[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 185 (Monday, September 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 55804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8171]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-442-443 and 731-TA-1095-1097 (Final)]


Certain Lined Paper School Supplies From China, India, and 
Indonesia

Determination

    On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject 
investigations, the United States International Trade Commission 
(Commission) determines, pursuant to sections 705(b) and 735(b) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b) and 1673d(b)) (the Act), that an 
industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of 
imports from India and Indonesia of certain lined paper school supplies 
that have been found by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to be 
subsidized by the Governments of India and Indonesia, and by reason of 
imports from China, India, and Indonesia of certain lined paper school 
supplies that have been found by Commerce to be sold in the United 
States at less than fair value (LTFV).\2\ The Commission finds that 
critical circumstances do not exist with respect to subject imports 
from China and Indonesia.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).
    \2\ Chairman Daniel R. Pearson and Commissioners Jennifer A. 
Hillman and Deanna Tanner Okun dissented, determining that an 
industry in the United States is threatened with material injury by 
reason of subject imports from China, but is neither materially 
injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of subject 
imports from India and Indonesia.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Background

    The Commission instituted these investigations effective September 
9, 2005, following receipt of a petition filed with the Commission and 
Commerce by MeadWestvaco Corp., Dayton, OH; Norcom, Inc., Norcross, GA; 
and Top Flight, Inc., Chattanooga, TN (collectively, the Association of 
American School Paper Suppliers). The final phase of the investigations 
was scheduled by the Commission following notification of a preliminary 
determination by Commerce that imports of certain lined paper school 
supplies from Indonesia were being subsidized within the meaning of 
section 703(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b(b)). Notice of the 
scheduling of the final phase of the Commission's investigations and of 
a public hearing to be held in connection therewith was given by 
posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the 
notice in the Federal Register of April 7, 2006 (71 FR 17914). On May 
30, 2006, the Commission published notice of a revised schedule and 
public hearing date (71 FR 30694). The hearing was held in Washington, 
DC, on July 25, 2006, and all persons who requested the opportunity 
were permitted to appear in person or by counsel.
    The Commission transmitted its determinations in these 
investigations to the Secretary of Commerce on September 21, 2006. The 
views of the Commission are contained in USITC Publication 3884 
(September 2006), entitled Certain Lined Paper School Supplies From 
China, India, and Indonesia: Investigation Nos. 701-TA-442-443 and 731-
TA-1095-1097 (Final).

    Issued: September 20, 2006.

    By order of the Commission.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 06-8171 Filed 9-22-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7020-02-P