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1See Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products from 

the People’s Republic of China and the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-FairValue Investigations, 89 FR 87551 (November 4, 

2024). 

2 Id. 

1The members of the Coalition of Domestic 

Folder Manufacturers (the Coalition) are: Smead 

Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Smead) and TOPS 

Products LLC (TOPS). 

2See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitions for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties,’’ dated October 21, 2024 (Petitions). 

3 Id. 

typographical error in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS) subheadings included in the 

scope of the investigations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Trainor or Dennis McClure at 

(202) 482–4007 or (202) 482–5973, 

respectively (China), and Thomas 

Martin at (202) 482–3936 (Vietnam), 

AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 4, 2024, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

initiation notice of the LTFV 

investigations on molded fiber products 

from China and Vietnam.1 In that 

notice, there was a typographical error 

in the HTSUS subheadings included in 

the scope of the investigations. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of November 

4, 2024, in FR Doc 2024–25562,2 on 

page 87556, in the first column, correct 

the first sentence of the last paragraph 

in this column to read as follows: 

‘‘Thermoformed molded fiber 

products are classified under 

subheadings 4823.70.0020 and 

4823.70.0040, Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS).’’ 

For a full description of the scope of 

these investigations, revised to reflect 

the correction specified above, see the 

appendix to this notice. 

Notice to Interested Parties 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with sections 732 and 777(i) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 

and 19 CFR 351.203(c). 

Dated: November 13, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Investigations 

The merchandise subject to these 

investigations consists of thermoformed 

molded fiber products regardless of shape, 

form, function, fiber source, or finish. 

Thermoformed molded fiber products are 

formed with cellulose fibers, thermoformed 

using one or more heated molds, and dried/ 

cured in the mold. 

Thermoformed molded fiber products 

include, but are not limited to, plates, bowls, 

clamshells, trays, lids, food or foodservice 

contact packaging, and consumer or other 

product packaging. 

Thermoformed molded fiber products are 

relatively dense, with a typical fiber density 

above 0.5 grams per cubic centimeter, and are 

generally characterized by relatively smooth 

surfaces. They may be derived from any 

virgin or recycled cellulose fiber source 

(including, but not limited to, those sourced 

from wood, woody crops, agricultural crops/ 

byproducts/residue, and agricultural/ 

industrial/other waste). They may have any 

weight, shape, dimensionality, design, or 

size, and may be bleached, unbleached, dyed, 

colored, or printed. They may include 

ingredients, additives, or chemistries to 

enhance functionality including, but not 

limited to, anti-microbial, antifungal, antibacterial, heat/flame resistant, hydrophobic, 

oleophobic, absorbent, or adsorbent. 

Thermoformed molded fiber products may 

also be subject to other processing or 

treatments, including, but not limited to, hot 

or after pressing, die-cutting, punching, 

trimming, padding, perforating, printing, 

labeling, dying, coloring, coating, laminating, 

embossing, debossing, repacking, or 

denesting. Thermoformed molded fiber 

products subject to these investigations may 

also have additional design features, 

including, but not limited to, tab closures, 

venting, channeling, or stiffening. 

Thermoformed molded fiber products 

remain covered by the scope of these 

investigations whether the subject product is 

encased by exterior packaging or whether the 

subject product forms the outer packaging for 

non-subject products. They also remain 

covered by the scope of these investigations 

whether imported alone, or in any 

combination of subject and non-subject 

merchandise (e.g., a lid or cover of any type 

packaged with a molded fiber bowl, addition 

of any items to make the thermoformed 

molded fiber packaging suitable for end-use 

such as absorbent pads). When thermoformed 

molded fiber products are imported in 

combination with non-subject merchandise, 

only the thermoformed molded fiber 

products are subject merchandise. 

Excluded from the scope of these 

investigations are thermoformed molded 

fiber products imported as packaging 

material that enclose and/or surround nonsubject merchandise prepackaged for final 

sale upon importation into the United States 

(e.g., molded fiber packaging surrounding a 

cellular phone). 

