83 FR 2133 - Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper From Canada: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 10 (January 16, 2018)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 10 (January 16, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-00570 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 2133-2135] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-00570] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-122-862] Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper From Canada: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain uncoated groundwood paper (UGW paper) from Canada. The period of investigation is January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016. DATES: Applicable January 16, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Crespo or Whitley Herndon, AD/ CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3693 or (202) 482-6274, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 703(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Commerce published the notice of initiation of this investigation on September 1, 2017.\1\ On October 19, 2017, Commerce postponed the preliminary determination of this investigation and the revised deadline is now January 8, 2018.\2\ For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix II 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 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 at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper from Canada: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 82 FR 41603 (September 1, 2017) (Initiation Notice). \2\ See Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper from Canada: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 82 FR 48681 (October 19, 2017). \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper from Canada,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope of the Investigation The product covered by this investigation is UGW paper from Canada. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I. Scope Comments In accordance with the preamble to Commerce's regulations,\4\ the Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage, (i.e. , scope).\5\ Certain interested parties commented on the scope of the investigation as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). \5\ See Initiation Notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commerce intends to issue its preliminary decision regarding comments concerning the scope of the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations in the preliminary determination of the companion AD investigation. [[Page 2134]] Methodology Commerce is conducting this investigation in accordance with section 701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, Commerce preliminarily determines that there is a subsidy, i.e. , a financial contribution by an ``authority'' that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\6\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commerce notes that, in making these findings, it relied, in part, on facts available and, because it finds that one or more respondents did not act to the best of their ability to respond to Commerce's requests for information, it drew an adverse inference where appropriate in selecting from among the facts otherwise available.\7\ For further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences'' in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alignment As noted in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, in accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), Commerce is aligning the final CVD determination in this investigation with the final determination in the companion AD investigation of UGW paper from Canada based on a request made by the petitioner.\8\ Consequently, the final CVD determination will be issued on the same date as the final AD determination, which is currently scheduled to be issued no later than May 22, 2018, unless postponed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ See Letter from the petitioner, ``Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper from Canada: Request for Alignment,'' dated December 18, 2017. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- All-Others Rate Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that in the preliminary determination, Commerce shall determine an estimated all- others rate for companies not individually examined. This rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated subsidy rates established for those companies individually examined, excluding any zero and de minimis rates and any rates based entirely under section 776 of the Act. In this investigation, Commerce calculated individually estimated countervailable subsidy rates for Catalyst Paper Corporation (Catalyst), Kruger Trois-Rivieres L.P. (Kruger), and Resolute FP Canada Inc. (Resolute), that are not zero, de minimis , or based entirely on facts otherwise available.\9\ Commerce calculated the all-others rate using a weighted-average of the individually estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined respondents using each company's business proprietary data for the merchandise under consideration.\10\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \9\ See MacLean-Fogg Co. v. United States, 753 F.3d 1237 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (holding that voluntary respondents are considered ``individually investigated'' for purposes of calculating the all- others rate). Commerce accepted White Birch Paper Canada Company NSULC (White Birch) as a voluntary respondent in this investigation. However, we have preliminarily calculated a de minimis subsidy rate for White Birch; thus, in accordance with Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, we have not included White Birch's de minimis subsidy rate in the calculation of the all-others rate for this preliminary determination. \10\ See Memorandum, ``Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper from Canada: All Others Rate Calculation for Preliminary Determination,'' dated January 8, 2018. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Determination Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated countervailable subsidy rates exist: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ad Valorem, subsidy Company rate (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Catalyst Paper Corporation 11.............................. 6.09 Kruger Trois-Rivieres L.P 12............................... 9.93 Resolute FP Canada Inc 13.................................. 4.42 White Birch Paper Canada Company NSULC 14.................. * 0.65 All-Others................................................. 6.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * de minimis. Suspension of Liquidation In accordance with section 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise as described in the scope of the investigation section entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register . Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal to the rates indicated above. Because the subsidy rate for White Birch is de minimis , Commerce is directing CBP not to suspend liquidation of entries of the merchandise from this company. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \11\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, Commerce has found the following companies to be cross-owned with Catalyst Paper Corporation: Catalyst Paper, Catalyst Pulp Operations Limited, and Catalyst Pulp and Paper Sales Inc. \12\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, Commerce has found the following companies to be cross-owned with Kruger Trois-Rivieres L.P.: Kruger Publication Papers Inc., Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited, Kruger Energy Bromptonville LP, Kruger Holdings L.P., Kruger Holdings GP Inc., and Kruger Inc. \13\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, Commerce has found the following companies to be cross-owned with Resolute FP Canada Inc.: Resolute FP Canada, Fibrek General Partnership (Fibrek), and Resolute Growth. \14\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, Commerce has found the following companies to be cross-owned with White Birch Paper Canada Company NSULC: Papier Masson WB (White Birch) LP, FF Soucy WB LP, and Stadacona WB LP. