CIT Affirms Slight Increase in AD Rate for Thai Bags Company on Agency Remand

The antidumping duty rate assigned to Thai Plastic Bags Industries (TPBI) will rise slightly, after the Court of International Trade affirmed a Commerce Department redetermination of the AD duty administrative review on polyethylene retail carrier bags from Thailand (A-549-821). Commerce had assigned TPBI a rate of 35.71% in the final results of the 2009-10 review. The agency made minor changes to its calculation for the company in response to a March 2013 court remand (see 13041102, bringing TPBI’s AD rate up to 35.79%. CIT affirmed in increase in the face of challenges from both TPBI and domestic industry.