[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42067-42068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17704]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-894]


Certain Tissue Paper Products From the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) 
that revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain tissue paper 
products (tissue paper) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) would 
be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of

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dumping and of material injury to an industry in the United States 
within a reasonably foreseeable time, the Department is publishing 
notice of the continuation of this antidumping duty order.

DATES: Effective Date: July 20, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Trainor or Brandon Farlander, 
AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4929 or (202) 
482-0182, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 1, 2010, the Department initiated and the ITC 
instituted a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on tissue 
paper from the PRC, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act). See also Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: 
Certain Tissue Paper Products from the People's Republic of China, 70 
FR 16223 (March 30, 2005).
    The Department conducted an expedited sunset review of this order. 
As a result of its review, the Department found that revocation of the 
antidumping duty order would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping, and notified the ITC of the magnitude of the 
margins likely to prevail were the order to be revoked. See Certain 
Tissue Paper Products from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of Expedited Sunset Review, 75 FR 32910 (June 10, 2010) (Final 
Results).
    On July 8, 2010, the ITC published its determination pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty 
order on tissue paper from the PRC would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See Certain Tissue 
Paper Products from China; Determinations, 75 FR 39277 (July 8, 2010).

Scope of the Order

    The tissue paper products covered by the order are cut-to-length 
sheets of tissue paper having a basis weight not exceeding 29 grams per 
square meter. Tissue paper products subject to the order may or may not 
be bleached, dye-colored, surface-colored, glazed, surface decorated or 
printed, sequined, crinkled, embossed, and/or die cut. The tissue paper 
subject to the order is in the form of cut-to-length sheets of tissue 
paper with a width equal to or greater than one-half (0.5) inch. 
Subject tissue paper may be flat or folded, and may be packaged by 
banding or wrapping with paper or film, by placing in plastic or film 
bags, and/or by placing in boxes for distribution and use by the 
ultimate consumer. Packages of tissue paper subject to the order may 
consist solely of tissue paper of one color and/or style, or may 
contain multiple colors and/or styles.
    The merchandise subject to the 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 subheadings, including: 4802.30, 
4802.54, 4802.61, 4802.62, 4802.69, 4804.31.1000, 4804.31.2000, 
4804.31.4020, 4804.31.4040, 4804.31.6000, 4804.39, 4805.91.1090, 
4805.91.5000, 4805.91.7000, 4806.40, 4808.30, 4808.90, 4811.90, 
4823.90, 4802.50.00, 4802.90.00, 4805.91.90, 9505.90.40. The tariff 
classifications are provided for convenience and customs purposes; 
however, the written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.\1\
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    \1\ On January 30, 2007, at the direction of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection, the Department added the following HTSUS 
classifications to the antidumping duty/countervailing duty module 
for tissue paper: 4802.54.3100, 4802.54.6100, and 4823.90.6700. 
However, we note that the six-digit classifications for these 
numbers were already listed in the scope.
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    Excluded from the scope of the order are the following tissue paper 
products: (1) Tissue paper products that are coated in wax, paraffin, 
or polymers, of a kind used in floral and food service applications; 
(2) tissue paper products that have been perforated, embossed, or die-
cut to the shape of a toilet seat, i.e., disposable sanitary covers for 
toilet seats; (3) toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock, 
paper of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, cellulose 
wadding, and webs of cellulose fibers (HTSUS 4803.00.20.00 and 
4803.00.40.00).

Continuation of the Order

    As a result of the determinations by the Department and the ITC 
that revocation of the antidumping duty order would be likely to lead 
to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an 
industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the 
Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of the antidumping 
duty orders on tissue paper from the PRC.
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect 
antidumping duty cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of 
entry for all imports of subject merchandise.
    The effective date of continuation of this order will be the date 
of publication in the Federal Register of this Notice of Continuation. 
Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, the Department intends to 
initiate the next five-year review of this finding not later than June 
2015.
    These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance 
with sections 751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).

    Dated: July 15, 2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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