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclosure Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis performed to interested parties in this preliminary determination within five days of its public announcement, or if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Verification As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends to verify the information relied upon in making its final determination. Public Comment Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven days after the date on which the last verification report is issued in this investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline date for case briefs.\15\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this investigation are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \15\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of [[Page 2135]] the hearing two days before the scheduled date. International Trade Commission Notification In accordance with section 703(f) of the Act, Commerce will notify the International Trade Commission (ITC) of its determination. If the final determination is affirmative, the ITC will determine before the later of 120 days after the date of this preliminary determination or 45 days after the final determination. Notification to Interested Parties This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 703(f) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c). Dated: January 8, 2018. Gary Taverman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, performing the non-exclusive function and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix I--Scope of the Investigation The merchandise covered by this investigation includes certain paper that has not been coated on either side and with 50 percent or more of the cellulose fiber content consisting of groundwood pulp, including groundwood pulp made from recycled paper, weighing not more than 90 grams per square meter. Groundwood pulp includes all forms of pulp produced from a mechanical pulping process, such as thermo-mechanical process (TMP), chemi-thermo mechanical process (CTMP), bleached chemi-thermo mechanical process (BCTMP) or any other mechanical pulping process. The scope includes paper shipped in any form, including but not limited to both rolls and sheets. Certain uncoated groundwood paper includes but is not limited to standard newsprint, high bright newsprint, book publishing, directory, and printing and writing papers. The scope includes paper that is white, off-white, cream, or colored. Specifically excluded from the scope are imports of certain uncoated groundwood paper printed with final content of printed text or graphic. Also excluded are papers that otherwise meet this definition, but which have undergone a supercalendering process.\16\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \16\ Supercalendering imparts a glossy finish produced by the movement of the paper web through a supercalender which is a stack of alternating rollers of metal and cotton (or other softer material). The supercalender runs at high speed and applies pressure, heat, and friction which glazes the surface of the paper, imparting gloss to the surface and increasing the paper's smoothness and density. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Certain uncoated groundwood paper is classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) in several subheadings, including 4801.00.0120, 4801.00.0140, 4802.61.1000, 4802.61.2000, 4802.61.3110, 4802.61.3191, 4802.61.6040, 4802.62.1000, 4802.62.2000, 4802.62.3000, 4802.62.6140, 4802.69.1000, 4802.69.2000, and 4802.69.3000. Subject merchandise may also be imported under several additional subheadings including 4805.91.5000, 4805.91.7000, and 4805.91.9000.\17\ Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise is dispositive. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \17\ The following HTSUS numbers are no longer active as of January 1, 2017: 4801.00.0020, 4801.00.0040, 4802.61.3010, 4802.61.3091, and 4802.62.6040. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix II--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Scope Comments IV. Injury Test V. Subsidies Valuation VI. Application of Facts Otherwise Available and Facts Otherwise Available With an Adverse Inference VII. Analysis of Programs VIII. Conclusion Appendix I: Not-Used and Not-Measurable Programs, by Company [FR Doc. 2018-00570 Filed 1-12-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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of proposed panelists for a hearing on www.usccr.gov, or may contact the on September 1, 2017.1 On October 19,
Access to Voting in Alabama. Midwestern Regional Office at the above 2017, Commerce postponed the
DATES: The meeting will be held on email or street address. preliminary determination of this
Tuesday, January 16, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. investigation and the revised deadline is
Agenda
(Central). now January 8, 2018.2 For a complete
Public Call Information: Dial: 888– Welcome and Roll Call description of the events that followed
471–3840, Conference ID: 4589358. Proposed Panelists for a hearing on the initiation of this investigation, see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Access to Voting in Alabama the Preliminary Decision
David Barreras, DFO, at dbarreras@ Discussion on a venue for the hearing Memorandum.3 A list of topics
usccr.gov or 312–353–8311 Next Steps discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Public Comment Memorandum is included as Appendix
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members
Adjournment II to this notice. The Preliminary
of the public can listen to the
discussion. This meeting is available to Exceptional Circumstance: Pursuant Decision Memorandum is a public
the public through the following toll- to 41 CFR 102–3.150, the notice for this document and is on file electronically
free call-in number: 888–471–3840, meeting is given less than 15 calendar via Enforcement and Compliance’s
conference ID: 4589358. Any interested days prior to the meeting because of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
member of the public may call this exceptional circumstance of this Centralized Electronic Service System
number and listen to the meeting. An Committee doing work on the FY 2018 (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
open comment period will be provided statutory enforcement report. registered users at http://
to allow members of the public to make Dated: January 10, 2018. access.trade.gov, and is available to all
a statement as time allows. The David Mussatt, parties in the Central Records Unit,
conference call operator will ask callers room B8024 of the main Department of
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
to identify themselves, the organization Commerce building. In addition, a
[FR Doc. 2018–00564 Filed 1–12–18; 8:45 am]
they are affiliated with (if any), and an complete version of the Preliminary
BILLING CODE P
email address prior to placing callers Decision Memorandum can be accessed
into the conference room. Callers can directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/
expect to incur regular charges for calls frn/. The signed and electronic versions
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE of the Preliminary Decision
they initiate over wireless lines,
according to their wireless plan. The Memorandum are identical in content.
