U.S. Government Expands the Use of Zeroing in Antidumping Investigations

(Mondaq – Robert L. LaFrankie and Alicia Winston, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP)

Foreign exporters and U.S. importers should take note of a recent antidumping decision that represents a significant change in the U.S. Government’s antidumping duty calculations. The decision, which involved imports of certain retail carrier plastic bags from Taiwan, expands the use of a controversial practice known as “zeroing” through the use of a “targeted dumping” analysis. Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Taiwan: Final Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value, 75 Fed. Reg. 14569 (Mar. 26, 2010) (“Taiwan Bags”). Read the discussion here.