US court upholds Colombia paper bag dumping margins; Commerce amends order
On April 13, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade upheld Commerce's remand redetermination in an antidumping investigation into certain paper shopping bags from Colombia. Commerce is now formally amending its Final Determination and the resulting antidumping duty order to reflect the court's decision, which affects the estimated weighted-average dumping margins for Ditar, S.A. (the sole individually-reviewed respondent) and all other Colombian producers and exporters covered by the investigation.
Photo: Mizuno K / Pexels# US Court Sustains Colombian Paper Bag Antidumping Margins; Order Amended
On April 13, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in Coalition for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags v. United States (Court No. 24-00157), upholding the U.S. Department of Commerce's remand redetermination in the antidumping investigation of certain paper shopping bags from Colombia. The investigation covered the period April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023, and examined whether Colombian producers were selling at less than fair value (LTFV).
Commerce has now notified the public that it is amending its Final Determination and the resulting antidumping duty order. The CIT's judgment, while sustained in full, required Commerce to adjust the estimated weighted-average dumping margin assigned to Ditar, S.A., the sole respondent individually reviewed in the underlying investigation.
"Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's Final Determination, and that Commerce is amending the Final Determination and the resulting antidumping duty Order with respect to the estimated weighted-average dumping margin determined for Ditar, S.A. (Ditar), the sole respondent individually-reviewed in the underlying investigation and, as a consequence, the estimated weighted-average dumping margin determined for all other producers and exporters based on Ditar's margin."
Who is affected: This amended order applies to paper shopping bags (likely classified under HS Chapter 48, paper and paperboard) exported from Colombia. Ditar, S.A. was the only Colombian exporter individually examined; all other Colombian producers and exporters will receive a dumping margin based on Ditar's amended rate.
Key takeaway: Court-mandated remands in antidumping cases often result in recalculated duty margins. Importers should monitor Commerce's final amended margin announcement, which will determine the cash-deposit rate or duties owed on future entries and may also affect prior entries depending on any retroactive application or administrative review scope.
What this means for shippers
If you import paper shopping bags from Colombia, obtain the exact amended dumping margin from Commerce's official notice immediately—this directly affects your landed cost and duty exposure. Verify whether the new rate applies only to future entries or carries retroactive consequences for goods already imported. Update your tariff classification and anti-dumping screening in your systems right away; inaction could result in under- or over-payment of duties and exposure to interest or penalties. Check /hs-codes/search to confirm proper classification, and re-run your /landed-cost estimates with the amended margin.
