[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50886-50888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21850]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-843]


Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of 
No Shipments; 2016-2017

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that sales of certain lined paper products were not made at less than 
normal value during the September 1, 2016, through August 31, 2017, 
period of review (POR). We invite interested parties to comment on 
these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable October 10, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Robinson or Joy Zhang, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-3797 or (202) 482-1168, 
respectively.

Background

    On September 28, 2006, Commerce published the CLPP from India Order 
in the Federal Register.\1\ On November 13, 2017, pursuant to section 
751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce 
initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain lined paper products from India.\2\ On January 23, 2018, 
Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by the 
closure of the Federal Government from January 20 through 22, 2018.\3\ 
On May 10, 2018, we extended the deadline for the preliminary results 
to October 3, 2018.\4\
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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 from India Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 52268 (November 13, 2017) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \3\ See memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated January 23, 2018. All deadlines in this 
segment of the proceeding have been extended by three days.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Lined Paper Products from India: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2016-2017,'' dated May 10, 2018.

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    Commerce initiated this administrative review covering the 
following twelve companies: Goldenpalm Manufacturers PVT Limited 
(Goldenpalm), Kokuyo Riddhi Paper Products Pvt. Ltd. (Kokuyo), Lodha 
Offset Limited (Lodha), Lotus Global Private Limited (Lotus Global), 
Magic International Pvt. Ltd. (Magic), Marisa International (Marisa), 
Navneet Education Ltd. (Navneet), Pioneer Stationery Pvt. Ltd. 
(Pioneer), PP Bafna Ventures Private Limited (PP Bafna), SAB 
International, SGM Paper Products, and Super Impex.\5\ On August 16, 
2018, we rescinded the administrative review with respect to 
Goldenpalm, Super Impex, SAB International, Lotus Global, and PP 
Bafna.\6\ This review covers two mandatory respondents, Navneet and 
Kokuyo. The following five companies were not selected for individual 
examination and remain subject to this administrative review: Lodha, 
Magic International Pvt. Ltd., Marisa, Pioneer Stationery Pvt. Ltd., 
and SGM Paper Products.
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    \5\ See Initiation Notice, 82 FR at 52269.
    \6\ See Certain Lined Paper Products from India: Notice of 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-
2017, 83 FR 40750 (August 16, 2018).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the CLPP from India 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, 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 CLPP from 
India Order is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
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    \7\ See the ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Lined Paper Products 
from India; 2016-2017,'' dated concurrently and hereby adopted by 
this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    On December 11 and 18, 2017, in their respective responses to 
Commerce's quantity and value questionnaire, Lodha and Marisa reported 
that they had no exports or sales of subject merchandise into the 
United States during the POR. To confirm Lodha's and Marisa's no-
shipment claims, Commerce issued a no-shipment inquiry to U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP) requesting that it review Lodha's and 
Marisa's no-shipment claims. CBP did not report that it had any 
information to contradict these claims of no shipments during the POR.
    Given that Lodha and Marisa reported that they made no shipments of 
subject merchandise to the United States during the POR, and there is 
no information calling their claims into question, we preliminarily 
determine that Lodha and Marisa made no shipments of subject 
merchandise during the POR. Consistent with Commerce's practice, we 
will not rescind the review with respect to Lodha and Marisa but, 
rather, will complete the review and issue instructions to CBP based on 
the final results.\8\
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    \8\ See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand; 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
Partial Rescission of Review, Preliminary Determination of No 
Shipments; 2012-2013, 79 FR 15951, 15952 (March 24, 2014), unchanged 
in Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Final Determination of No 
Shipments, and Partial Rescission of Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 51306, 
51307 (August 28, 2014).
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the the Act. Export price is calculated in accordance with 
section 772 of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with 
section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology 
underlying our preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum. 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 B-8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In 
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision memorandum can 
be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. 
The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic version 
of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. A list 
of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
attached as an Appendix to this notice.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily calculated a dumping 
margin of 0.33 percent (de minimis) for Navneet and zero percent for 
Kokuyo. We are applying to the non-selected companies the rates 
calculated for the mandatory respondents in these preliminary results, 
as referenced below.\9\
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    \9\ See Albemarle Corp. & Subsidiaries v. United States, 821 
F.3d 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (Albemarle).

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                                            Weighted- average  dumping
            Producer/exporter                    margin  (percent)
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Kokuyo Riddhi Paper Products Pvt. Ltd...  0.00
Navneet Education Ltd...................  0.33
                                          (de minimis)
Magic International Pvt. Ltd............  0.00
Pioneer Stationery Pvt. Ltd.............  0.00
SGM Paper Products......................  0.00
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Assessment Rate

    Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and 
CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered 
by this review. If the weighted-average dumping margin for Kokuyo or 
Navneet is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we 
will calculate importer-specific ad valorem antidumping duty assessment 
rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for 
each importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those same 
sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\10\ If the weighted-
average dumping margin for Kokuyo or Navneet is zero or de minimis in 
the final results, or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or 
de minimis in the final results, we will instruct CBP not to assess 
antidumping duties on any of their entries in accordance with the Final 
Modification for Reviews.\11\
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    \10\ In these preliminary results, Commerce 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). (Final Modification 
for Reviews).
    \11\ Id. at 8102.
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    In accordance with Commerce's assessment practice, for entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by each respondent for 
which it did not know that its merchandise was destined for the United 
States, 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.

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    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 respondents 
noted above will be the rates established in the final results of this 
administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers 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 recently completed 
segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered 
in this review, a prior review, or the original investigation, but the 
producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the 
most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of 
the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
producers or exporters will continue to be 3.91 percent, the all-others 
rate established in the investigation as modified by the section 129 
determination.\12\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \12\ See Implementation of the Findings of the WTO Panel in US--
Zeroing (EC): Notice of Determinations Under Section 129 of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act and Revocations and Partial Revocations 
of Certain Antidumping Duty Orders, 72 FR 25261 (May 4, 2007).
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed in these 
preliminary results to parties in this proceeding within five days of 
the date of publication of this notice.\13\
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii), interested parties may submit 
case briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of 
this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case 
briefs, may be filed no later than five days after the date for filing 
case briefs.\14\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 
this proceeding 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.\15\ All briefs must be filed electronically using 
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully 
in its entirety by the established deadline.
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2) and 19 CFR 351.303 (for 
general filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) The party's 
name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; 
and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is 
made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time 
and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled 
date.
    We intend to issue the final results of this administrative review, 
including the results of our analysis of the issues raised in any 
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication 
of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Notification to Importers

    This notice 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 duties 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 
Secretary's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties 
occurred and increase the subsequent assessment of the antidumping 
duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

    Dated: October 3, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
V. Discussion of Methodology
    A. Comparisons to Normal Value
    1. Determination of Comparison Method
    2. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
    B. Product Comparisons
    C. Date of Sale
    D. Export Price
    E. Normal Value
    1. Home Market Viability
    2. Cost of Production Analysis
    a. Calculation of COP
    b. Test of Comparison Market Prices and COP
    c. Results of COP Test
    F. Level of Trade
    G. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
    H. Margin for Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
    I. Currency Conversions
VI. Recommendation

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