82_FR_57181 82 FR 56951 - Lightweight Thermal Paper From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016

82 FR 56951 - Lightweight Thermal Paper From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 230 (December 1, 2017)

Page Range56951-56953
FR Document2017-25903

The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on lightweight thermal paper (LWTP) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of review (POR) is November 1, 2015, through October 31, 2016. The review covers three exporters of subject merchandise: Shenzhen Formers Printing Co., Ltd. (Formers), Sailing International Limited (Sailing), and Suzhou Xiandai Paper Production Co (Xiandai). The Department preliminarily finds that Formers, Sailing, and Xiandai have not demonstrated eligibility for a separate rate in this segment of the proceeding, and therefore, for the preliminary results, we are treating Formers, Sailing, and Xiandai as part of the PRC-wide entity. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-920]


Lightweight Thermal Paper From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-
2016

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on lightweight 
thermal paper (LWTP) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The 
period of review (POR) is November 1, 2015, through October 31, 2016. 
The review covers three exporters of subject merchandise: Shenzhen 
Formers Printing Co., Ltd. (Formers), Sailing International Limited 
(Sailing), and Suzhou Xiandai Paper Production Co (Xiandai). The 
Department preliminarily finds that Formers, Sailing, and Xiandai have 
not demonstrated eligibility for a separate rate in this segment of the 
proceeding, and therefore, for the preliminary results, we are treating 
Formers, Sailing, and Xiandai as part of the PRC-wide entity. 
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable December 1, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Rosen, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7814.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On January 13, 2017, the Department initiated the eighth 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on LWTP from the 
PRC on three exporters: Formers, Sailing, and Xiandai.\1\ In the 
Initiation Notice, the Department stated that all firms identified in 
the notice that wished to qualify for separate rate status in the 
administrative review must complete either a separate rate application 
or certification, due to the Department no later than 30 calendar days 
after the publication of the notice, i.e., February 13, 2017.\2\ None 
of the respondents--Formers, Sailing, and Xiandai--timely submitted 
either a complete separate rate application or separate rate 
certification or a statement of ``no shipments'' during the POR. 
Nevertheless, per our practice, on March 16, 2017, the Department 
uploaded and released onto the administrative record of this proceeding 
an antidumping questionnaire to each exporter, Formers, Sailing, and 
Xiandai. However, due to an inadvertent oversight, the Department did 
not issue a physical copy of the questionnaire to any respondent, as is 
the Department's practice when foreign firms are not represented by 
counsel in the United States or representatives thereof have not 
otherwise contacted the Department, and thus, the Department was unable 
to confirm whether parties received the questionnaire. Therefore, on 
July 28, 2017, the Department reissued the antidumping questionnaire to 
Formers, Sailing and Xiandai, served physical copies of the 
questionnaires on all the respondents in accordance with its standard 
practice, and extended the due date of the questionnaire response.\3\ 
On September 7, 2017, the Department requested a U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) data file of entries of subject merchandise 
associated with Sailing, Formers or Xiandai during the POR. On 
September 11, 2017, the Department received a response to its request 
indicating there were no suspended AD/CVD entries associated with 
Sailing, Formers or Xiandai during the POR.\4\ For a complete 
description of the events that followed the initiation of

