[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56807-56808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24800]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-560-829]


Certain Uncoated Paper From Indonesia: Amended Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending its final 
results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) 
order on certain uncoated paper from Indonesia to correct ministerial 
errors in the calculation of the countervailable subsidy rates for PT 
Anugrah Kertas Utama, PT Riau Andalan Kertas, APRIL Fine Paper Macao 
Commercial Offshore Limited, and their cross-owned affiliates 
(collectively APRIL). As a result of the correction of these errors, we 
calculated a revised subsidy rate for APRIL for 2015; however we did 
not revise APRIL's subsidy rate for 2016. The amended final 2015 
countervailable subsidy rate is listed below in the section entitled, 
``Amended Final Results.''

DATES: Applicable November 14, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger or Darla Brown, AD/
CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4136 or 202-482-
1791, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 17, 2018, Commerce published the Final Results of the 
2015-2016 administrative review in the Federal Register.\1\ On October 
16, 2018, domestic interested parties \2\ timely filed ministerial 
error allegations with respect to the calculation of the 
countervailable subsidy rates in the Final Results for the respondent 
in the review, APRIL.\3\
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    \1\ See Certain Uncoated Paper From Indonesia: Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016, 83 FR 52383 
(October 17, 2018) (Final Results), and accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum (IDM).
    \2\ These parties are the Packaging Corporation of America 
(PCA), and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers 
International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (USW).
    \3\ See The Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``First 
Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Uncoated 
Paper from Indonesia--PCA and the USW's Ministerial Error 
Comments,'' dated October 16, 2018 (Ministerial Error Allegation).

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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is certain uncoated paper from 
Indonesia.\4\ Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) categories 
4802.56.1000, 4802.56.2000, 4802.56.3000, 4802.56.4000, 4802.56.6000, 
4802.56.7020, 4802.56.7040, 4802.57.1000, 4802.57.2000, 4802.57.3000, 
and 4802.57.4000. Some imports of subject merchandise may also be 
classified under 4802.62.1000, 4802.62.2000, 4802.62.3000, 
4802.62.5000, 4802.62.6020, 4802.62.6040, 4802.69.1000, 4802.69.2000, 
4802.69.3000, 4811.90.8050 and 4811.90.9080. While HTSUS subheadings 
are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
description of the scope is dispositive.
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    \4\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
IDM.
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Ministerial Error

    Section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
defines ``ministerial errors'' as including ``errors in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type 
of unintentional error which the administering authority considers 
ministerial.'' \5\ The domestic interested parties allege that we made 
ministerial errors in our calculation of the 2015 and 2016 
countervailable subsidy rates for APRIL by: (1) Correcting the freight 
adjustments for one of the benchmark prices used to calculate the 2015 
Log Export Ban benefit; (2) correcting the inland freight adjustments 
for two benchmark prices used to calculate the 2015 and 2016 Provision 
of Standing Timber for Less Than Adequate Remuneration (Stumpage) 
benefit; and (3) incorporating all of the revised 2015 harvesting cost 
data provided at verification to calculate the benefit under the 
Stumpage program.\6\ After analyzing these comments, we find that we 
made the alleged ministerial errors in the Final Results, within the 
meaning of section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f).\7\ 
Correction of these errors in APRIL's benefit calculations results in a 
revised countervailable subsidy rate for 2015, but no change in the 
2016 countervailable subsidy rate. For a detailed discussion of these 
ministerial errors, see the Ministerial Error Memorandum.
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    \5\ See also 19 CFR 351.224(f).
    \6\ See Ministerial Error Allegation.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Ministerial Error Allegations,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (Ministerial Error Memorandum).
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Amended Final Results of the Review

    As a result of correcting the ministerial errors decribed above, we 
determine the following countervailable subsidy rates for 2015 and 
2016:

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                                        2015 Ad valorem  2016 Ad valorem
                Company                     rate (%)       rate \8\ (%)
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APRIL Fine Paper Macao Commercial                11.73             5.13
 Offshore Limited/PT Anugrah Kertas
 Utama/PT Riau Andalan Kertas/PT
 Intiguna Primatama/PT Riau Andalan
 Pulp & Paper/PT Esensindo Cipta
 Cemerlang/PT Sateri Viscose
 International/ PT ITCI Hutani
 Manunggal............................
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Assessment Rates

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce intends to issue 
appropriate instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in 
accordance with the amended final results of this review.
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    \8\ The 2016 ad valorem rate for APRIL is unchanged from the 
Final Results.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    Commerce instructed CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties at the 2016 ad valorem rate shown above for 
APRIL, 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. After correcting the ministerial errors 
noted above, the 2016 ad valorem rate calculated for APRIL did not 
change; therefore, we will not issue revised cash deposit intructions 
to CBP because the cash deposit rate for APRIL remains unchanged from 
the Final Results.
    For all non-reviewed firms, Commerce instructed CBP to continue to 
collect cash deposits at the most recent company-specific or all-others 
rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. Accordingly, the cash 
deposit requirements applied to companies covered by this order, but 
not examined in this administrative review, are those established in 
the most recently completed segment of the proceeding for each company. 
These cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    These amended final results are issued and published in accordance 
with sections 751(h) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e).

    Dated: November 7, 2018.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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