain
Paper Shopping Bags from Malaysia: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair-Value, 89 FR 333 (January
3, 2024) (Malaysia Preliminary Determination), and accompanying PDM;
Certain Paper Shopping Bags from Portugal: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Negative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, and Postponement of Final
Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures, 89 FR 341
(January 3, 2024) (Portugal Preliminary Determination), and
accompanying PDM; Certain Paper Shopping Bags from Taiwan:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 89 FR 331 (January 3, 2024) (Taiwan
Preliminary Determination), and accompanying PDM; and Certain Paper
Shopping Bags from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination,
Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 89 FR 321 (January 3, 2024) (Vietnam Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying PDM (collectively, Preliminary
Determinations).
\5\ See Cambodia Final Determination, 89 FR 45841; see also
China Final Determination, 89 FR 45823; Colombia Final
Determination, 89 FR 45843; India Final Determination, 89 FR 45826;
Malaysia Final Determination, 89 FR 45821; Portugal Final
Determination, 89 FR 45845; Taiwan Final Determination, 89 FR 45832;
and Vietnam Final Determination, 89 FR 45839.
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Critical Circumstances
With respect to the ITC's negative critical circumstances
determination on imports of paper bags from Cambodia, China, India,
Taiwan, and Vietnam, we will instruct CBP to lift the suspension of
liquidation and to refund all cash deposits for estimated antidumping
duties with respect to entries of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after October 5, 2023
(i.e., 90 days prior to the date of the publication of the Cambodia
Preliminary Determination, China Preliminary Determination, India
Preliminary Determination, Taiwan Preliminary Determination, and
Vietnam Preliminary Determination), but before January 3, 2024, the
date of publication of the Preliminary Determinations.
Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits
Except as noted in the ``Provisional Measures'' section of this
notice, in accordance with section 736 of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all relevant entries
of paper bags from Cambodia, China, Colombia, India, Malaysia,
Portugal, Taiwan, and Vietnam, effective July 10, 2024, the date of
publication of the ITC Final Determination. These instructions
suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
Further, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to require cash deposits
equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins, with offsets
for export subsidies where appropriate, as indicated in the tables
below. Accordingly, effective July 10, 2024, the date of publication of
the ITC Final Determination, CBP will suspend the liquidation of
entries of subject merchandise, and require, at the same time that
importers would normally deposit estimated duties on the merchandise, a
cash deposit equal to the rates listed below. The relevant all-others
rates apply to all producers or exporters not specifically listed, as
appropriate.
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that instructions issued under
section 733(d)(1) and (2) of the Act pursuant to an affirmative
preliminary determination may not remain in effect for more than four
months, except where exporters representing a significant proportion of
exports of the subject merchandise request that Commerce extends the
four-month period to no more than six months. At the request of
exporters that account for a significant proportion of exports of paper
bags from Cambodia, China, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan,
and Vietnam, Commerce extended the four-month period to six months in
these investigations. Commerce published the Preliminary Determinations
on January 3, 2024.\6\
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\6\ See Cambodia Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 325; see also
China Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 344; Colombia Preliminary
Determination, 89 FR 319; India Preliminary Determination, 89 FR
336; Malaysia Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 333; Portugal
Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 341; Taiwan Preliminary
Determination, 89 FR 331; and Vietnam Preliminary Determination, 89
FR 321.
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The extended provisional measures period, beginning on the date of
publication of the Preliminary Determinations, ended on June 30, 2024.
Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, Commerce
intends to instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and
to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, certain \7\
unliquidated entries of paper bags from Cambodia, China, Colombia,
India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and Vietnam entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption after June 30, 2024, the final day on
which the provisional measures were in effect, through the day
preceding the date of publication of the ITC Final Determination.
Suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash deposits will
resume on the date of publication of the ITC Final Determination.
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\7\ In the investigation of paper bags from Taiwan, Commerce's
preliminary determination was negative with respect to Haur Tyi
Paper Bag Co., Ltd., but Commerce's final determination for the
company was affirmative. Accordingly, we directed CBP to suspend
liquidation for Haur Tyi Paper Bag Co., Ltd.'s entries from the date
of publication of the Taiwan Final Determination and, at the time of
publication of this order, we have not issued instructions
pertaining to the expiration of provisional measures for Haur Tyi
Paper Bag Co., Ltd.
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Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The estimated weighted-average dumping margins as published in
Commerce's Final Determinations are as follows:
Cambodia
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Estimated
weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Nice Packaging (Cambodia) Co., Ltd.......................... 7.07
UUPak Company Limited....................................... 7.07
Pan Pacific Plastics Manufacturing, Inc..................... * 248.81
All Others.................................................. 7.07
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
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China
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Cash deposit
Estimated rate (adjusted
weighted- for export
Exporter Producer average subsidy
dumping margin offset(s)
(percent) (percent)
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UUPAK Co., Ltd................................ Tianjin Haishun Printing & 73.05 62.07
Packing Co., Ltd.
