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Reviews; Preliminary Intent to Revoke Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 67790, 

67791 (November 14, 2012), unchanged in Honey 

from Argentina; Final Results of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances 

Reviews; Revocation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 77029 

(December 31, 2012). 

8See Initiation Notice, 83 FR at 22249. 

9 Id. 

10Supercalendering and soft nip calendering 

processing, in conjunction with the mineral filler 

contained in the base paper, are performed to 

enhance the surface characteristics of the paper by 

imparting a smooth and glossy printing surface. 

Supercalendering and soft nip calendering also 

increase the density of the base paper. 

1See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain 

Activated Carbon from the People’s Republic of 

China, 72 FR 20988 (April 27, 2007). 

Notice, we stated that Verso’s request 

indicated it accounts for at least 85 

percent of domestic production.8 We 

received no comments concerning 

Verso’s claim regarding its production 

or otherwise indicating a lack of 

industry support with respect to this 

CCR. 

As noted in the Initiation Notice, 

Verso requested the revocation of this 

CVD Order because it is no longer 

interested in maintaining the CVD Order 

or in the imposition of duties on the 

subject merchandise as of August 3, 

2015.9 We conclude that producers 

accounting for substantially all of the 

production of the domestic like product, 

to which this CVD Order pertains, lack 

interest in the relief provided by the 

CVD Order. We find that the petitioner’s 

affirmative statement of no interest in 

the CVD Order constitutes good cause 

for the conduct of this review. 

On May 21, 2018, Commerce received 

comments from Verso, the Government 

of Canada, the Government of New 

Brunswick, the Government of Nova 

Scotia, the Government of Ontario, the 

Government of Quebec, Irving Paper 

Limited, Port Hawkesbury Paper L.P., 

Resolute FP Canada Inc., and Resolute 

FP US Inc. In a joint filing, these parties, 

who represent all of the interested 

parties to this proceeding, stated their 

agreement with the outcome proposed 

in the Initiation Notice. Moreover, the 

parties cited to 19 CFR 351.216(e), 

which provides that, when all parties 

agree to the outcome, Commerce will 

issue its final results of CCR within 45 

days of the initiation. 

Accordingly, we are notifying the 

public that we are revoking the CVD 

Order, in whole. Based on Verso’s 

request that revocation be retroactive to 

August 3, 2015, and because we have 

not completed any administrative 

reviews of the CVD Order, we will 

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to discontinue the 

suspension of liquidation and the 

collection of cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties, to liquidate all 

unliquidated entries that were entered 

on or after August 3, 2015, without 

regard to countervailing duties, and to 

refund all CVD cash deposits on all such 

merchandise, with applicable interest. 

Scope of the Order 

The product covered by the order is 

SC paper. SC paper is uncoated paper 

that has undergone a calendering 

process in which the base sheet, made 

of pulp and filler (typically, but not 

limited to, clay, talc, or other mineral 

additive), is processed through a set of 

supercalenders, a supercalender, or a 

soft nip calender operation.10

The scope of this order covers all SC 

paper regardless of basis weight, 

brightness, opacity, smoothness, or 

grade, and whether in rolls or in sheets. 

Further, the scope covers all SC paper 

that meets the scope definition 

regardless of the type of pulp fiber or 

filler material used to produce the 

paper. 

Specifically excluded from the scope 

are imports of paper printed with final 

content of printed text or graphics. 

Subject merchandise primarily enters 

under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (HTSUS) subheading 

4802.61.3035, but may also enter under 

subheadings 4802.61.3010, 

4802.62.3000, 4802.62.6020, and 

4802.69.3000. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of the 

order is dispositive. 

Instructions to U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection 

Because we determine that there are 

changed circumstances that warrant the 

revocation of the CVD Order, in whole, 

we will instruct CBP to discontinue the 

suspension of liquidation and the 

collection of cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties, to liquidate all 

unliquidated entries that were entered 

on or after August 3, 2015, without 

regard to countervailing duties, and to 

refund all CVD cash deposits on all such 

merchandise, with applicable interest. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice serves as a reminder to 

parties subject to an administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return/ 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results and revocation, in whole, 

and notice in accordance with sections 

751(b) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.216, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3), and 19 

CFR 351.222. 

Dated: July 5, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–904] 

Certain Activated Carbon From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Continuation of Antidumping Duty 

Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of the 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that revocation of the antidumping duty 

order on certain activated carbon from 

the People’s Republic of China (China) 

would likely lead to a continuation or 

recurrence of dumping and material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, Commerce is publishing a notice 

of continuation of the antidumping duty 

order. 

DATES: Applicable July 12, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Palmer, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VIII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–9068. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 27, 2007, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register notice 

of the antidumping duty order on 

certain activated carbon from China.1

On February 1, 2018, Commerce 

published the notice of initiation of the 

second five-year (sunset) review of the 

antidumping duty order on certain 


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2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 83 

FR 4681 (February 1, 2018). 

