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Ref. : EIC 111/3/10/1

4 January 2024

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 31/2024

US : Antidumping Action against Paper Shopping Bags from the Mainland of China : Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 418/2023 of 28 June 2023, the US Department of Commerce (DoC) announced in the Federal Register (FR) notice of 3 January 2024 its preliminary determination that paper shopping bags from the Mainland of China were being, or were likely to be, sold in the US at less than fair value. The weighted-average dumping margins were found to be 24.15% - 146.32%. The FR notice is available at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-03/pdf/2023-28938.pdf.

2.On 20 July 2023, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) already published its preliminary affirmative determination that there was a reasonable indication that an industry in the US was materially injured by reason of imports of paper shopping bags from the Mainland of China. If the final determination of the DoC is affirmative, the ITC will make its final determination on whether the domestic industry in the US is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of the subject imports within 45 days after the DoC's final determination.

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3.For traders involved in the export of the subject product produced in Guangdong, please contact Zheng Jingmin, Director of Trade Remedy and Industry Injury Investigation Division under the Guangdong Department of Commerce at 8620 3881 9797. The Division is responsible for, among others, guiding and coordinating enterprises in the Guangdong Province in responding to antidumping investigations against products of the Province.

4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Miss K Y HO at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Kwany KOU)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.