[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28047-28048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12818]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-844]
Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Amended Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2014
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is amending the
final results of the countervailing duty administrative review of
certain lined paper products from India to correct ministerial errors.
The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2014, through December 31,
2014.
DATES: Effective June 20, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff; AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20230; telephone: 202-482-1009.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), on April 17, 2017, the
Department published its final results in the countervailing duty
administrative review of certain lined paper products from India.\1\ On
that same day, the Association of American School Paper Suppliers (the
petitioner) timely alleged that the Department made ministerial errors
in the Final Results.\2\ On April 28, 2017, Goldenpalm Manufacturers
PVT Limited (Goldenplam), the respondent in this review, submitted
rebuttal comments.\3\
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\1\ See Certain Lined Paper from India: Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2014, 82 FR 18112 (April
17, 2017) (Final Resutls) and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum (IDM).
\2\ See Letter from Petitioner, ``Certain Lined Paper Products
from India: Petitioner's Comments on Ministerial Errors in the Final
Results,'' dated April 17, 2017.
\3\ See Letter from Goldenpalm, ``Certain Lined Paper Products
from India, C-533-844; Response to Ministerial Error Comments,''
dated April 28, 2017.
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Period of Review
The POR covered by this review is January 1, 2014, through December
31, 2014.
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, 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. A full description of the
scope of the order is contained in the Final Results IDM.\4\
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\4\ See Final Results IDM at 3-5.
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Ministerial Errors
Section 751(h) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.224(f) define a
``ministerial error'' as an error ``in addition, subtraction, or other
arithmetic function, clerical error resulting from inaccurate copying,
duplication, or the like, and any similar type of unintentional error
which the Secretary considers ministerial.'' The Department finds that
the purported errors alleged by the petitioner constitute ministerial
errors within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.224(f).\5\ Specifically, we
committed certain ministerial errors with regard to the ``0.5 Percent
Test,'' as described under 19 CFR 351.524(b)(2), and the benefit
calculation performed in connection with import duty exemptions that
Goldenpalm received under the Export Promotion of Capital Goods Scheme.
For a complete discussion of these alleged errors, see the Response to
Ministerial Error Allegations.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Response to Ministerial Error Allegations
in the Final Results'' (Response to Ministerial Error Allegations)
dated concurrently with this notice.
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In accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e),
we are amending the Final Results.\6\ Specifically, we are amending the
net subsidy rate for Goldenpalm. The
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revised net subsidy rate is provided below.
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\6\ See Final Results, 82 FR at 18113.
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Amended Final Results
As a result of correcting the ministerial errors, we determine that
Goldenpalm's total net countervailable subsidy rate for the period
January 1, 2014, through December 31 2014, is as follows:
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Net countervailable subsidy
Producer/exporter from India rate (percent)
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Goldenpalm Manufacturers PVT Limited...... 8.30 percent ad valorem.
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Assessment Rates/Cash Deposits
The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions
to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after the date of
publication of these amended final results of review, to liquidate
shipments of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by the
respondent listed above entered, or withdrawn form warehouse, for
consumption on or after January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014.
The Department also intends to instruct CBP to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties, in the amount shown above
for the company listed above on shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after April
17, 2017, the date of publication of the Final Results. For all non-
reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash
deposits 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.
Disclosure
We will disclose the calculations performed for these amended final
results to interested parties within five business days of the date of
the publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(h) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.224(e).
Dated: June 13, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-12818 Filed 6-19-17; 8:45 am]
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