Thermoformed molded fiber products 

include thermoformed molded fiber products 

matching the above description that have 

been finished, packaged, or otherwise 

processed in a third country by performing 

finishing, packaging, or processing that 

would not otherwise remove the 

merchandise from the scope of the 

investigations if performed in the country of 

manufacture of the thermoformed molded 

fiber products. Examples of finishing, 

packaging, or other processing in a third 

country that would not otherwise remove the 

merchandise from the scope of the 

investigations if performed in the country of 

manufacture of the thermoformed molded 

fiber products include, but are not limited to, 

hot or after pressing, die-cutting, punching, 

trimming, padding, perforating, printing, 

labeling, dying, coloring, coating, laminating, 

embossing, debossing, repacking, or 

denesting. 

Thermoformed molded fiber products are 

classified under subheadings 4823.70.0020 

and 4823.70.0040, Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

Imports may also be classified under 

subheadings 4823.61.0020, 4823.61.0040, 

4823.69.0020, 4823.69.0040, 4823.90.1000, 

HTSUS. References to the HTSUS 

classification are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, and the written 

description of the merchandise under 

investigation is dispositive. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26907 Filed 11–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–555–006] 

Paper File Folders From Cambodia: 

Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable November 12, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shane Subler, AD/CVD Operations, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6241. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petition 

On October 21, 2024, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

received a countervailing duty (CVD) 

petition concerning imports of paper file 

folders from Cambodia filed in proper 

form on behalf of the Coalition of 

Domestic Folder Manufacturers (the 

petitioner),1 the members of which are 

domestic producers of paper file 

folders.2 The CVD Petition was 

accompanied by antidumping duty (AD) 

petitions concerning imports of paper 

file folders from Cambodia and Sri 

Lanka.3

Between October 25 and 28, 2024, 

Commerce requested supplemental 


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4See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Supplemental 

Questions,’’ dated October 25, 2024; see also 

Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Supplemental Questions,’’ 

dated October 28, 2024. 

5See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Response of Petitioner 

to Volume I Supplemental Questionnaire,’’ dated 

October 29, 2024 (General Issues Supplement); see 

also Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Response of Petitioner to 

Volume III Supplemental Questionnaire,’’ dated 

November 1, 2024. 

6Smead and TOPS are interested parties under 

section 771(9)(C) of the Act, while the Coalition is 

an interested party under section 771(9)(F) of the 

Act. 

7See section on ‘‘Determination of Industry 

Support for the Petition,’’ infra. 

8See 19 CFR 351.204(b)(2). 

9See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) 

(Preamble). 

10See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ‘‘factual 

information’’). 

11See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and 

Compliance; Change of Electronic Filing System 

Name, 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014), for details 

of Commerce’s electronic filing requirements, 

effective August 5, 2011. Information on using 

ACCESS can be found at https://access.trade.gov/ 

help.aspx and a handbook can be found at https:// 

access.trade.gov/help/Handbook_on_Electronic_

Filing_Procedures.pdf. 

12See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Invitation for 

Consultation to Discuss the Countervailing Duty 

Petition,’’ dated October 22, 2024. 

13See section 771(10) of the Act. 

14See USEC, Inc. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 

2d 1, 8 (CIT 2001) (citing Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. 

v. United States, 688 F. Supp. 639, 644 (CIT 1988), 

aff’d Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. v. United States, 865 

F.2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989)). 

information pertaining to certain aspects 

of the Petition.4 Between October 29 

and November 1, 2024, the petitioner 

filed timely responses to these requests 

for additional information.5

In accordance with section 702(b)(1) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act), the petitioner alleges that the 

Government of Cambodia (GOC) is 

providing countervailable subsidies, 

within the meaning of sections 701 and 

771(5) of the Act, to producers of paper 

file folders from Cambodia, and that 

such imports are materially injuring, or 

threatening material injury to, the 

domestic industry producing paper file 

folders in the United States. Consistent 

with section 702(b)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.202(b), for those alleged 

programs on which we are initiating a 

CVD investigation, the Petition was 

accompanied by information reasonably 

available to the petitioner supporting its 

allegations. 

Commerce finds that the petitioner 

filed the Petition on behalf of the 

domestic industry, because the 

petitioner is an interested party, as 

defined in section 771(9)(F) of the Act.6

Commerce also finds that the petitioner 

demonstrated sufficient industry 

support with respect to the initiation of 

the requested CVD investigation.7

Period of Investigation 

Because the Petition was filed on 

October 21, 2024, the period of 

investigation for the CVD investigation 

is January 1, 2023, through December 

31, 2023.8

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are paper file folders from 

Cambodia. For a full description of the 

scope of this investigation, see the 

appendix to this notice. 

