Certain Paper Shopping Bags From Taiwan: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain paper shopping bags (paper bags) from Taiwan for the period of review (POR) January 3, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Commerce preliminarily finds that Haur Tyi Paper Bag Co., Ltd (Haurtyi) did not make sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the POR. Additionally, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to five companies for which all requests for review were withdrawn. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 194 (Thursday, October 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64339-64341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20691]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-872]


Certain Paper Shopping Bags From Taiwan: Preliminary Results and 
Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-
2025

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain 
paper shopping bags (paper bags) from Taiwan for the period of review 
(POR) January 3, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Commerce preliminarily 
finds that Haur Tyi Paper Bag Co., Ltd (Haurtyi) did not make sales of 
subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the POR. 
Additionally, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to 
five companies for which all

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requests for review were withdrawn. We invite interested parties to 
comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable October 8, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathan James, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5305.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On August 22, 2025, Commerce initiated an administrative review of 
the AD order on paper bags,\1\ in accordance with section 751(a) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ This review covers six 
producers/exporters of subject merchandise.\3\ Commerce selected one 
mandatory respondent for individual examination, Haurtyi.\4\
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    \1\ See 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, 89 
FR 58334 (July 18, 2024) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 41043 (August 22, 2025).
    \3\ Id.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated September 
30, 2025.
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    Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, 
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative 
proceedings by 47 days.\5\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents 
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24, 
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an 
additional 21 days.\6\ Further, on May 28, 2026, we extended the 
deadline for completing the preliminary results of this review by 113 
days, until September 30, 2026.\7\
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated 
November 24, 2025.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025,'' 
dated May 28, 2026.
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of the review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\ A 
list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
included as the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via 
ACCESS, which is available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain 
Paper Shopping Bags from Taiwan; 2024-2025,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the scope of the Order is paper bags from 
Taiwan. For a full description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if all parties that 
requested the review withdraw their requests within 90 days of the date 
of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. 
Commerce received timely filed withdrawal requests with respect to 
Chung Tai Bag King Corporation, Chyan Tay International Corp, 
Toolsworks International Ltd., Xiamen Yasili Trade Co., Ltd., and Zheng 
Da Paper Industry Co., Ltd., pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).\9\ 
Because the withdrawal requests were timely filed, and no other parties 
requested a review of these companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding this administrative review with 
respect to these five companies.
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    \9\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Withdrawal of Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated January 27, 2026 (two filings).
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act. Export price is calculated in accordance with 
section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 
of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period January 3, 2024, 
through June 30, 2025:

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                                                       Weighted-average
                  Exporter/producer                     dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Haur Tyi Paper Bag Co., Ltd.........................               0.00
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis 
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within 
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public 
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Public Comment

    Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties 
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the 
date of the publication of this notice.\10\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days 
after the date for filing case briefs.\11\ Interested parties who 
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this administrative review 
must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a 
table of authorities.\12\ All briefs must be filed electronically using 
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully 
in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established 
deadline.
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); see also Administrative 
Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we 
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their 
briefs a public executive summary for each issue raised in their 
briefs.\13 \Further, we request that interested parties limit their 
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not 
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as 
the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision 
memorandum that will accompany the final results of this administrative 
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for 
relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note

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that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the 
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\14\
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    \13\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \14\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce 
via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) the party's 
name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants and 
whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues 
to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to 
issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, 
Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing.\15\
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the final results of this administrative review, 
Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries covered by this review. If a respondent's 
weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less 
than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, we will 
calculate importer-specific assessment rates based on the ratio of the 
total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to 
the total entered value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1). We intend to instruct CBP to take into account the 
``provisional measures deposit cap,'' in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(d). If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero 
or de minimis in the final results of review, or if an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct 
CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties. The final results of this review shall be the basis for the 
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by 
this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where 
applicable.\16\
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    \16\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the 
individually examined respondent for which it did not know that the 
merchandise was destined to the United States, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate these entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for 
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\17\ Commerce 
intends to issue assessment instructions regarding Haurtyi to CBP no 
earlier than 35 days after the publication date of the final results of 
this review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at 
the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties 
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 
90 days of publication).
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    \17\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    For the companies listed above for which the review is being 
rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates 
equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated antidumping duties 
required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce 
intends to issue rescission instructions regarding these five companies 
to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the company 
listed in the final results of this review will be equal to the 
weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of 
this review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, 
therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in 
which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for merchandise 
exported by a company not covered in this review, but covered in a 
prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will be the 
company-specific rate published for the most recently-completed segment 
in which it was examined; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in 
this review or in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recently-completed segment of this 
proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash 
deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 
4.74 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV 
investigation.\18\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \18\ See Order, 89 FR at 58338.
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Final Results of Review

    Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final 
results of this administrative review, including the results of its 
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, no later than 120 
days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to the 
liquidation of the relevant entries during the POR. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) 
and 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: October 2, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Partial Rescission of Review
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2026-20691 Filed 10-7-26; 8:45 am]
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