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5See Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock Company’s 

Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Request for Review,’’ dated 

July 11, 2018. 

6See the petitioners’ Submission, ‘‘Domestic 

Producers’ Partial Withdrawal of Review Requests,’’ 

dated July 11, 2018, and ASPA’s Submission, 

‘‘Partial Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 

Review,’’ dated July 11, 2018. 

7See ASPA’s Submissions, ‘‘Partial Withdrawal 

of Review for Administrative Review,’’ dated July 

12, 2018 and the petitioner’s Submission, ‘‘Partial 

Withdrawal of Review Requests,’’ dated July 12, 

2018. 

1See Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper from 

Canada: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of 

Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 83 FR 11960 (March 19, 2018) 

(Preliminary Determination). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Certain Uncoated Groundwood 

Paper from Canada,’’ dated concurrently with this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

request for administrative review.5 On 

July 11, 2018, both the petitioner and 

ASPA also withdrew their respective 

requests for an administrative review of 

Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock Company 

and its various name iterations, as listed 

in the Initiation Notice.6 Subsequently, 

on July 12, 2018, the petitioner and 

ASPA also withdrew their respective 

requests for administrative review of 

Seavina Joint Stock Company and its 

various name iterations, as listed in the 

Initiation Notice.7 No other party 

requested a review of Seavina Joint 

Stock Company. 

Partial 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 publication of the notice of 

initiation of the requested review. 

Because all requests for administrative 

review of Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock 

Company and Seavina Joint Stock 

Company were withdrawn within 90 

days of the date of publication of the 

Initiation Notice, and no other 

interested party requested a review of 

these companies, Commerce is 

rescinding this review with respect to 

Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock Company 

and Seavina Joint Stock Company, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). 

The administrative review remains 

active with respect to all other 

companies initiated for review. 

Assessment 

Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) to assess 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit 

of estimated antidumping duties 

required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, during the period 

February 1, 2017, through January 31, 

2018, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to 

issue appropriate assessment 

instructions to CBP 15 days after the 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Notifications 

This notice 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 review period. Failure to 

comply with this requirement could 

result in Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of the antidumping 

duties occurred and the subsequent 

assessment of doubled antidumping 

duties. 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to 

administrative protective order (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 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. 

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: August 3, 2018. 

James Maeder, 

Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations performing the duties of Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–122–861] 

Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper 

From Canada: Final Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that certain 

uncoated groundwood paper (UGW 

paper) from Canada is being, or is likely 

to be, sold in the United States at less 

than fair value (LTFV). The period of 

investigation (POI) is July 1, 2016, 

through June 30, 2017. The final 

dumping margins of sales at LTFV are 

listed below in the ‘‘Final 

Determination’’ section of this notice. 

DATES: Effective August 9, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Goldberger or Terre Keaton 

Stefanova, 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) 482–4136 or 

(202) 482–1280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 19, 2018, Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination of sales at LTFV of UGW 

paper from Canada, in which we also 

postponed the final determination to 

August 1, 2018.1 A summary of the 

events that occurred since Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination, as well as a full 

discussion of the issues raised by parties 

for this final determination, may be 

found in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, which is hereby adopted 

by this notice.2

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is UGW paper from 

Canada. For a complete description of 

the scope of the investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs by parties in this 

investigation are addressed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. A list of 

the issues raised is attached to this 

notice as Appendix II. 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 it is available to 

all parties in the Central Records Unit, 

Room B–8024 of the main Department 

of Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/index.html. The signed and 

electronic versions of the Issues and 


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3For discussion of our verification findings, see 

the following memoranda: Memorandum 

‘‘Verification of the Cost Response of White Birch 

Paper Canada Company in the Antidumping Duty 

Less Than Fair Value Investigation of Uncoated 

Groundwood Paper from Canada,’’ dated April 20, 

2018; Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the Sales 

Questionnaire Responses of Catalyst Pulp and Paper 

Sales, Inc. and Catalyst Paper General Partnership 

(collectively, Catalyst) in the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Certain Uncoated Groundwood 

Paper from Canada,’’ dated May 18, 2018; 

Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the Sales Response 

of White Birch Paper in the Antidumping 

Investigation of Certain Uncoated Groundwood 

Paper from Canada,’’ dated May 21, 2018; 

Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the Sales Response 

of White Birch Paper in the Antidumping 

Investigation of Certain Uncoated Groundwood 

Paper from Canada,’’ dated May 24, 2018; 

Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the Sales Response 

of Resolute FP Canada Inc. and Donohue Malbaie 

Inc. (collectively, Resolute),’’ dated May 31, 2018; 

Memorandum ‘‘Verification of the Cost Response of 

Catalyst in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of 

Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper from 

Canada,’’ dated May 31, 2018; and Memorandum, 

‘‘Verification of the Cost Response of Resolute in 

the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Uncoated 

Groundwood Paper from Canada,’’ dated June 5, 

2018. 

4However, pursuant to section 735(a) of the Act, 

we continue to reach an affirmative final 

determination with respect to Catalyst, and we have 

used the record evidence and verification findings 

with respect to Catalyst to calculate its weightedaverage dumping margin. For further discussion, 

see the Issues and Decision Memorandum at 

Comment 2. 

5For further discussion, see the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum at Comment 2. 

Decision Memorandum are identical in 

content. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 

in March and April 2018, we conducted 

verifications of the sales and cost 

information submitted by Catalyst Pulp 

and Paper Sales, Inc. and Catalyst Paper 

General Partnership (collectively, 

Catalyst); Resolute FP Canada Inc. and 

Donohue Malbaie Inc. (collectively, 

Resolute); and White Birch Paper 

Canada Company, Papier Masson WB 

LP, FF Soucy WB LP, and Stadacona 

WB LP (collectively, White Birch Paper) 

for use in our final determination. We 

used standard verification procedures, 

including an examination of relevant 

accounting and production records, and 

original source documents provided by 

Catalyst, Resolute, and White Birch 

Paper.3

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received and our findings at 

verification, we made certain changes to 

the margin calculations for Catalyst, 

Resolute, and White Birch Paper. For a 

discussion of these changes, see the 

‘‘Margin Calculation’’ section of the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

‘‘All Others’’ Rate 

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act 

provides that the estimated ‘‘all others’’ 

rate shall be an amount equal to the 

weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero or de minimis margins, and 

margins determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. Section 

735(c)(5)(B) of the Act provides that if 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins for all individually 

investigated exporters and producers are 

zero or de minimis or determined 

entirely under section 776 of the Act, 

then Commerce may use any reasonable 

method to establish the estimated all 

others rate, including averaging the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins determined for the individually 

investigated exporters and producers. 

Commerce has continued to calculate 

zero rates for Resolute and White Birch 

Paper. Further, because of the 

substantial change to the scope of this 

investigation at the time of the 

Preliminary Determination, we find that 

Catalyst can no longer be considered an 

‘‘individually investigated’’ exporter or 

producer, within the meaning of section 

735(c) of the Act.4 Therefore, there are 

no margins for ‘‘individually 

investigated’’ respondents in this 

investigation that are not zero. 

Consequently, we assigned the ‘‘all 

others’’ rate pursuant to section 

735(c)(5)(B) of the Act by averaging the 

margins for the ‘‘individually 

investigated’’ respondents. Specifically, 

we assigned the zero rate calculated for 

Resolute and White Birch Paper as the 

rate for ‘‘all others’’ producers and 

exporters in this investigation.5

Final Determination 

The final estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are as follows: 

Exporter/manufacturer 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

Catalyst Pulp and Paper Sales, Inc. and Catalyst Paper General Partnership .................................................................................. 16.88 

Resolute FP Canada Inc. and Donohue Malbaie Inc ......................................................................................................................... 0.00 

White Birch Paper Canada Company, Papier Masson WB LP, FF Soucy WB LP, and Stadacona WB LP ..................................... 0.00 

All Others ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 0.00 

Disclosure 

We will disclose the calculations 

performed within five days of the date 

of publication of this notice to parties in 

this proceeding, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will 

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend 

liquidation of all appropriate entries of 

UGW paper from Canada, as described 

in Appendix I of this notice, which were 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after March 19, 

2018, the date of publication of the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation in the Federal Register, 

other than entries of UGW paper 

produced and exported by Resolute, and 

produced and exported by White Birch, 

because their rates are zero. Entries for 

the companies subject to the ‘‘all 

others’’ rate will be subject to 

suspension of liquidation at the ‘‘all 

others’’ rate. 

