81_FR_3116 81 FR 3104 - Certain Uncoated Paper From Indonesia: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination

81 FR 3104 - Certain Uncoated Paper From Indonesia: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 12 (January 20, 2016)

Page Range3104-3105
FR Document2016-01026

The Department of Commerce (the Department) determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain uncoated paper from Indonesia. For information on the estimated subsidy rates, see the ``Final Determination and Suspension of Liquidation'' section of this notice. The period of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-560-829]


Certain Uncoated Paper From Indonesia: Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) determines that 
countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters 
of certain uncoated paper from Indonesia. For information on the 
estimated subsidy rates, see the ``Final Determination and Suspension 
of Liquidation'' section of this notice. The period of investigation 
(POI) is January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014.

DATES: Effective: January 20, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger or Brandon Custard, 
Office II, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4136 or (202) 482-1823, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The events that occurred since the Department published the 
Preliminary Determination \1\ on June 29, 2015, are discussed in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum, which is hereby incorporated in this 
notice.\2\ This memorandum also details the changes we made since the 
Preliminary Determination to the subsidy rates calculated for the 
mandatory respondents and all other producers/exporters. 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 http://access.trade.gov, and is available to all 
parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department 
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \1\ See Certain Uncoated Paper From Indonesia: Preliminary 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final 
Determination With Final Antidumping Determination, 80 FR 36971 
(June 29, 2015) (Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 
Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 
Duty Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation of 
Certain Uncoated Paper from Indonesia (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
    \2\ See memorandum entitled, ``Countervailing Duty Investigation 
of Certain Uncoated Paper from Indonesia: Issues and Decision 
Memorandum for the Final Affirmative Determination,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation

    The product covered by this investigation is certain uncoated 
paper. For a complete description of the scope of the investigation, 
see Appendix I.

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and Comments Received

    The subsidy programs under investigation and the issues raised in 
the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in this investigation are 
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, dated concurrently 
with this notice. A list of the issues that parties raised, and to 
which we responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is attached 
to this notice as Appendix II.

Use of Facts Otherwise Available, Including Adverse Inferences

    For purposes of this final determination, we continue to rely on 
facts available and to draw an adverse inference, in accordance with 
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, to determine the subsidy rates for 
Great Champ Trading Limited (Great Champ) and Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper 
TBK (IK) and Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi Kimia (TK) \3\ because these companies 
failed to participate in this investigation and the Government of 
Indonesia (GOI) failed to provide requested information with respect to 
certain programs upon which we initiated an investigation.\4\
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    \3\ We found IK, TK, and PT Pindo Deli Pulp and Paper Mills to 
be cross-owned and, therefore, are assigning them a single 
countervailing duty rate. For further discussion, see Memorandum 
entitled, ``Cross-Ownership of Asia Pulp and Paper/Sinar Mas Group 
Companies: Countervailing Duty Investigation of Uncoated Paper from 
Indonesia,'' dated June 22, 2015.
    \4\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum, at pages 3-9.
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Final Determination and Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 705(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, we 
calculated a rate for PT Anugrah Kertas Utama (AKU) and APRIL Fine 
Paper Macao Commercial Offshore Limited (AFPM) (collectively, the APRIL 
companies). Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act states that, for 
companies not individually investigated, we will determine an ``all-
others'' rate equal to the weighted-average countervailable subsidy 
rates established for exporters and producers individually 
investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis countervailable subsidy 
rates, and any rates determined entirely under section 776 of the Act. 
Where the rates for investigated companies are zero or de minimis, or 
based entirely on facts otherwise available, section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) 
of the Act instructs the Department to establish an ``all-others'' rate 
using ``any reasonable method.'' As discussed above, we determined 
Great Champ's and IK's/TK's rates based entirely on AFA in accordance 
with sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. Therefore, we used the rate 
calculated for the APRIL companies as the ``all-others'' rate. We 
intend to disclose to parties the calculations performed in this 
proceeding within five days of the public announcement of this final 
determination in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    We determine the countervailable subsidy rates to be:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Subsidy
                          Company                                rate
                                                              (percent)
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APRIL Fine Paper Macao Commercial Offshore Limited/PT              21.22
 Anugrah Kertas Utama/PT Riau Andalan Kertas/PT Intiguna
 Primatama/PT Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper/PT Esensindo Cipta
 Cemerlang.................................................
Great Champ Trading Limited................................       104.00
Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper TBK/Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi Kimia/PT          109.15
 Pindo Deli Pulp and Paper Mills...........................
All-Others.................................................        21.22
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    As a result of our affirmative Preliminary Determination, pursuant 
to sections 703(d)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act, we instructed U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of entries of 
subject merchandise from Indonesia which were entered or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after June 29, 2015, the date of the 
publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register.