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this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 4294 (January 13, 2017) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \2\ Id. at 4295.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Due Date to Respond to the Department's 
Initial Questionnaire,'' dated July 28, 2017.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection Import 
Data,'' dated September 11, 2017.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary 
Results of the 2015-2016 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Lightweight Thermal Paper from the People's Republic of China'' 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with and 
hereby adopted by this notice.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order includes certain lightweight 
thermal paper, which is thermal paper with a basis weight of 70 grams 
per square meter (g/m2) (with a tolerance of  4.0 g/m2) or 
less; irrespective of dimensions; \6\ with or without a base coat \7\ 
on one or both sides; with thermal active coating(s) \8\ on one or both 
sides that is a mixture of the dye and the developer that react and 
form an image when heat is applied; with or without a top coat; \9\ and 
without an adhesive backing. Certain lightweight thermal paper is 
typically (but not exclusively) used in point-of-sale applications such 
as ATM receipts, credit card receipts, gas pump receipts, and retail 
store receipts. The merchandise subject to this order may be classified 
in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 
subheadings 3703.10.60, 4811.59.20, 4811.90.8040, 4811.90.9090, 
4820.10.20, 4823.40.00, 4811.90.8030, 4811.90.8050, 4811.90.9030, and 
4811.90.9050.10 11 Although HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
scope of this order is dispositive.
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    \6\ LWTP is typically produced in jumbo rolls that are slit to 
the specifications of the converting equipment and then converted 
into finished slit rolls. Both jumbo and converted rolls (as well as 
LWTP in any other form, presentation, or dimension) are covered by 
the scope of these orders.
    \7\ A base coat, when applied, is typically made of clay and/or 
latex and like materials and is intended to cover the rough surface 
of the paper substrate and to provide insulating value.
    \8\ A thermal active coating is typically made of sensitizer, 
dye, and co-reactant.
    \9\ A top coat, when applied, is typically made of polyvinyl 
acetone, polyvinyl alcohol, and/or like materials and is intended to 
provide environmental protection, an improved surface for press 
printing, and/or wear protection for the thermal print head.
    \10\ HTSUS subheading 4811.90.8000 was a classification used for 
LWTP until January 1, 2007. Effective that date, subheading 
4811.90.8000 was replaced with 4811.90.8020 (for gift wrap, a non-
subject product) and 4811.90.8040 (for ``other'' including LWTP). 
HTSUS subheading 4811.90.9000 was a classification for LWTP until 
July 1, 2005. Effective that date, subheading 4811.90.9000 was 
replaced with 4811.90.9010 (for tissue paper, a non-subject product) 
and 4811.90.9090 (for ``other,'' including LWTP).
    \11\ As of January 1, 2009, the International Trade Commission 
deleted HTSUS subheadings 4811.90.8040 and 4811.90.9090 and added 
HTSUS subheadings 4811.90.8030, 4811.90.8050, 4811.90.9030, and 
4811.90.9050 to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(2009). See Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (2009), 
available at www.usitc.gov. These HTSUS subheadings were added to 
the scope of the order in LWTP's LTFV investigation.
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 
CFR 351.213. For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics 
included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included in the 
Appendix 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 
http://access.trade.gov, and ACCESS 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 Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Separate Rates and Preliminary Results of Review

    Because Sailing and Xiandai did not respond to the Department's 
antidumping duty questionnaire, the Department preliminarily determines 
that Sailing and Xiandai did not establish their eligibility for 
separate rate status.
    In its submissions to the Department, Formers submitted information 
indicating that it made sales to U.S. customers during the POR which 
includes subject merchandise, but Formers did not provide evidence of a 
suspended entry of subject merchandise into the United States during 
the POR. Further, our inquiry of the CBP data reported no suspended AD/
CVD entries of subject merchandise associated with Formers during the 
POR. Accordingly, Formers did not establish its eligibility for 
separate rate status.
    Therefore, the Department preliminarily determines that these three 
companies are part of the PRC-wide entity. Because no party requested a 
review of the PRC-wide entity, the entity is not under review, and the 
PRC-wide entity's rate of 115.29 percent from the investigation is not 
subject to change.\12\ For additional information regarding this 
determination, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \12\ See Antidumping Duty Orders: Lightweight Thermal Paper from 
Germany and the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 70959, 70960 
(November 24, 2008).
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Public Comment and Opportunity To Request a Hearing

    Interested parties may submit case briefs within 30 days after the 
date of publication of these preliminary results of review in the 
Federal Register.\13\ Rebuttals to case briefs must be limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs and must be filed within five days 
following the time limit for filing case briefs.\14\ Parties who submit 
arguments are requested to submit with the argument (a) a statement of 
the issue, (b) a brief summary of the argument, and (c) a table of 
authorities.\15\ Parties submitting briefs should do so pursuant to the 
Department's electronic filing system, ACCESS.\16\
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1)-(2).
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
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    Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of 
publication of this notice.\17\ Hearing requests should contain the 
following information: (1)The party's name, address, and telephone 
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to 
be discussed. Oral presentations will be limited to issues raised in 
the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be 
notified of the time and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230.\18\
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    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, which will include the results of our analysis 
of all issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication 
of these preliminary results in the Federal Register, pursuant to 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review. Because all three respondents are found to be 
ineligible for a separate rate, the Department will instruct CBP to 
liquidate all appropriate entries at 115.29 percent, i.e., the rate for 
the PRC-wide entity. The Department intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15

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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 final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For previously 
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters who are not under 
review in this segment of the proceeding but who have a separate rate 
from the completed segment for the most recent period, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for that 
most recent period; (2) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise 
that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be rate for the PRC-wide entity, 115.29 percent; and 
(3) for all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not 
received their own separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the 
rate applicable to the PRC exporter that supplied that non-PRC 
exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement off antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.

