Notice2023-15440
Paper Shopping Bags From Cambodia, China, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam; Determinations
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Published
July 20, 2023
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International Trade Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 138 (Thursday, July 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46809-46810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15440]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-690-691 and 731-TA-1619-1627 (Preliminary)]
Paper Shopping Bags From Cambodia, China, Colombia, India,
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam; Determinations
On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject
investigations, the United States International Trade Commission
(``Commission'') determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the
Act''), that there is a reasonable indication that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of paper
shopping bags from Cambodia, China, Colombia, India, Malaysia,
Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam, provided for in subheadings
4819.30.00 and 4819.40.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States, that are alleged to be sold in the United States at less
than fair value (``LTFV'') and to be subsidized by the governments of
China and India.\2\
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\1\ The record is defined in Sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).
\2\ 88 FR 41380, (June 26, 2023) and 88 FR 41589, (June 27,
2023).
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Commencement of Final Phase Investigations
Pursuant to section 207.18 of the Commission's rules, the
Commission also gives notice of the commencement of the final phase of
its investigations. The Commission will issue a final phase notice of
scheduling, which will be published in the Federal Register as provided
in Sec. 207.21 of the Commission's rules, upon notice from the U.S.
Department of Commerce (``Commerce'') of affirmative preliminary
determinations in the investigations under Sec. Sec. 703(b) or 733(b)
of the Act, or, if the preliminary determinations are negative, upon
notice of affirmative final determinations in those investigations
under Sec. Sec. 705(a) or 735(a) of the Act. Parties that filed
entries of appearance in the preliminary phase of the investigations
need not enter a separate appearance for the final phase of the
investigations. Industrial users, and, if the merchandise under
investigation is sold at the retail level, representative consumer
organizations have the right to appear as parties in Commission
antidumping and countervailing duty investigations. The Secretary will
prepare a public service list containing the names and addresses of all
persons, or their representatives, who are parties to the
investigations.
Background
On May 31, 2023, the Coalition for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags, a
coalition whose members include Novolex Holdings, LLC, Charlotte, North
Carolina, and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber,
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers
International Union, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, filed petitions with the
Commission and Commerce, alleging that an industry in the United States
is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of
subsidized imports of paper shopping bags from China and India and LTFV
imports of paper shopping bags from Cambodia, China, Colombia, India,
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam. Accordingly, effective
May 31, 2023, the Commission instituted countervailing duty
investigation Nos. 701-TA-690-691 and antidumping duty investigation
Nos. 731-TA-1619-1627 (Preliminary).
Notice of the institution of the Commission's investigations and of
a public conference to be held in connection therewith was given by
posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the
notice in the Federal Register of June 6, 2023 (88 FR 37097). The
Commission conducted its conference on June 21, 2023. All persons who
requested the opportunity were permitted to participate.
The Commission made these determinations pursuant to Sec. Sec.
703(a) and 733(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b(a) and 1673b(a)). It
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and filed its determinations in these investigations on July 17, 2023.
The views of the Commission are contained in USITC Publication 5448
(July 2023), entitled Paper Shopping Bags from Cambodia, China,
Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam:
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-690-691 and 731-TA-1619-1627 (Preliminary).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: July 17, 2023.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023-15440 Filed 7-19-23; 8:45 am]
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