[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82212-82213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23499]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-844]


Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to Navneet 
Education Limited (Navneet), a producer/exporter of certain lined paper 
products (lined paper) from India. The period of review (POR) is 
January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. Interested parties are 
invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable October 10, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Zukowski, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 28, 2006, Commerce published the countervailing duty 
order on lined paper from India in the Federal Register.\1\ On November 
15, 2023, based on timely requests for review, Commerce initiated this 
administrative review of the Order.\2\ On January 18, 2024, Commerce 
issued the initial questionnaire to Navneet, the sole producer/exporter 
subject to this administrative review.\3\ On May 2, 2024, Commerce 
extended the deadline for the preliminary results of this review until 
September 27, 2024.\4\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 
deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\5\ The 
deadline for the preliminary results is now October 4, 2024.
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    \1\ See Notice of 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 Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 78298 (November 15, 2023).
    \3\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Countervailing Duty 
Questionnaire,'' dated January 18, 2024.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Lined Paper Products from India: 
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review,'' dated May 2, 2024.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\ 
A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
provided as the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty 
Order on Certain Lined Paper Products from India; 2022,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is lined paper from India. For a 
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance 
with 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For 
each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, Commerce 
preliminarily 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.\7\ For a full description 
of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \7\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the 
following net countervailable subsidy rate exists for the POR, January 
1, 2022, through December 31, 2022:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                        Company                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Navneet Education Limited..............................            2.50
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed in connection with these preliminary results to interested 
parties 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).

Public Comment

    Because Commerce intends to address the new subsidy allegations 
following these preliminary results, interested parties will be 
notified of the deadline for the submission of case briefs at a later 
date.\8\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\9\ Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs 
in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each 
issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\10\ All briefs must be filed 
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be 
received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time on the established deadline.
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for 
general filing requirements).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective 
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 
2023) (APO and Service Procedures).
    \10\ See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an 
executive summary of their briefs that should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that 
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs

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a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\11\ 
Further, we request that interested parties limit their executive 
summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including 
citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis 
of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum 
that will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We 
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant 
citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note that 
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the 
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\12\
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    \11\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \12\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS by 5:00 
p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and 
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of 
issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be 
limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is 
made, Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the 
hearing.\13\
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates

    Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall 
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no 
earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results 
of this review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at 
the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties 
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e. , within 
90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, upon publication of 
the final results, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amount indicated 
above with regard to shipments of subject merchandise entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review, except where the rate 
calculated in the final results is zero or de minimis. These cash 
deposit instructions, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Final Results

    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(a) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce intends to issue the final 
results of this administrative review, including the results of its 
analysis of issues by the parties in any written briefs, no later than 
120 days after the date of publication of these preliminary results.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: October 4, 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--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Diversification of India's Economy
V. Subsidies Valuation
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Recommendation

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