The U.S. Department of Commerce made a final affirmative determination that certain paper shopping bags from China are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value, covering the period October 1, 2022-March 31, 2023. A final affirmative critical circumstances determination was also issued, potentially enabling retroactive duty application.

Daily Signals alert

Get relevant trade-policy alerts in Daily Trade Signals.

Subscription scopeDaily Trade SignalsThe daily email, with this source context saved for matching.Only AD/CVDFilter future fragments toward this policy instrument.This HS code or caseFollow changes linked to HS 48.

Subscribes you to Daily Trade Signals and stores this source page, selected scope, and a timestamp for alert matching. Unsubscribe anytime. See our privacy policy.

Review Snapshot

Scope: HS 48 / CN / AD/CVD
Question: Does this source change alter exposure, timing, or review priority for HS 48 / CN / AD/CVD?
Next move: Check HS 48 in Tariffs, then save the scope if this question repeats.

Legal / Policy Context

Policy instruments

AD/CVD

Practical Takeaways

Check the tagged HS codes in tariff context before treating this as a general market signal.
Use Paths to see adjacent source records, countries, and instruments before escalating this as a standalone change.

Source Trail

CommercePrimary briefing source

Open source