Comments on the Scope of the 

Investigation 

As discussed in the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations, we are setting 

aside a period for interested parties to 

raise issues regarding product coverage 

(i.e., scope).9 Commerce will consider 

all comments received from interested 

parties and, if necessary, will consult 

with interested parties prior to the 

issuance of the preliminary 

determination. If scope comments 

include factual information, all such 

factual information should be limited to 

public information.10 To facilitate 

preparation of its questionnaire, 

Commerce requests that scope 

comments be submitted by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time (ET) on December 2, 2024, 

which is 20 calendar days from the 

signature date of this notice. Any 

rebuttal comments, which may include 

factual information, must be filed by 

5:00 p.m. ET on December 12, 2024, 

which is 10 calendar days from the 

initial comment deadline. 

Commerce requests that any factual 

information that parties consider 

relevant to the scope of the investigation 

be submitted during that time period. 

However, if a party subsequently finds 

that additional factual information 

pertaining to the scope of the 

investigation may be relevant, the party 

must contact Commerce and request 

permission to submit the additional 

information. All scope comments must 

be filed simultaneously on the records 

of the concurrent AD and CVD 

investigations. 

Filing Requirements 

All submissions to Commerce must be 

filed electronically via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping Duty and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS), 

unless an exception applies.11 An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

the time and date it is due. 

Consultations 

Pursuant to sections 702(b)(4)(A)(i) 

and (ii) of the Act, Commerce notified 

the GOC of the receipt of the Petition 

and provided an opportunity for 

consultations with respect to the 

Petition.12 The GOC did not request 

consultations. 

Determination of Industry Support for 

the Petition 

Section 702(b)(1) of the Act requires 

that a petition be filed on behalf of the 

domestic industry. Section 702(c)(4)(A) 

of the Act provides that a petition meets 

this requirement if the domestic 

producers or workers who support the 

petition account for: (i) at least 25 

percent of the total production of the 

domestic like product; and (ii) more 

than 50 percent of the production of the 

domestic like product produced by that 

portion of the industry expressing 

support for, or opposition to, the 

petition. Moreover, section 702(c)(4)(D) 

of the Act provides that, if the petition 

does not establish support of domestic 

producers or workers accounting for 

more than 50 percent of the total 

production of the domestic like product, 

Commerce shall: (i) poll the industry or 

rely on other information in order to 

determine if there is support for the 

petition, as required by subparagraph 

(A); or (ii) determine industry support 

using a statistically valid sampling 

method to poll the ‘‘industry.’’ 

Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines 

the ‘‘industry’’ as the producers as a 

whole of a domestic like product. Thus, 

to determine whether a petition has the 

requisite industry support, the statute 

directs Commerce to look to producers 

and workers who produce the domestic 

like product. The U.S. International 

Trade Commission (ITC), which is 

responsible for determining whether 

‘‘the domestic industry’’ has been 

injured, must also determine what 

constitutes a domestic like product in 

order to define the industry. While both 

Commerce and the ITC apply the same 

statutory definition regarding the 

domestic like product,13 they do so for 

different purposes and pursuant to a 

separate and distinct authority. In 

addition, Commerce’s determination is 

subject to limitations of time and 

information. Although this may result in 

different definitions of the like product, 

such differences do not render the 

decision of either agency contrary to 

law.14

Section 771(10) of the Act defines the 

domestic like product as ‘‘a product 

which is like, or in the absence of like, 


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15For a discussion of the domestic like product 

analysis as applied to this case and information 

regarding industry support, see Checklist, 

‘‘Countervailing Duty Investigation Initiation 

Checklist: Paper File Folders from Cambodia,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Cambodia CVD Initiation Checklist), at 

Attachment II, Analysis of Industry Support for the 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions 

Covering Paper File Folders from Cambodia and Sri 

Lanka (Attachment II). This checklist is on file 

electronically via ACCESS. 

16See Attachment II of the Cambodia CVD 

Initiation Checklist. 

