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AGENCY:
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY:
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that polyethylene retail carrier bags from Malaysia are not being sold in the United States at below normal value during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES:
Applicable September 13, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles Doss, 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) 482-4474.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 9, 2004, Commerce published the antidumping duty order on polyethylene retail carrier bags from Malaysia. On August 2, 2023, we published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order. On October 18, 2023, pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce initiated an administrative review of the Order covering one entity. On April 12, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for the preliminary results until August 30, 2024. On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. The deadline for the preliminary results is now September 6, 2024.
See Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Malaysia,69 FR 48203 (August 9, 2004) ( Order).
See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 50840 (August 2, 2023).
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 71829 (October 18, 2023).
See Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated April 12, 2024.
See Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated July 22, 2024.
For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
See Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Malaysia; 2022-2023,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this Order are polyethylene retail carrier bags. A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. Export price and constructed export price are calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period August 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023:
| Producer/exporter | Weighted- average dumping margin (percent) |
|---|---|
| Euro SME Sdn. Bhd.; and Euro Nature Green Sdn. Bhd. | 0.00 |
In the 2018-2019 review, Commerce treated Euro SME Sdn. Bhd. and Euro Nature Green Sdn. Bhd. as a single entity (collectively, Euro SME). See Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Malaysia: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019,85 FR 83515 (December 22, 2020), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 3-5, unchanged in Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Malaysia: Final Results of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2018-2019,86 FR 22019 (April 26, 2021). Our treatment of Euro SME Sdn. Bhd. and Euro Nature Green Sdn. Bhd. remains unchanged in this review.