Notice2024-05265
Lightweight Thermal Paper From Japan: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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Published
March 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18372-18373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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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