United States Commerce Department set a preliminary 28.52% anti-dumping rate for one Vietnamese paper bag exporter on Oct. 14, 2026.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Department of Commerce has set a preliminary 28.52% dumping rate for one Vietnamese exporter of paper shopping bags, published Oct. 14, 2026.<\/p>\n
The notice covers International Packaging Limited Company (IPSC), the only exporter still under review1<\/a><\/sup>. Commerce also ended the review for four other Vietnamese companies, so their existing duty rates stay in place1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n In short, the rate is not final yet. If Commerce confirms it, U.S. importers buying IPSC’s bags would pay a 28.52% cash deposit at entry. Most other Vietnamese exporters without their own rate pay 92.34%.<\/p>\n The notice is the preliminary result of an "administrative review", a yearly check of how much duty importers actually owe. It is published in the Federal Register, the U.S. government’s official journal, on Oct. 14, 2026<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>. Commerce signed it on Oct. 7, 20261<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Commerce found that IPSC sold paper shopping bags in the United States at less than their "normal value"1<\/a><\/sup>. This is dumping: selling goods abroad below a fair price. An anti-dumping duty is the extra import tax that makes up the difference.<\/p>\n Commerce calculated a weighted-average dumping margin of 28.52%<\/strong> for IPSC1<\/a><\/sup>. The margin is the gap between the fair price and the U.S. price, as a share of the U.S. price.<\/p>\n The review covers bags that entered the United States from Jan. 3, 2024, through June 30, 2025<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>. That period starts on the date Commerce first published its preliminary findings in the original investigation2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Commerce opened the review on Aug. 22, 2025, after companies asked for it on time1<\/a><\/sup>. A U.S. government shutdown in late 2025 delayed all deadlines by 47 days, then by 21 more days1<\/a><\/sup>. Commerce later moved the deadline for these preliminary results to Oct. 7, 20261<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Commerce reviewed only one company in detail, IPSC, which it calls the "mandatory respondent"1<\/a><\/sup>. Four other companies withdrew their requests for a review within 90 days, so Commerce dropped them1<\/a><\/sup>:<\/p>\n For these four companies, customs will collect duty at the cash deposit rate that applied when the bags entered1<\/a><\/sup>. Commerce will send these instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) no earlier than 35 days after publication1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n In the 2024 duty order, Goldsun and Vietnam Red Star each received a rate of 36.51%<\/strong>2<\/a><\/sup>. Two other exporters, Dong Sung Printing and Khang Thanh Manufacturing, received the same rate2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Exporters in Vietnam without their own rate pay the "Vietnam-wide" rate. Commerce treats Vietnam as a non-market economy, meaning it does not accept local prices and costs as fair1<\/a><\/sup>. So it groups exporters with no separate rate into one Vietnam-wide entity.<\/p>\n No one asked Commerce to review that entity, so its rate does not change1<\/a><\/sup>. It stays at 92.34%<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>. In 2024, Commerce based this rate on "adverse facts available", a penalty rate used when companies do not give full information2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n A trader outside Vietnam that ships Vietnamese bags without its own rate pays the rate of its Vietnamese supplier1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Commerce issued anti-dumping duty orders on paper shopping bags on July 18, 20242<\/a><\/sup>. The orders cover bags from eight places: Cambodia, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, China and Vietnam2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Commerce found dumping in all eight in final findings published May 24, 20242<\/a><\/sup>. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), which judges harm to U.S. industry, then found that these imports materially injured a U.S. industry<\/strong>2<\/a><\/sup>. The ITC published that finding on July 10, 20242<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The order on Vietnam has the case number A-552-8361<\/a><\/sup>. Rates in 2024 varied widely by country. For example, Portugal’s rate was 6.14% and China’s country-wide rate was 146.32%2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The final rate will decide two things. It sets the duty owed on past shipments, and it sets the cash deposit on future ones1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n For past shipments, the steps are:<\/p>\n If IPSC’s final rate is zero or below 0.50%<\/strong>, CBP will clear the entries without anti-dumping duty1<\/a><\/sup>. This tiny level is called "de minimis".<\/p>\n If a party files a timely case at the U.S. Court of International Trade, CBP will wait before clearing entries1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Nothing changes at the border yet. New cash deposits start only when Commerce publishes the final results<\/strong> of this review1<\/a><\/sup>. They then apply to bags entering on or after that date1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\nWhat did Commerce decide on Vietnamese paper bags?<\/h2>\n
Which period and shipments does the review cover?<\/h2>\n
Which Vietnamese companies are affected?<\/h2>\n
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What about other exporters in Vietnam?<\/h2>\n
Anti-dumping rates on Vietnamese paper bags, %<\/h4>\n
How did the 2024 duty order on paper bags start?<\/h2>\n
How does Commerce turn the rate into duty?<\/h2>\n
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What changes for importers’ cash deposits?<\/h2>\n
Cash deposits after the final results<\/h4>\n