Certain Paper Shopping Bags From Cambodia: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain paper shopping bags (paper shopping bags) from Cambodia were sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), January 3, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 195 (Friday, October 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64639-64641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20777]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-555-002]


Certain Paper Shopping Bags From Cambodia: Preliminary Results 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) preliminarily 
determines that certain paper shopping bags (paper shopping bags) from 
Cambodia were sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) 
during the period of review (POR), January 3, 2024, through June 30, 
2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results of review.

DATES: Applicable October 9, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Travis Hargett, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4604.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 18, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
antidumping duty (AD) order on paper shopping bags from Cambodia.\1\ On 
June 30, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On 
August 22, 2025, based on timely requests for review, in accordance 
with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of 
the Order covering four producers/exporters.\3\
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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 Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 90 FR 27841 (June 30, 
2025).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 41043 (August 22, 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.\4\ 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.\5\ On May 15, 2026, we extended the preliminary 
results of this review to September 30, 2026.\6\ On September 23, 2026, 
we extended the preliminary results of this review to October 7, 
2026.\7\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated 
November 24, 2025.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 15, 
2026.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Second Extension of Deadline for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' 
dated September 23, 2026.
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\ 
A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
is attached as an 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 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 
on Certain Paper Shopping Bags from Cambodia; 2024-2025,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is paper shopping bags from 
Cambodia. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

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. Furthermore, pursuant to section 776(a) and (b) of the Act, 
Commerce has preliminarily relied upon facts otherwise available, with 
adverse inferences for UUPak Company Limited (UUPak). For a full 
description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Rate for Non-Individually Examined Companies

    There are two companies for which a review was requested, and which 
were not selected as mandatory respondents or found to be affiliated 
with a mandatory respondent. The Act does not address the establishment 
of a rate to apply to companies not selected for individual examination 
when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review 
pursuant to section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. However, Commerce's 
regulation at 19 CFR 351.109(g) states that Commerce will determine the 
rate for non-selected companies by following the process set forth in 
19 CFR 351.109(f)(1)-(2), which generally parallels the process for 
determining the all-others rate in an investigation under section 
735(c)(5) of the Act.
    Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.109(f), the 
all-others rate is normally an amount equal to the weighted average of 
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for 
exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any rates 
that are zero, de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), or determined 
entirely on the basis of facts available. Where the weighted-average 
dumping margin for each of the individually examined companies is zero, 
de minimis, or based entirely on facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.109(f)(2)(iii) provide that Commerce may use 
``any reasonable method'' to establish the estimated all-others rate 
for exporters and producers not individually investigated, including 
averaging the estimated weighted-average dumping margins determined for 
the exporters and producers individually investigated.
    In this administrative review, we preliminarily calculated a 
weighted-average dumping margin for Nice Packaging (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. 
(Nice Packaging) that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on 
facts otherwise available, and preliminarily assigned a dumping margin 
for UUPak based entirely on facts otherwise available. Therefore, we 
are preliminarily assigning the weighted-average dumping margin 
calculated for Nice Packaging to the companies under review that were 
not selected for individual examination, consistent with the guidance 
in section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the 
following estimated weighted-average dumping

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margins exist for the period January 3, 2024, through June 30, 2025:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Nice Packaging (Cambodia) Co., Ltd..........................       20.08
UUPak Company Limited.......................................     * 73.30
Brandart S.p.A..............................................       20.08
TB Packaging (Cambodia) Co., Ltd............................       20.08
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* This rate is based on total AFA.

Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose its 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.\9\ 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.\10\ Interested parties who 
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: 
(1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of 
authorities.\11\ 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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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); 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 Procedures).
    \11\ 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.\12\ 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 in this administrative 
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for 
relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note 
that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the 
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\13\
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    \12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \13\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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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, filed electronically 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.\14\
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review.
    If Nice Packaging's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or 
de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this 
review, Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment 
rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping 
calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total entered 
value of those sales. Where we do not have entered values for all U.S. 
sales to a particular importer, we will calculate an importer-specific, 
per-unit assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount 
of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total 
quantity of those sales.\15\ To determine whether an importer-specific, 
per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an importer-specific ad valorem 
ratio based on estimated entered values. If Nice Packaging's weighted-
average dumping margin is zero or de minimis or where an importer-
specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.\16\
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding: 
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment 
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Nice 
Packaging for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined 
for the United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those 
entries at the all-others rate calculated in the LTFV investigation if 
there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the 
transaction.\17\
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    \17\ For a full discussion of this practice, 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 which were not selected for 
individual review, we will assign an assessment rate based on the 
review-specific rate, calculated as noted in the ``Rate for Non-
Individually Examined Companies'' section, above. The final results of 
this review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties 
on entries of merchandise covered by the final results of this review 
and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.\18\
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    \18\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding 
Nice Packaging, UUPak Company Limited, and the non-selected companies 
listed above no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication 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).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following 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 section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for each company 
listed above will be the rate established in the final results of this 
review, except

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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 previously investigated or reviewed 
companies not covered by this review, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published for the 
most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the company 
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, 
or the LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent segment 
for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate 
for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 7.07 
percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\19\ 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.
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    \19\ See Order, 89 FR at 58335.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. 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

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 
CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: October 6, 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. Scope of the Order
IV. Affiliation
V. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inference
VI. Discussion of the Methodology
VII. Currency Conversion
VIII. Recommendation

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