17 Id. 

18 Id. 

19For further discussion, see Attachment II of the 

Cambodia CVD Initiation Checklist. 

20 Id. 

21 Id.; see also section 702(c)(4)(D) of the Act. 

22See Attachment II of the Cambodia CVD 

Initiation Checklist. 

23 Id. 

24 Id. 

25For further information regarding negligibility 

and the injury allegation, see Cambodia CVD 

Initiation Checklist at Attachment III, Analysis of 

Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and 

Causation for the Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Petitions Covering Paper File Folders from 

Cambodia and Sri Lanka (Attachment III). 

26 Id. 

27 Id. 

28 Id. 

29See Petition at Volume I (page 18 and Exhibit 

I–18); see also General Issues Supplement at 1–2 

and Exhibit I–S1. 

most similar in characteristics and uses 

with, the article subject to an 

investigation under this title.’’ Thus, the 

reference point from which the 

domestic like product analysis begins is 

‘‘the article subject to an investigation’’ 

(i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to 

be investigated, which normally will be 

the scope as defined in the petition). 

With regard to the domestic like 

product, the petitioner does not offer a 

definition of the domestic like product 

distinct from the scope of the 

investigation.15 Based on our analysis of 

the information submitted on the 

record, we have determined that paper 

file folders, as defined in the scope, 

constitute a single domestic like 

product, and we have analyzed industry 

support in terms of that domestic like 

product.16

In determining whether the petitioner 

has standing under section 702(c)(4)(A) 

of the Act, we considered the industry 

support data contained in the Petition 

with reference to the domestic like 

product as defined in the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigation,’’ in the appendix to this 

notice. To establish industry support, 

the petitioner provided the 2023 total 

shipment values of the domestic like 

product for U.S. producers that support 

the Petitions and compared this to the 

estimated total shipment values of the 

domestic like product for the entire 

domestic industry.17 Because total 

industry production data for the 

domestic like product for 2023 are not 

reasonably available to the petitioner, 

and the petitioner has established that 

shipments are a reasonable proxy for 

production data,18 we have relied on 

data provided by the petitioner for 

purposes of measuring industry 

support.19

Our review of the data provided in the 

Petition, the General Issues Supplement, 

and other information readily available 

to Commerce indicates that the 

petitioner has established industry 

support for the Petition.20 First, the 

Petition established support from 

domestic producers (or workers) 

accounting for more than 50 percent of 

the total production of the domestic like 

product and, as such, Commerce is not 

required to take further action in order 

to evaluate industry support (e.g., 

polling).21 Second, the domestic 

producers (or workers) have met the 

statutory criteria for industry support 

under section 702(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act 

because the domestic producers (or 

workers) who support the Petition 

account for at least 25 percent of the 

total production of the domestic like 

product.22 Finally, the domestic 

producers (or workers) have met the 

statutory criteria for industry support 

under section 702(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act 

because the domestic producers (or 

workers) who support the Petition 

account for more than 50 percent of the 

production of the domestic like product 

produced by that portion of the industry 

expressing support for, or opposition to, 

the Petition.23 Accordingly, Commerce 

determines that the Petition was filed on 

behalf of the domestic industry within 

the meaning of section 702(b)(1) of the 

Act.24

Injury Test 

Because Cambodia is a ‘‘Subsidies 

Agreement Country’’ within the 

meaning of section 701(b) of the Act, 

section 701(a)(2) of the Act applies to 

this investigation. Accordingly, the ITC 

must determine whether imports of the 

subject merchandise from Cambodia 

materially injure, or threaten material 

injury to, a U.S. industry. 

Allegations and Evidence of Material 

Injury and Causation 

The petitioner alleges that imports of 

the subject merchandise are benefiting 

from countervailable subsidies and that 

such imports are causing, or threaten to 

cause, material injury to the U.S. 

industry producing the domestic like 

product. In addition, the petitioner 

alleges that subject imports from 

Cambodia individually exceed the 

negligibility threshold provided for 

under section 771(24)(A) of the Act.25

Further, in the instance of a CVD 

petition, section 771(24)(B) of the Act 

provides that imports of subject 

merchandise from developing and least 

developed countries must exceed the 

negligibility threshold of four percent. 

