China Laminated Woven Sacks: Prelim Negative AD/CV Circumvention Determination
The International Trade Administration has preliminary determined that laminated woven sacks from China, that are subject to certain screen printing, are not circumventing the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on laminated woven sacks from China (A-570-916 and C-570-917).
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ITA Preliminarily Finds the Screen-Printed Sacks are Not Later-Developed Merchandise
The ITA has preliminarily determined that the screen-printed laminated woven sacks at issue are not later-developed merchandise because they were commercially available at the time of the initiation of the AD investigation on laminated woven sacks from China.
(This screening process only uses two colored inks printed in register at two different print stations. However, one of the colors is printed using a screen, allowing for different shades of that one color to appear on the bag. Thus, when two shades of one color are printed along with a second colored ink from the second print station, three distinct colors are visible on the bag.)
The petitioners had alleged that the sacks produced using this screening process are a later-developed product of the subject merchandise because there was no knowledge of such a product being commercially available in the U.S. market at the time of the initiation of the investigation.
According to the ITA, the final determination in its anti-circumvention inquiry will be issued no later than February 16, 2012. (See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the order, etc. See ITT’s Online Archives 11042825 for summary of the initiation of this inquiry.)
ITA contact -- Jamie Blair-Walker (202) 482-2615
(FR Pub 11/23/11, ITA Case Nos. A-570-916 and C-570-917)