Notice2024-10502
Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates From China and Japan; Scheduling of the Final Phase of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations
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May 14, 2024
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International Trade Commission
Abstract
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-694 and 731-TA-1641-1642 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of imports of aluminum lithographic printing plates from China and Japan, provided for in subheading 3701.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, preliminarily determined by the Department of Commerce ("Commerce") to be subsidized by the government of China and sold at less-than-fair-value.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10502]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-694 and 731-TA-1641-1642 (Final)]
Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates From China and Japan;
Scheduling of the Final Phase of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Investigations
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the
final phase of antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos.
701-TA-694 and 731-TA-1641-1642 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act of
1930 (``the Act'') to determine whether an industry in the United
States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the
establishment of an industry in the United States is materially
retarded, by reason of imports of aluminum lithographic printing plates
from China and Japan, provided for in subheading 3701.30.00 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, preliminarily
determined by the Department of Commerce (``Commerce'') to be
subsidized by the government of China and sold at less-than-fair-value.
DATES: May 1, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celia Feldpausch (202) 205-2387,
Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal
on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need
special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact
the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its
internet server (<a href="https://www.usitc.gov">https://www.usitc.gov</a>). The public record for these
investigations may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket
(EDIS) at <a href="https://edis.usitc.gov">https://edis.usitc.gov</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope.--For purposes of these investigations, Commerce has defined
the subject merchandise as ``. . . aluminum lithographic printing
plates. Aluminum lithographic printing plates consist of a flat
substrate containing at least 90 percent aluminum. The aluminum-
containing substrate is generally treated using a mechanical,
electrochemical, or chemical graining process, which is followed by one
or more anodizing treatments that form a hydrophilic layer on the
aluminum-containing substrate. An image-recording, oleophilic layer
that is sensitive to light, including but not limited to ultra-violet,
visible, or infrared, is dispersed in a polymeric binder material that
is applied on top of the hydrophilic layer, generally on one side of
the aluminum lithographic printing plate. The oleophilic light-
sensitive layer is capable of capturing an image that is transferred
onto the plate by either light or heat. The image applied to an
aluminum lithographic printing plate facilitates the production of
newspapers, magazines, books, yearbooks, coupons, packaging, and other
printed materials through an offset printing process, where an aluminum
lithographic printing plate facilitates the transfer of an image onto
the printed media. Aluminum lithographic printing plates within the
scope of these investigations include all aluminum lithographic
printing plates, irrespective of the dimensions or thickness of the
underlying aluminum substrate, whether the plate requires processing
after an image is applied to the plate, whether the plate is ready to
be mounted to a press and used in printing operations immediately after
an image is applied to the plate, or whether the plate has been exposed
to light or heat to create an image on the plate or remains unexposed
and is free of any image.
Subject merchandise also includes aluminum lithographic printing
plates produced from an aluminum sheet coil that has been coated with a
light-sensitive image recording layer in a subject country and that is
subsequently unwound and cut to the final dimensions to produce a
finished plate in a third country (including the United States), or
exposed to light or heat to create an image on the plate in a third
country (including in a foreign trade zone within the United States).
Excluded from the scope of these investigations are lithographic
printing
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plates manufactured using a substrate produced from a material other
than aluminum, such as rubber or plastic. Aluminum lithographic
printing plates are currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff of
the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 3701.30.0000 and 3701.99.6060.
Further, merchandise that falls within the scope of these
investigations may also be entered into the United States under HTSUS
subheadings 3701.99.3000 and 8442.50.1000. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of these investigations is
dispositive.''
Background.--The final phase of these investigations is being
scheduled pursuant to sections 705(b) and 731(b) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b) and 1673d(b)), as a result of affirmative
preliminary determinations by Commerce that certain benefits which
constitute subsidies within the meaning of Sec. 703 of the Act (19
U.S.C. 1671b) are being provided to manufacturers, producers, or
exporters in China of aluminum lithographic printing plates, and that
imports of such products from China and Japan are being sold in the
United States at less than fair value within the meaning of Sec. 733
of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b). The investigations were requested in
petitions filed on September 28, 2023, by Eastman Kodak Company,
Rochester, New York.
For further information concerning the conduct of this phase of the
investigations, hearing procedures, and rules of general application,
consult the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201,
subparts A and B (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A and C (19
CFR part 207).
Participation in the investigations and public service list.--
Persons, including industrial users of the subject merchandise and, if
the merchandise is sold at the retail level, representative consumer
organizations, wishing to participate in the final phase of these
investigations as parties must file an entry of appearance with the
Secretary to the Commission, as provided in Sec. 201.11 of the
Commission's rules, no later than 21 days prior to the hearing date
specified in this notice. A party that filed a notice of appearance
during the preliminary phase of the investigations need not file an
additional notice of appearance during this final phase. The Secretary
will maintain a public service list containing the names and addresses
of all persons, or their representatives, who are parties to the
investigations.