International Trade Administration
Commission will not refund any Scope of the Investigation
incurred charges. Callers will incur no [C–122–862]
charge for calls they initiate over land- The product covered by this
Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper investigation is UGW paper from
line connections to the toll-free
From Canada: Preliminary Affirmative Canada. For a complete description of
telephone number. Persons with hearing
Countervailing Duty Determination, the scope of this investigation, see
impairments may also follow the
and Alignment of Final Determination Appendix I.
proceedings by first calling the Federal
With Final Antidumping Duty
Relay Service at 1–800–977–8339 and Scope Comments
Determination
providing the Service with the
conference call number and conference In accordance with the preamble to
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
ID number. Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation
International Trade Administration,
Members of the public are also Notice set aside a period of time for
Department of Commerce.
entitled to submit written comments; parties to raise issues regarding product
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce coverage, (i.e. , scope).5 Certain
the comments must be received in the (Commerce) preliminarily determines
regional office within 30 days following interested parties commented on the
that countervailable subsidies are being scope of the investigation as it appeared
the meeting. Written comments may be provided to producers and exporters of
mailed to the Midwestern Regional in the Initiation Notice.
certain uncoated groundwood paper Commerce intends to issue its
Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, (UGW paper) from Canada. The period
55 W. Monroe St., Suite 410, Chicago, preliminary decision regarding
of investigation is January 1, 2016, comments concerning the scope of the
IL 60615. They may also be faxed to the through December 31, 2016.
Commission at (312) 353–8324, or antidumping (AD) and countervailing
DATES: Applicable January 16, 2018. duty (CVD) investigations in the
emailed to David Barreras at dbarreras@
usccr.gov. Persons who desire FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: preliminary determination of the
additional information may contact the David Crespo or Whitley Herndon, AD/ companion AD investigation.
Midwestern Regional Office at (312) CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement
353–8311. and Compliance, International Trade 1 See Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper from
Records generated from this meeting Administration, U.S. Department of Canada: Initiation of Countervailing Duty
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue Investigation, 82 FR 41603 (September 1, 2017)
may be inspected and reproduced at the (Initiation Notice).
Midwestern Regional Office, as they NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 2 See Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper from
become available, both before and after (202) 482–3693 or (202) 482–6274, Canada: Postponement of Preliminary
the meeting. Records of the meeting will respectively. Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigation,
82 FR 48681 (October 19, 2017).
be available via www.facadatabase.gov SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
under the Commission on Civil Rights, the Preliminary Determination in the
Alabama Advisory Committee link Background Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain
(http://www.facadatabase.gov/ This preliminary determination is Uncoated Groundwood Paper from Canada,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
committee/committee.aspx?cid= made in accordance with section 703(b) notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
233&aid=17). Persons interested in the of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 4 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,
work of this Committee are directed to (the Act). Commerce published the Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
the Commission’s website, http:// notice of initiation of this investigation 5 See Initiation Notice.
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the hearing two days before the 4802.62.6140, 4802.69.1000, 4802.69.2000, Background
scheduled date. and 4802.69.3000. Subject merchandise may
also be imported under several additional On October 31, 2017, the Department
International Trade Commission subheadings including 4805.91.5000, published the Preliminary
Notification 4805.91.7000, and 4805.91.9000.17 Although Determination in the Federal Register.1
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for The petitioners in this investigation are
In accordance with section 703(f) of
convenience and customs purposes, the Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc., Nucor
the Act, Commerce will notify the written description of the merchandise is Corporation, Keystone Consolidated
International Trade Commission (ITC) of dispositive. Industries, Inc., and Charter Steel
its determination. If the final (collectively, the petitioners). The
determination is affirmative, the ITC Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed
in the Preliminary Decision mandatory respondents in this
will determine before the later of 120 investigation are ArcelorMittal Steel
days after the date of this preliminary Memorandum
Kryvyi Rih OJSC (AMKR) and Public
determination or 45 days after the final I. Summary Joint Stock Company (PJSC) Yenakiieve
determination. II. Background Steel (Yenakiieve).2 In the Preliminary
III. Scope Comments Determination, the Department
Notification to Interested Parties IV. Injury Test
This determination is issued and V. Subsidies Valuation
determined that the application of facts
published pursuant to sections 703(f) VI. Application of Facts Otherwise Available available with an adverse inference
and Facts Otherwise Available With an (AFA) was warranted as a result of
and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
Adverse Inference AMKR’s and Yenakiieve’s failure to
351.205(c).
