[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 150 (Monday, August 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63408-63410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17250]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-471-807]


Certain Uncoated Paper From Portugal: Final Results of the 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order; 2022-2023

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


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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the 
sole producer/exporter subject to this administrative review made sales 
of certain uncoated paper (uncoated paper) from Portugal at less than 
normal value during the period of review (POR) March 1, 2022, through 
February 28, 2023.

DATES: Applicable August 5, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Hawkins, 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) 482-1988.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 5, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in 
this administrative review in the Federal Register.\1\ Although we 
provided interested parties with an opportunity to comment on the 
Preliminary Results, no interested party submitted comments. 
Accordingly, the final results of review remain unchanged from the 
Preliminary Results, and thus, there is no decision memorandum 
accompanying this notice. Commerce conducted this review in accordance 
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Certain Uncoated Paper from Portugal: Preliminary 
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order; 
2022-2023, 89 FR 23975 (April 4, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
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Scope of the Order 2
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    \2\ 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 11174 (March 3, 2016) 
(Order).
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    The product covered by the Order is uncoated paper from Portugal. 
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Preliminary Results.\3\
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    \3\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 2-3.
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Final Results of the Review

    For these final results, we determine that the following weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the period March 1, 2022, through 
February 28, 2023:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                  Producer and/or exporter                     dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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The Navigator Company, S.A.................................        1.07
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to parties to the proceeding the 
calculations performed in connection with a final results of review 
within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public 
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice 
of the final results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b). However, because we made no changes from the Preliminary 
Results, there are no calculations to disclose.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 
because The Navigator Company, S.A. (Navigator) reported the entered 
value for all of its U.S. sales, we calculated importer-specific ad 
valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of 
those same sales.
    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by Navigator for which the 
company did not know that the merchandise it sold to an intermediary 
(e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the 
United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate 
such entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\4\
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    \4\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2023).
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    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the 
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties 
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 
90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication in the Federal Register of these final results of 
administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) 
the cash deposit rate for Navigator will be equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin established in these final results of this 
administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by companies not 
covered in this review but covered in a prior completed segment of this 
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published in the completed segment for the most recent 
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or 
the less-than-fair-value (LFTV) investigation, but the producer is, 
then the cash deposit rate will be the cash deposit rate established 
for the most recently completed segment for the producer of the subject 
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers and 
exporters will continue to be the all-others rate (i.e., 7.80 
percent).\5\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \5\ See Order.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final 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 review period. 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.

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(a)(3). 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 violation subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is being issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).


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    Dated: July 30, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-17250 Filed 8-2-24; 8:45 am]
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