[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61381-61383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24814]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-843]


Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2010-2011

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

SUMMARY: In response to requests from interested parties, the 
Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on certain lined paper products 
(CLPP) from India. The period of review is September 1, 2010, through 
August 31, 2011 and the review covers 57 producers/exporters of the 
subject merchandise. We have preliminarily found that sales of the 
subject merchandise have been made at prices below normal value.

DATES: Effective Date: October 9, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Robinson or James Terpstra, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-3797 
or (202) 482-3965, respectively.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is certain lined paper 
products. The merchandise subject to this order is currently classified 
under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) subheadings: 4811.90.9035, 4811.90.9080, 4820.30.0040, 
4810.22.5044, 4811.90.9050, 4811.90.9090, 4820.10.2010, 4820.10.2020, 
4820.10.2030, 4820.10.2040, 4820.10.2050, 4820.10.2060, and 
4820.10.4000. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written product description, available in 
Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Lined Paper Products from India, 
Indonesia and the People's Republic of China, 71 FR 56949 (September 
28, 2006), remains dispositive.

Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with Section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export 
prices and constructed export prices have been calculated in accordance 
with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance 
with section 773 of the Act. In making these findings, we have relied, 
in part, on facts available and because one or more respondents did not 
act to the best of their ability to respond to the Department's 
requests for information, we have drawn an adverse inference in 
selecting from among the facts otherwise available. See sections 776(a) 
and (b) of the Act. In accordance with section 773(b) of the Act, we 
disregarded the below-cost sales of Riddhi in the most recent 
administrative review of this company completed before the initiation 
of this review. With regard to SAB, petitioners filed an allegation 
demonstrating that SAB made sales below the cost of production. 
Therefore, we have reasonable grounds to believe or suspect that 
Riddhi's and SAB's sales of the foreign like product under 
consideration for the determination of normal value in this review may 
have been made at prices below the cost of production (COP) as provided 
by section 773(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Act. Accordingly, pursuant to 
section 773(b)(1) of the Act, we have conducted a COP analysis of 
Riddhi's and SAB's sales in India in this review. Based on this test, 
we disregarded certain sales made by Riddhi and SAB in their respective 
comparison markets which were made at below-cost prices.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, please see the memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Certain Lined Paper Products from India'' 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with these 
results and hereby adopted by this notice. The Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via 
Import Administration's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized 
Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to 
registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central 
Records Unit (CRU), room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

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Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the 
following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period 
September 1, 2010, through August 31, 2011:

A. Calculated Rate for the Two Mandatory Companies

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                  Manufacturer/Exporter                       dumping
                                                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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Riddhi Enterprises, Ltd.................................            3.86
SAB International.......................................            2.30
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B. Rate for the Non-Selected, Cooperative Respondents
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    \1\ This rate is a weighted average of the weighted-average 
dumping margins for the two mandatory respondents (weighted by the 
publicly-ranged U.S. sales quantities from Section A) for the period 
September 1, 2010, through August 31, 2011. See Memorandum to the 
File, titled, ``Certain Lined Paper Products from India: Margin for 
Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination,'' from Cindy 
Robinson and Victoria Cho, Case Analysts, through James Terpstra, 
Program Manager, dated concurrent with these results.

