[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51953-51954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20862]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-821]


Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From Thailand: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013

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

SUMMARY: On June 11, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order polyethylene retail carrier bags (PRCBs) from 
Thailand.\1\ For these final results, we continue to find that subject 
merchandise has been sold at less than normal value by the companies 
subject to this review.
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    \1\ See Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From Thailand: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-
2013, 79 FR 33505 (June 11, 2014) (Preliminary Results).

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DATES: Effective September 2, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Dreisonstok or Minoo Hatten, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0768 and 202-482-1690, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 11, 2014, the Department published the Preliminary Results. 
The period of review (POR) is August 1, 2012, through July 31, 2013.
    We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary 
Results. We received no comments on our Preliminary Results. The final 
weighted-average dumping margins for the companies subject to this 
administrative review are listed below in the ``Final Results of 
Review'' section of this notice.
    The Department conducted this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the antidumping duty order is PRCBs, 
which may be referred to as t-shirt sacks, merchandise bags, grocery 
bags, or checkout bags. The subject merchandise is defined as non-
sealable sacks and bags with handles (including drawstrings), without 
zippers or integral extruded closures, with or without gussets, with or 
without printing, of polyethylene film having a thickness no greater 
than 0.035 inch (0.889 mm) and no less than 0.00035 inch (0.00889 mm), 
and with no length or width shorter than 6 inches (15.24 cm) or longer 
than 40 inches (101.6 cm). The depth of the bag may be shorter than 6 
inches but not longer than 40 inches (101.6 cm).
    PRCBs are typically provided without any consumer packaging and 
free of charge by retail establishments, e.g., grocery, drug, 
convenience, department, specialty retail, discount stores, and 
restaurants, to their customers to package and carry their purchased 
products. The scope of the order excludes (1) polyethylene bags that 
are not printed with logos or store names and that are closeable with 
drawstrings made of polyethylene film and (2) polyethylene bags that 
are packed in consumer packaging with printing that refers to specific 
end-uses other than packaging and carrying merchandise from retail 
establishments, e.g., garbage bags, lawn bags, trash-can liners.
    As a result of changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS), imports of the subject merchandise are currently 
classifiable under statistical category 3923.21.0085 of the HTSUS. 
Furthermore, although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of the order 
is dispositive.

Final Results of Review

    Because no party commented on our Preliminary Results, we made no 
changes to these final results. As a result of our review, we determine 
that the following weighted-average dumping margins on PRCBs from 
Thailand exist for the period August 1, 2012, through July 31, 2013:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                           Company                              dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Beyond Packaging Co., Ltd...................................      122.88
Dpac Inter Corporation Co., Ltd.............................        4.69
Elite Poly and Packaging Co., Ltd...........................        4.69
Poly World Co., Ltd.........................................        4.69
Triple B Pack Company Limited...............................        4.69
Two Path Plaspack Co., Ltd..................................        4.69
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Assessment Rates

    In accordance section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, we will instruct 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties 
on all appropriate entries covered by this review at the rates listed 
above.
    For these final results we continue to rely on adverse facts 
available to establish Beyond Packaging's weighted-average dumping 
margin, and will instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem assessment rate of 
122.88 percent to all entries of subject merchandise during the POR 
which were produced and/or exported by Beyond Packaging.
    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of these final results of review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of these final results of administrative review for all 
shipments of PRCBs from Thailand entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication, as provided by 
section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates for the 
reviewed companies will be equal to the weighted-average dumping 
margins established in these final results of this review; (2) for 
merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this 
review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash 
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published 
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the 
less-than-fair-value investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently 
completed segment of this proceeding for the manufacturer of the 
merchandise; (4) if neither the exporter

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nor the manufacturer has its own rate, the cash deposit rate will be 
4.69 percent.\2\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain 
in effect until further notice.
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    \2\ See Notice of Implementation of Determination Under Section 
129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and Partial Revocation of 
the Antidumping Duty Order on Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From 
Thailand, 75 FR 48940 (August 12, 2010) (Section 129 Determination).
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Notifications

    This notice serves as a final 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 liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    These final results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act.

    Dated: August 26, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-20862 Filed 8-29-14; 8:45 am]
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