Notice2026-09455
Paper File Folders From India: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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May 13, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Navneet Education Limited (Navneet), a producer/ exporter subject to this review, made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), May 17, 2023, through October 31, 2024. In addition, we are rescinding the review, in part, with respect to Kokuyo Riddhi Paper Products Private Limited (Kokuyo). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 13, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27007-27009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09455]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-910]
Paper File Folders From India: Preliminary Results and
Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-
2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that Navneet Education Limited (Navneet), a producer/
exporter subject to this review, made sales of subject merchandise at
less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), May 17,
2023, through October 31, 2024. In addition, we are rescinding the
review, in part, with respect to Kokuyo Riddhi Paper Products Private
Limited (Kokuyo). Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable May 13, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliza DeLong, 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) 482-3878.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 21, 2023, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review
of the antidumping duty (AD) order on paper file folders from India.\1\
On December 19, 2024, Commerce stated its intent to rescind this
administrative review, in part, with respect to Kokuyo because this
company had no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the
POR.\2\ On January 16, 2025, we issued the initial AD questionnaire to
Navneet.\3\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 102856 (December 18, 2024); see also
Paper File Folders from the People's Republic of China, India, and
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders; and
Paper File Folders from India: Countervailing Duty Order, 88 FR
81048 (November 21, 2023) (Order).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated December 19, 2024 (Intent to Rescind Memorandum).
\3\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Initial AD Questionnaire,'' dated
December 16, 2025.
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\4\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24,
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an
additional 21 days.\5\ On December 9, 2025, in accordance with section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce
extended the deadline for these preliminary results by120 days.\6\
Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary results is now May 7,
2026.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated December
9, 2025.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is included as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
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/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Paper File Folders from India; 2023-2024,'' 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 scope of this Order is paper file
folders from India. For a complete description of the scope, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to
rescind an administrative review of an AD order where it concludes that
there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise during the
POR.\8\ Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the
suspended entries are liquidated at the AD assessment rate for the
review period.\9\ Therefore, for an administrative review to be
conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce
can instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at
the AD assessment rate calculated for the POR.\10\
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\8\ See, e.g., Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to Length
Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of Antidumping
Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4154 (January 24, 2023).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\10\ See, e.g., Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co. v. United States,
380 F. Supp. 3d 1328, 1337 (CIT 2019), at 12 (referring to section
751(a) of the Act, the U.S. Court of International Trade held that
``{w{time} hile the statute does not explicitly require that an
entry be suspended as a prerequisite for establishing entitlement to
a review, it does explicitly state the determined rate will be used
as the liquidation rate for the reviewed entries. This result can
only obtain if the liquidation of entries has been suspended''; see
also Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019, 86 FR 36102 (July 8,
2021), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 4;
and Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian
Federation: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 77 FR 65532, 65533 (October 29, 2012) (noting that ``for an
administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable,
suspended entry to be liquidated at the newly calculated assessment
rate'').
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Commerce notified all interested parties of its intent to rescind
the instant review for Kokuyo because there were no reviewable,
suspended entries of subject merchandise from it during the POR.\11\ We
received no comments from interested parties. Therefore, in the absence
of any suspended entries of subject merchandise from this company
during the POR, we are rescinding this administrative review for
Kokuyo, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\11\ See Intent to Rescind Memorandum.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Act. We calculated export price in accordance with
section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773
of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following estimated weighted-average dumping
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margin exists for the period May 17, 2023, through October 31, 2024:
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Weighted-average
Exporter/producer dumping margin
(percent)
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Navneet Education Limited.......................... 5.65
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results 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 the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 21 days after the date
of the publication of this notice.\12\ 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.\13\ Interested parties who
submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a
table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\14\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\13\ 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).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\15\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
public 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).\16\
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\15\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\16\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing 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.\17\ Requests should contain: (1) the
party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants, and whether any participant is a foreign national; and
(3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will
be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. If a request
for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the time and date
for the hearing.\18\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date,
time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\18\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
hearing requests, must be filed via ACCESS.\19\ An electronically filed
document must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that Commerce
has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of
documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\20\
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\19\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\20\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in
accordance with the final results of this review. If Navneet's
weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less
than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review, Commerce
intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the basis of
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's
examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales. Where we
do not have entered values for all U.S. sales to a particular importer,
we will calculate an importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate on the
basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the
importer's examined sales to the total quantity of those sales.\21\ To
determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is de
minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will
calculate an importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated
entered values. If Navneet's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or
de minimis or where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is
zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.\22\
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\21\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\22\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Navneet
for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the
United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at
the all-others rate calculated in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.\23\
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\23\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For Kokuyo, for which the review is being rescinded, Commerce will
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.
Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit
rate for 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 rescission instructions to
CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this
notice 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
of this notice).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate Navneet will be that
established in the final results of this review, except if the rate is
less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of
19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero;
(2) for
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previously investigated or reviewed companies not covered by this
review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific
cash deposit rate published for the most recently completed segment of
this proceeding in which the company participated; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review, or the LTFV investigation, but
the manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate
established for the most recent segment for the manufacturer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 13.44 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.\24\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\24\ See Order.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping
duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the
amount of the countervailing duties.
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
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 7, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
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. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-09455 Filed 5-12-26; 8:45 am]
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