Commerce Slaps Duties on Cheap Indian Shopping Bags
Published Date: 10/7/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce found that some Indian companies sold paper shopping bags at unfairly low prices from January 2024 to June 2025. They’re stopping the review for seven other companies, but the investigation continues for Ckaari and Velvin groups. This means importers and sellers should watch for possible changes in duties soon, starting October 7, 2026.
Analyzed Economic Effects
7 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 6 costs, 1 mixed.
Importer Reimbursement Certificate Requirement
Importers must file a certificate regarding reimbursement of antidumping duties under 19 CFR 351.402(f) before liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. If an importer fails to file the certificate, Commerce may presume reimbursement occurred and assess double antidumping duties.
Preliminary Dumping Margins Announced
Commerce preliminarily found dumping for two Indian producers for the period January 3, 2024 through June 30, 2025: Ckaari Packaging Private Limited at 1.23% and the Velvin group at 3.01%. These preliminary margins were published on October 7, 2026 and could form the basis for duties assessed in the final results.
Default Rate for Other Reviewed Companies
Commerce preliminarily assigned a review-specific weighted-average dumping margin of 2.44% to the 14 companies listed in Appendix II that were not individually examined for the January 3, 2024–June 30, 2025 period. That 2.44% rate could be used to assess antidumping duties on entries from those companies if the final results adopt the preliminary calculation.
Review Rescinded for Seven Companies
Commerce rescinded the administrative review for seven companies listed in Appendix III (Amate Products Pvt. Ltd.; Dynaflex Private Limited; Harrshan Pro-Pack LLP; Poonam; Shriniwas Enterprises; True Tag International Private Limited; Vama Packaging) because there were no reviewable, suspended entries during the period January 3, 2024–June 30, 2025. For those companies, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties at the cash deposit rate that applied at the time of entry.
Cash Deposit Rules for Future Shipments
If imposed, cash deposit requirements for shipments entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results will use the final-results rate for listed companies (or zero if the rate is below 0.50%), continue prior company-specific rates for previously reviewed companies, or apply the all-others rate of 1.20% for other manufacturers/exporters.
Automatic Assessment for Unknown-U.S.-Destination Shipments
For entries during the period of review produced by Ckaari or Velvin where the producers did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate from the less-than-fair-value investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies).
Importer-Specific Assessment Rate Method
If Ckaari's or Velvin's final weighted-average dumping margins are not zero or de minimis, Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates by dividing the total dumping for an importer's examined sales by the entered value of those sales, or by quantity if entered values are missing; if a final margin is zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to antidumping duties.
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