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18See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitioner’s Request for 

Postponement of the Final Determinations,’’ dated 

November 21, 2023. 

19See Goldsun’s Letter, ‘‘Request to Extend Final 

Determination,’’ dated December 20, 2023. 

20Paper sacks or bags with handles made of 

braided or twisted materials, such as rope or cord, 

do not qualify for this exclusion. 

1See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel 

Bar from Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 

(February 21, 1995) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Five-Year Reviews, 88 FR 60438 

(September 1, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination if, in the 

event of an affirmative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by exporters who 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise, or in 

the event of a negative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by the 

petitioners. Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.210(e)(2), Commerce requires that 

requests by exporters for postponement 

of a final determination be accompanied 

by a request for extension of provisional 

measures from a four-month period to a 

period not more than six months in 

duration. 

On November 21, 2023, the Coalition 

for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags (the 

petitioner) requested that Commerce 

postpone the final determination in the 

event of a negative preliminary 

determination.18 On December 20, 2023, 

Goldsun timely requested that 

Commerce postpone the final 

determination and that provisional 

measures be extended to a period not to 

exceed six months in the event of an 

affirmative preliminary determination.19

In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), 

because: (1) the preliminary 

determination is affirmative; (2) the 

requesting exporter accounts for a 

significant proportion of exports of the 

subject merchandise; and (3) no 

compelling reasons for denial exist, 

Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce will 

make its final determination no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination of sales at 

LTFV. If the final determination is 

affirmative, the ITC will determine 

before the later of 120 days after the date 

of this preliminary determination or 45 

days after the final determination 

whether imports of the subject 

merchandise are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: December 27, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The products within the scope of this 

investigation are paper shopping bags with 

handles of any type, regardless of whether 

there is any printing, regardless of how the 

top edges are finished (e.g., folded, serrated, 

or otherwise finished), regardless of color, 

and regardless of whether the top edges 

contain adhesive or other material for sealing 

closed. Subject paper shopping bags have a 

width of at least 4.5 inches and depth of at 

least 2.5 inches. 

Paper shopping bags typically are made of 

kraft paper but can be made from any type 

of cellulose fiber, paperboard, or pressboard 

with a basis weight less than 300 grams per 

square meter (GSM). 

A non-exhaustive illustrative list of the 

types of handles on shopping bags covered 

by the scope include handles made from any 

materials such as twisted paper, flat paper, 

yarn, ribbon, rope, string, or plastic, as well 

as die-cut handles (whether the punchout is 

fully removed or partially attached as a flap). 

Excluded from the scope are: 

• Paper sacks or bags that are of a 1⁄6 or 1⁄7

barrel size (i.e., 11.5–12.5 inches in width, 

6.5–7.5 inches in depth, and 13.5–17.5 

inches in height) with flat paper handles or 

die-cut handles; 

• Paper sacks or bags with die-cut handles, 

a grams per square meter paper weight of less 

than 86 GSM, and a height of less than 11.5 

inches; and 

• Paper sacks or bags (i) with non-paper 

handles made wholly of woven ribbon or 

other similar woven fabric 20 and (ii) that are 

finished with folded tops or for which tied 

knots or t-bar aglets (made of wood, metal, 

or plastic) are used to secure the handles to 

the bags. 

The above-referenced dimensions are 

provided for paper bags in the opened 

position. The height of the bag is the distance 

from the bottom fold edge to the top edge 

(i.e., excluding the height of handles that 

extend above the top edge). The depth of the 

bag is the distance from the front of the bag 

edge to the back of the bag edge (typically 

measured at the bottom of the bag). The 

width of the bag is measured from the left to 

the right edges of the front and back panels 

(upon which the handles typically are 

located). 

This merchandise is currently classifiable 

under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheadings 

4819.30.0040 and 4819.40.0040. The HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes only; the written 

description of the scope is dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Discussion of the Methodology 

V. Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

VI. Currency Conversion 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–810] 

Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final 

Results of the Expedited Fifth Sunset 

Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited 

sunset review, the U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) finds that 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

(AD) order on stainless steel bar (SS Bar) 

from India would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

at the levels indicated in the ‘‘Final 

Results of Expedited Sunset Review’’ 

section of this notice. 

