[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 84303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28593]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-844]


Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Rescission of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain 
lined paper products (lined paper) from India for the period of review 
January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.

DATES: Applicable: December 28, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jolanta Lawska, Office III, AD/CVD 
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-8362.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 1, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order \1\ on lined paper from India for the period 
January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.\2\ On September 30, 2020, 
ITC Limited--Education and Stationery Products Business (ITC Limited), 
M/s.Bhaskar Paper Products (Bhaskar), Dinakar Process Private Limited 
(Dinakar), and JC Stationery (P) Ltd. (JC Stationery) filed a timely 
request for an administrative review of the Order with respect to 
products exported by ITC Limited and manufactured by ITC Limited and 
its converters Bhaskar, Dinakar, and JC Stationery.\3\ On that same 
day, PP Bafna Ventures Private Limited (Bafna), filed a timely request 
of the Order with respect to itself.\4\ No other interested party 
submitted a request for review. On October 30, 2020, Commerce published 
in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of this administrative 
review.\5\ On November 10, 2020, Bafna timely withdrew its request for 
an administrative review.\6\ Subsequently, on November 20, 2020, ITC 
Limited, Bhaskar, Dinakar, and JC Stationery timely withdrew their 
request for review.\7\
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    \1\ See Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Certain Lined Paper Products from the People's Republic of 
China; Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Lined Paper 
Products from India, Indonesia and the People's Republic of China; 
and Notice of Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Lined Paper 
Products from India and Indonesia, 71 FR 56949 (September 28, 2006) 
(Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 85 FR 54349, 54350 (September 1, 2020).
    \3\ See ITC Limited, Bhaskar, Dinakar, and JC Stationery's 
Letter, ``Lined Paper Products from India, C-533-844 Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated September 30, 2020.
    \4\ See Bafna's Letter, ``Certain Lined Paper Products from 
India: Request for Administrative Review of Countervailing Duty of 
PP Bafna Ventured Private Limited,'' dated September 30, 2020.
    \5\  See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 68840, 68845 (October 30, 2020).
    \6\ See Bafna's Letter, ``Certain Lined Paper Products from 
India: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review of 
Countervailing Duty of PP Bafna Ventures Private Limited (PP 
Bafna),'' dated November 10, 2020.
    \7\ See ITC Limited, Bhaskar, Dinakar, and JC Stationary's 
Letter, ``Lined Paper Products from India, C-533-844 Withdrawal of 
Request for Administrative Review,'' dated November 20, 2020.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested 
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. As 
noted above, Bafna, and ITC Limited, Bhaskar, Dinakar, and JC 
Stationary, withdrew their requests within the 90-day deadline, and no 
other party requested an administrative review of the Order. Therefore, 
we are rescinding, in its entirety, the administrative review of the 
Order for the period January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries of lined paper 
from India. Countervailing duties shall be assessed at rates equal to 
the cash deposit rate of estimated countervailing duties required at 
the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue 
appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
an 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 or destruction of 
APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: December 18, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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