Notice2024-23499
Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
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Published
October 10, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to Navneet Education Limited (Navneet), a producer/exporter of certain lined paper products (lined paper) from India. The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82212-82213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23499]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-844]
Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to Navneet
Education Limited (Navneet), a producer/exporter of certain lined paper
products (lined paper) from India. The period of review (POR) is
January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable October 10, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Zukowski, 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) 482-0189.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 28, 2006, Commerce published the countervailing duty
order on lined paper from India in the Federal Register.\1\ On November
15, 2023, based on timely requests for review, Commerce initiated this
administrative review of the Order.\2\ On January 18, 2024, Commerce
issued the initial questionnaire to Navneet, the sole producer/exporter
subject to this administrative review.\3\ On May 2, 2024, Commerce
extended the deadline for the preliminary results of this review until
September 27, 2024.\4\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain
deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\5\ The
deadline for the preliminary results is now October 4, 2024.
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\1\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value: Certain Lined Paper Products from the People's
Republic of China; Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Lined
Paper Products from India, Indonesia and the People's Republic of
China; and Notice of Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Lined Paper
Products from India and Indonesia, 71 FR 56949 (September 28, 2006)
(Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 78298 (November 15, 2023).
\3\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Countervailing Duty
Questionnaire,'' dated January 18, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Lined Paper Products from India:
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review,'' dated May 2, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
provided as the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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). ACCESS is available to
registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Certain Lined Paper Products from India; 2022,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is lined paper from India. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For
each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, Commerce
preliminarily determines that there is a subsidy, i.e. , a financial
contribution by an ``authority'' that gives rise to a benefit to the
recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\7\ For a full description
of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
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\7\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following net countervailable subsidy rate exists for the POR, January
1, 2022, through December 31, 2022:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Navneet Education Limited.............................. 2.50
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed in connection with these preliminary results to interested
parties within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no
public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of
this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Because Commerce intends to address the new subsidy allegations
following these preliminary results, interested parties will be
notified of the deadline for the submission of case briefs at a later
date.\8\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs,
may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case
briefs.\9\ Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs
in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each
issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\10\ All briefs must be filed
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on the established deadline.
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for
general filing requirements).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Procedures).
\10\ See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their briefs that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs
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a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\11\
Further, we request that interested parties limit their executive
summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including
citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis
of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum
that will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant
citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\12\
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\11\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\12\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS by 5:00
p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be
limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is
made, Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the
hearing.\13\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review. 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
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, upon publication of
the final results, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amount indicated
above with regard to shipments of subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this review, except where the rate
calculated in the final results is zero or de minimis. These cash
deposit instructions, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Final Results
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(a) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of issues by the parties in any written briefs, no later than
120 days after the date of publication of these preliminary results.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: October 4, 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.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Diversification of India's Economy
V. Subsidies Valuation
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2024-23499 Filed 10-9-24; 8:45 am]
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