Please note the Secretary's Office will accept only electronic
filings during this time. Filings must be made through the Commission's
Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, <a href="https://edis.usitc.gov">https://edis.usitc.gov</a>).
No in-person paper-based filings or paper copies of any electronic
filings will be accepted until further notice.
Limited disclosure of business proprietary information (BPI) under
an administrative protective order (APO) and BPI service list.--
Pursuant to Sec. 207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the Secretary
will make BPI gathered in the final phase of these investigations
available to authorized applicants under the APO issued in the
investigations, provided that the application is made no later than 21
days prior to the hearing date specified in this notice. Authorized
applicants must represent interested parties, as defined by 19 U.S.C.
1677(9), who are parties to the investigations. A party granted access
to BPI in the preliminary phase of the investigations need not reapply
for such access. A separate service list will be maintained by the
Secretary for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO.
Staff report.--The prehearing staff report in the final phase of
these investigations will be placed in the nonpublic record on August
28, 2024, and a public version will be issued thereafter, pursuant to
Sec. 207.22 of the Commission's rules.
Hearing.--The Commission will hold a hearing in connection with the
final phase of these investigations beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday,
September 12, 2024. Requests to appear at the hearing should be filed
in writing with the Secretary to the Commission on or before Friday,
September 6, 2024. Any requests to appear as a witness via
videoconference must be included with your request to appear. Requests
to appear via videoconference must include a statement explaining why
the witness cannot appear in person; the Chairman, or other person
designated to conduct the investigations, may in their discretion for
good cause shown, grant such a request. Requests to appear as remote
witness due to illness or a positive COVID-19 test result may be
submitted by 3pm the business day prior to the hearing. Further
information about participation in the hearing will be posted on the
Commission's website at <a href="https://www.usitc.gov/calendarpad/calendar.html">https://www.usitc.gov/calendarpad/calendar.html</a>.
A nonparty who has testimony that may aid the Commission's
deliberations may request permission to present a short statement at
the hearing. All parties and nonparties desiring to appear at the
hearing and make oral presentations should attend a prehearing
conference, if deemed necessary, to be held at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday,
September 10, 2024. Parties shall file and serve written testimony and
presentation slides in connection with their presentation at the
hearing by no later than 4:00 p.m. on September 11, 2024 (one business
day prior to hearing). Oral testimony and written materials to be
submitted at the public hearing are governed by sections 201.6(b)(2),
201.13(f), and 207.24 of the Commission's rules. Parties must submit
any request to present a portion of their hearing testimony in camera
no later than 7 business days prior to the date of the hearing.
Written submissions.--Each party who is an interested party shall
submit a prehearing brief to the Commission. Prehearing briefs must
conform with the provisions of Sec. 207.23 of the Commission's rules;
the deadline for filing is September 5, 2024. Parties shall also file
written testimony in connection with their presentation at the hearing,
and posthearing briefs, which must conform with the provisions of Sec.
207.25 of the Commission's rules. The deadline for filing posthearing
briefs is September 19, 2024. In addition, any person who has not
entered an appearance as a party to the investigations may submit a
written statement of information pertinent to the subject of the
investigations, including statements of support or opposition to the
petitions, on or before September 19, 2024. On October 4, 2024, the
Commission will make available to parties all information on which they
have not had an opportunity to comment. Parties may submit final
comments on this information on or before October 8, 2024, but such
final comments must not contain new factual information and must
otherwise comply with Sec. 207.30 of the Commission's rules. All
written submissions must conform with the provisions of Sec. 201.8 of
the Commission's rules; any submissions that contain BPI must also
conform with the requirements of Sec. Sec. 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of
the Commission's rules. The Commission's Handbook on Filing Procedures,
available on the Commission's website at <a href="https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_filing_procedures.pdf">https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_filing_procedures.pdf</a>, elaborates upon the
Commission's procedures with respect to filings.
Additional written submissions to the Commission, including
requests pursuant to Sec. 201.12 of the Commission's rules, shall not
be accepted unless good cause is shown for accepting such submissions,
or unless
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the submission is pursuant to a specific request by a Commissioner or
Commission staff.
In accordance with Sec. Sec. 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the
Commission's rules, each document filed by a party to the
investigations must be served on all other parties to the
investigations (as identified by either the public or BPI service
list), and a certificate of service must be timely filed. The Secretary
will not accept a document for filing without a certificate of service.
Authority: These investigations are being conducted under authority
of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published
pursuant to Sec. 207.21 of the Commission's rules.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: May 9, 2024.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024-10502 Filed 5-13-24; 8:45 am]
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