VII. Analysis of Programs cooperate and provide complete,
Dated: January 8, 2018. VIII. Conclusion useable data in this investigation.
Gary Taverman, Appendix I: Not-Used and Not-Measurable A summary of the events that
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement Programs, by Company occurred since the Department
and Compliance, performing the non- [FR Doc. 2018–00570 Filed 1–12–18; 8:45 am] published the Preliminary
exclusive function and duties of the Assistant BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Determination, as well as a full
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. discussion of the issues raised by parties
Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation for this final determination, may be
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE found in the accompanying Issues and
The merchandise covered by this Decision Memorandum.3 The Issues and
investigation includes certain paper that has International Trade Administration Decision Memorandum is a public
not been coated on either side and with 50
percent or more of the cellulose fiber content document, and is on file electronically
[A–823–816]
consisting of groundwood pulp, including via Enforcement and Compliance’s
groundwood pulp made from recycled paper, Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
weighing not more than 90 grams per square Ukraine: Affirmative Final Centralized Electronic Service System
meter. Groundwood pulp includes all forms Determination of Sales at Less Than (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
of pulp produced from a mechanical pulping registered users at http://
process, such as thermo-mechanical process
Fair Value
access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the
(TMP), chemi-thermo mechanical process AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the
(CTMP), bleached chemi-thermo mechanical International Trade Administration, main Department of Commerce
process (BCTMP) or any other mechanical
pulping process. The scope includes paper
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete
shipped in any form, including but not SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce version of the Issues and Decision
limited to both rolls and sheets. (Department) determines that imports of Memorandum can be accessed directly
Certain uncoated groundwood paper carbon and alloy steel wire rod (wire at http://enforcement.trade.gov. The
includes but is not limited to standard rod) from Ukraine are being, or are signed and electronic versions of the
newsprint, high bright newsprint, book likely to be, sold in the United States at Issues and Decision Memorandum are
publishing, directory, and printing and identical in content.
writing papers. The scope includes paper
less than fair value (LTFV). The final
that is white, off-white, cream, or colored. estimated weighted-average dumping Scope of the Investigation
Specifically excluded from the scope are margins of sales at LTFV are listed
below in the section entitled ‘‘Final The products covered by this
imports of certain uncoated groundwood
paper printed with final content of printed Determination.’’ The period of investigation are generally described as
text or graphic. Also excluded are papers that investigation is January 1, 2016, through 1 See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from
otherwise meet this definition, but which December 31, 2016. Ukraine: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of
have undergone a supercalendering
process.16 DATES: Applicable January 16, 2018. Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 50375
(October 31, 2017) (Preliminary Determination) and
Certain uncoated groundwood paper is FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Hancock or Courtney Canales, AD/CVD 2 The Department preliminarily determined not to
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) in Operations, Office V, Enforcement and further examine Duferco S.A. (Duferco) as part of
several subheadings, including 4801.00.0120, Compliance, International Trade this investigation because the evidence does not
4801.00.0140, 4802.61.1000, 4802.61.2000, show that Duferco made any sales of subject
Administration, U.S. Department of merchandise in the United States during the POI.
4802.61.3110, 4802.61.3191, 4802.61.6040,
4802.62.1000, 4802.62.2000, 4802.62.3000,
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue For the final determination, we continue to find
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: that Duferco had no sales of subject merchandise
during the POI. As such, any entries of subject
(202) 482–1394, or (202) 482–4997,
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
16 Supercalendering imparts a glossy finish merchandise exported by Duferco will be subject to
produced by the movement of the paper web respectively. the All-Others Rate.
through a supercalender which is a stack of 3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
alternating rollers of metal and cotton (or other
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Memorandum for the Final Affirmative
softer material). The supercalender runs at high Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value
speed and applies pressure, heat, and friction 17 The following HTSUS numbers are no longer Investigation of Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod
which glazes the surface of the paper, imparting active as of January 1, 2017: 4801.00.0020, from Ukraine,’’ dated concurrently with this
gloss to the surface and increasing the paper’s 4801.00.0040, 4802.61.3010, 4802.61.3091, and determination and hereby adopted by this notice
smoothness and density. 4802.62.6040. (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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