Thermal Paper From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Hansol Paper Company (Hansol) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), November 1, 2024, through October 31, 2025. In addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to 16 companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 200 (Monday, October 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66104-66106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21361]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-911]


Thermal Paper From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and 
Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-
2025

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that Hansol Paper Company (Hansol) made sales of subject 
merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review 
(POR), November 1, 2024, through October 31, 2025. In addition, we are 
rescinding the review with respect to 16 companies. Interested parties 
are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.

DATES: Applicable October 19, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Beuley, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3269.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 27, 2026, based on timely requests for review, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on thermal paper from the Republic 
of Korea (Korea).\1\ On February 23, 2026, Commerce selected Hansol as 
the mandatory respondent in this review.\2\ On April 27, 2026, Domtar 
Corporation and Appvion, LLC (collectively, the petitioners) timely 
withdrew their review requests for the 16 companies listed in 
Attachment II.\3\ On August 18, 2026, we extended the preliminary 
results of this review to no later than October 14, 2026.\4\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 91 FR 3421 (January 27, 2026); see also 
Thermal Paper from Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Spain: 
Antidumping Duty Orders, 86 FR 66284 (November 22, 2021) (Order).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated February 23, 
2026.
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Partial Withdrawal of Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated April 27, 2026.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of 2024-2025 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated 
August 18, 2026.
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\ 
A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
is attached as Appendix I 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/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 
on Thermal Paper from the Republic of Korea; 2024-2025,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is thermal paper from Korea. 
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested a 
review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of publication 
of notice of initiation. As noted above, Commerce received timely-filed 
withdrawal requests with respect to the companies listed in Appendix 
II, and no other parties requested an administrative review of these 
companies. Therefore, we are rescinding this administrative review with 
respect to the companies listed in Appendix II, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1).

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed 
export price is calculated 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 Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the 
following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the 
period November 1, 2024, through October 31, 2025:

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                                                        Weighted-average
                  Producer/exporter                      dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Hansol Paper Company.................................               1.69
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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 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 to no later than 21 days after the 
date of the publication of this notice.\6\ 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.\7\ 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.\8\ 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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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
    \7\ 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).
    \8\ 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.\9\ 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

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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).\10\
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    \9\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \10\ 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. 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. 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.\11\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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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 U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review.
    If Hansol'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 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.\12\ 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 Hansol'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.\13\
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \13\ 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 Hansol 
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.\14\
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    \14\ 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 the companies listed in Appendix II 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.
    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding 
Hansol 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

    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 for the company 
listed above 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 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 6.19 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV 
investigation.\15\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \15\ See Order, 86 FR at 66286.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping 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 duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 
CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: October 14, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Recommendation

Appendix II

Companies for Which the Review Is Rescinded

1. Akon Rulo Kagit Plastik Imalat IHR ITH. SAN. TIC. A.S.
2. Amtress (M) Sdn. Bhd.
3. Besto Sdn. Bhd.
4. Convertidoras PCM, S.A. de C.V.
5. Dor Etiket San VE Tic. Ltd.
6. Engin Kagir Mamulleri San. Tic.
7. Formas para Negocios, S.A. de C.V.
8. Formularios de Mexico S.A. de C.V.
9. Kagit Mamulleri San. Tic. Ltd., Stl.
10. Kooka Paper Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd.
11. Papeles y Conversiones de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
12. Sailing Paper (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.

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13. ShenZhen Sailing Paper Co., Ltd.
14. Tele-Paper (M) Sdn. Bhd.
15. Wellden (M) Sdn. Bhd.
16. Wingle Industrial (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.

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