[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 237 (Thursday, December 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76668-76669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31196]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-122-854]


Supercalendered Paper From Canada: Countervailing Duty Order

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), the 
Department is issuing a countervailing duty order on supercalendered 
paper (SC paper) from Canada.

DATES: Effective Date: December 10, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Mermelstein or Toby Vandall, AD/
CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1391 and (202) 482-1664, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 20, 2015, the Department published its final affirmative 
determination in the countervailing duty investigation of SC paper from 
Canada.\1\ On December 3, 2015, the ITC notified the Department of its 
final determination pursuant to section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (Act), that an industry in the United States is 
materially injured by reason of subsidized imports of subject 
merchandise from Canada.\2\
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    \1\ See Supercalendered Paper From Canada: Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination, 80 FR 63535 (October 20, 2015).
    \2\ See Supercalendered Paper from Canada (Investigation No. 
701-TA-530 (Final), USITC Publication 4583, December 2015).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this order is SC paper. For a complete 
description of the scope of the order, see Appendix 1 to this notice.

Countervailing Duty Order

    In accordance with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) of the Act, 
the ITC has notified the Department of its final determination that the 
industry in the United States producing SC paper is materially injured 
by reason of subsidized imports of SC paper from Canada. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, we are publishing this 
countervailing duty order.
    As a result of the ITC's final determination, in accordance with 
section 706(a) of the Act, the Department will direct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further instruction by the 
Department, countervailing duties on unliquidated entries of SC paper 
from Canada entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after August 3, 2015, the date on which the Department published its 
preliminary countervailing duty determination in the Federal 
Register,\3\ and before December 1, 2015, the date on which the 
Department instructed CBP to discontinue the suspension of liquidation 
in accordance with section 703(d) of the Act. Section 703(d) of the Act 
states that the suspension of liquidation pursuant to a preliminary 
determination may not remain in effect for more than four months. 
Therefore, entries of SC paper made on or after December 1, 2015, and 
prior to the date of publication of the ITC's final determination in 
the Federal Register are not liable for the assessment of 
countervailing duties due to the Department's discontinuation, 
effective December 1, 2015, of the suspension of liquidation.
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    \3\ See Supercalendered Paper From Canada: Preliminary 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 80 FR 45951 (August 
3, 2015).
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Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 706 of the Act, the Department will 
direct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of SC paper 
from Canada, effective the date of publication of the ITC's notice of 
final determination in the Federal Register, and to assess, upon 
further instruction by the Department pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of 
the Act, countervailing duties for each entry of the subject 
merchandise in an amount based on the net countervailable subsidy rates 
for the subject merchandise. On or after the date of publication of the 
ITC's final injury determination in the Federal Register, CBP must 
require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated 
duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates noted 
below:

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                                                               Subsidy
                          Company                                rate
                                                              (percent)
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Port Hawkesbury Paper LP, 6879900 Canada Inc., Port                20.18
 Hawkesbury Investments Ltd., Port Hawkesbury Paper GP,
 Port Hawkesbury Paper Holdings Ltd., Port Hawkesbury Paper
 Inc., and Pacific West Commercial Corporation
 (collectively, Port Hawkesbury)...........................
Resolute FP Canada Inc., Fibrek General Partnership, Forest        17.87
 Products Mauricie LP, Produits Forestriers Petit-Paris
 Inc., and Soci[eacute]t[eacute] en Commandite Scierie
 Opitciwan (collectively, Resolute)........................
All Others.................................................        18.85
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    This notice constitutes the countervailing duty order with respect 
to SC paper from Canada pursuant to section 706(a) of the Act. 
Interested parties may contact the Department's Central Records Unit, 
Room B8024 of the main Commerce Building, for copies of an updated list 
of countervailing duty orders currently in effect.
    This order is issued and published in accordance with section 
706(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

     Dated: December 4, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix 1

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is supercalendered paper 
(SC paper). SC paper is uncoated paper that has undergone a 
calendering process in which the base sheet, made of pulp and filler 
(typically, but not limited to, clay, talc, or other mineral 
additive), is processed through a set of supercalenders, a 
supercalender, or a soft nip calender operation.\1\
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    \1\ Supercalendering and soft nip calendering processing, in 
conjunction with the mineral filler contained in the base paper, are 
performed to enhance the surface characteristics of the paper by 
imparting a smooth and glossy printing surface. Supercalendering and 
soft nip calendering also increase the density of the base paper.

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    The scope of this order covers all SC paper regardless of basis 
weight, brightness, opacity, smoothness, or grade, and whether in 
rolls or in sheets. Further, the scope covers all SC paper that 
meets the scope definition regardless of the type of pulp fiber or 
filler material used to produce the paper.
    Specifically excluded from the scope are imports of paper 
printed with final content of printed text or graphics.
    Subject merchandise primarily enters under Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 4802.61.3035, but 
may also enter under subheadings 4802.61.3010, 4802.62.3000, 
4802.62.6020, and 4802.69.3000. Although the HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
description of the scope of the order is dispositive.

[FR Doc. 2015-31196 Filed 12-9-15; 8:45 am]
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