The petitioner also demonstrates that 

imports from Cambodia, which has been 

designated as a least developed country 

under section 771(36)(B) of the Act, 

exceed the negligibility threshold of 

four percent.26

The petitioner contends that the 

industry’s injured condition is 

illustrated by the significant and 

increasing volume of subject imports; 

reduced market share; underselling and 

price depression and/or suppression; 

lost sales and revenues; and declines in 

the domestic industry’s production, U.S. 

shipments, net sales, and financial 

performance.27 We assessed the 

allegations and supporting evidence 

regarding material injury, threat of 

material injury, causation, cumulation, 

as well as negligibility, and we have 

determined that these allegations are 

properly supported by adequate 

evidence and meet the statutory 

requirements for initiation.28

Initiation of CVD Investigation 

Based upon the examination of the 

Petition and supplemental responses, 

we find that they meet the requirements 

of section 702 of the Act. Therefore, we 

are initiating a CVD investigation to 

determine whether imports of paper file 

folders benefit from countervailable 

subsidies conferred by the GOC. In 

accordance with section 703(b)(1) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), unless 

postponed, we will make our 

preliminary determination no later than 

65 days after the date of this initiation. 

Based on our review of the Petition, 

we find that there is sufficient 

information to initiate a CVD 

investigation on 12 of the 12 programs 

alleged by the petitioner. For a full 

discussion of the basis for our decision 

to initiate on each program, see the 

Cambodia CVD Initiation Checklist. A 

public version of the initiation checklist 

for this investigation is available on 

ACCESS. 

Respondent Selection 

In the Petition, the petitioner 

identified four companies in Cambodia 

as producers and/or exporters of paper 

file folders.29 Commerce intends to 

follow its standard practice in CVD 

investigations and calculate companyspecific subsidy rates in this 

investigation. In the event that 

Commerce determines that the number 


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30See Memorandum, ‘‘Release of U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection Entry Data,’’ dated November 

7, 2024. 

31See section 703(a)(1) of the Act. 

32 Id. 

33See 19 CFR 351.301(b). 

34See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2). 

35See 19 CFR 351.302. 

36See 19 CFR 351.301; see also Extension of Time 

Limits; Final Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 20, 

2013) (Time Limits Final Rule), available at https:// 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013- 

22853.htm. 

37See section 782(b) of the Act. 

38See Certification of Factual Information to 

Import Administration During Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 

17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also frequently asked 

questions regarding the Final Rule, available at 

https://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_

info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf. 

39See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069 

(September 29, 2023). 

of companies is large and it cannot 

individually examine each company 

based on Commerce’s resources, 

Commerce normally selects mandatory 

respondents in CVD investigations using 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) entry data for U.S. imports under 

the appropriate Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheading(s) listed in the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigations’’ in the appendix. 

On November 7, 2024, Commerce 

released CBP data on imports of paper 

file folders from Cambodia under 

administrative protective order (APO) to 

all parties with access to information 

protected by APO and indicated that 

interested parties wishing to comment 

on CBP data and/or respondent 

selection must do so within three 

business days of the publication date of 

the notice of initiation of this 

investigation.30 Comments must be filed 

electronically using ACCESS. An 

electronically-filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety via 

ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. ET on the 

specified deadline. Commerce will not 

accept rebuttal comments regarding the 

CBP data or respondent selection. 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under 

administrative protective order (APO) in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). 

Instructions for filing such applications 

may be found on Commerce’s website at 

https://www.trade.gov/administrativeprotective-orders. 

Distribution of Copies of the Petition 

In accordance with section 

702(b)(4)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.202(f), a copy of the public version 

of the Petition has been provided to the 

GOC via ACCESS. To the extent 

practicable, we will attempt to provide 

a copy of the public version of the 

Petition to each exporter named in the 

Petition, as provided under 19 CFR 

351.203(c)(2). 

ITC Notification 

Commerce will notify the ITC of its 

initiation, as required by section 702(d) 

of the Act. 

Preliminary Determination by the ITC 

The ITC will preliminarily determine, 

within 45 days after the date on which 

the Petition was filed, whether there is 

a reasonable indication that imports of 

paper file folders from Cambodia are 

materially injuring, or threatening 

material injury to, a U.S. industry.31 A 

negative ITC determination will result 

in the investigation being terminated.32

Otherwise, this CVD investigation will 

proceed according to statutory and 

regulatory time limits. 

