[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3509-3510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1354]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-895]


Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Crepe Paper From the People's 
Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 25, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Villanueva at (202) 482-3208 or 
Hallie Noel Zink at (202) 482-6907; AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of Order

    For purposes of this order, the term ``certain crepe paper'' 
includes crepe paper products that have a basis weight not exceeding 29 
grams per square meter prior to being creped and, if appropriate, 
flame-proofed. Crepe paper has a finely wrinkled surface texture and 
typically but not exclusively is treated to be flame-retardant. Crepe 
paper is typically but not exclusively produced as streamers in roll 
form and

[[Page 3510]]

packaged in plastic bags. Crepe paper may or may not be bleached, dye-
colored, surface-colored, surface decorated or printed, glazed, 
sequined, embossed, die-cut, and/or flame-retardant. Subject crepe 
paper may be rolled, flat or folded, and may be packaged by banding or 
wrapping with paper, by placing in plastic bags, and/or by placing in 
boxes for distribution and use by the ultimate consumer. Packages of 
crepe paper subject to this order may consist solely of crepe paper of 
one color and/or style, or may contain multiple colors and/or styles.
    The merchandise subject to this order does not have specific 
classification numbers assigned to them under the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') . Subject merchandise may be 
under one or more of several different HTSUS subheadings, including: 
4802.30; 4802.54; 4802.61; 4802.62; 4802.69; 4804.39; 4806.40; 4808.30; 
4808.90; 4811.90; 4818.90; 4823.90; 9505.90.40. The tariff 
classifications are provided for convenience and customs purposes; 
however, the written description of the scope of this order is 
dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    On January 18, 2005, the International Trade Commission (the ITC) 
notified the Department of Commerce (the Department) of its final 
determination pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(I) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), that the industry in the United States 
producing crepe paper is materially injured by reason of less-than-
fair-value imports of subject merchandise from the People's Republic of 
China (PRC). In addition, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
determination that critical circumstances do not exist with respect to 
imports of subject merchandise from the PRC that are subject to the 
Department's affirmative critical circumstances finding. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will 
direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further 
advice by the Department, antidumping duties equal to the amount by 
which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export price of 
the merchandise for all relevant entries of crepe paper from the PRC. 
These antidumping duties will be assessed on all unliquidated entries 
of crepe paper from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from the warehouse, 
for consumption on or after September 21, 2004, the date on which the 
Department published its Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales 
at Less Than Fair Value, Affirmative Preliminary Determination of 
Critical Circumstances and Postponement of Final Determination: Certain 
Tissue Paper Products and Crepe Paper From the People's Republic of 
China (``Preliminary Determination''), 69 FR 56407 (Sep. 21, 2004).
    With regard to the ITC negative critical circumstances 
determination, we will instruct Customs to lift suspension and to 
release any bond or other security, and refund any cash deposit made, 
to secure the payment of antidumping duties with respect to entries of 
the merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 
on or after June 23, 2004, but before September 21, 2004. June 23, 
2004, is 90 days prior to September 21, 2004, the date of publication 
of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register.
    CBP must require, at the same time as importers would normally 
deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit equal to 
the estimated weighted-average antidumping duty margins noted below. 
The ``PRC-Wide'' rates apply to all exporters of subject merchandise 
not specifically listed.\1\ The weighted-average dumping margins are as 
follows:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ In the Final Determination, the two mandatory respondents, 
Fuzhou Light and Magicpro, as well as Fujian Xinjifu, a Section A 
respondent who chose not to participate in verification, were 
assigned the PRC-Wide rate of 266.38 percent because they withdrew 
from the investigation, resulting in the Department's finding of 
total adverse facts available for both companies.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Margin
                   Manufacturer/exporter                      (percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Everlasting Business and Industry Co. Ltd..................       266.83
Fujian Nanping Investment and Enterprise Co., Ltd..........       266.83
Ningbo Spring Stationary Co., Ltd..........................       266.83
PRC-Wide Rate \2\..........................................       266.83
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
crepe paper from the PRC, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. 
Interested parties may contact the Department's Central Records Unit, 
Room B-099 of the Main Commerce Building, for copies of an updated list 
of antidumping duty orders currently in effect.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \2\ As stated in Footnote 1, Fuzhou Light and Magicpro were 
inadvertently identified as exporters in the ``Final Determination 
of Investigation'' section in the Final Determination with a rate of 
266.83. Instead, Fuzhou Light and Magicpro should have been included 
in the PRC entity and assigned the PRC-wide rate of 266.83.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

    Dated: January 18, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-1354 Filed 1-24-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P