79248 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 188 / Friday, September 27, 2024 / Notices 

1See Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates 

from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, and 

Alignment of Final Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination, 89 FR 15134 

(March 1, 2024) (Preliminary Determination), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

(PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Final Affirmative Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Aluminum 

Lithographic Printing Plates from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the 

Questionnaire Responses of Fujifilm Printing Plate 

(China) Co., Ltd. and Fujifilm (China) Investment 

Co., Ltd.,’’ June 10, 2024. 

5See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; see also section 

771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and section 

771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity. 

6See Preliminary Determination PDM at 4–42. 

subheadings of heading 6907: 6907.21.1005, 

6907.21.1011, 6907.21.1051, 6907.21.2000, 

6907.21.3000, 6907.21.4000, 6907.21.9011, 

6907.21.9051, 6907.22.1005, 6907.22.1011, 

6907.22.1051, 6907.22.2000, 6907.22.3000, 

6907.22.4000, 6907.22.9011, 6907.22.9051, 

6907.23.1005, 6907.23.1011, 6907.23.1051, 

6907.23.2000, 6907.23.3000, 6907.23.4000, 

6907.23.9011, 6907.23.9051, 6907.30.1005, 

6907.30.1011, 6907.30.1051, 6907.30.2000, 

6907.30.3000, 6907.30.4000, 6907.30.9011, 

6907.30.9051, 6907.40.1005, 6907.40.1011, 

6907.40.1051, 6907.40.2000, 6907.40.3000, 

6907.40.4000, 6907.40.9011, and 

6907.40.9051. Subject merchandise may also 

enter under subheadings of headings 6913, 

6914, and 6905: 6913.90.2000, 6914.10.8000, 

6914.90.8000, 6905.10.0000, and 

6905.90.0050. The HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes only. The written description of the 

scope of the investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope Comments 

IV. Injury Test 

V. Preliminary Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

VI. Use of Adverse Facts Available and 

Application of Adverse Inferences 

VII. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VIII. Interest Rate Benchmarks and 

Benchmarks for Measuring the Adequacy 

of Remuneration 

IX. Diversification of India’s Economy 

X. Analysis of Programs 

XI. Calculation of the All-Others Rate 

XII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–157] 

Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Final Affirmative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

aluminum lithographic printing plates 

(printing plates) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China). The period 

of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2022, 

through December 31, 2022. 

DATES: Applicable September 27, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay 

Menon, AD/CVD Operations, Office IX, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0208. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 1, 2024, Commerce 

published its Preliminary Determination 

in the Federal Register and invited 

interested parties to comment.1 On July 

22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.2 The 

deadline for the final determination is 

now September 20, 2024. For a 

complete discussion of the events that 

followed the Preliminary Determination, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.3

The Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is a public document and 

is made available to the public 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. In addition, a complete 

version of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by the 

scope of this investigation are printing 

plates from China. For a complete 

description of the scope of this 

investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

We received no comments from 

interested parties on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Preliminary Determination. Therefore, 

we made no changes to the scope of the 

investigation. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i) of the 

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

in March 2024, Commerce conducted 

verification of the subsidy information 

reported by Fujifilm Printing Plate 

(China) Co., Ltd. (FFPS) and its crossowned affiliate Fujifilm (China) 

Investment Co., Ltd.4

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation and the issues raised in 

the case and rebuttal briefs by the 

parties in this investigation are 

discussed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. For a list of the issues 

raised by interested parties and 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, see Appendix II. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found to be countervailable, 

Commerce determines that there is a 

subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by 

an ‘‘authority’’ that gives rise to a 

benefit to the recipient, and that the 

subsidy is specific.5 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our final determination, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

In making this final determination, 

Commerce relied, in part, on facts 

otherwise available, including with an 

adverse inference, pursuant to sections 

776(a) and (b) of the Act. For a full 

discussion of our application of adverse 

facts available (AFA), see the 

Preliminary Determination 6 and the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum at the 

section entitled ‘‘Uses of Facts Available 

and Application of Adverse Inferences.’’ 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our review and analysis of 

the information at verification and 

comments received from interested 

parties, we made changes to the subsidy 

rate calculations for FFPS. For a 

discussion of these changes, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 188 / Friday, September 27, 2024 / Notices 79249 

7See Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates 

From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, in 

the Countervailing Duty Investigation, 89 FR 24433 

(April 8, 2024) (Preliminary Critical Circumstances 

Determination). 

8See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 

Comment 3. 