3See Certain Activated Carbon from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited 

Second Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty 

Order, 83 FR 26949 (June 11, 2018) (Final Results) 

and accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

4See Certain Activated Carbon from China: 

Investigation No. 731–TA–1103 (Second Review), 

USITC Publication 4776 (June 2018); see also 

Certain Activated Carbon from China: 

Determination, 83 FR 31568 (July 6, 2018). 

activated carbon from China, pursuant 

to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act).2

Commerce conducted this sunset 

review on an expedited basis, pursuant 

to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), because it 

received a complete, timely, and 

adequate response from a domestic 

interested party but no substantive 

responses from respondent interested 

parties. As a result of its review, 

Commerce determined in accordance 

with section 751(c) of the Act that 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

order would likely lead to a 

continuation or recurrence of dumping.3

Commerce, therefore, notified the ITC of 

the magnitude of the margins likely to 

prevail should the antidumping duty 

order be revoked. On July 6, 2018, the 

ITC published notice of its 

determination, pursuant to section 

751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the 

antidumping duty order on certain 

activated carbon from China would 

likely lead to a continuation or 

recurrence of material injury to an 

industry in the United States within a 

reasonably foreseeable time.4

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the order 

is certain activated carbon. Certain 

activated carbon is a powdered, 

granular, or pelletized carbon product 

obtained by ‘‘activating’’ with heat and 

steam various materials containing 

carbon, including but not limited to coal 

(including bituminous, lignite, and 

anthracite), wood, coconut shells, olive 

stones, and peat. The thermal and steam 

treatments remove organic materials and 

create an internal pore structure in the 

carbon material. The producer can also 

use carbon dioxide gas (CO2) in place of 

steam in this process. The vast majority 

of the internal porosity developed 

during the high temperature steam (or 

CO2 gas) activated process is a direct 

result of oxidation of a portion of the 

solid carbon atoms in the raw material, 

converting them into a gaseous form of 

carbon. 

The scope of the order covers all 

forms of activated carbon that are 

activated by steam or CO2, regardless of 

the raw material, grade, mixture, 

additives, further washing or postactivation chemical treatment (chemical 

or water washing, chemical 

impregnation or other treatment), or 

product form. Unless specifically 

excluded, the scope of the order covers 

all physical forms of certain activated 

carbon, including powdered activated 

carbon (PAC), granular activated carbon 

(GAC), and pelletized activated carbon. 

Excluded from the scope of the order 

are chemically activated carbons. The 

carbon-based raw material used in the 

chemical activation process is treated 

with a strong chemical agent, including 

but not limited to phosphoric acid, zinc 

chloride, sulfuric acid, or potassium 

hydroxide that dehydrates molecules in 

the raw material, and results in the 

formation of water that is removed from 

the raw material by moderate heat 

treatment. The activated carbon created 

by chemical activation has internal 

porosity developed primarily due to the 

action of the chemical dehydration 

agent. Chemically activated carbons are 

typically used to activate raw materials 

with a lignocellulosic component such 

as cellulose, including wood, sawdust, 

paper mill waste and peat. 

To the extent that an imported 

activated carbon product is a blend of 

steam and chemically activated carbons, 

products containing 50 percent or more 

steam (or CO2 gas) activated carbons are 

within the scope, and those containing 

more than 50 percent chemically 

activated carbons are outside the scope. 

This exclusion language regarding 

blended material applies only to 

mixtures of steam and chemically 

activated carbons. 

Also excluded from the scope are 

reactivated carbons. Reactivated carbons 

are previously used activated carbons 

that have had adsorbed materials 

removed from their pore structure after 

use through the application of heat, 

steam and/or chemicals. 

Also excluded from the scope is 

activated carbon cloth. Activated carbon 

cloth is a woven textile fabric made of 

or containing activated carbon fibers. It 

is used in masks and filters and clothing 

of various types where a woven format 

is required. 

Any activated carbon meeting the 

physical description of subject 

merchandise provided above that is not 

expressly excluded from the scope is 

included within the scope. The 

products subject to the order are 

currently classifiable under the HTSUS 

subheading 3802.10.00. Although the 

HTSUS subheading is provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of the 

order is dispositive. 

Continuation of the Order 

As a result of the determinations by 

Commerce and the ITC that revocation 

of the antidumping duty order would 

likely lead to a continuation or 

recurrence of dumping and material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(a), 

Commerce hereby orders the 

continuation of the antidumping duty 

order on certain activated carbon from 

China. U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection will continue to collect 

antidumping duty cash deposits at the 

rates in effect at the time of entry for all 

imports of subject merchandise. 

The effective date of the continuation 

of the order will be the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

this notice of continuation. Pursuant to 

section 751(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce 

intends to initiate the next sunset 

review of the order not later than 30 

days prior to the fifth anniversary of the 

effective date of continuation. 

This sunset review and this notice are 

in accordance with section 751(c) and 

751(d)(2) of the Act and published 

pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4). 

Dated: July 6, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) has received requests to 

conduct administrative reviews of 

various antidumping and countervailing 

duty orders and findings with May 

anniversary dates. In accordance with 

Commerce’s regulations, we are 

initiating those administrative reviews. 

DATES: Applicable July 12, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda E. Brown, Office of AD/CVD 

Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 


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