Submission of Factual Information 

Factual information is defined in 19 

CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i) evidence 

submitted in response to questionnaires; 

(ii) evidence submitted in support of 

allegations; (iii) publicly available 

information to value factors of 

production under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or 

to measure the adequacy of 

remuneration under 19 CFR 

351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence placed on 

the record by Commerce; and (v) 

evidence other than factual information 

described in (i)–(iv). Section 351.301(b) 

of Commerce’s regulations requires any 

party, when submitting factual 

information, to specify under which 

subsection of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the 

information is being submitted 33 and, if 

the information is submitted to rebut, 

clarify, or correct factual information 

already on the record, to provide an 

explanation identifying the information 

already on the record that the factual 

information seeks to rebut, clarify, or 

correct.34 Time limits for the 

submission of factual information are 

addressed in 19 CFR 351.301, which 

provides specific time limits based on 

the type of factual information being 

submitted. Interested parties should 

review the regulations prior to 

submitting factual information in this 

investigation. 

Extensions of Time Limits 

Parties may request an extension of 

time limits before the expiration of a 

time limit established under 19 CFR 

351.301, or as otherwise specified by 

Commerce. In general, an extension 

request will be considered untimely if it 

is filed after the expiration of the time 

limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, 

or as otherwise specified by 

Commerce.35 For submissions that are 

due from multiple parties 

simultaneously, an extension request 

will be considered untimely if it is filed 

after 10:00 a.m. ET on the due date. 

Under certain circumstances, Commerce 

may elect to specify a different time 

limit by which extension requests will 

be considered untimely for submissions 

which are due from multiple parties 

simultaneously. In such a case, we will 

inform parties in a letter or 

memorandum of the deadline (including 

a specified time) by which extension 

requests must be filed to be considered 

timely. An extension request must be 

made in a separate, standalone 

submission; under limited 

circumstances we will grant untimely 

filed requests for the extension of time 

limits, where we determine, based on 19 

CFR 351.302, that extraordinary 

circumstances exist. Parties should 

review Commerce’s regulations 

concerning the extension of time limits 

and the Time Limits Final Rule prior to 

submitting factual information in this 

investigation.36

Certification Requirements 

Any party submitting factual 

information in an AD or CVD 

proceeding must certify to the accuracy 

and completeness of that information.37

Parties must use the certification 

formats provided in 19 CFR 

351.303(g).38 Commerce intends to 

reject factual submissions if the 

submitting party does not comply with 

the applicable certification 

requirements. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

Parties wishing to participate in this 

investigation should ensure that they 

meet the requirements of 19 CFR 

351.103(d) (e.g., by filing the required 

letters of appearance). Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).39

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to sections 702 and 777(i) of 

the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c). 

Dated: November 12, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products within the scope of this 

investigation are file folders consisting 

primarily of paper, paperboard, pressboard, 

or other cellulose material, whether coated or 


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1See Mattresses from Indonesia: Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2022–2023, 89 FR 47528 (June 3, 2024) 

(Preliminary Results), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 23, 2024. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Final Results of 2022–2023 Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated October 2, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2022– 

2023 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 

Mattresses from Indonesia,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

5See Mattresses from Cambodia, Indonesia, 

Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Republic of Turkey, 

and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final 

Affirmative Antidumping Determination for 

Cambodia, 86 FR 26460 (May 14, 2021) (Order). 

6See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 4. 

uncoated, that has been folded (or creased in 

preparation to be folded), glued, taped, 

bound, or otherwise assembled to be suitable 

for holding documents. The scope includes 

all such folders, regardless of color, whether 

or not expanding, whether or not laminated, 

and with or without tabs, fasteners, closures, 

hooks, rods, hangers, pockets, gussets, or 

internal dividers. The term ‘‘primarily’’ as 

used in the first sentence of this scope means 

50 percent or more of the total product 

weight, exclusive of the weight of fasteners, 

closures, hooks, rods, hangers, removable 

tabs, and similar accessories, and exclusive 

of the weight of the packaging. 

Subject folders have the following 

dimensions in their folded and closed 

position: lengths and widths of at least 8 

inches and no greater than 17 inches, 

regardless of depth. 

