[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 138 (Thursday, July 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46809-46810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15440]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-690-691 and 731-TA-1619-1627 (Preliminary)]


Paper Shopping Bags From Cambodia, China, Colombia, India, 
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam; Determinations

    On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject 
investigations, the United States International Trade Commission 
(``Commission'') determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the 
Act''), that there is a reasonable indication that an industry in the 
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of paper 
shopping bags from Cambodia, China, Colombia, India, Malaysia, 
Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam, provided for in subheadings 
4819.30.00 and 4819.40.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States, that are alleged to be sold in the United States at less 
than fair value (``LTFV'') and to be subsidized by the governments of 
China and India.\2\
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    \1\ The record is defined in Sec.  207.2(f) of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).
    \2\ 88 FR 41380, (June 26, 2023) and 88 FR 41589, (June 27, 
2023).
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Commencement of Final Phase Investigations

    Pursuant to section 207.18 of the Commission's rules, the 
Commission also gives notice of the commencement of the final phase of 
its investigations. The Commission will issue a final phase notice of 
scheduling, which will be published in the Federal Register as provided 
in Sec.  207.21 of the Commission's rules, upon notice from the U.S. 
Department of Commerce (``Commerce'') of affirmative preliminary 
determinations in the investigations under Sec. Sec.  703(b) or 733(b) 
of the Act, or, if the preliminary determinations are negative, upon 
notice of affirmative final determinations in those investigations 
under Sec. Sec.  705(a) or 735(a) of the Act. Parties that filed 
entries of appearance in the preliminary phase of the investigations 
need not enter a separate appearance for the final phase of the 
investigations. Industrial users, and, if the merchandise under 
investigation is sold at the retail level, representative consumer 
organizations have the right to appear as parties in Commission 
antidumping and countervailing duty investigations. The Secretary will 
prepare a public service list containing the names and addresses of all 
persons, or their representatives, who are parties to the 
investigations.

Background

    On May 31, 2023, the Coalition for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags, a 
coalition whose members include Novolex Holdings, LLC, Charlotte, North 
Carolina, and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers 
International Union, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, filed petitions with the 
Commission and Commerce, alleging that an industry in the United States 
is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of 
subsidized imports of paper shopping bags from China and India and LTFV 
imports of paper shopping bags from Cambodia, China, Colombia, India, 
Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam. Accordingly, effective 
May 31, 2023, the Commission instituted countervailing duty 
investigation Nos. 701-TA-690-691 and antidumping duty investigation 
Nos. 731-TA-1619-1627 (Preliminary).
    Notice of the institution of the Commission's investigations and of 
a public conference to be held in connection therewith was given by 
posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the 
notice in the Federal Register of June 6, 2023 (88 FR 37097). The 
Commission conducted its conference on June 21, 2023. All persons who 
requested the opportunity were permitted to participate.
    The Commission made these determinations pursuant to Sec. Sec.  
703(a) and 733(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b(a) and 1673b(a)). It 
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and filed its determinations in these investigations on July 17, 2023. 
The views of the Commission are contained in USITC Publication 5448 
(July 2023), entitled Paper Shopping Bags from Cambodia, China, 
Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam: 
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-690-691 and 731-TA-1619-1627 (Preliminary).

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: July 17, 2023.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023-15440 Filed 7-19-23; 8:45 am]
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