    Dated: November 27, 2017.
Carole Showers,
Executive Director, Office of Policy, performing the duties of the 
Deputy 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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Recommendation

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                                                that entered under UFlex’s case number                    Dated: November 27, 2017.                           Background
                                                will be liquidated at the all-others rate               Carole Showers,
                                                if there is no rate for the intermediate                Executive Director, Office of Policy,                    On January 13, 2017, the Department
                                                companies involved in the                               performing the duties of the Deputy Assistant         initiated the eighth administrative
                                                transaction.12                                          Secretary, for Enforcement and Compliance.            review of the antidumping duty order
                                                                                                                                                              on LWTP from the PRC on three
                                                Cash Deposit Requirements                               Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
                                                                                                                                                              exporters: Formers, Sailing, and
                                                                                                        the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
                                                                                                                                                              Xiandai.1 In the Initiation Notice, the
                                                   The following deposit requirements                   1. Summary                                            Department stated that all firms
                                                will be effective for all shipments of                  2. Background                                         identified in the notice that wished to
                                                PET Film from the UAE entered, or                       3. Scope of the Order                                 qualify for separate rate status in the
                                                withdrawn from warehouse, for                           4. Date of Sale
                                                                                                        5. Discussion of Methodology                          administrative review must complete
                                                consumption on or after the date of                                                                           either a separate rate application or
                                                publication of the final results of this                6. Product Comparisons
                                                                                                        7. Export Price/Constructed Export Price              certification, due to the Department no
                                                administrative review, as provided for                  8. Normal Value                                       later than 30 calendar days after the
                                                by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1)                 9. Currency Conversions                               publication of the notice, i.e., February
                                                The cash deposit rate for the companies                 10. Conclusion                                        13, 2017.2 None of the respondents—
                                                under review will be the rate                           [FR Doc. 2017–25904 Filed 11–30–17; 8:45 am]          Formers, Sailing, and Xiandai—timely
                                                established in the final results of this                BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                submitted either a complete separate
                                                review (except, if the rate is zero or de                                                                     rate application or separate rate
                                                minimis, no cash deposit will be                                                                              certification or a statement of ‘‘no
                                                required); (2) for previously reviewed or               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                shipments’’ during the POR.
                                                investigated companies not listed above,                                                                      Nevertheless, per our practice, on March
                                                the cash deposit rate will continue to be               International Trade Administration
                                                                                                                                                              16, 2017, the Department uploaded and
                                                the company-specific rate published for                                                                       released onto the administrative record
                                                the most recent period; (3) if the                      [A–570–920]                                           of this proceeding an antidumping
                                                exporter is not a firm covered in this                                                                        questionnaire to each exporter, Formers,
                                                review, a prior review, or the less-than-               Lightweight Thermal Paper From the
                                                                                                        People’s Republic of China:                           Sailing, and Xiandai. However, due to
                                                fair-value investigation, but the                                                                             an inadvertent oversight, the
                                                manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate                  Preliminary Results of Antidumping
                                                                                                        Duty Administrative Review; 2015–                     Department did not issue a physical
                                                will be the rate established for the most                                                                     copy of the questionnaire to any
                                                                                                        2016
