[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
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