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    In accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, we later issued 
instructions to CBP to discontinue the suspension of liquidation for 
CVD purposes for subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, on or after October 27, 2015, but to continue the suspension 
of liquidation of all entries from June 29, 2015, through October 26, 
2015, as appropriate.
    We will issue a CVD order and reinstate the suspension of 
liquidation in accordance with our final determination and under 
section 706(a) of the Act if the United States International Trade 
Commission (ITC) issues a final affirmative injury determination, and 
we will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit of estimated 
countervailing duties for such entries of merchandise in the amounts 
indicated above. If the ITC determines that material injury, or threat 
of material injury, does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated 
and all estimated duties deposited as a result of the suspension of 
liquidation will be refunded.

International Trade Commission (ITC) Notification

    In accordance with section 705(d) of the Act, we will notify the 
ITC of our determination. In addition, we are making available to the 
ITC all non-privileged and non-proprietary information related to this 
investigation. We will allow the ITC access to all privileged and 
business proprietary information in our files, provided the ITC 
confirms that it will not disclose such information, either publicly or 
under an administrative protective order (APO), without the written 
consent of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Return or Destruction of Proprietary Information

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to the 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 terms of an APO is a violation which is 
subject to sanction.
    This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 
705(d) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: January 8, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by the investigation includes uncoated 
paper in sheet form; weighing at least 40 grams per square meter but 
not more than 150 grams per square meter; that either is a white 
paper with a GE brightness level \1\ of 85 or higher or is a colored 
paper; whether or not surface-decorated, printed (except as 
described below), embossed, perforated, or punched; irrespective of 
the smoothness of the surface; and irrespective of dimensions 
(Certain Uncoated Paper).
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    \1\ One of the key measurements of any grade of paper is 
brightness. Generally speaking, the brighter the paper the better 
the contrast between the paper and the ink. Brightness is measured 
using a GE Reflectance Scale, which measures the reflection of light 
off a grade of paper. One is the lowest reflection, or what would be 
given to a totally black grade, and 100 is the brightest measured 
grade. ``Colored paper'' as used in this scope definition means a 
paper with a hue other than white that reflects one of the primary 
colors of magenta, yellow, and cyan (red, yellow, and blue) or a 
combination of such primary colors.
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    Certain Uncoated Paper includes (a) uncoated free sheet paper 
that meets this scope definition; (b) uncoated ground wood paper 
produced from bleached chemi-thermo-mechanical pulp (BCTMP) that 
meets this scope definition; and (c) any other uncoated paper that 
meets this scope definition regardless of the type of pulp used to 
produce the paper.
    Specifically excluded from the scope are (1) paper printed with 
final content of printed text or graphics and (2) lined paper 
products, typically school supplies, composed of paper that 
incorporates straight horizontal and/or vertical lines that would 
make the paper unsuitable for copying or printing purposes. For 
purposes of this scope definition, paper shall be considered 
``printed with final content'' where at least one side of the sheet 
has printed text and/or graphics that cover at least five percent of 
the surface area of the entire sheet.
    Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) categories 
4802.56.1000, 4802.56.2000, 4802.56.3000, 4802.56.4000, 
4802.56.6000, 4802.56.7020, 4802.56.7040, 4802.57.1000, 
4802.57.2000, 4802.57.3000, and 4802.57.4000. Some imports of 
subject merchandise may also be classified under 4802.62.1000, 
4802.62.2000, 4802.62.3000, 4802.62.5000, 4802.62.6020, 
4802.62.6040, 4802.69.1000, 4802.69.2000, 4802.69.3000, 4811.90.8050 
and 4811.90.9080. While HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
scope of the investigation is dispositive.

