Paper Shopping Bags: Prelim CV Rates Take Effect for India, China; Retroactive for Some
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of paper shopping bags from India (C-533-918) and China (C-570-153), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the two countries in the preliminary determinations of its CV duty investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after Nov. 6, the date that the preliminary determination was published in the Federal Register.
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Commerce is also considering the imposition of antidumping duties on paper shopping bags from India and China, as well as from Cambodia, Colombia, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam. The preliminary determinations in those investigations are currently due Dec. 27.
Cash Deposits Retroactive 90 Days for All Chinese, Some Indian Companies
Commerce made a finding that all exporters of paper shopping bags from China, and a single exporter of paper shopping bags from India -- Velvin Paper Products -- increased their exports to the U.S. in the months before the preliminary determination. This “critical circumstances” finding by the agency allows it to retroactively require AD cash deposits for subject merchandise from all Chinese companies and the Indian company Velvin 90 days before the preliminary determination, i.e., Aug. 18, 2023.
For all other Indian companies, including Aero Plast Packaging Solutions, suspension of liquidation and CV duty cash deposit requirements take effect Nov. 6.
CV Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce says it will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from a warehouse, for consumption on or after the dates listed below. Cash deposits of estimated CV duties will be required as follows:
India
| Company | CV Rate | Sus. Liq. |
|---|---|---|
| Aero Plast Packaging Solutions Private Limited / Aero Business Solutions Private Limited / Aero Plast Limited | 5% | 11/06/23 |
| Velvin Paper Products/ Velvin Packaging Solutions Private Limited | 2.37% | 08/18/23 |
| All Others | 3.47% | 11/06/23 |
China
| Company | CV Rate | Sus. Liq. |
|---|---|---|
| Bagitan Packaging | 144.03% | 08/18/23 |
| Changzhou Anjucheng | 144.03% | 08/18/23 |
| Courage Packaging | 144.03% | 08/18/23 |
| Dongzheng Paperbag (DaLian) Factory | 12.43% | 08/18/23 |
| Evertrust Packaging | 144.03% | 08/18/23 |
| Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien-Tech Co., Ltd. | 13.96% | 08/18/23 |
| Geotegrity EcoPack | 144.03% | 08/18/23 |
| GrandIntelligent | 144.03% | 08/18/23 |
| Li & Fung | 144.03% | 08/18/23 |
| Qingdao Chenyu Packaging Co., Ltd. | 144.03% | 08/18/23 |
| Shanghai Macolink Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. | 144.03% | 08/18/23 |
| Shanghai Sanxi Paper Co., Ltd. | 144.03% | 08/18/23 |
| Xiamen C&D Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd | 144.03% | 08/18/23 |
| Xiamen Champion FMCG | 144.03% | 08/18/23 |
| Xiamen New Idea Packaging Co., Ltd. | 144.03% | 08/18/23 |
| Xiamen Wonderful Bag Import and Export Co., Ltd. | 144.03% | 08/18/23 |
| All Others | 13.84% | 08/18/23 |
(The period of investigation is 01/01/22 - 12/31/22. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope (unchanged), suspension of liquidation, etc. See 2306260028 for a summary of the initiation of these AD and CV duty investigations.)