                                                recent period for the manufacturer of                                                                         respondent, as is the Department’s
                                                the merchandise; and (4) the cash                       AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                  practice when foreign firms are not
                                                deposit rate for all other manufacturers                International Trade Administration,                   represented by counsel in the United
                                                or exporters will continue to be 4.05                   Department of Commerce.                               States or representatives thereof have
                                                percent, the all-others rate established                SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce                   not otherwise contacted the Department,
                                                in the investigation.13 These cash                      (Department) is conducting an                         and thus, the Department was unable to
                                                deposit requirements, when imposed,                     administrative review of the                          confirm whether parties received the
                                                shall remain in effect until further                    antidumping duty order on lightweight                 questionnaire. Therefore, on July 28,
                                                notice.                                                 thermal paper (LWTP) from the People’s                2017, the Department reissued the
                                                                                                        Republic of China (PRC). The period of                antidumping questionnaire to Formers,
                                                Notification to Importers                               review (POR) is November 1, 2015,                     Sailing and Xiandai, served physical
                                                                                                        through October 31, 2016. The review                  copies of the questionnaires on all the
                                                  This notice also serves as a
                                                                                                        covers three exporters of subject                     respondents in accordance with its
                                                preliminary reminder to importers of
                                                                                                        merchandise: Shenzhen Formers
                                                their responsibility under 19 CFR                                                                             standard practice, and extended the due
                                                                                                        Printing Co., Ltd. (Formers), Sailing
                                                351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding                                                                    date of the questionnaire response.3 On
                                                                                                        International Limited (Sailing), and
                                                the reimbursement of antidumping                                                                              September 7, 2017, the Department
                                                                                                        Suzhou Xiandai Paper Production Co
                                                duties prior to liquidation of the                      (Xiandai). The Department preliminarily               requested a U.S. Customs and Border
                                                relevant entries during this review                     finds that Formers, Sailing, and Xiandai              Protection (CBP) data file of entries of
                                                period. Failure to comply with this                     have not demonstrated eligibility for a               subject merchandise associated with
                                                requirement could result in the                         separate rate in this segment of the                  Sailing, Formers or Xiandai during the
                                                Department’s presumption that                           proceeding, and therefore, for the                    POR. On September 11, 2017, the
                                                reimbursement of antidumping duties                     preliminary results, we are treating                  Department received a response to its
                                                occurred and the subsequent assessment                  Formers, Sailing, and Xiandai as part of              request indicating there were no
                                                of double antidumping duties.                           the PRC-wide entity. Interested parties               suspended AD/CVD entries associated
                                                                                                        are invited to comment on these                       with Sailing, Formers or Xiandai during
                                                  These preliminary results of
                                                                                                        preliminary results.                                  the POR.4 For a complete description of
                                                administrative review are issued and
                                                                                                        DATES: Applicable December 1, 2017.                   the events that followed the initiation of
                                                published in accordance with sections
                                                751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex
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                                                                                                                                                                1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
                                                                                                        Rosen, AD/CVD Operations, Office III,                 Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR
                                                  12 Id.                                                Enforcement and Compliance,                           4294 (January 13, 2017) (Initiation Notice).
                                                  13 See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet,        International Trade Administration,                     2 Id. at 4295.

