[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22560-22561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9059]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-840]


Lightweight Thermal Paper From Germany: Notice of Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Effective Date: April 16, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Moore or George McMahon, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3692 or (202) 482-1167, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 1, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register a notice of ``Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review'' of the antidumping duty order on lightweight 
thermal paper (thermal paper) from Germany for the period of review 
(POR) November 1, 2010, through October 31, 2011.\1\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 76 FR 67413 (November 1, 2011).
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    On November 30, 2011, the Department received a timely request 
filed on behalf of Appleton Papers Inc. (petitioner) to conduct an 
administrative review of Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Flensburg GmbH, 
Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Bielefeld GmbH, and Mitsubishi International 
Corp. (collectively, Mitsubishi), and Papierfabrik August Koehler AG 
and Koehler America, Inc. (Koehler). On November 30, 2011, the 
Department also received a request filed on behalf of Mitsubishi HiTec 
Paper Europe GmbH to conduct an administrative review of Mitsubishi 
HiTec Paper Europe GmbH \2\ and a request filed on behalf of Koehler to 
conduct an administrative review of Koehler.
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    \2\ Mitsubishi stated in its review request letter, dated 
November 30, 2011, ``{a{time} s of October 15, 2010, and for 
purposes of streamlining in-house processes and organizational 
structure, Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Flensburg GmbH, and Mitsubishi 
HiTec Paper Bielefeld GmbH have merged and now operate as Mitsubishi 
HiTec Paper Europe GmbH.''
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    Pursuant to the aforementioned requests, the Department published 
in the Federal Register a notice of

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initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
thermal paper from Germany, covering two respondents, Mitsubishi and 
Koehler.\3\
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    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 76 FR 
82268 (December 30, 2011) (Notice of Initiation).
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Partial Rescission of the 2010-2011 Administrative Review

    On March 29, 2011, petitioner and Mitsubishi withdrew their 
respective requests for review of Mitsubishi. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an administrative review, in 
whole or in part, if the parties that requested a review withdraw the 
request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of 
initiation of the requested review. The instant review was initiated on 
December 30, 2011. See Notice of Initiation. The petitioner and 
Mitsubishi's withdrawals of their respective requests for a review of 
Mitsubishi fall within the 90-day deadline for rescission by the 
Department, and no other party requested an administrative review of 
this particular respondent. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1), and consistent with our practice, we are rescinding this 
review with respect to Mitsubishi.\4\ The instant review will continue 
with respect to Koehler.
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    \4\ See, e.g., Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Notice 
of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 21781 (May 11, 2009).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a 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 the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
an 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 have been enjoined from liquidating entries of the subject 
merchandise produced and/or exported by Mitsubishi. Therefore, we do 
not intend to issue liquidation instructions to U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) for such entries entered on or after November 1, 2009, 
until such time as the preliminary injunction issued on March 17, 2009, 
is lifted.
    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: April 5, 2012.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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