Malaysia Bags Face U.S. Antidumping Duty Hammer
Published Date: 10/7/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce found that Hexachase Packaging from Malaysia sold paper shopping bags at unfairly low prices between January 2024 and June 2025. Sin Boon Beng Printing didn’t ship any bags during this time, and the review for two other companies is being canceled. These decisions could affect import duties and trade rules starting October 7, 2026.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.
Cash deposit rules for future entries
For shipments entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of this review, cash deposit rules will apply: (1) the company-specific deposit rate will be the rate established in the final results (but zero if less than 0.50%); (2) previously reviewed companies not covered here keep their existing company-specific rates; (3) if the exporter is not covered but the manufacturer is, the manufacturer's most recent rate applies; and (4) all other manufacturers/exporters remain at the all-others rate of 3.18%.
Hexachase prelim dumping margin 2.16%
Commerce preliminarily found that Hexachase Packaging Sdn. Bhd. sold certain paper shopping bags at a weighted-average dumping margin of 2.16% for January 3, 2024 through June 30, 2025. If that 2.16% margin is not zero or de minimis in the final results, Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates and assess duties accordingly.
Rescission for two exporters — duties still assessed
Commerce is rescinding the administrative review for UPS SCS (Malaysia) Services Sdn Bhd. and Qlopac Sdn Bhd because there were no reviewable, suspended entries from these companies during the review period. Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to assess antidumping duties on appropriate entries at the cash deposit rate that applied at the time of entry, and rescission instructions will be issued no earlier than 35 days after publication.
Sin Boon Beng preliminarily had no shipments
Commerce preliminarily determined that Sin Boon Beng Printing Sdn. Bhd. (SBBP) did not have knowledge that subject merchandise was destined for the United States and therefore SBBP made no shipments during January 3, 2024 through June 30, 2025 for the purposes of this review. Commerce will not rescind the review for SBBP but will complete the review and issue appropriate instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection based on the final results.
Automatic assessment for unknown-destination Hexachase entries
For entries of subject merchandise produced by Hexachase where Hexachase did not know the goods were 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 no rate exists for intermediate companies involved in the transaction.
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