Fujian Eco Packaging Co., Ltd................. Fujian Hongkai Packaging Co., 73.05 62.07
Ltd.
Fujian Eco Packaging Co., Ltd................. Fujian Yihe Packaging Co., Ltd.. 73.05 62.07
Fujian Eco Packaging Co., Ltd................. Guangdong Union Eco-Packaging 73.05 62.07
Scien-Tech Co., Ltd.
Fujian Eco Packaging Co., Ltd................. Xiamen Huide Eco-friendly Paper 73.05 62.07
Bags Co., Ltd.
Fujian Eco Packaging Co., Ltd................. Xiamen Jihong Technology Co., 73.05 62.07
Ltd.
Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien- Anhui Nanwang Environmental 73.05 61.65
tech Co., Ltd. Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien- Fujian Nanwang Environment 73.05 61.65
tech Co., Ltd. Protection Scien-tech CO., LTD.
Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien- Hubei Nanwang Environmental 73.05 61.65
tech Co., Ltd. Protection Scien-tech Co., Ltd.
Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien- Xianghe Nanwang Environmental 73.05 61.65
tech Co., Ltd. Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien- Zhuhai Zhongyue Paper CUP 73.05 61.65
tech Co., Ltd. Container Co., Ltd.
Grand Intelligent Limited..................... Ruichuang Limited............... 73.05 62.07
Max Fortune Industrial Ltd.................... Winner Printing and Packaging 73.05 62.07
(He Yuan) Ltd.
Ningbo Beiheng Import & Export Company Limited Wenzhou Weijie Packing Co., Ltd. 73.05 62.07
Shanghai Miho Package & Product Co., Ltd...... Zhejiang Shengxiang Industrial 73.05 62.07
Co., Ltd.
Union Packaging Group Limited................. Guangdong Union Eco-Packaging 73.05 62.07
Scien-Tech Co., Ltd.
Wuxi Hualite Metal Plastic Products Co., Ltd.. Wuxi Hualite Paper Products Co., 73.05 62.07
Ltd.
Xiamen Bag Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd............... Xiamen CYR Green-Tech Co., Ltd.. 73.05 62.07
Xiamen Huide Xiesheng Packaging Co., Ltd...... Xiamen Huide Eco-Friendly Paper 73.05 62.07
Bags Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Jihong Technology Co., Ltd............. Xiamen Jihong Technology Co., 73.05 62.07
Ltd.
Xiamen Joy Supply Chain Co., Ltd.............. Fujian Huian Nice Paper Products 73.05 62.07
Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Joy Supply Chain Co., Ltd.............. Xiamen THINKER Packaging 73.05 62.07
Products Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Nice Packaging Products Co., Ltd....... Fujian Huian Nice Paper Products 73.05 62.07
Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Nice Packaging Products Co., Ltd....... Xiamen THINKER Packaging 73.05 62.07
Products Co., Ltd.
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China-wide Entity............................................................... * 146.32 135.77
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Colombia
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Estimated
weighted-
Producer or exporter average
dumping margin
(percent)
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Ditar, S.A.............................................. 11.06
Industria Colombiana de Papeles......................... * 56.14
F[aacute]brica de Bolsas de Papel....................... * 56.14
All Others.............................................. 11.06
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
India
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Cash deposit
Estimated rate (adjusted
weighted- for export
Producer or exporter average subsidy
dumping margin offset(s)
(percent) (percent)
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Aeroplast Packaging Solution Private 0.00 Not Applicable
Limited; Aero Plast Limited; Aero
Business Solutions Private Limited.....
Kuloday Plastomers Pvt. Ltd............. 4.59 1.20
Adeera Packaging Pvt. Ltd............... 4.59 1.20
Amate Products Pvt. Ltd................. 4.59 1.20
Apex Paper and Plastic and Film......... * 53.05 49.66
Archies Limited......................... 4.59 1.20
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Asha Overseas........................... * 53.05 49.66
Carrywell Packaging Pvt. Ltd............ 4.59 1.20
Colorbox................................ 4.59 1.20
Dynaflex Private Limited................ 4.59 1.20
Godhani Exports......................... * 53.05 49.66
Pack Easy Paper Products................ * 53.05 49.66
Pack Planet Pvt. Ltd.................... 4.59 1.20
Poonam.................................. 4.59 1.20
Shriniwas Enterprises................... 4.59 1.20
Tejaswi Plastic Pvt. Ltd................ 4.59 1.20
The Velvin Group (DBA Velvin Packaging 4.59 2.21
Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and Velvin Paper
Products)..............................
Vama Packaging.......................... 4.59 1.20
All Others.............................. 4.59 1.20
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Malaysia
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Estimated
weighted-
Producer or exporter average
dumping margin
(percent)
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Hexachase Packaging Sdn. Bhd............................ 3.18
Nanwang Pack (M) Sdn. Bhd............................... * 112.22
Kooka Paper Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd...................... * 112.22
All Others.............................................. 3.18
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Portugal
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Estimated
weighted-
Producer or exporter average
dumping margin
(percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Finieco Ind[uacute]stria e Com[eacute]rcio de 6.14
Embalagens, S.A........................................