Appendix II

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Use of Facts Otherwise Available
IV. Subsidies Valuation
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Analysis of Comments
    1. Adverse Facts Available for Great Champ
    2. Whether the Stumpage Program Meets the Specificity 
Requirement
    3. Whether the Stumpage Program Applies to Purchases of Felled 
Trees
    4. Whether To Include APRIL's Harvest of Mixed Hardwood Timber 
in Calculating Countervailable Benefits
    5. Whether To Use Malaysian Stumpage Fees as a Benchmark
    6. Whether the Log Export Ban Constitutes a Countervailable 
Subsidy
    7. Selection of Timber Benchmark Values
    8. Adjustments to Log Benchmark Values
    9. Corrections and Revisions to APRIL's Log Harvesting and 
Purchase Data
    10. Whether APRIL Received a Countervailable Debt Forgiveness 
Benefit
    11. Whether APRIL Received a Countervailable Benefit for 
Preferential Loans
    12. Uncreditworthiness
VII. Recommendation

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                                                Comment 8: Calculating APRIL’s Financial              calculated for the mandatory                           Final Determination and Suspension of
                                                   Expenses                                           respondents and all other producers/                   Liquidation
                                              VII. Conclusion                                         exporters. The Issues and Decision
                                              [FR Doc. 2016–01023 Filed 1–19–16; 8:45 am]             Memorandum is a public document and                       In accordance with section
                                                                                                      is on file electronically via Enforcement              705(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, we calculated
                                              BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                                                                      and Compliance’s Antidumping and                       a rate for PT Anugrah Kertas Utama
                                                                                                      Countervailing Duty Centralized                        (AKU) and APRIL Fine Paper Macao
                                              DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  Electronic Service System (ACCESS).                    Commercial Offshore Limited (AFPM)
                                                                                                      ACCESS is available to registered users                (collectively, the APRIL companies).
                                              International Trade Administration                      at http://access.trade.gov, and is                     Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act states
                                                                                                      available to all parties in the Central                that, for companies not individually
                                              [C–560–829]                                                                                                    investigated, we will determine an ‘‘all-
                                                                                                      Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
                                                                                                      Department of Commerce building. In                    others’’ rate equal to the weighted-
                                              Certain Uncoated Paper From
                                                                                                      addition, a complete version of the                    average countervailable subsidy rates
                                              Indonesia: Final Affirmative
                                                                                                      Issues and Decision Memorandum can                     established for exporters and producers
                                              Countervailing Duty Determination
                                                                                                      be accessed directly at http://                        individually investigated, excluding any
                                              AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,                   enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html.                  zero and de minimis countervailable
                                              International Trade Administration,                     The signed Issues and Decision                         subsidy rates, and any rates determined
                                              Commerce.                                               Memorandum and the electronic                          entirely under section 776 of the Act.
                                              SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce                     version of the Issues and Decision                     Where the rates for investigated
                                              (the Department) determines that                        Memorandum are identical in content.                   companies are zero or de minimis, or
                                              countervailable subsidies are being                                                                            based entirely on facts otherwise
                                              provided to producers and exporters of                  Scope of the Investigation                             available, section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the
                                              certain uncoated paper from Indonesia.                                                                         Act instructs the Department to
                                              For information on the estimated                          The product covered by this                          establish an ‘‘all-others’’ rate using ‘‘any
                                              subsidy rates, see the ‘‘Final                          investigation is certain uncoated paper.               reasonable method.’’ As discussed
                                              Determination and Suspension of                         For a complete description of the scope                above, we determined Great Champ’s
                                              Liquidation’’ section of this notice. The               of the investigation, see Appendix I.                  and IK’s/TK’s rates based entirely on
                                              period of investigation (POI) is January                Analysis of Subsidy Programs and                       AFA in accordance with sections 776(a)
                                              1, 2014, through December 31, 2014.                     Comments Received                                      and (b) of the Act. Therefore, we used
                                              DATES: Effective: January 20, 2016.                                                                            the rate calculated for the APRIL
                                                                                                         The subsidy programs under                          companies as the ‘‘all-others’’ rate. We
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                      investigation and the issues raised in                 intend to disclose to parties the
                                              David Goldberger or Brandon Custard,
                                                                                                      the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in             calculations performed in this
                                              Office II, AD/CVD Operations,
                                                                                                      this investigation are discussed in the                proceeding within five days of the
