[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18372-18373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05265]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-880]


Lightweight Thermal Paper From Japan: Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on lightweight 
thermal paper (thermal paper) from Japan for the period of review (POR) 
November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023.

DATES: Applicable March 13, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Janz, 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) 482-2972.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 22, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register 
the AD order on thermal paper from Japan.\1\ On November 2, 2023, 
Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On November 30, 2023, 
Lollicup USA Incorporated (Lollicup USA), a U.S. importer, submitted a 
timely request that Commerce conduct an administrative review of the 
Order with respect to Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. and Nippon 
Paper Papylia Co., Ltd. (collectively, Nippon Paper), the

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producer and exporter of Lollicup USA's imports of subject 
merchandise.\3\
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    \1\ See Thermal Paper from Germany, Japan, the Republic of 
Korea, and Spain: Antidumping Duty Orders, 86 FR 66284 (November 22, 
2021) (Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 75270 (November 
2, 2023).
    \3\ See Lollicup USA's Letter, ``Administrative Review 
Request,'' dated November 30, 2023. In the underlying investigation, 
Commerce determined it was appropriate to treat Nippon Paper 
Industries Co., Ltd. and Nippon Paper Papylia Co. Ltd. as a single 
entity. See Thermal Paper from Japan: Preliminary Affirmative 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of the 
Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures, 86 FR 
26011 (May 12, 2021), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum at 7 n.2, unchanged in Thermal Paper from Japan: Final 
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 FR 
54157 (September 30, 2021). Given the lack of any information to the 
contrary on the record of this review, we continue to find it is 
appropriate to treat these companies as a single entity.
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    On December 29, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation of administrative review with respect to imports 
of thermal paper exported and/or produced by Nippon Paper, in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).\4\ On January 4, 2024, we 
placed on the record U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for 
entries of thermal paper from Japan during the POR, showing no 
reviewable POR entries and invited interested parties to comment.\5\ No 
interested party submitted comments to Commerce regarding the CBP data.
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    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 90168 (December 29, 2023).
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Customs Entry Data from U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection,'' dated January 4, 2024.
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    Additionally, on February 9, 2024, Commerce notified all interested 
parties of its intent to rescind the instant review in full because 
there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise by 
Nippon Paper during the POR and invited interested parties to 
comment.\6\ No interested party submitted comments to Commerce in 
response to this notice.
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    \6\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind 
Review,'' dated February 9, 2024.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to 
rescind an administrative review of an AD order when there are no 
reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which 
liquidation is suspended.\7\ Normally, upon completion of an 
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the AD 
assessment rate calculated for the review period.\8\ Therefore, for an 
administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, 
suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to liquidate at the AD 
assessment rate calculated for the review period.\9\ As noted above, 
there were no entries of subject merchandise for Nippon Paper during 
the POR. Accordingly, in the absence of suspended entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR, we are hereby rescinding this 
administrative review, in its entirety, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(3).
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    \7\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of Korea: 
Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 
24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut- 
to Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of 
Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4157 (January 
24, 2023).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates 
equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at 
the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date 
of publication of this rescission notice in the Federal Register.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition 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 violation subject 
to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: March 7, 2024.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-05265 Filed 3-12-24; 8:45 am]
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