Counselor Ngô Văn Thoan told on March 30 that though the
Vietnamese side had provided the
On March 26, DOC announced its affirmative final
determinations in the AD and CVD investigations on imports of plastic bags from
Việt
DOC determined that producers/exporters from Việt
It also determined that Vietnamese producers/exporters have
received net countervailable subsidies ranging from less than 1% to 52.56%.
According to DOC's determination, in the AD investigations,
16 Vietnamese producer/exporters qualified for a separate rate of 52.30%. All
other Vietnamese producers/exporters of plastic bags received the Việt Nam wide
rate of 76.11%, including the Vietnamese mandatory respondents, Advance Polybag
Co., Ltd. and Fotai Việt Nam Enterprise Corporation, as both companies have
withdrawn their participation in these investigations.
In the CVD investigations, the three mandatory respondents
Chin Sheng Company, Ltd., Fotai Việt Nam Enterprise Corp., and Advance Polybag
received final subsidy rates of 0.44%, 5.28%, and 52.56%, respectively. All
other producers/exporters from Việt
DOC made known that as a result of the final AD
determinations, it will instruct US Customs and Border Protection to collect a
cash deposit or bond on imports of plastic bags based on the final AD rates.
Cash deposits of CVD on imports of plastic bags will not be required unless the
US International Trade Commission (ITC) reaches a final determination that the
The petitioners for these investigations are Hilex Poly Co.,
LLC in
The ITC is scheduled to issue its final determinations on or
about May 10, 2010. If the ITC makes affirmative determinations that imports of
plastic bags from Việt
Sources from the US Bureau of Census show that in 2009,
imports of plastic bags from Vietnam were valued at an estimated US $43 million
compared to US $79.4 million in 2008./.