                                              Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                                                                      Issues and Decision Memorandum,                        public announcement of this final
                                              International Trade Administration,
                                                                                                      dated concurrently with this notice. A                 determination in accordance with 19
                                              U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
                                                                                                      list of the issues that parties raised, and            CFR 351.224(b).
                                              Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
                                                                                                      to which we responded in the Issues                       We determine the countervailable
                                              Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
                                                                                                      and Decision Memorandum, is attached                   subsidy rates to be:
                                              482–4136 or (202) 482–1823,
                                                                                                      to this notice as Appendix II.
                                              respectively.
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Subsidy rate
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                      Use of Facts Otherwise Available,                                      Company                            (percent)
                                                                                                      Including Adverse Inferences
                                              Background                                                                                                     APRIL Fine Paper Macao Com-
                                                                                                        For purposes of this final                             mercial Offshore Limited/PT
                                                The events that occurred since the                    determination, we continue to rely on
                                              Department published the Preliminary                                                                             Anugrah Kertas Utama/PT
                                                                                                      facts available and to draw an adverse                   Riau Andalan Kertas/PT
                                              Determination 1 on June 29, 2015, are                   inference, in accordance with sections                   Intiguna Primatama/PT Riau
                                              discussed in the Issues and Decision                    776(a) and (b) of the Act, to determine                  Andalan Pulp & Paper/PT
                                              Memorandum, which is hereby                             the subsidy rates for Great Champ                        Esensindo Cipta Cemerlang                             21.22
                                              incorporated in this notice.2 This                      Trading Limited (Great Champ) and                      Great Champ Trading Limited ..                         104.00
                                              memorandum also details the changes                     Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper TBK (IK) and                   Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper TBK/
                                              we made since the Preliminary                           Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi Kimia (TK) 3
                                                                                                                                                               Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi Kimia/PT
                                              Determination to the subsidy rates                                                                               Pindo Deli Pulp and Paper
                                                                                                      because these companies failed to                        Mills .......................................        109.15
                                                1 See
                                                                                                      participate in this investigation and the              All-Others ..................................           21.22
                                                      Certain Uncoated Paper From Indonesia:
                                              Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty             Government of Indonesia (GOI) failed to
                                              Determination and Alignment of Final                    provide requested information with                       As a result of our affirmative
                                              Determination With Final Antidumping                    respect to certain programs upon which                 Preliminary Determination, pursuant to
                                              Determination, 80 FR 36971 (June 29, 2015)              we initiated an investigation.4
                                              (Preliminary Determination), and accompanying                                                                  sections 703(d)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act,
                                              Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary                                                                        we instructed U.S. Customs and Border
                                              Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination in           3 We found IK, TK, and PT Pindo Deli Pulp and
                                                                                                                                                             Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation
                                              the Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain        Paper Mills to be cross-owned and, therefore, are
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                                              Uncoated Paper from Indonesia (Preliminary              assigning them a single countervailing duty rate.      of entries of subject merchandise from
                                              Decision Memorandum).                                   For further discussion, see Memorandum entitled,       Indonesia which were entered or
                                                2 See memorandum entitled, ‘‘Countervailing           ‘‘Cross-Ownership of Asia Pulp and Paper/Sinar         withdrawn from warehouse, for
                                              Duty Investigation of Certain Uncoated Paper from       Mas Group Companies: Countervailing Duty               consumption on or after June 29, 2015,
                                              Indonesia: Issues and Decision Memorandum for           Investigation of Uncoated Paper from Indonesia,’’
                                              the Final Affirmative Determination,’’ dated            dated June 22, 2015.                                   the date of the publication of the
                                              concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision         4 See Issues and Decision Memorandum, at pages      Preliminary Determination in the
                                              Memorandum).                                            3–9.                                                   Federal Register.


