83 FR 52804 - Certain Uncoated Paper From Brazil: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2017

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 202 (October 18, 2018)

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 202 (Thursday, October 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE



International Trade Administration



[A-351-842]




Certain Uncoated Paper From Brazil: Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2017



AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce.



SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain 

uncoated paper (uncoated paper) from Brazil is being sold at less than 

normal value during the period of review (POR), August 27, 2015, 

through February 28, 2017.



DATES: Applicable October 18, 2018.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Huang, AD/CVD Operations, Office 

V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 

20230; telephone: (202) 482-4047.



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 



Background



    On April 10, 2018, Commerce published the preliminary results of 

the antidumping duty administrative review on uncoated paper from 

Brazil.\1\ The review covers one producer/exporter of the subject 

merchandise, Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A. (Suzano). For a discussion of 

events since the Preliminary Results were published, see the 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\

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    \1\ See Certain Uncoated Paper from Brazil: Preliminary Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2017, 83 FR 15368 

(April 10, 2018) (Preliminary Results).

    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Uncoated Paper from Brazil: Issues 

and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2017,'' dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).

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Scope of the Order



    The product covered by this review is uncoated paper from Brazil. 

For a full description of the scope, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice.



Analysis of Comments Received



    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 

this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.\3\ A list of the issues that parties raised and to which we 

responded is attached to this notice as an Appendix. The Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on-file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://access.trade.gov and in the Central Records 

Unit (CRU), room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the 

electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical 

in content.

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    \3\ Id.

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Changes Since the Preliminary Results



    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 

interested parties, we have recalculated Suzano's weighted-average 

dumping margin and, based on our findings at verification, we have made 

certain changes to Suzano's margin calculation. For further discussion, 

see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.



Final Results of the Administrative Review



    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin 

exists for the period August 27, 2015 through February 28, 2017.



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                                                              Weighted-

                                                               average

                     Exporter/producer                         margin

                                                              (percent)

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Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A...............................        18.80

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Assessment Rate



    Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 

covered by this review. For entries of subject merchandise during the 

period of review produced by Suzano for which they did not know their 

merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate 

for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. We 

intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 

publication of the final results of this review.



Cash Deposit Requirements



    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the notice of final results of this review for all 

shipments of uncoated paper from Brazil entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as 

provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for 

companies subject to this review will be equal to the weighted-average 

dumping margins established in the final results of the review; (2) for 

merchandise exported by companies not covered in this review but 

covered in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate 

will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 

recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review 

or the original investigation but the producer is, the cash deposit 

rate will be the rate established for the most recently completed 

segment for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate 

for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 27.11 percent, 

the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value 

investigation.\4\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice.

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    \4\ See Certain Uncoated Paper from Australia, Brazil, 

Indonesia, the People's Republic of China, and Portugal: Amended 

Final Affirmative Antidumping Determinations for Brazil and 

Indonesia and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 11173 (March 3, 2016).

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Notification to Importers



    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 

requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and 

the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties.



Administrative Protective Order



    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 

administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 

concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 

continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 

the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction 

of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby 

requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation.



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    Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).



    Dated: October 9, 2018.

Gary Taverman,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties for the 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.



Appendix



List of Topics Discussed in the Final Decision Memorandum



I. Summary

II. Background

III. Scope of the Order

IV. List of Comments

V. Discussion of Comments

    Comment 1: Treatment of Suzano's Sales to an U.S. Foreign Trade 

Zone (FTZ)

    Comment 2: Treatment of Suzano's Credit Expenses

    Comment 3: Treatment of INSS Taxes

    Comment 4: Suzano's Liquidation Instructions

    Comment 5: Programming Issue in Suzano's Margin Calculation

VI. Recommendation



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