[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22440-22442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10274]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-842]


Certain Uncoated Paper From Brazil: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that certain uncoated paper (uncoated paper) from Brazil is being, or 
is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value. 
Interested parties are

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invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable May 17, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christian Llinas, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4877.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 2, 2018, Commerce initiated the antidumping duty 
administrative review on uncoated paper from Brazil.\1\ The review 
covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Suzano Papel e 
Celulose S.A. (Suzano). The period of review (POR) is March 1, 2017, 
through February 28, 2018. On November 27, 2018, we extended the 
preliminary results until January 30, 2019.\2\ However, Commerce 
exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by the partial 
federal government closure from December 22, 2018, through the 
resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.\3\ As a result, the 
revised deadline for the preliminary results of this administrative 
review became March 11, 2019. On March 7, 2019, we extended the 
preliminary results until April 11, 2019.\4\ On April 9, 2019, we 
extended the preliminary results until May 10, 2019.\5\ Interested 
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 19215 (May 2, 2018).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Second Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Certain Uncoated Paper from Brazil: Extension of Deadline 
for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' 
dated November 27, 2018.
    \3\ See Memorandum to the Record from 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, ``Deadlines 
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated 
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding 
have been extended by 40 days.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Second Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Certain Uncoated Paper from Brazil: Second Extension of 
Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review,'' dated March 7, 2019.
    \5\ See Memorandum, '' Second Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Certain Uncoated Paper from Brazil: Third Extension of 
Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review,'' dated April 9, 2019.
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this review is uncoated paper from Brazil. 
For a full description of the scope see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this 
notice.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Uncoated 
Paper from Brazil; 2017-2018,'' dated concurrently with this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. For a full description of the methodology 
underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A 
list of the topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
included as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the public 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 it is available to 
all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main 
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is available at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 
The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions 
of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review

    We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average 
dumping margin exists for the period March 1, 2017, through February 
28, 2018.

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/producer                          margin
                                                              (percent)
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Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A................................       16.25
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these 
preliminary results to the parties within five days after public 
announcement of the preliminary results in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), 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 not later than five days after the date for filing 
case briefs.\7\ 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.\8\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via 
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully 
in its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of 
this notice.\9\ 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. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to 
those raised in the respective case briefs. Commerce intends to issue 
the final results of this administrative review, including the results 
of its analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later 
than days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rate

    If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is above de 
minimis in the final results of this review, we will calculate an 
importer-specific assessment rate based on the ratio of the total 
amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales and the 
total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).\10\ If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin or 
an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final 
results of review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties in accordance with the Final Modification for 
Reviews.\11\ The final results of this administrative review shall be 
the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of 
merchandise under review and for future deposits of estimated duties, 
where applicable. We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 
days after publication of the final results of this review.
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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 Duty Proceedings; Final 
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for 
Reviews).
    \11\ See Final Modification for Reviews, 77 FR 8103; see also 19 
CFR 351.106(c)(2).

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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements for estimated antidumping 
duties will be effective upon publication of the notice of final 
results of this review for all shipments of uncoated paper from Brazil 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) 
The cash deposit rate for companies subject to this review will be 
equal to the weighted-average dumping margins established in the final 
results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by companies not 
covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of this 
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recent period; (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 for the 
producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
producers or exporters will continue to be 27.11 percent, the all-
others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\12\ 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.
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    \12\ See Certain Uncoated Paper from Australia, Brazil, 
Indonesia, the People's Republic of China, and Portugal: Amended 
Final Affirmative Antidumping Determinations for Brazil and 
Indonesia and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 11173 (March 3, 2016).
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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 prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this period of review. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: May 10, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2019-10274 Filed 5-16-19; 8:45 am]
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