[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 134 (Monday, July 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40709-40710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16285]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-843]


Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Initiation and 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Effective Date: July 14, 2014.

SUMMARY: In response to a request from Kokuyo Riddhi Paper Products 
Private Limited (Kokuyo Riddhi), a producer/exporter of certain lined 
paper products (CLPP) from India, and pursuant to section 751(b) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 19 CFR 351.216 and 
351.22l(c)(3)(ii), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is 
initiating a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty 
(AD) order on CLPP from India with regards to Kokuyo Riddhi. Based on 
the information received, we preliminarily determine that Kokuyo Riddhi 
is the successor-in-interest to Riddhi Enterprises (Riddhi) for 
purposes of determining AD liability. Interested parties are invited to 
comment on these preliminary results.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 28, 2006, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the AD and countervailing duty orders on CLPP from India.\1\ 
On May 14, 2014, Kokuyo Riddhi requested that the Department conduct a 
CCR under section 751(b)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(b) to 
determine that it is the successor-in-interest to Riddhi,\2\ and assign 
it the cash deposit rate of its predecessor, Riddhi. Kokuyo Riddhi 
based its request on the claim that it operates as the same business 
entity as Riddhi.\3\
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    \1\ 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).
    \2\ See id.
    \3\ See CCR Request at 2, 7, and 11.
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    We received comments opposing Kokyuo Riddhi's request from the 
Petitioners.\4\
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    \4\ Petitioners are the Association of American School Paper 
Suppliers.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the CLPP Order is certain lined paper 
products, typically school supplies (for purposes of this scope 
definition, the actual use of or labeling these products as school 
supplies or non-school supplies is not a defining characteristic) 
composed of or including paper that incorporates straight horizontal 
and/or vertical lines on ten or more paper sheets (there shall be no 
minimum page requirement for looseleaf filler paper). The products are 
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 
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 Ronald K. 
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, ``Decision Memorandum for Initiation and Preliminary 
Results of Changed Circumstances Review: Certain Lined Paper 
Products from India'' (Initiation and Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum), dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this 
notice.
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Initiation and Issuance of Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances 
Review

    Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d), the 
Department will conduct a CCR upon receipt of a request from an 
interested party or receipt of information concerning an AD order which 
shows changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of the 
order.
    As noted above in the ``Background'' section, we received 
information indicating that Riddhi transferred its notebook business to 
Kokuyo Riddhi, a company incorporated on October 25, 2013. Kokuyo 
Riddhi, assumed all operations for the production and sale of the 
subject merchandise. The Department determines that the information 
submitted by Kokuyo Riddhi constitutes sufficient evidence to warrant a 
CCR of this order.\6\ Therefore, in accordance with section 751(b)(1) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d), we are initiating a CCR based upon 
the information contained in Kokuyo Riddhi's submission.\7\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.216(d).
    \7\ See, generally, CCR Request.
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    19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii) permits the Department to combine the 
notice of initiation of a CCR and the notice of preliminary results if 
the Department concludes that expedited action is warranted. In this 
instance, because we have the information necessary on the record to 
make a preliminary finding, we find that expedited action is warranted, 
and are combining the notice of initiation and the notice of 
preliminary results in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii).\8\
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    \8\ See, e.g., Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip 
From the Republic of Korea: Initiation and Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 76 FR 27005 (May 10, 
2011) (PET Film from Korea); Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from 
Japan: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed-Circumstances 
Review, 71 FR 14679 (March 23, 2006); Fresh and Chilled Atlantic 
Salmon from Norway; Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed 
Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 63 FR 50880 
(September 23, 1998).
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Methodology

    In making a successor-in-interest determination, the Department 
examines several factors, including but not limited to, changes in: (1) 
Management; (2) production facilities; (3) supplier relationships; and 
(4) customer base.\9\ While no single factor or combination of these 
factors will necessarily provide a dispositive indication of a 
successor-in-interest relationship, the Department will generally 
consider the new company to be the successor to the previous company if 
the new company's resulting operation is essentially similar to that of 
its predecessor.\10\ Thus, if the evidence demonstrates that, with 
respect to the production and sale of the subject

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merchandise, the new company operates as the same business entity as 
the former predecessor company, the Department will afford the new 
company the same AD treatment as its predecessor, i.e., will assign the 
new company the same cash deposit rate of its predecessor.\11\
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    \9\ See, e.g., Pressure Sensitive Plastic Tape from Italy: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances 
Review, 75 FR 8925 (February 26, 2010), unchanged in Pressure 
Sensitive Plastic Tape From Italy: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review, 75 FR 27706 (May 18, 2010); Brake 
Rotors From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed 
Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 69941 
(November 18, 2005), citing Brass Sheet and Strip from Canada: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 57 FR 20460 (May 
13, 1992); and Structural Steel Beams from Korea: Preliminary 
Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 66 FR 15834 (March 21, 2001).
    \10\ See e.g., PET Film from Korea, 76 FR at 27006; Industrial 
Phosphoric Acid from Israel: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review, 59 FR 6944, 6945 (February 14, 1994); 
Brass Sheet and Strip from Canada: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 57 FR 20460 (May 13, 1992) at Comments 1 and 
2.
    \11\ See Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon From Norway; Final 
Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 64 FR 9979, 9980 (March 1, 1999).
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    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\12\
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    \12\ See Initiation and Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is on file electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance'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://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and the electronic 
versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.

Preliminary Results of the Changed Circumstances Review

    Based on the evidence reviewed, we preliminarily determine that 
Kokuyo Riddhi is the successor-in-interest to Riddhi. Specifically, we 
find that the change of the notebook business as a result of the 
transfer from Riddhi to Kokuyo Riddhi resulted in no significant 
changes to management, production facilities, supplier relationships, 
and customers with respect to the production and sale of the subject 
merchandise. Thus, Kokuyo Riddhi operates essentially as the same 
business entity as Riddhi with respect to the subject merchandise.
    If the Department upholds these preliminary results in the final 
results, Kokuyo Riddhi will retain the AD deposit rate currently 
assigned to Riddhi with respect to the subject merchandise (i.e., zero 
percent cash deposit rate). If these preliminary results are adopted in 
the final results of this CCR, we will instruct Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of entries of CLPP made by 
Kokuyo Riddhi, effective on the publication date of the final results, 
at the cash deposit rate that is currently assigned to Riddhi (i.e., 
zero percent ad valorem).\13\
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    \13\ See Certain Lined Paper Products from India: Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010-2011, 78 FR 22232 
(April 15, 2013).
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Public Comment

    Interested parties may submit case briefs and/or written comments 
not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\14\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case 
briefs, may be filed no later than five days after the deadline for 
filing case briefs.\15\ Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs 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. 
All comments are to be filed electronically using IA ACCESS, and must 
also be served on interested parties.\16\ An electronically filed 
document must be received successfully in its entirety by IA ACCESS by 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the day it is due.\17\
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2).
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b) and (f).
    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b).
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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 Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via IA 
ACCESS, within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\18\ 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.\19\ 
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the 
hearing.
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    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \19\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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    Consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), we will issue the final results 
of this CCR no later than 270 days after the date on which this review 
was initiated, or within 45 days if all parties agree to our 
preliminary finding.
    We are issuing and publishing this finding and notice in accordance 
with sections 751(b)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216 and 
351.221(c)(3)(ii).

    Dated: July 3, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-16285 Filed 7-11-14; 8:45 am]
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