[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 197 (Thursday, October 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61742-61744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24815]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-844]


Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; Calendar Year 2010

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain lined 
paper products from India. The period of review (POR) is January 1, 
2010, through December 31, 2010, and the review covers one producer/
exporter of the subject merchandise, AR. Printing & Packaging India 
Pvt. Ltd. (AR Printing). We have preliminarily determined that AR 
Printing received countervailable subsidies during the POR.

DATES: Effective Date: October 11, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff, 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) 482-1009.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain lined paper 
products. The products are currently classifiable under the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers: 
4811.90.9035, 4811.90.9080, 4820.30.0040, 4810.22.5044, 4811.90.9050, 
4811.90.9090, 4820.10.2010, 4820.10.2020,

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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 the 
Lined Paper Order, remains dispositive.\1\
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    \1\ 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) 
(Lined Paper Order).
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Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each 
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily 
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided 
financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 
and that the subsidy is specific. See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the 
Act regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act 
regarding benefit; and, section 771(5A) of the Act regarding 
specificity. 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. 
Finally, the Department was not able to make a preliminary 
determination of countervailability for certain programs because it 
requires additional information. We intend to seek that information 
prior to our final results.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, please see ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results 
for the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Certain Lined 
Paper Products from India,'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum) from 
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for 
Import Administration, 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.

Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department has determined that the following preliminary net 
subsidy rates exist for the period January 1, 2010, through, December 
31, 2010:

                             Assessment Rate
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                Company                          Net subsidy rate
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AR. Printing & Packaging India Pvt.      73.51 percent ad valorem.
 Ltd. (AR Printing).
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                            Cash Deposit Rate
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                Company                          Net subsidy rate
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AR. Printing & Packaging India Pvt.      68.03 percent ad valorem.
 Ltd. (AR Printing).
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Assessment and Cash Deposit Requirements

    The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review. We will instruct CBP 
to collect cash deposits for the respondent at the countervailing duty 
rate indicated above of the f.o.b. invoice price on all shipments of 
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of 
this review. We will also instruct CBP to continue to collect cash 
deposits for non-reviewed companies at the most recent company-specific 
or country-wide rate applicable to the company. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department will disclose to parties to this proceeding the 
calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within five 
days of the date of publication of these preliminary results.\2\ 
Interested parties may submit written comments (case briefs) within 30 
days of publication of the preliminary results and rebuttal comments 
(rebuttal briefs) within five days after the time limit for filing case 
briefs.\3\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must be 
limited to issues raised in the case briefs. Parties who submit 
arguments are requested to submit with the argument: (1) A statement of 
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.
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    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
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    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, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, filed electronically using Import Administration's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (IA ACCESS). An electronically filed document must be received 
successfully in its entirety by the Department's electronic records 
system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time within 30 days after 
the date of publication of this notice.\4\ Requests should contain the 
party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of 
participants, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request 
for a hearing is made, we will inform parties of the scheduled date for 
the hearing which will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,

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Washington, DC 20230, at a time and location to be determined.\5\ 
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the 
hearing.
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act, the Department will issue the final 
results of this administrative review, including the results of our 
analysis of the issues raised by the parties in their comments, within 
120 days after issuance of these preliminary results.
    These preliminary results of review are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

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

Appendix

Application of Adverse Facts Available (AFA)--AR Printing

Analysis of Programs

A. Programs Preliminarily Determined to be Countervailable
    1. Pre- and Post-Shipment Export Financing
    2. Export Promotion of Capital Goods Scheme (EPCGS)
    3. Export Oriented Units (EOU) Reimbursement of Central Sales 
Tax (CST) Paid on Materials Procured Domestically
    4. Export Oriented Units Duty-Free Import of Capital Goods and 
Raw Materials
    5. Market Development Assistance (MDA)
    6. Market Access Initiative (MAI)
    7. Status Certificate Program
    8. Income Deduction Program (80IB Tax Program)
    9. Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme (DEPS)
    10. Advance Authorization Program (AAP)
    11. Export Processing Zones (Renamed Special Economic Zones)
    12. Target Plus Scheme (TPS)
B. Programs Preliminarily Determined to Constitute a Program-Wide 
Change
    1. Income Tax Exemptions Under Section 10A
    2. Income Tax Exemptions Under Section 10B
C. Programs Preliminarily Determined to be Terminated
    1. Duty Free Replenishment Certificate (DFRC) Program
D. Programs Previously Determined to be Terminated
    1. Exemption of Export Credit from Interest Taxes
    2. Income Tax Exemptions Under 80 HHC
E. Programs for Which the Department Requires Additional Information

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