9As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

company to be cross-owned with FFPS: Fujifilm 

(China) Investment Co., Ltd. 

10See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR at 15135. 

11See Preliminary Critical Circumstances 

Determination, 89 FR at 24435. 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, in Part 

Commerce preliminarily determined, 

in accordance with sections 703(e)(1)(A) 

and (B) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.206, 

that critical circumstances exist with 

respect to imports of subject 

merchandise for FFPS and Shanghai 

National Ink Co. Ltd. (Shanghai 

National).7 For this final determination, 

in accordance with section 705(a)(2) of 

the Act as well as our analysis of 

comments received regarding our 

affirmative preliminary determination of 

critical circumstances, in part,8

Commerce continues to find that critical 

circumstances exist with respect to 

imports of subject merchandise for FFPS 

and Shanghai National, and do not exist 

with respect to imports of subject 

merchandise for all other exporters and 

producers. For a full description of the 

methodology and results of our critical 

circumstances analysis, see the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of 

the Act, Commerce will determine an 

all-others rate equal to the weightedaverage countervailable subsidy rates 

established for exporters and/or 

producers individually investigated, 

excluding any zero and de minimis 

countervailable subsidy rates, and any 

rates determined entirely under section 

776 of the Act. We continue to assign a 

rate based entirely on facts available to 

Shanghai National. Therefore, the only 

rate that that is not zero, de minimis, or 

based entirely on facts otherwise 

available is the rate calculated for FFPS. 

Consequently, we continue to assign the 

rate calculated for FFPS as the rate for 

all other producers and exporters, 

pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the 

Act. 

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated countervailable 

subsidy rates exist for the period 

January 1, 2022, through December 31, 

2022: 

Company 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

Fujifilm Printing Plate (China) 

Co., Ltd 9 ............................. 35.66 

Company 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

Shanghai National Ink Co. Ltd * 229.54 

All Others ................................ 35.66 

* Rate based on AFA. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose to 

interested parties the calculations and 

analysis performed in this final 

determination within five days of any 

public announcement or, if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of this notice 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

As a result of our Preliminary 

Determination, and pursuant to sections 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we 

instructed U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to collect cash deposits 

and suspend liquidation of entries of 

subject merchandise from China that 

were entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption, on or after 

March 1, 2024, the date of the 

publication of the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register.10

Because we preliminarily determined 

that critical circumstances existed with 

respect to imports of subject 

merchandise from FFPS and Shanghai 

National, we instructed CBP to suspend 

such entries on or after December 1, 

2023, which is 90 days prior to the date 

of the publication of the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register.11

In accordance with section 703(d) of the 

Act, we instructed CBP to discontinue 

the suspension of liquidation of all 

entries of subject merchandise entered 

or withdrawn from warehouse, on or 

after June 29, 2024, the final day of 

provisional measures, but to continue 

the suspension of liquidation of all 

entries of subject merchandise on or 

before June 28, 2024. 

If the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) issues a final 

affirmative injury determination, we 

will issue a countervailing duty (CVD) 

order, reinstate the suspension of 

liquidation under section 706(a) of the 

Act, as appropriate, and require a cash 

deposit of estimated countervailing 

duties for entries of subject merchandise 

in the amounts indicated above. If the 

ITC determines that material injury, or 

threat of material injury, does not exist, 

this proceeding will be terminated, and 

all estimated duties deposited or 

securities posted as a result of the 

suspension of liquidation will be 

refunded or cancelled. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the ITC of our 

final affirmative determination that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

printing plates from China. Because the 

final determination is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 705(b) 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 

printing plates from China no later than 

45 days after our final determination. In 

addition, we are making available to the 

ITC all non-privileged and 

nonproprietary 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 

not disclose such information, either 

publicly or under an administrative 

protective order (APO), without the 

written consent of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. If the ITC determines that 

material injury or threat of material 

injury does not exist, this proceeding 

will be terminated and all cash deposits 

will be refunded. If the ITC determines 

that such injury does exist, Commerce 

will issue a CVD order directing CBP to 

assess, upon further instruction by 

Commerce, CVDs on all imports of the 

subject merchandise that are entered, or 

withdrawn, for consumption on or after 

the effective date of the suspension of 

liquidation, as discussed above in the 

‘‘Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation’’ section. 

Administrative Protective Order 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to an APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction 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 violation which is subject to 

sanction. 


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79250 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 188 / Friday, September 27, 2024 / Notices 

1See Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates 

from Japan: Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of 

Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 89 FR 35065 (May 1, 2024) (Preliminary 

Determination), and accompanying Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Final Affirmative Determination in the LessThan-Fair-Value Investigation of Aluminum 

Lithographic Printing Plates from Japan,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

705(d) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.210(c). 