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                                                 In accordance with section 703(d) of                   Dated: January 8, 2016.                               II. Background
                                              the Act, we later issued instructions to                Paul Piquado,                                           III. Use of Facts Otherwise Available
                                              CBP to discontinue the suspension of                    Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and                 IV. Subsidies Valuation
                                                                                                      Compliance.                                             V. Analysis of Programs
                                              liquidation for CVD purposes for subject                                                                        VI. Analysis of Comments
                                              merchandise entered, or withdrawn                       Appendix I                                                 1. Adverse Facts Available for Great
                                              from warehouse, on or after October 27,                                                                               Champ
                                              2015, but to continue the suspension of                 Scope of the Investigation                                 2. Whether the Stumpage Program Meets
                                              liquidation of all entries from June 29,                   The merchandise covered by the                             the Specificity Requirement
                                              2015, through October 26, 2015, as                      investigation includes uncoated paper in                   3. Whether the Stumpage Program Applies
                                                                                                      sheet form; weighing at least 40 grams per                    to Purchases of Felled Trees
                                              appropriate.
                                                                                                      square meter but not more than 150 grams                   4. Whether To Include APRIL’s Harvest of
                                                 We will issue a CVD order and                        per square meter; that either is a white paper                Mixed Hardwood Timber in Calculating
                                              reinstate the suspension of liquidation                 with a GE brightness level 1 of 85 or higher                  Countervailable Benefits
                                              in accordance with our final                            or is a colored paper; whether or not surface-             5. Whether To Use Malaysian Stumpage
                                                                                                      decorated, printed (except as described                       Fees as a Benchmark
                                              determination and under section 706(a)
                                                                                                      below), embossed, perforated, or punched;                  6. Whether the Log Export Ban Constitutes
                                              of the Act if the United States                         irrespective of the smoothness of the surface;                a Countervailable Subsidy
                                              International Trade Commission (ITC)                    and irrespective of dimensions (Certain                    7. Selection of Timber Benchmark Values
                                              issues a final affirmative injury                       Uncoated Paper).                                           8. Adjustments to Log Benchmark Values
                                              determination, and we will instruct CBP                    Certain Uncoated Paper includes (a)                     9. Corrections and Revisions to APRIL’s
                                              to require a cash deposit of estimated                  uncoated free sheet paper that meets this                     Log Harvesting and Purchase Data
                                              countervailing duties for such entries of               scope definition; (b) uncoated ground wood                 10. Whether APRIL Received a
                                                                                                      paper produced from bleached chemi-                           Countervailable Debt Forgiveness Benefit
                                              merchandise in the amounts indicated                    thermo-mechanical pulp (BCTMP) that meets
                                              above. If the ITC determines that                                                                                  11. Whether APRIL Received a
                                                                                                      this scope definition; and (c) any other                      Countervailable Benefit for Preferential
                                              material injury, or threat of material                  uncoated paper that meets this scope                          Loans
                                              injury, does not exist, this proceeding                 definition regardless of the type of pulp used
                                                                                                                                                                 12. Uncreditworthiness
                                              will be terminated and all estimated                    to produce the paper.
                                                                                                                                                              VII. Recommendation
                                              duties deposited as a result of the                        Specifically excluded from the scope are
                                                                                                      (1) paper printed with final content of                 [FR Doc. 2016–01026 Filed 1–19–16; 8:45 am]
                                              suspension of liquidation will be                       printed text or graphics and (2) lined paper            BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                              refunded.                                               products, typically school supplies,
                                                                                                      composed of paper that incorporates straight
                                              International Trade Commission (ITC)
                                                                                                      horizontal and/or vertical lines that would             DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                              Notification                                            make the paper unsuitable for copying or
                                                                                                      printing purposes. For purposes of this scope           International Trade Administration
                                                In accordance with section 705(d) of                  definition, paper shall be considered
                                              the Act, we will notify the ITC of our                  ‘‘printed with final content’’ where at least           [A–471–807]
                                              determination. In addition, we are                      one side of the sheet has printed text and/
                                              making available to the ITC all non-                    or graphics that cover at least five percent of         Certain Uncoated Paper From
                                              privileged and non-proprietary                          the surface area of the entire sheet.                   Portugal: Final Determination of Sales
