[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70091-70092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24486]


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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 2014

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain 
lined paper products from India. The period of review (POR) is January 
1, 2014, through December 31, 2014, and the review covers one producer/
exporter of the subject merchandise, Goldenpalm Manufacturers PVT Ltd. 
(Goldenpalm). We preliminarily determine that Goldenpalm received 
countervailable subsidies during the POR.

DATES: Effective October 11, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff, 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-
1009.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this administrative review is certain lined 
paper products from India. For a full description of the scope of this 
order see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\1\
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    \1\ See Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results for the 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Certain Lined Paper 
Products from India, from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul 
Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this CVD administrative 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 financial contribution by an ``authority'' that gives rise to 
a benefit to the recipient) and that the subsidy is specific.\2\ For a 
full description of the methodology underlying our preliminary 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \2\ 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.
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    The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on 
file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, 
and is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 
of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the

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Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content. A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix I to this notice.

Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following net 
subsidy rate exists for the period January 1, 2014, through December 
31, 2014:

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           Manufacturer/exporter                  Net subsidy rate
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Goldenpalm Manufacturers PVT Ltd..........  0.92 percent ad valorem.
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department will disclose to parties to this proceeding 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)(1)(ii), the Department will notify interested 
parties of the due date to submit case briefs.\4\ Rebuttal briefs may 
be filed no later than five days after the deadline for filing case 
briefs, and must be limited to issues raised in the case briefs.\5\ 
Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs 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.\6\ Case and rebuttal briefs 
should be filed electronically using ACCESS.\7\
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \4\ Because the Department requires additional time to examine 
Goldenpalm's use of duty drawback programs during the POR, which 
will require post-preliminary results analysis, we will announce to 
parties at a later date the case brief deadlines. See the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 9 for a discussion of the 
programs that require further analysis.
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must do so within 30 days of publication of these 
preliminary results by submitting a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
filed electronically using ACCESS. 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, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and location to be determined. 
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the 
hearing two days before the scheduled date.
    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, the Department will issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of issues 
raised in any written briefs, within 120 days after the date of 
publication of these preliminary results.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review. We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of review.

Cash Deposit Instructions

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the Department also 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties, in the amount shown above, for the company shown 
above, on 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. For all non-reviewed firms, we will 
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties at the most recent company-specific or all-others rate 
applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Notification to Interested Parties

    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 and 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: October 4, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I--List of Topics in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Subsidies Valuation
    Allocation Period
    Cross-Ownership
    Denominator
    Benchmark Interest Rates
Analysis of Programs
    Program Preliminarily Determined To Be Countervailable
    Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme (EPCGS)
    Programs Requiring Additional Information
    Duty Drawback and Annex 45
Program Preliminarily Determined To Be Not Countervailable
    Central Value Added Tax (CENVAT) Reimbursements
Programs Preliminarily Determined To Be Not Used During the POR
Recommendation

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