[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63162-63164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24834]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-843]


Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Notice of Partial 
Rescission and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2011-2012

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

SUMMARY: In response to requests from Petitioners \1\ and two Indian 
companies, Navneet Publications (India) Ltd. (Navneet) and AR Printing 
& Packaging (India) Pvt. Ltd. (AR Printing), the Department of Commerce 
(the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain lined paper products (CLPP) from 
India.\2\ The period of review (POR) is September 1, 2011, through 
August 31, 2012. The Department initiated a review of 82 Indian 
producers/exporters of subject merchandise,\3\ but Petitioners timely 
withdrew their review request in its entirety.\4\ We are rescinding 
this review in its entirety with the exception of the two self-
requesting companies, Navneet and AR Printing. We preliminarily find 
that Navneet (the sole mandatory respondent) sold subject merchandise 
at less than normal value during the POR. We have preliminarily 
assigned AR Printing (the sole non-selected company) the non-selected 
rate based on the margin calculated for Navneet in this review.
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    \1\ The Petitioners are the Association of American School Paper 
Suppliers (AASPS) and its individual members.
    \2\ 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) 
(CLPP Order).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 77 FR 
65858 (October 31, 2012) (Initiation Notice).
    \4\ See Petitioners' withdrawal letter dated January 28, 2013. 
Petitioners' request for review covered 82 Indian producers/
exporters of subject merchandise, including Navneet and AR Printing. 
See Petitioners' review request letter dated September 28, 2012.

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DATES: Effective October 23, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Robinson or George McMahon, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 8, 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) 482-1167, respectively.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the CLPP 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,

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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 remains 
dispositive.\5\
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    \5\ For a complete description of the Scope of the Order, 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 Partial Rescission and 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.
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Partial Rescission of the 2011-2012 Administrative Review

    On January 28, 2013, Petitioners timely withdrew their request for 
the 2011-2012 administrative review in its entirety, which affects 80 
Indian producers/exporters of the subject merchandise covered in the 
Initiation Notice.\6\ In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),\7\ and 
consistent with our practice,\8\ we are rescinding this review in its 
entirety with the exception of Navneet and AR Printing.
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    \6\ See footnote 4 on page 1.
    \7\ In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will 
rescind an administrative review ``if a party that requested the 
review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review.'' The 
instant review was initiated on October 31, 2012. Therefore, the 
deadline to withdraw review requests was January 29, 2013. Thus, 
Petitioners' withdrawal request is timely.
    \8\ See, e.g., Brass Sheet and Strip from Germany: Notice of 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 49170 
(August 20, 2008); see also, Certain Lined Paper Products from 
India: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Extension of Time Limit for the 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 
21781 (May 11, 2009).
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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 (EP) have been calculated in accordance with section 772 of the 
Act. Normal value (NV) is calculated in accordance with section 773 of 
the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\9\
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    \9\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    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 the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the 
following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period 
September 1, 2011, through August 31, 2012:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                 Manufacturer/exporter \10\                    dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Navneet Publications (India) Ltd...........................         6.62
AR Printing & Packaging (India) Pvt. Ltd...................         6.62
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose to interested parties to this 
proceeding the calculations performed in connection with these 
preliminary results within five days after the date of publication of 
this notice.\11\ 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.\12\ Parties who submit case briefs or 
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 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.\13\ All case and rebuttal 
briefs must be filed electronically using IA ACCESS, and must also be 
served on interested parties.\14\ An electronically filed document must 
be received successfully in its entirety by the Department's electronic 
records system, IA ACCESS. Executive summaries should be limited to 
five pages total, including footnotes.
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    \10\ The margin for AR Printing & Packaging (India) Pvt. Ltd. 
(the sole non-selected company in this review), was based on the 
calculated weighted-average margin of Navneet (the sole mandatory 
respondent in this review).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
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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, using 
Import Administration's IA ACCESS system.\15\ An electronically filed 
document must be received successfully in its entirety by the 
Department's IA ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after 
the date of publication of this notice.\16\ Requests should contain the 
party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of 
participants, and a list of the issues to be discussed. Oral 
presentations will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. 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., Washington, DC 
20230, at a time and location to be determined.\17\ Parties should 
confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing.
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \16\ Id.
    \17\ 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 of publication of these preliminary results, pursuant to 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

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).\18\ 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

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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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    \18\ 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 date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Navneet and AR 
Printing 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.\19\ 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.
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    \19\ See the CLPP Order.
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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 and/or countervailing duties 
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. 
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the 
Department's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or 
countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent increase in 
antidumping duties by the amount of antidumping and/or countervailing 
duties reimbursed.
    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 
351.213(h) and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(4).

     Dated: September 20, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

1. Background
2. Period of Review
3. Scope of the Order
4. Partial Rescission of the 2011-2012 Administrative Review
5. Discussion of Methodology
6. Rate for Non-selected Company

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