All Others.............................................. 6.14
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Taiwan
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Estimated
weighted-
Producer or exporter average
dumping margin
(percent)
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Haur Tyi Paper Bag Co., Ltd............................. 4.74
Juang Jia Guoo Co., Ltd................................. * 65.81
All Others.............................................. 4.74
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
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Vietnam \8\
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Estimated
weighted-
Exporter Producer average
dumping margin
(percent)
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Goldsun Packaging and Printing Goldsun Packaging 36.51
Joint Stock Company. and Printing Joint
Stock Company.
Dong Sung Printing Co., Ltd....... Dong Sung Vina 36.51
Printing Co., Ltd.
Khang Thanh Manufacturing Company Khang Thanh 36.51
Limited. Manufacturing
Company Limited.
Vietnam Red Star Industry Company Vietnam Red Star 36.51
Limited. Industry Company
Limited.
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Vietnam-Wide Entity..................................... * 92.34
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Establishment of the Annual Inquiry Service List
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\8\ Regarding Dong Sung Printing Co., Ltd., and Dong Sung Vina
Printing Co., Ltd., Dong Sung is sometimes translated as one word
``Dongsung.''
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On September 20, 2021, Commerce published the final rule titled
``Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Laws'' in the Federal Register.\9\ On September
27, 2021, Commerce also published the notice titled ``Scope Ruling
Application; Annual Inquiry Service List; and Informational Sessions''
in the Federal Register.\10\ The Final Rule and Procedural Guidance
provide that Commerce will maintain an annual inquiry service list for
each order or suspended investigation, and any interested party
submitting a scope ruling application or request for circumvention
inquiry shall serve a copy of the application or request on the persons
on the annual inquiry service list for that order, as well as any
companion order covering the same merchandise from the same country of
origin.\11\
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\9\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20,
2021) (Final Rule).
\10\ See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry Service List;
and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27, 2021)
(Procedural Guidance).
\11\ Id.
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In accordance with the Procedural Guidance, for orders published in
the Federal Register after November 4, 2021, Commerce will create an
annual inquiry service list segment in Commerce's online e-filing and
document management system, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Electronic Service System (ACCESS), available at https://access.trade.gov, within five business days of publication of the
order. Each annual inquiry service list will be saved in ACCESS, under
each case number, and under a specific segment type called ``AISL-
Annual Inquiry Service List.'' \12\
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\12\ This segment will be combined with the ACCESS Segment
Specific Information (SSI) field, which will display the month in
which the notice of the order or suspended investigation was
published in the Federal Register, also known as the anniversary
month. For example, for an order under case number A-000-000 that
was published in the Federal Register in January, the relevant
segment and SSI combination will appear in ACCESS as ``AISL-January
Anniversary.'' Note that there will be only one annual inquiry
service list segment per case number, and the anniversary month will
be pre-populated in ACCESS.
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Interested parties who wish to be added to the annual inquiry
service list for an order must submit an entry of appearance to the
annual inquiry service list segment for the order in ACCESS within 30
days after the date of publication of the order. For ease of
administration, Commerce requests that law firms with more than one
attorney representing interested parties in an order designate a lead
attorney to be included on the annual inquiry service list. Commerce
will finalize the annual inquiry service list within five business days
thereafter. As mentioned in the Procedural Guidance, the new annual
inquiry service list will be in place until the following year, when
the Opportunity Notice for the anniversary month of the order is
published.
Commerce may update an annual inquiry service list at any time as
needed based on interested parties' amendments to their entries of
appearance to remove or otherwise modify their list of members and
representatives, or to update contact information. Any changes or
announcements pertaining to these procedures will be posted to the
ACCESS website at https://access.trade.gov.
Special Instructions for Petitioners and Foreign Governments
In the Final Rule, Commerce stated that, ``after an initial request
and placement on the annual inquiry service list, both petitioners and
foreign governments will automatically be placed on the annual inquiry
service list in the years that follow.'' \13\ Accordingly, as stated
above, the petitioners and foreign governments should submit their
initial entry of appearance after publication of this notice in order
to appear in the first annual inquiry service list for those orders for
which they qualify as an interested party. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.225(n)(3), the petitioners and foreign governments will not need to
resubmit their entries of appearance each year to continue to be
included on the annual inquiry service list. However, the petitioners
and foreign governments are responsible for making amendments to their
entries of appearance during the annual update to the annual inquiry
service list in accordance with the procedures described above.
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\13\ See Final Rule, 86 FR 52335.
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Notifications to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the AD orders with respect to paper bags
from Cambodia, China, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, and
Vietnam pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can
find a list of AD orders currently in effect at https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/adcvd-proceedings.
These AD orders are published in accordance with section 736(a) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: July 11, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders consists of 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
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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 \14\ 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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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. 2024-15746 Filed 7-17-24; 8:45 am]
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