BILLING CODE: 3510 DS-P
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-552836]
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 [INSERT DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Doss or Kyle Clahane at (202) 4824474 or (202) 482-5449, respectively (Cambodia); Jinny Ahn or Tyler Weinhold at (202) 4820339 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
Scope of the Orders

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).
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 made final affirmative determinations

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
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
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

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-FairValue, 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.

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
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, certain7 unliquidated entries of paper bags

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.
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
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:
Producer or Exporter
Nice Packaging (Cambodia) Co., Ltd.
UUPak Company Limited
Pan Pacific Plastics Manufacturing, Inc.
All Others
* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
China:

Exporter

UUPAK Co., Ltd.
Fujian Eco Packaging Co.,
Ltd.
Fujian Eco Packaging Co.,
Ltd.
Fujian Eco Packaging Co.,
Ltd.
Fujian Eco Packaging Co.,
Ltd.

Estimated Weighted-Average
Dumping Margin (percent)
7.07
7.07
248.81*
7.07

Producer

Tianjin Haishun Printing &
Packing Co., Ltd.
Fujian Hongkai Packaging
Co., Ltd.
Fujian Yihe Packaging Co.,
Ltd.
Guangdong Union EcoPackaging Scien-Tech Co.,
Ltd.
Xiamen Huide Eco-friendly
Paper Bags Co., Ltd.

Estimated
WeightedAverage
Dumping
Margin
(percent)

Cash Deposit
Rate
(Adjusted
for Export
Subsidy
offset(s)
(percent)

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

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.

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.

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.
Ruichuang Limited
Winner Printing and
Packaging (He Yuan) Ltd.
Wenzhou Weijie Packing Co.,
Ltd.
Zhejiang Shengxiang
Industrial Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Union EcoPackaging 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

62.07

73.05

61.65

73.05

61.65

73.05

61.65

73.05

61.65

73.05

61.65

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

73.05

62.07

China-wide Entity

146.32*

135.77

* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Colombia:
Producer or Exporter
Ditar, S.A.
Industria Colombiana de Papeles
Fábrica de Bolsas de Papel
All Others
* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.

Estimated Weighted-Average
Dumping Margin (percent)
11.06
56.14*
56.14*
11.06

India:

Producer or Exporter

Estimated WeightedAverage Dumping
Margin (percent)

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
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
* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.

Cash Deposit
Rate (Adjusted
for Export
Subsidy Offset)
(percent)

0.00

Not Applicable

4.59
4.59
4.59
53.05*
4.59
53.05*
4.59
4.59
4.59
53.05*
53.05*
4.59
4.59
4.59
4.59

1.20
1.20
1.20
49.66
1.20
49.66
1.20
1.20
1.20
49.66
49.66
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20

4.59

2.21

4.59
4.59

1.20
1.20

Malaysia:
Producer or Exporter
Hexachase Packaging Sdn. Bhd.

Estimated Weighted-Average
Dumping Margin (percent)
3.18

Nanwang Pack (M) Sdn. Bhd
Kooka Paper Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd.
All Others
* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.

112.22*
112.22*
3.18

Portugal:
Producer or Exporter
Finieco Indústria e Comércio de Embalagens, S.A.
All Others

Estimated Weighted-Average
Dumping Margin (percent)
6.14
6.14

Taiwan:
Producer or Exporter
Haur Tyi Paper Bag Co., Ltd.
Juang Jia Guoo Co., Ltd.
All Others
* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.

Estimated Weighted-Average
Dumping Margin (percent)
4.74
65.81*
4.74

Vietnam:8

Exporter

Producer

Goldsun Packaging and Printing Goldsun Packaging and Printing
Joint Stock Company
Joint Stock Company
Dong Sung Printing Co., Ltd.
Dong Sung Vina Printing Co., Ltd.
Khang Thanh Manufacturing
Khang Thanh Manufacturing
Company Limited
Company Limited
Vietnam Red Star Industry
Vietnam Red Star Industry
Company Limited
Company Limited
Vietnam-Wide Entity
* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.

Estimated
WeightedAverage
Dumping Margin
(percent)
36.51
36.51
36.51
36.51
92.34*

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

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).

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 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.

See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry Service List; and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September
27, 2021) (Procedural Guidance).
11 Id.
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.
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.
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.

See Final Rule, 86 FR 52335.

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 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 fabric14 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.
[FR Doc. 2024-15746 Filed: 7/17/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/18/2024]

14 Paper

sacks or bags with handles made of braided or twisted materials, such as rope or cord, do not qualify for this
exclusion.