[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 38916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10005]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 731-TA-1626 (Final)]


Paper Shopping Bags From Turkey; Determination

    On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject 
investigation, the United States International Trade Commission 
(``Commission'') determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the 
Act''), that an industry in the United States is materially injured by 
reason of imports of paper shopping bags from Turkey, provided for in 
subheadings 4819.30.00 and 4819.40.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States, that have been found by the U.S. Department of 
Commerce (``Commerce'') to be sold in the United States at less than 
fair value (``LTFV'').\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\ 89 FR 19295 (March 18, 2024).
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Background

    The Commission instituted this investigation effective May 31, 
2023, following receipt of a petition filed with the Commission and 
Commerce by 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. The Commission scheduled the final phase of 
the investigation following notification of a preliminary determination 
by Commerce that imports of paper shopping bags from Turkey were being 
sold at LTFV within the meaning of Sec.  733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 
1673b(b)). Notice of the scheduling of the final phase of the 
Commission's investigation and of a public hearing 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 
January 18, 2024 (89 FR 3424). The Commission conducted its hearing on 
March 14, 2024.
    The Commission made this determination pursuant to Sec.  735(b) of 
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)). It completed and filed its determination 
in this investigation on May 2, 2024. The views of the Commission are 
contained in USITC Publication 5504 (May 2024), entitled Paper Shopping 
Bags from Turkey: Inv. No. 731-TA-1626 (Final).

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: May 2, 2024.
Sharon Bellamy,
Supervisory Hearings and Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-10005 Filed 5-7-24; 8:45 am]
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