Certain Paper Shopping Bags From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; and Recission of Administrative Review, in Part; 2024-2025

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that International Packaging Limited Company (IPSC) made sales of certain paper shopping bags (paper shopping bags) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) January 3, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to four companies. Commerce invites interested parties to comment on the preliminary results of this review.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65174-65177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20935]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-836]


Certain Paper Shopping Bags From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
and Recission of Administrative Review, in Part; 2024-2025

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that International Packaging Limited Company (IPSC) made 
sales of certain paper shopping bags (paper shopping bags) from the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) at less than normal value (NV) 
during the period of review (POR) January 3, 2024, through June 30, 
2025. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to 
four companies. Commerce invites interested parties to comment on the 
preliminary results of this review.

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DATES: Applicable October 14, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Myrna Lobo, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2371.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 22, 2025, based on timely requests for an administrative 
review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on paper shopping 
bags from Vietnam.\1\ On September 5, 11, and 12, 2025, Commerce 
received one separate rate certification (SRC), and two separate rate 
applications (SRAs).\2\ On September 12, October 28, and November 19, 
2025, four companies submitted withdrawals of their requests for 
review.\3\ Thus, as noted below, we are rescinding this review with 
respect to these four companies. As such, these preliminary results 
cover one company, the mandatory respondent, IPSC.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 41043 (August 22, 2025), corrected in 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 90 FR 46173 (September 25, 2025).
    \2\ See Goldsun's Letter, ``Separate Rate Certification,'' dated 
September 5, 2025; see also BSA PACK's Letter, ``Separate Rate 
Application (Administrative Review POR 01/03/2024-06/30/2025); and 
IPSC's Letter, ``Separate Rate Application,'' dated September 12, 
2025.
    \3\ See Vietnam Red Star of Vietnam's Letter, ``Withdrawal of 
Review Request for Administrative Review of Anti-dumping Duty of 
Vietnam Red Star Industry Company Limited,'' dated September 12, 
2025; see also Goldsun's and Vietnam Red Star's Letter, ``Withdrawal 
of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated October 28, 2025; see 
also Blue Sea's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 
Review,'' dated November 19, 2025.
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    Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, 
on November 17, 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 June 8, 2026, Commerce extended the deadline 
for these preliminary results to September 30, 2026.\6\ On September 
29, 2026, Commerce further extended the deadline for these preliminary 
results 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 June 8, 
2026.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Second Extension of Deadline for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' 
dated September 29, 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 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 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Paper 
Shopping Bags from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; 2024-2025,'' 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the Order are paper shopping bags from 
Vietnam. For a complete description of the scope of this review, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\9\
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    \9\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at the ``Scope'' section 
for more details.
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Recission of Administrative Review, in Part

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or part, if the party that requested a 
review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of publication 
of the notice of initiation. As noted above, the following companies 
timely withdrew their review requests and no other party requested an 
administrative review of these companies: Blue Sea Pack Import Export 
Company Limited, Goldsun Packaging and Printing Joint Stock Company, 
Vietnam Red Star Industry Company Limited, and Vietnam Red Star 
Industry Company Limited of Vietnam. Therefore, we are rescinding this 
administrative review with respect to these companies, pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(1).

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We have 
calculated constructed export price in accordance with section 772 of 
the Act. Because Vietnam is a non-market economy country within the 
meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, we have calculated NV in 
accordance with section 773(c) of the Act. For a full description of 
the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.

Vietnam-Wide Entity

    Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the Vietnam-wide 
entity applies to this administrative review.\10\ Under this policy, 
the Vietnam-wide entity will not be under review unless a party 
specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the 
entity. Because no party requested review of the Vietnam-wide entity, 
the entity is not under review and the entity's rate (i.e., 92.34 
percent) \11\ will not be subject to change.
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    \10\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
    \11\ 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).
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Preliminary Results of Review

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

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                                                            Weighted-
                                                         average dumping
                        Exporter                              margin
                                                            (percent)
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International Packaging Limited Company................           28.52
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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 no later than 21

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days after the date of the publication of this notice.\12\ 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.\13\ 
Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) a table of 
contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\14\ 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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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(copyright)(1)(ii).
    \13\ 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 Final Service Rule).
    \14\ 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.\15\ 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 we will issue for 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).\16\
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    \15\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \16\ See APO and Final Service Rule, 88 FR at 67077.
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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 publication 
of this notice. Hearing 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; (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.\17\
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    \17\ 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.\18\
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    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    If IPSC'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.\19\ 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 IPSC'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.\20\
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    \19\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \20\ 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 
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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 to CBP no earlier than 35 days 
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
    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.
    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 
statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
shipments of the subject merchandise from Vietnam 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) for the company listed above, the cash 
deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
established in the final results of this review (except, if the rate is 
zero or de minimis, then zero cash deposit will be required); (2) for 
previously investigated or reviewed Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese 
exporters not listed above that received a separate rate in a prior 
segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to the 
be the existing exporter-specific cash deposit rate; (3) for all 
Vietnamese exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to 
be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that the 
existing rate for the Vietnam-wide entity of 92.34 percent; (4) for all 
non-Vietnamese exporters of subject merchandise which have not received 
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to 
the Vietnamese exporter that supplied the non-Vietnamese exporter. 
These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Notification To Importers

    This notice 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 and/or countervailing 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

    Commerce is issuing and publishing the preliminary results of this 
review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B), 751(a)(3), and 777(i) 
of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4) and 351.221(b)(4).


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    Dated: October 7, 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. Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2026-20935 Filed 10-13-26; 8:45 am]
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