                                                and Strip from Brazil, the People’s Republic of         U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401                       3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Due Date to Respond to the

                                                China and the United Arab Emirates: Antidumping         Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,                  Department’s Initial Questionnaire,’’ dated July 28,
                                                Duty Orders and Amended Final Determination of                                                                2017.
                                                Sales at Less Than Fair Value for the United Arab
                                                                                                        DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–7814.                    4 See Memorandum, ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border

                                                Emirates, 73 FR 66595, 66597 (November 10, 2008).       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            Protection Import Data,’’ dated September 11, 2017.



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                                                this administrative review, see the                     Although HTSUS subheadings are                        change.12 For additional information
                                                Preliminary Decision Memorandum.5                       provided for convenience and customs                  regarding this determination, see the
                                                                                                        purposes, the written description of the              Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
                                                Scope of the Order
                                                                                                        scope of this order is dispositive.
                                                   The merchandise covered by this                                                                            Public Comment and Opportunity To
                                                order includes certain lightweight                      Methodology                                           Request a Hearing
                                                thermal paper, which is thermal paper                      The Department is conducting this                     Interested parties may submit case
                                                with a basis weight of 70 grams per                     review in accordance with section                     briefs within 30 days after the date of
                                                square meter (g/m2) (with a tolerance of                751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as            publication of these preliminary results
                                                ± 4.0 g/m2) or less; irrespective of                    amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213.                of review in the Federal Register.13
                                                dimensions; 6 with or without a base                    For a full description of the                         Rebuttals to case briefs must be limited
                                                coat 7 on one or both sides; with thermal               methodology underlying our                            to issues raised in the case briefs and
                                                active coating(s) 8 on one or both sides                conclusions, see the Preliminary                      must be filed within five days following
                                                that is a mixture of the dye and the                    Decision Memorandum. A list of topics                 the time limit for filing case briefs.14
                                                developer that react and form an image                  included in the Preliminary Decision                  Parties who submit arguments are
                                                when heat is applied; with or without                   Memorandum is included in the                         requested to submit with the argument
                                                a top coat; 9 and without an adhesive                   Appendix to this notice. The                          (a) a statement of the issue, (b) a brief
                                                backing. Certain lightweight thermal                    Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a                  summary of the argument, and (c) a
                                                paper is typically (but not exclusively)                public document and is on file                        table of authorities.15 Parties submitting
                                                used in point-of-sale applications such                 electronically via Enforcement and                    briefs should do so pursuant to the
                                                as ATM receipts, credit card receipts,                  Compliance’s Antidumping and                          Department’s electronic filing system,
                                                gas pump receipts, and retail store                     Countervailing Duty Centralized                       ACCESS.16
                                                receipts. The merchandise subject to                    Electronic Service System (ACCESS).                      Any interested party may request a
                                                this order may be classified in the                     ACCESS is available to registered users               hearing within 30 days of publication of
                                                Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the                       at http://access.trade.gov, and ACCESS                this notice.17 Hearing requests should
                                                United States (HTSUS) under                             is available to all parties in the Central            contain the following information:
                                                subheadings 3703.10.60, 4811.59.20,                     Records Unit, room B8024 of the main                  (1)The party’s name, address, and
                                                4811.90.8040, 4811.90.9090, 4820.10.20,                 Department of Commerce building. In                   telephone number; (2) the number of
                                                4823.40.00, 4811.90.8030, 4811.90.8050,                 addition, a complete version of the                   participants; and (3) a list of the issues
                                                4811.90.9030, and 4811.90.9050.10 11                    Preliminary Decision Memorandum can                   to be discussed. Oral presentations will
                                                                                                        be accessed directly on the internet at               be limited to issues raised in the briefs.
                                                  5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
                                                                                                        http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The                If a request for a hearing is made, parties
                                                Preliminary Results of the 2015–2016 Antidumping
                                                Duty Administrative Review: Lightweight Thermal         signed Preliminary Decision                           will be notified of the time and date for
                                                Paper from the People’s Republic of China’’             Memorandum and the electronic                         the hearing to be held at the U.S.
                                                (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated                versions of the Preliminary Decision                  Department of Commerce, 1401
                                                concurrently with and hereby adopted by this                                                                  Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
