[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53111-53112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21769]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-821]


Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From Thailand: Notice of Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has determined 
that TPBI Public Company Limited (TPBI) is the successor-in-interest to 
Thai Plastic Bags Industries Company Limited (Thai Plastic Bags 
Company) for purposes of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene 
retail carrier bags (PRCBs) from Thailand and, as such, will be 
entitled to Thai Plastic Bags Company's exclusion from the antidumping 
duty order.

DATES: Effective Date: September 2, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 20, 2015, pursuant to a request from TPBI, we initiated and 
announced the preliminary results of a changed-circumstances review of 
the antidumping duty order on PRCBs from Thailand to determine whether 
TPBI was a successor-in-interest to Thai Plastic Bags Company.\1\
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    \1\ See Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From Thailand: Notice 
of Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 
Circumstances Review, 80 FR 42789 (July 20, 2015) (Preliminary 
Results).
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    In the Preliminary Results, we solicited comments from interested 
parties.\2\ The only party to comment on the Preliminary Results was 
TPBI supporting the Preliminary Results.\3\
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    \2\ Id.
    \3\ See letter from TPBI, ``Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags 
(PRCBs) from Thailand: Expedited Changed Circumstances Review'' 
(July 17, 2015).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the 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 the Changed Circumstances Review

    In 2010, the antidumping duty order on PRCBs from Thailand was 
partially revoked with respect to Thai Plastic Bags Company.\4\ For the 
reasons stated in the Preliminary Results, we continue to find that 
TPBI is the successor-in-interest to Thai Plastic Bags Company and, as 
a result, should be accorded the same treatment as Thai Plastic Bags 
Company.\5\ We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
neither suspend liquidation nor collect cash deposits with respect to 
TPBI.
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    \4\ 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).
    \5\ See Preliminary Results and accompanying Decision 
Memorandum.
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice 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 351.306. Timely written notification of 
the destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective 
order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and 
terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and

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777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216 and 351.221.

    Dated: August 27, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-21769 Filed 9-1-15; 8:45 am]
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