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53551
Thu, 04/02/2009 - 22:37
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Vietnam's PE bags face dumping suit in US
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam is facing another dumping suit in the US , this time for its plastic shopping bags.
On March 31, King & Spalding LLP representing Hilex Poly Co. LLC and Superbag
Corporation of the US filed their petitions to the US Department of Commerce and
the US International Trade Commission, targeting plastic shopping bags, coded HTS
3923.21.0085, imported from Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan.
According to the DOC's statistics, the US imported around 79 million USD worth
of plastic shopping bags from Vietnam in 2008.
Earlier, in June, 2003, the two US companies also sued China , Malaysia and
Thailand for dumping their plastic shopping bags in the country. As a result,
the US imposed dumping tariff ranging from 0.20-77.33 percent on China's bags,
0.91-101.74 percent tax rate on Malaysia's and 0.62-122.88 percent on PE bags from
Thailand.-Enditem
On March 31, King & Spalding LLP representing Hilex Poly Co. LLC and Superbag
Corporation of the US filed their petitions to the US Department of Commerce and
the US International Trade Commission, targeting plastic shopping bags, coded HTS
3923.21.0085, imported from Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan.
According to the DOC's statistics, the US imported around 79 million USD worth
of plastic shopping bags from Vietnam in 2008.
Earlier, in June, 2003, the two US companies also sued China , Malaysia and
Thailand for dumping their plastic shopping bags in the country. As a result,
the US imposed dumping tariff ranging from 0.20-77.33 percent on China's bags,
0.91-101.74 percent tax rate on Malaysia's and 0.62-122.88 percent on PE bags from
Thailand.-Enditem