                                                notice.
                                                                                                        Memorandum are identical in content.
                                                  6 LWTP is typically produced in jumbo rolls that
                                                                                                                                                              DC 20230.18
                                                                                                        Separate Rates and Preliminary Results                   The Department intends to issue the
                                                are slit to the specifications of the converting
                                                equipment and then converted into finished slit
                                                                                                        of Review                                             final results of this administrative
                                                rolls. Both jumbo and converted rolls (as well as          Because Sailing and Xiandai did not                review, which will include the results of
                                                LWTP in any other form, presentation, or                                                                      our analysis of all issues raised in the
                                                dimension) are covered by the scope of these
                                                                                                        respond to the Department’s
                                                orders.                                                 antidumping duty questionnaire, the                   case briefs, within 120 days of
                                                  7 A base coat, when applied, is typically made of     Department preliminarily determines                   publication of these preliminary results
                                                clay and/or latex and like materials and is intended    that Sailing and Xiandai did not                      in the Federal Register, pursuant to
                                                to cover the rough surface of the paper substrate       establish their eligibility for separate              section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
                                                and to provide insulating value.
                                                  8 A thermal active coating is typically made of       rate status.                                          Assessment Rates
                                                sensitizer, dye, and co-reactant.                          In its submissions to the Department,
                                                  9 A top coat, when applied, is typically made of      Formers submitted information                            Upon issuance of the final results, the
                                                polyvinyl acetone, polyvinyl alcohol, and/or like       indicating that it made sales to U.S.                 Department will determine, and CBP
                                                materials and is intended to provide environmental
                                                                                                        customers during the POR which                        shall assess, antidumping duties on all
                                                protection, an improved surface for press printing,                                                           appropriate entries covered by this
                                                and/or wear protection for the thermal print head.      includes subject merchandise, but
                                                  10 HTSUS subheading 4811.90.8000 was a                Formers did not provide evidence of a                 review. Because all three respondents
                                                classification used for LWTP until January 1, 2007.     suspended entry of subject merchandise                are found to be ineligible for a separate
                                                Effective that date, subheading 4811.90.8000 was        into the United States during the POR.                rate, the Department will instruct CBP
                                                replaced with 4811.90.8020 (for gift wrap, a non-                                                             to liquidate all appropriate entries at
                                                subject product) and 4811.90.8040 (for ‘‘other’’        Further, our inquiry of the CBP data
                                                including LWTP). HTSUS subheading 4811.90.9000          reported no suspended AD/CVD entries                  115.29 percent, i.e., the rate for the PRC-
                                                was a classification for LWTP until July 1, 2005.       of subject merchandise associated with                wide entity. The Department intends to
                                                Effective that date, subheading 4811.90.9000 was        Formers during the POR. Accordingly,                  issue assessment instructions to CBP 15
                                                replaced with 4811.90.9010 (for tissue paper, a non-
                                                subject product) and 4811.90.9090 (for ‘‘other,’’       Formers did not establish its eligibility
                                                                                                                                                                12 See Antidumping Duty Orders: Lightweight
                                                including LWTP).                                        for separate rate status.                             Thermal Paper from Germany and the People’s
                                                  11 As of January 1, 2009, the International Trade        Therefore, the Department
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                                                                                                                                                              Republic of China, 73 FR 70959, 70960 (November
                                                Commission deleted HTSUS subheadings                    preliminarily determines that these                   24, 2008).
                                                4811.90.8040 and 4811.90.9090 and added HTSUS
                                                subheadings 4811.90.8030, 4811.90.8050,
                                                                                                        three companies are part of the PRC-                    13 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
                                                                                                                                                                14 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1)–(2).
                                                4811.90.9030, and 4811.90.9050 to the Harmonized        wide entity. Because no party requested
                                                                                                                                                                15 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
                                                Tariff Schedule of the United States (2009). See        a review of the PRC-wide entity, the                    16 See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing
                                                Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States         entity is not under review, and the PRC-
                                                (2009), available at www.usitc.gov. These HTSUS                                                               requirements).
                                                subheadings were added to the scope of the order
                                                                                                        wide entity’s rate of 115.29 percent from               17 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).

