Notice2023-11839
Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
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Published
June 5, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 107 (Monday, June 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36535-36536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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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