[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39982-39983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17294]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-471-807]
Certain Uncoated Paper From Portugal: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain
uncoated paper (uncoated paper) from Portugal is being, or is likely to
be sold, at less than normal value during the period of review (POR),
August 26, 2015, through February 28, 2017.
DATES: Applicable August 13, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Bethea, 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) 482-1491.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this review is uncoated paper from Portugal.
For a full description of the scope, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this
notice.\1\
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\1\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Uncoated
Paper from Portugal; 2015-2017,'' dated concurrently with this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to
this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\2\
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A list of the issues that parties raised and to which we responded is
attached to this notice as an Appendix. The Issues and 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 https://access.trade.gov and in the Central Records
Unit (CRU), room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
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\2\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Uncoated Paper from Portugal:
Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2017,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties, we have recalculated The Navigator Company, S.A.'s
(Navigator) weighted-average dumping margin using facts otherwise
available for Navigator's home market bonus discounts and facts
otherwise available with an adverse inference for certain of
Navigator's U.S. brokerage and handling expenses. For further
discussion, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Final Results of the Review
We determine that, for the period of March 1, 2016, through
February 28, 2017, the following weighted-average dumping margin
exists:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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The Navigator Company, S.A................................. 37.34
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Duty Assessment
Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries
covered by this review.
In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Sidenor
for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.
We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after the
publication date of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review 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 Navigator will
be the rate established in the final results of this administrative
review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or exporters not
covered in this administrative review but covered in a prior segment of
the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the original investigation, but the producer is, the
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the subject
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 7.80 percent, the all-others rate
established in the investigation.\3\ These cash deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\3\ See Certain Uncoated Paper from Portugal: Final
Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value and Final Negative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 81 FR 3105 (January 20,
2016).
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and
the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction
of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
Dated: August 6, 2018.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations, performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Final Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. List of Comments
III. Background
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
VI. Discussion of Comments
Comment 1: Commerce's Liquidation Instructions
Comment 2: Navigator's Allocated U.S. Brokerage and Handling
Comment 3: Navigator's Home Market Bonus Discounts
Comment 4: Navigator's Reporting of Home Market Indirect Selling
Expenses
VII. Recommendation
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