The scope covers all varieties of folders, 

including but not limited to manila folders, 

hanging folders, fastener folders, 

classification folders, expanding folders, 

pockets, jackets, and wallets. 

Excluded from the scope are: 

• mailing envelopes with a flap bearing 

one or more adhesive strips that can be used 

permanently to seal the entire length of a side 

such that, when sealed, the folder is closed 

on all four sides; 

• binders, with two or more rings to hold 

documents in place, made of paperboard or 

pressboard encased entirely in plastic; 

• binders consisting of a front cover, back 

cover, and spine, with or without a flap; to 

be excluded, a mechanism with two or more 

metal rings must be included on or adjacent 

to the interior spine; 

• non-expanding folders with a depth 

exceeding 2.5 inches and that are closed or 

closeable on the top, bottom, and all four 

sides (e.g., boxes or cartons); 

• expanding folders that have: (1) 13 or 

more pockets; (2) a flap covering the top; (3) 

a latching mechanism made of plastic and/ 

or metal to close the flap; and (4) an affixed 

plastic or metal carry handle; 

• folders that have an outer surface (other 

than the gusset, handles, and/or closing 

mechanisms, if any) that is covered entirely 

with fabric, leather, and/or faux leather; 

• fashion folders, which are defined as 

folders with all of the following 

characteristics: (1) plastic lamination 

covering the entire exterior of the folder; (2) 

printing, foil stamping, embossing (i.e., 

raised relief patterns that are recessed on the 

opposite side), and/or debossing (i.e., 

recessed relief patterns that are raised on the 

opposite side), covering the entire exterior 

surface area of the folder; (3) at least two 

visible and printed or foil stamped colors 

(other than the color of the base paper), each 

of which separately covers no less than 10 

percent of the entire exterior surface area; 

and (4) patterns, pictures, designs, or artwork 

covering no less than thirty percent of the 

exterior surface area of the folder; 

• portfolios, which are folders having: (1) 

a width of at least 16 inches when open flat; 

(2) no tabs or dividers; and (3) one or more 

pockets that are suitable for holding letter 

size documents and that cover at least 15 

percent of the surface area of the relevant 

interior side or sides; and 

• report covers, which are folders having: 

(1) no tabs, dividers, or pockets; and (2) one 

or more fasteners or clips, each of which is 

permanently affixed to the center fold, to 

hold papers securely in place. 

Imports of the subject merchandise are 

provided for under Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

category 4820.30.0040. Subject imports may 

also enter under other HTSUS classifications. 

While the HTSUS subheading is provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of this 

investigation is dispositive. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26888 Filed 11–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–560–836] 

Mattresses From Indonesia: Final 

Results and Partial Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2022–2023 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

PT Ecos Jaya Indonesia and PT Grantec 

Jaya Indonesia (collectively, Ecos/ 

Grantec) and one non-individually 

examined company made sales of 

subject merchandise in the United 

States at prices below normal value 

(NV) during the period of review (POR), 

May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023. 

Additionally, Commerce determines 

that PT. Zinus Global Indonesia (Zinus 

Indonesia) did not make sales of 

mattresses from Indonesia at prices 

below NV during the POR. Moreover, 

we are rescinding this review with 

respect to one company that withdrew 

its request for review and 29 companies 

that had no reviewable entries during 

the POR. 

DATES: Applicable November 19, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Smith or Noah Wetzel, 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) 482–1766 or (202) 482–7466, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 3, 2024, Commerce published 

the Preliminary Results of this 

administrative review and invited 

interested parties to comment.1 On July 

23, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.2 On October 

2, 2024, Commerce extended the 

deadline for the final results of this 

administrative review until November 

12, 2024.3 For a summary of the events 

that occurred since the Preliminary 

Results, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.4 Commerce conducted 

this review in accordance with section 

751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). 

Scope of the Order 5

The merchandise covered by this 

Order is mattresses from Indonesia. A 

full description of the scope of the 

Order is contained in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

We addressed all issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs filed in this 

administrative review in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. A list of the 

issues addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is included in 

appendix I. 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. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on an analysis of the comments 

received, we made one change to the 

margin calculation in the Preliminary 

Results for Ecos/Grantec.6


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