                                                in LWTP’s LTFV investigation.                           the investigation is not subject to                     18 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).




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                                                                             Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 230 / Friday, December 1, 2017 / Notices                                            56953

                                                days after the publication date of the                  V. Recommendation                                     www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
                                                final results of this review.                           [FR Doc. 2017–25903 Filed 11–30–17; 8:45 am]          incidental/research.htm without
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                change. All personal identifying
                                                Cash Deposit Requirements                                                                                     information (e.g., name, address)
                                                   The following cash deposit                                                                                 voluntarily submitted by the commenter
                                                requirements will be effective upon                     DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                may be publicly accessible. Do not
                                                publication of the final results of this                                                                      submit confidential business
                                                administrative review for all shipments                 National Oceanic and Atmospheric                      information or otherwise sensitive or
                                                of the subject merchandise entered, or                  Administration                                        protected information.
                                                withdrawn from warehouse, for                           RIN 0648–XF776                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                consumption on or after the publication                                                                       Jonathan Molineaux, Office of Protected
                                                date, as provided for by section                        Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to                 Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
                                                751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For                        Specified Activities; Taking Marine                   Electronic copies of the application and
                                                previously investigated or reviewed PRC                 Mammals Incidental to Gull and                        supporting documents, as well as a list
                                                and non-PRC exporters who are not                       Climate Research in Glacier Bay                       of the references cited in this document,
                                                under review in this segment of the                     National Park, Alaska                                 may be obtained online at:
                                                proceeding but who have a separate rate                                                                       www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
                                                                                                        AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries
                                                from the completed segment for the                                                                            incidental/research.htm. In case of
                                                                                                        Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
                                                most recent period, the cash deposit rate                                                                     problems accessing these documents,
                                                                                                        Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                                will continue to be the exporter-specific                                                                     please call the contact listed above.
                                                                                                        Commerce.
                                                rate published for that most recent                                                                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                        ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental
                                                period; (2) for all PRC exporters of
                                                subject merchandise that have not been                  harassment authorization; request for                 Background
                                                found to be entitled to a separate rate,                comments.                                                Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
                                                the cash deposit rate will be rate for the              SUMMARY:    NMFS has received a request               MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
                                                PRC-wide entity, 115.29 percent; and (3)                from the National Park Service (NPS) for              the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated
                                                for all non-PRC exporters of subject                    authorization to take marine mammals                  to NMFS) to allow, upon request, the
                                                merchandise which have not received                     incidental to glaucous-winged gull and                incidental, but not intentional, taking of
                                                their own separate rate, the cash deposit               climate monitoring research activities in             small numbers of marine mammals by
                                                rate will be the rate applicable to the                 Glacier Bay National Park (GLBA NP),                  U.S. citizens who engage in a specified
                                                PRC exporter that supplied that non-                    Alaska. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal                 activity (other than commercial fishing)
                                                PRC exporter. These deposit                             Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is                        within a specified geographical region if
                                                requirements, when imposed, shall                       requesting comments on its proposal to                certain findings are made and either
                                                remain in effect until further notice.                  issue an incidental harassment                        regulations are issued or, if the taking is
                                                                                                        authorization (IHA) to incidentally take              limited to harassment, a notice of a
                                                Notification to Importers                                                                                     proposed authorization is provided to
                                                                                                        marine mammals during the specified
                                                  This notice also serves as a                          activities. NMFS will consider public                 the public for review.
                                                preliminary reminder to importers of                    comments prior to making any final                       An authorization for incidental
                                                their responsibility under 19 CFR                       decision on the issuance of the                       takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
                                                351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate                     requested MMPA authorizations and                     that the taking will have a negligible
                                                regarding the reimbursement off                         agency responses will be summarized in                impact on the species or stock(s), will
                                                antidumping duties prior to liquidation                 the final notice of our decision.                     not have an unmitigable adverse impact
                                                of the relevant entries during this                                                                           on the availability of the species or
                                                                                                        DATES: Comments and information must
                                                period. Failure to comply with this                                                                           stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
                                                                                                        be received no later than January 2,                  relevant), and if the permissible
                                                requirement could result in the                         2018.
                                                Secretary’s presumption that                                                                                  methods of taking and requirements
                                                reimbursement of antidumping duties                     ADDRESSES:   Comments should be                       pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
                                                occurred and the subsequent assessment                  addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief,                   and reporting of such takings are set
                                                of double antidumping duties.                           Permits and Conservation Division,                    forth.
                                                                                                        Office of Protected Resources, National                  NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
                                                Notification to Interested Parties                      Marine Fisheries Service. Physical                    impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact
                                                                                                        comments should be sent to 1315 East-                 resulting from the specified activity that
                                                  This administrative review and notice                 West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910                 cannot be reasonably expected to, and is
                                                are in accordance with sections                         and electronic comments should be sent                not reasonably likely to, adversely affect
                                                751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19                  to ITP.molineaux@noaa.gov.                            the species or stock through effects on
                                                CFR 351.213.                                               Instructions: NMFS is not responsible              annual rates of recruitment or survival.
                                                  Dated: November 27, 2017.                             for comments sent by any other method,                   The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’
                                                Carole Showers,                                         to any other address or individual, or                means to harass, hunt, capture, kill or
                                                Executive Director, Office of Policy,                   received after the end of the comment                 attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill
                                                performing the duties of the Deputy Assistant           period. Comments received                             any marine mammal.
                                                                                                        electronically, including all                            Except with respect to certain
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                                                Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
                                                                                                        attachments, must not exceed a 25-                    activities not pertinent here, the MMPA
                                                Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in                    megabyte file size. Attachments to                    defines ‘‘harassment’’ as any act of
                                                the Preliminary Decision Memorandum                     electronic comments will be accepted in               pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i)
                                                I. Summary                                              Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF                  has the potential to injure a marine
                                                II. Background                                          file formats only. All comments                       mammal or marine mammal stock in the
                                                III. Scope of the Order                                 received are a part of the public record              wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has
                                                IV. Discussion of the Methodology                       and will generally be posted online at                the potential to disturb a marine


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Document Created: 2018-10-25 10:45:07
Document Modified: 2018-10-25 10:45:07
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
DatesApplicable December 1, 2017.
ContactAlex Rosen, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7814.
FR Citation82 FR 56951 

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