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                  Manufacturer/Exporter                       dumping
                                                              margin
                                                           (percent) \1\
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Abhinav Paper Products Pvt Ltd..........................            3.36
American Scholar, Inc. and/or I-Scholar.................            3.36
A R Printing & Packaging India..........................            3.36
Akar Limited............................................            3.36
Apl Logistics India Pvt. Ltd............................            3.36
Artesign Impex..........................................            3.36
Arun Art Printers Pvt. Ltd..............................            3.36
Aryan Worldwide.........................................            3.36
Bafna Exports...........................................            3.36
Cargomar Pvt. Ltd.......................................            3.36
Cello International Pvt. Ltd. (M/S Cello Paper Products)            3.36
Corporate Stationery Pvt. Ltd...........................            3.36
Crane Worldwide Logistics Ind Pvt.......................            3.36
Creative Divya..........................................            3.36
D.D International.......................................            3.36
Exel India (Pvt.) Ltd...................................            3.36
Exmart International Pvt. Ltd...........................            3.36
Expeditors International (India) Pvt/Expeditors Cargo               3.36
 Mgmnt Systems..........................................
Fatechand Mahendrakumar.................................            3.36
FFI International.......................................            3.36
Freight India Logistics Pvt. Ltd........................            3.36
Gauriputra International................................            3.36
International Greetings Pvt. Ltd........................            3.36
Karur K.C.P. Packagings Ltd.............................            3.36
Kejriwal Paper Ltd. and Kejriwal Exports................            3.36
Lodha Offset Limited....................................            3.36
M.S. The Bell Match Company.............................            3.36
Magic International Pvt Ltd.............................            3.36
Mahavideh Foundation....................................            3.36
Marisa International....................................            3.36
Navneet Publications (India) Ltd........................            3.36
Orient Press Ltd........................................            3.36
Paperwise Inc...........................................            3.36
Phalada Agro Research Foundations.......................            3.36
Premier Exports.........................................            3.36
Raghunath Exporters.....................................            3.36
Rajvansh International..................................            3.36
SAI Suburi International................................            3.36
SAR Transport Systems...................................            3.36
SDV Intl Logistics Ltd..................................            3.36
Seet Kamal International................................            3.36
SGM Paper Products......................................            3.36
Shivam Handicrafts......................................            3.36
Soham Udyog.............................................            3.36
Sonal Printers Pvt. Ltd.................................            3.36
Super Impex.............................................            3.36
Swati Growth Funds Ltd..................................            3.36
Swift Freight (India) Pvt. Ltd..........................            3.36
V&M.....................................................            3.36
Yash Laminates..........................................            3.36
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C. AFA Rate \2\ for the Uncooperative Respondents
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    \2\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum for the selection of 
this rate.

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                  Manufacturer/Exporter                       dumping
                                                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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Ampoules & Vials Mfg. Co. Ltd...........................           36.27
AR Printing & Packaging (India) PVT.....................           36.27
Chitra Exports..........................................           36.27
Diki Continental Exports................................           36.27
Pioneer Stationery Pvt. Ltd.............................           36.27
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose to interested parties the 
calculations performed in connection with these preliminary results 
within five days of the date of publication of this notice.\3\ Pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit cases briefs not 
later than the later of 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\4\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement 
of the issue, (2) a brief summary of the argument, and (3) a table of 
authorities.\5\
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
filed electronically via IA ACCESS within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice.\6\ Requests should contain: (1) The party's 
name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; 
and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the 
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. 
The Department will issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised by 
the parties in any written briefs, not later 120 days after the date of 
publication of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rate

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. For any 
individually examined respondents whose weighted-average dumping margin 
is above de minimis, we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem 
duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping 
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total entered value 
of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\7\ We will 
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review when the importer-specific assessment rate 
calculated in the final results of this review is above de minimis 
(i.e., 0.50 percent). Where either the respondent's weighted-average 
dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. 
The final results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment 
of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final 
results of this review where applicable.
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    \7\ In these preliminary results, the Department applied the 
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping 
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final 
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).

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    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by each respondent for which they 
did not know that their merchandise was destined for the United States. 
In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries 
at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction. For a full discussion of this 
clarification, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of 
the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication of the final 
results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2) 
of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Riddhi and SAB, and the 
remaining 55 companies listed in the ``Preliminary Result of the 
Review'' section, will be the rate established in the final results of 
this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by 
manufacturers or exporters not covered in this administrative review 
but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the original investigation, but the 
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for 
the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) 
the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be 3.91 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
investigation.\8\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \8\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value: Certain Lined Paper Products from the People's 
Republic of China; Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Lined 
Paper Products from India, Indonesia and the People's Republic of 
China; and Notice of Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Lined Paper 
Products from India and Indonesia, 71 FR 56949 (September 28, 2006).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.

     Dated: October 1, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
    a. Selection of Respondents for Individual Examination
    b. Requests for Information
3. Scope of the Order
4. Discussion of the Methodology
    a. Fair Value Comparisons
    b. Export Price
    c. Normal Value
    i. Selection of Comparison Market
    ii. Product Comparisons
    iii. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market 
Prices
    iv. Level of Trade
    v. Date of Sale
    vi. Cost of Production Analysis
    1. Calculation of COP
    2. Test of Comparison Market Prices and COP
    3. Results of COP Test
    vii. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Constructed Value
    d. Rate for Non-Selected Companies
    e. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
    i. Uncooperative Respondents
    ii. Selection of AFA Rate
    f. Currency Conversion
Recommendation

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