[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 107 (Monday, June 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36535-36536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11839]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-844]


Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Final Results of the 
Expedited Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that 
revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain lined 
paper products (CLPP) from India would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels 
indicated in the ``Final Results of the Sunset Review'' section of this 
notice.

DATES: Applicable June 5, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Sliney, 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) 482-2437.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 28, 2006, Commerce published a CVD order on CLPP from

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India.\1\ On February 1, 2023, Commerce initiated the third sunset 
review of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ On February 15, 2023, Commerce received 
a notice of intent to participate from the Association of American 
School Paper Suppliers (AASPS) \3\ (the domestic interested party), 
within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ AASPS 
claims interested party status pursuant to section 771(9)(F) of the 
Act, as an association whose member companies are U.S. producers of the 
domestic like product.\5\ Additionally, ACCO Brands USA LLC, Norcom, 
Inc., and Top Flight, Inc. claimed interested party status pursuant to 
section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as manufacturers in the United States of 
the domestic like product.\6\
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    \1\ See Notice of Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Lined 
Paper Products from India and Indonesia, 71 FR 56949 (September 28, 
2006) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 FR 6700 
(February 1, 2023).
    \3\ The individual members of AASPS are ACCO Brands USA LLC, 
Norcom Inc., and Top Flight Inc.
    \4\ See AASPS's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate in 
Sunset Review,'' dated February 15, 2023.
    \5\ Id. at 2.
    \6\ Id.
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    On March 2, 2023, Commerce received an adequate substantive 
response from the domestic interested party within the 30-day deadline 
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\7\ Commerce did not receive a 
substantive response from any government or respondent interested party 
to this proceeding. On March 23, 2023, Commerce notified the U.S. 
International Trade Commission that it did not receive an adequate 
substantive response from respondent interested parties.\8\ As a 
result, Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the 
Order, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and (C)(2).
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    \7\ See AASPS's Letter, ``Substantive Response to Notice of 
Initiation,'' dated March 2, 2023.
    \8\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on 
February 1, 2023,'' dated March 23, 2023.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this Order is certain lined paper 
products from India. For a complete description of the scope of the 
Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\9\
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    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Expedited Third Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty 
Order on Certain Lined Paper Products from India,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this notice. The 
Issues and 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), 
which is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(b) of the Act, we determine 
that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of a countervailable subsidies at the following net 
countervailable subsidy rates:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                   Producers/exporters                      (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Aero Exports............................................          165.95
Navneet Education Limited...............................          169.36
All Others..............................................          168.49
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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
Timely 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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing these final results in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).

    Dated: May 26, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable 
Subsidy
    2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Likely To Prevail
    3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2023-11839 Filed 6-2-23; 8:45 am]
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