                                              information related to this investigation.                 Imports of the subject merchandise are               at Less Than Fair Value and Final
                                                                                                      provided for under Harmonized Tariff
                                              We will allow the ITC access to all                                                                             Negative Determination of Critical
                                                                                                      Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
                                              privileged and business proprietary                     categories 4802.56.1000, 4802.56.2000,                  Circumstances
                                              information in our files, provided the                  4802.56.3000, 4802.56.4000, 4802.56.6000,               AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,
                                              ITC confirms that it will not disclose                  4802.56.7020, 4802.56.7040, 4802.57.1000,
                                                                                                                                                              International Trade Administration,
                                              such information, either publicly or                    4802.57.2000, 4802.57.3000, and
                                                                                                      4802.57.4000. Some imports of subject                   Commerce.
                                              under an administrative protective order                                                                        SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
                                                                                                      merchandise may also be classified under
                                              (APO), without the written consent of                   4802.62.1000, 4802.62.2000, 4802.62.3000,               (‘‘the Department’’) determines that
                                              the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement                 4802.62.5000, 4802.62.6020, 4802.62.6040,               certain uncoated paper (‘‘uncoated
                                              and Compliance.                                         4802.69.1000, 4802.69.2000, 4802.69.3000,               paper’’) from Portugal is being, or is
                                                                                                      4811.90.8050 and 4811.90.9080. While                    likely to be, sold in the United States at
                                              Return or Destruction of Proprietary                    HTSUS subheadings are provided for
                                              Information                                                                                                     less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’), as
                                                                                                      convenience and customs purposes, the
                                                                                                                                                              provided in section 735(a) of the Tariff
                                                                                                      written description of the scope of the
                                                This notice serves as the only                        investigation is dispositive.                           Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’).
                                              reminder to parties subject to the                                                                              The period of investigation (‘‘POI’’) is
                                              administrative protective order (APO) of                Appendix II                                             January 1, 2014, through December 31,
                                              their responsibility concerning the                     List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and              2014. The final dumping margins of
                                              destruction of proprietary information                  Decision Memorandum                                     sales at LTFV are listed below in the
                                              disclosed under APO in accordance                       I. Summary                                              ‘‘Final Determination’’ section of this
                                              with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely                                                                               notice.
                                              written notification of the return/                        1 One of the key measurements of any grade of
                                                                                                                                                              DATES: Effective: January 20, 2016.
                                              destruction of APO materials or                         paper is brightness. Generally speaking, the brighter
                                                                                                      the paper the better the contrast between the paper     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                              conversion to judicial protective order is              and the ink. Brightness is measured using a GE          Kabir Archuletta, AD/CVD Operations,
                                              hereby requested. Failure to comply
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                                                                                                      Reflectance Scale, which measures the reflection of     Office V, Enforcement and Compliance,
                                              with the regulations and terms of an                    light off a grade of paper. One is the lowest
                                                                                                                                                              International Trade Administration,
                                              APO is a violation which is subject to                  reflection, or what would be given to a totally black
                                                                                                      grade, and 100 is the brightest measured grade.         U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
                                              sanction.                                               ‘‘Colored paper’’ as used in this scope definition      Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
                                                This determination is issued and                      means a paper with a hue other than white that          Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
                                                                                                      reflects one of the primary colors of magenta,
                                              published pursuant to sections 705(d)                   yellow, and cyan (red, yellow, and blue) or a           482–2593.
                                              and 777(i) of the Act.                                  combination of such primary colors.                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:



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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesEffective: January 20, 2016.
ContactDavid Goldberger or Brandon Custard, Office II, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482- 4136 or (202) 482-1823, respectively.
FR Citation81 FR 3104 

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