Dated: September 20, 2024. 

Ryan Majerus, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations, 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 is aluminum lithographic 

printing plates. Aluminum lithographic 

printing plates consist of a flat substrate 

containing at least 90 percent aluminum. The 

aluminum-containing substrate is generally 

treated using a mechanical, electrochemical, 

or chemical graining process, which is 

followed by one or more anodizing 

treatments that form a hydrophilic layer on 

the aluminum-containing substrate. An 

image-recording, oleophilic layer that is 

sensitive to light, including but not limited 

to ultra-violet, visible, or infrared, is 

dispersed in a polymeric binder material that 

is applied on top of the hydrophilic layer, 

generally on one side of the aluminum 

lithographic printing plate. The oleophilic 

light-sensitive layer is capable of capturing 

an image that is transferred onto the plate by 

either light or heat. The image applied to an 

aluminum lithographic printing plate 

facilitates the production of newspapers, 

magazines, books, yearbooks, coupons, 

packaging, and other printed materials 

through an offset printing process, where an 

aluminum lithographic printing plate 

facilitates the transfer of an image onto the 

printed media. Aluminum lithographic 

printing plates within the scope of this 

investigation include all aluminum 

lithographic printing plates, irrespective of 

the dimensions or thickness of the 

underlying aluminum substrate, whether the 

plate requires processing after an image is 

applied to the plate, whether the plate is 

ready to be mounted to a press and used in 

printing operations immediately after an 

image is applied to the plate, or whether the 

plate has been exposed to light or heat to 

create an image on the plate or remains 

unexposed and is free of any image. 

Subject merchandise also includes 

aluminum lithographic printing plates 

produced from an aluminum sheet coil that 

has been coated with a light-sensitive imagerecording layer in a subject country and that 

is subsequently unwound and cut to the final 

dimensions to produce a finished plate in a 

third country (including the United States), 

or exposed to light or heat to create an image 

on the plate in a third country (including in 

a foreign trade zone within the United 

States). 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are lithographic printing plates 

manufactured using a substrate produced 

from a material other than aluminum, such 

as rubber or plastic. 

Aluminum lithographic printing plates are 

currently classifiable under Harmonized 

Tariff of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheadings 3701.30.0000 and 3701.99.6060. 

Further, merchandise that falls within the 

scope of this investigation may also be 

entered into the United States under HTSUS 

subheadings 3701.99.3000 and 8442.50.1000. 

Although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of this investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Final Critical Circumstances 

Determination 

V. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VI. Interest Rates and Benchmarks 

VII. Use of Facts Available and Adverse 

Inferences 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Made a 

Ministerial Error in the Calculation of 

the Rate Applicable to FFPS for the 

Provision of Electricity for Less Than 

Adequate Remuneration (LTAR) 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should 

Attribute Export Subsidies Received by 

the JRT Companies to FFPS 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should 

Make a Negative Finding of Critical 

Circumstances for FFPS 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce’s Decision 

To Countervail the Provision of 

Aluminum Sheet and Aluminum Foil for 

LTAR Is in Accordance With Law 

Comment 5: Whether Commerce’s 

Application of Adverse Facts Available 

to the Export Buyer’s Credit Program Is 

in Accordance With Law 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce’s 

Countervailing of the Provision of 

Electricity for LTAR Is in Accordance 

With Law 

Comment 7: Whether Commerce’s 

Determinations Regarding Other 

Subsidies Exceed the Lawful Scope of 

This Investigation 

X. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–588–881] 

Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates 

From Japan: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less-ThanFair-Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

aluminum lithographic printing plates 

(printing plates) from Japan are being, or 

are likely to be, sold in the United States 

at less than fair value (LTFV). The 

period of investigation (POI) is July 1, 

2022, through June 30, 2023. 

DATES: Applicable September 27, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caroline Carroll, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4948. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 1, 2024, Commerce published 

in the Federal Register the Preliminary 

Determination in this investigation and 

invited interested parties to comment.1

On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled 

certain deadlines in this investigation 

by seven days.2 The deadline for the 

final determination is now September 

20, 2024. For a complete description of 

the events that occurred since the 

Preliminary Determination, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum.3 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. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by the 

scope of this investigation is printing 

plates from Japan. For a complete 

description of the scope of this 

investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

We received no comments from 

interested parties on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Preliminary Determination. Therefore, 


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