CAFC Affirms New AD Rate for Thai Bags Exporter

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the 35.79% antidumping duty rate calculated for Thai Plastic Bags Industries in the 2009-10 administrative review of polyethylene retail carrier bags from Thailand (A-549-821). After the Court of International Trade affirmed the new rate in November (see 13111324), the Thai exporter appealed Commerce’s decision to disregard some of the company’s data on its costs of production. CAFC affirmed the trade court’s decision, finding the company departed from its normal accounting practices when it submitted the data and Commerce was within its rights to ignore it.