Federal Register, Volume 78 Issue 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2013)

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62584-62585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24711]

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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; Calendar Year 2011

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain
lined paper products from India. The period of review (POR) is January
1, 2011, through December 31, 2011, and the review covers one producer/
exporter of the subject merchandise, A.R. Printing & Packaging India
Pvt. Ltd. (AR Printing). We have preliminarily determined that AR
Printing received countervailable subsidies during the POR. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: October 22, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia M. Tran, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1503.

Scope of the Order

The merchandise subject to the Lined Paper Order \1\ is certain
lined paper products. The products are currently classifiable under the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers:
4811.90.9035, 4811.90.9080, 4820.30.0040, 4810.22.5044, 4811.90.9050,
4811.90.9090, 4820.10.2010, 4820.10.2020, 4820.10.2030, 4820.10.2040,
4820.10.2050, 4820.10.2060, and 4820.10.4000. Although the HTSUS
numbers are provided for convenience and Customs purposes, the written
product description, available in the Lined Paper Order, remains
dispositive.\2\
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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)
(Lined Paper Order).
\2\ See ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of the
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Certain Lined Paper
Products from India,'' from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul
Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated
concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum) for
a complete description of the scope of the Lined Paper Order.
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The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on
file electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS).
IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov
and in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the
electronic version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.

Methodology

The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided
financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient,
and that the subsidy is specific. See sections 771(5)(B) and (D)

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of the Act regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the
Act regarding benefit; and, section 771(5A) of the Act regarding
specificity. For a full description of the methodology underlying all
of the Department's preliminary conclusions, see Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of Review

The Department has preliminarily determined that the following net
subsidy rates exist for the period January 1, 2011, through December
31, 2011:

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Company Net subsidy rate
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A.R. Printing & Packaging India Pvt. Ltd.. 2.94 percent ad valorem.
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Disclosure and Public Comment

The Department will disclose to parties to this proceeding the
calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within five
days of the date of publication of these preliminary results.\3\
Interested parties may submit written arguments (case briefs) within 30
days of publication of the preliminary results and rebuttal comments
(rebuttal briefs) within five days after the time limit for filing the
case briefs.\4\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must
be limited to issues raised in the case briefs. Parties who submit
arguments are requested to submit with the argument: (1) Statement of
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of
authorities.
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\3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, or to participate
if one is requested, must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce,
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\5\
Requests should contain the party's name, address, and telephone
number, the number of participants, and a list of the issues to be
discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, we will inform parties
of the scheduled date for the hearing, which will be held at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, at a time and location to be determined.\6\
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the
hearing.
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\6\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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Parties are reminded that briefs and hearing requests are to be
filed electronically using IA ACCESS and that electronically filed
documents must be received successfully in their entirety by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on the due date.
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act, the Department will issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the
issues raised by parties in their comments, within 120 days after
issuance of these preliminary results.

Assessment Rates

Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine,
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review. We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Instructions

The Department also intends to instruct CBP to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties for the respondent in the
amount of the net subsidy rate calculated for calendar year 2011 on all
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. For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct
CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the
most recent company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the
company. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
This administrative review and notice are in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.

Dated: September 30, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum:

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
A. Allocation Period
B. Attribution
C. Benchmarks for Loans and Discount Rates
V. Analysis of Programs
A. Programs Preliminarily Determined to be Countervailable
1. Pre- and Post-Shipment Export Financing
2. Duty-Free Import of Capital Goods and Raw Materials for
Export Oriented Units (EOUs)
VI. Conclusion

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