Further, Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

estimated amount by which the normal 

value exceeds the U.S. price as shown 

above. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the ITC of the 

final affirmative determination of sales 

at LTFV. In addition, we are making 

available to the ITC all non-privileged 

and non-proprietary information related 

to this investigation. We will allow the 

ITC access to all privileged and business 

proprietary information in our files, 

provided the ITC confirms that it will 

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6Supercalendering 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. 

7The 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. 

publicly or under an administrative 

protective order (APO), without the 

written consent of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Because the final determination in 

this proceeding is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the 

Act, the ITC will make its final 

determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports of 

UGW paper from Canada no later than 

45 days after our final determination. If 

the ITC determines that material injury 

or threat of material injury does not 

exist, the proceeding will be terminated 

and all cash deposits will be refunded. 

If the ITC determines that such injury 

does exist, Commerce will issue an 

antidumping duty order directing CBP 

to assess, upon further instruction by 

Commerce, antidumping duties on all 

imports of the subject merchandise, 

other than those produced and exported 

by Resolute, and those produced and 

exported by White Birch, because their 

rates are zero, entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the effective date of the suspension 

of liquidation. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders (APO) 

This notice serves as a reminder to 

parties subject to APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

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

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 the terms of an APO is 

a sanctionable violation. 

This determination and this notice are 

issued and published pursuant to 

sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: August 1, 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. 

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, and printing and writing papers. 

The scope includes paper that is white, offwhite, 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.6

Additionally, excluded are papers that 

otherwise meet this definition, but which 

have undergone a creping process over the 

entire surface area of the paper. 

Also excluded are uncoated groundwood 

construction paper and uncoated 

groundwood manila drawing paper in sheet 

or roll format. Excluded uncoated 

groundwood construction paper and 

uncoated groundwood manila drawing paper: 

(a) Have a weight greater than 61 grams per 

square meter; (b) have a thickness greater 

than 6.1 caliper, i.e., greater than .0061’’ or 

155 microns; (c) are produced using at least 

50 percent thermomechanical pulp; and (d) 

have a shade, as measured by CIELAB, as 

follows: L* less than or 75.0 or b* greater 

than or equal to 25.0. 

Also excluded is uncoated groundwood 

directory paper that: (a) Has a basis weight 

of 34 grams per square meter or less; and (b) 

has a thickness of 2.6 caliper mils or 66 

microns or less. 

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 4805.91.9000.7 Although 

the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Investigation 

IV. Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

General 

Comment 1: Whether There was Sufficient 

Industry Support to Initiate this 

Investigation 

Comment 2: Respondent Selection and 

Calculation of the ‘‘All Others’’ Rate 

Comment 3: Differential Pricing 

Methodology 

Catalyst 

Comment 4: Fixed Asset Impairment for 

Catalyst 

Comment 5: Treatment of Catalyst’s Home 

Market Barter Sales 

Comment 6: Treatment of Catalyst’s Sales 

Which May Have Been Destined for 

Mexico 

Comment 7: Insurance Recovery Costs for 

Catalyst 

Comment 8: Catalyst’s Home Market Bank 

Charges 

Comment 9: Errors in Catalyst’s 

Preliminary Determination Margin 

Program 

Comment 10: Verification Corrections for 

Catalyst 

Resolute 

Comment 11: Resolute’s Short-Term U.S. 

Dollar Borrowing Rate 

Comment 12: Treatment of Resolute’s 

Corporate Level Costs 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–122–862] 

Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper 

From Canada: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

certain uncoated groundwood paper 

(UGW paper) from Canada. The period 

of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2016, 

through December 31, 2016. For 

information on the estimated subsidy 

rates, see the ‘‘Final Determination’’ 

section of this notice. 

DATES: Applicable August 9, 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: 


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