In the announcement on October 31, 2023, the US Department of Commerce announced a positive preliminary countervailing duty determination on paper shopping bags imported from mainland China and India. After in - depth investigation and analysis, the Department of Commerce preliminarily determined the subsidy rates of relevant exporters and producers and provided a detailed explanation of this decision.

For exporters and producers in mainland China, the subsidy rate of Dalian Dongzheng Paper Bag Products Co., Ltd. is 12.43%, while that of Fujian Nanwang Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. and its affiliated companies is 13.96%. In addition, including Bagitan Packaging, Changzhou Anjuchengimport and export有限公司、Courage Packaging、Evertrust Packaging、Geotegrity EcoPack、Grand Intelligent、Li & Fung、青島晨宇包裝有限公司、上海摩璽供應鏈管理有限公司、上海三喜紙制品有限公司、廈門建發(fā)紙業(yè)有限公司、Xiamen Champion FMCG、廈門新為達包裝有限公司、廈門百萬欣進出口有限公司在內(nèi)的其他出口商和生產(chǎn)商的補貼率統(tǒng)一為144.03%。未列名的其他出口商和生產(chǎn)商的補貼率則為13.84%。

For exporters and producers in India, their subsidy rates range from 2.37% to 5.00%. The US Department of Commerce is expected to make a final countervailing duty determination on March 11, 2024.

This investigation covered products under the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule numbers 4819.30.0040 and 4819.40.0040. The product categories involved are diverse and have a far - reaching impact.

It is worth noting that this announcement of the preliminary countervailing duty determination is a follow - up action after the US Department of Commerce announced the initiation of anti - dumping and countervailing duty investigations on paper shopping bags imported from mainland China and India on June 21, 2023. In addition, the Department of Commerce also initiated anti - dumping investigations on paper shopping bags from six countries including Cambodia, Colombia, Malaysia, Portugal, Turkey, and Vietnam, as well as from Taiwan region of China.

Original announcement:Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the CVD Investigation of Certain Paper Shopping Bags from China and India