Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From Malaysia: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-557-813]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From Malaysia: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that polyethylene retail carrier bags from Malaysia were sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable February 15, 2024. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Katherine Sliney, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2437. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On September 8, 2023, Commerce published the <E T="03">Preliminary Results</E> of this administrative review and invited parties to comment on those results. <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> The review covers one mandatory respondent, Euro SME Sdn. Bhd. and Euro Nature Green Sdn. Bhd. (Nature Green) (collectively, Euro SME). For a summary of the events that occurred since the <E T="03">Preliminary Results,</E> as well as a full discussion of the issues raised by parties for these final results, <E T="03">see</E> the Issues and Decision Memorandum. <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> On January 3, 2024, we extended the deadline for these final results to February 6, 2024. <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Malaysia: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022,</E> 88 FR 62064 (September 8, 2023) ( <E T="03">Preliminary Results</E> ), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Malaysia; 2021-2022,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Malaysia: Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated January 3, 2024. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope of the Order</HD> The merchandise covered by this order is polyethylene retail carrier bags) from Malaysia, which may be referred to as t-shirt sacks, merchandise bags, grocery bags, or checkout bags. Imports of merchandise included within the scope of this antidumping duty order are currently classifiable under statistical category 3923.21.0085 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). This subheading may also cover products that are outside the scope of this antidumping duty order. Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of this antidumping duty order is dispositive. For a full description of the scope of the order, <E T="03">see</E> the Issues and Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Analysis of the Comments Received</HD> All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues that parties raised and to which we responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as the appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is available electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov.</E> In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Changes Since the Preliminary Results</HD> Based on our analysis of the comments received from interested parties, a review of the record, and for the reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we made certain changes to the margin calculation for Euro SME. <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> For a detailed discussion of these changes, <E T="03">see</E> the Issues and Decision Memorandum. <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>  In the 2018-2019 administrative review of the order, we treated Euro SME Sdn. Bhd. and Nature Green as a single entity. Our treatment of Euro SME Sdn. Bhd. and Nature Green remains unchanged in the instant review. <E T="03">See Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Malaysia: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019,</E> 85 FR 83515 (December 22, 2020), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 3-5, unchanged in <E T="03">Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Malaysia: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019,</E> 86 FR 22019 (April 26, 2021); <E T="03">see also Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Malaysia: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020,</E> 87 FR 12933 (March 8, 2022). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Final Results of Review</HD> Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period August 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022: <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,tp0,i1" CDEF="s25,9C"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Exporter/producer</CHED> <ENT I="01">Euro SME Sdn. Bhd.; and Euro Nature Green Sdn. Bhd</ENT> <ENT>1.61</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Disclosure</HD> Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations performed for these final results in this review within five days of the date of publication of this notice in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> , in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). <HD SOURCE="HD1">Assessment Rates</HD> Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where the respondent reported the entered value of its U.S. sales, we calculated importer-specific antidumping duty assessment rates by aggregating the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales of each importer and dividing each of these amounts by the total entered value associated with those sales. Where the respondent did not report entered value, we calculated a per-unit assessment rate for each importer by dividing the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales made to that importer by the total quantity associated with those sales. To determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is <E T="03">de minimis,</E> in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also calculated an importer-specific <E T="03">ad valorem</E> ratio based on estimated entered values. Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or <E T="03">de minimis</E> within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or <E T="03">de minimis,</E> we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. Commerce's “automatic assessment” will apply to entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Euro SME for which it did not know that the merchandise it sold to an intermediary ( <E T="03">e.g.,</E> a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>   <E T="03">See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,</E> 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). </FTNT> Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this review in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> . If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> within 90 days of publication). <HD SOURCE="HD1">Cash Deposit Requirements</HD> The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Euro SME will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior completed 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 in which the producer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original investigation, but the producer has been covered in a prior complete segment of this proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 13k characters. 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