DATES: Applicable January 3, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Garry Kasparov, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1397. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 21, 1995, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

AD Order on SS Bar from India.1 On 

September 1, 2023, Commerce 

published Initiation Notice of the fifth 

sunset review of the Order, pursuant to 

section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 

351.218(c)(2).2


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3See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Notice of Intent to 

Participate,’’ dated September 15, 2023. 

4See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Substantive Response,’’ 

dated September 29, 2023 (Petitioners’ Substantive 

Response). 

5See Commerce’s Letter ‘‘Sunset Reviews 

Initiated on September 1, 2023,’’ dated October 25, 

2023. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Expedited Sunset Review of 

the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Bar 

from India,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum) 

On September 15, 2023, Commerce 

received a notice of intent to participate 

from Carpenter Technology Corporation, 

Crucible Industries LLC, Electralloy, a 

G.O., Carlson, Inc. Company, 

Marcegaglia Stainless Richburg, LLC, 

North American Stainless, Universal 

Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., and 

Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc. 

(collectively, the petitioners) within the 

deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(i).3 The petitioners 

claimed interested party status under 

section 771(9)(C) of the Act as producers 

of a domestic like product in the United 

States. 

On September 29, 2023, we received 

a timely, adequate substantive response 

to the Initiation Notice from the 

petitioners within the 30-day deadline 

specified in 19 CFR 218(d)(3)(i).4 We 

received no substantive response from 

respondent parties nor was a hearing 

requested. 

On October 25, 2023, Commerce 

notified the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) that it did not receive 

adequate substantive responses from 

any other interested parties.5 As a 

result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 

conducted an expedited, i.e., 120-day, 

sunset review of the Order. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the Order 

is SS Bar. SS Bar means articles of 

stainless steel in straight lengths that 

have been either hot-rolled, forged, 

turned, cold-drawn, cold-rolled or 

otherwise cold-finished, or ground, 

having a uniform solid cross section 

along their whole length in the shape of 

circles, segments of circles, ovals, 

rectangles (including squares), triangles, 

hexagons, octagons or other convex 

polygons. SS Bar includes cold-finished 

SS Bars that are turned or ground in 

straight lengths, whether produced from 

hot-rolled bar or from straightened and 

cut rod or wire, and reinforcing bars that 

have indentations, ribs, grooves, or 

other deformations produced during the 

rolling process. 

Except as specified above, the term 

does not include stainless steel semifinished products, cut length flat-rolled 

products (i.e., cut length rolled products 

which if less than 4.75 mm in thickness 

have a width measuring at least 10 times 

the thickness, or if 4.75 mm or more in 

thickness having a width which exceeds 

150 mm and measures at least twice the 

thickness), wire (i.e., cold-formed 

products in coils, of any uniform solid 

cross section along their whole length, 

which do not conform to the definition 

of flat-rolled products), and angles, 

shapes and sections. 

Imports of these products are 

currently classifiable under subheadings 

7222.11.00, 7222.19.00, 7222.20.00, 

7222.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule (HTS). Although the HTS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, our 

written description of the scope of the 

Order is dispositive. 

Analysis of the Comments Received 

All issues raised in this sunset review 

are addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, including the likelihood 

of continuation or recurrence of 

dumping and the magnitude of the 

margins of dumping likely to prevail if 

the Order was revoked.6 A list of topics 

discussed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is included as the 

appendix to this notice. The Issues and 

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 Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Final Results of Expedited Sunset 

Review 

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1), and 

752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce 

determines that revocation of the Order 

would be likely to lead to continuation 

or recurrence of dumping and that the 

magnitude of the margins of dumping 

likely to prevail would be at rates up to 

21.02 percent. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to an 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written 

notification of the return or destruction 

of APO materials or conversion to 

judicial protective order is hereby 

requested. Failure to comply with the 

regulations and terms of an APO is a 

violation which is subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results in accordance with sections 

751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 

and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2). 

Dated: December 27, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. History of the Order 

V. Legal Framework 

VI. Discussion of the Issues 

1. Likelihood of Continuation or 

Recurrence of Dumping 

2. Magnitude of Margin of Dumping Likely 

to Prevail 

VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset 

Review 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–555–002] 

Certain Paper Shopping Bags From 

Cambodia: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part, Postponement 

of Final Determination, and Extension 

of Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that certain paper shopping 

bags (paper bags) from Cambodia are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation 

(POI) is April 1, 2022, through March 

31, 2023. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable January 3, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Doss or Kyle Clahane, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office III, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 


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