[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 65 (Monday, April 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18373-18374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07826]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-843]


Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Notice of Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

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

SUMMARY: On July 14, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the Preliminary Results of a changed circumstances review 
(CCR) of the antidumping duty order on certain lined paper products 
from India.\1\ The Department preliminarily determined that Kokuyo 
Riddhi Paper Products Private Limited (Kokuyo) is the successor-in-
interest to Riddhi Enterprises (Riddhi). We received comments from 
interested parties on the Preliminary Results. Based on our analysis of 
these comments, for the final results, the Department continues to find 
that Kokuyo is the successor-in-interest to Riddhi.
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    \1\ See Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Initiation and 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances 
Review, 79 FR 40709 (July 14, 2014) (Preliminary Results), and the 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

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DATES: Effective Date: April 6, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Robinson or Eric B. Greynolds, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-3797 and (202) 482-6071, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 28, 2006, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the antidumping duty order on certain lined paper from 
India.\2\
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    \2\ 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) 
(CLPP Order).
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    On May 14, 2014, Kokuyo requested that the Department conduct a CCR 
to determine whether it is the successor-in-interest to Riddhi, for 
purposes of determining antidumping duties due as a result of the CLPP 
Order. On July 14, 2014, the Department published its Preliminary 
Results, in which it determined that Kokuyo is the successor-in-
interest to Riddhi.\3\ The Department invited interested parties to 
comment on the Preliminary Results.\4\ On August 11, 2014, Petitioners 
\5\ submitted their post-preliminary comments.\6\ On August 29, 2014, 
Kokuyo submitted its rebuttal comments.\7\ On September 5, 2014, 
Petitioners submitted a case brief.\8\ On September 18, 2014, Kokuyo 
submitted a rebuttal brief.\9\
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    \3\ See Preliminary Results, 79 FR 40709.
    \4\ Id.
    \5\ Petitioners are the Association of American School Paper 
Suppliers (AASPS) and its individual members, which consists of the 
following companies: ACCO Brands USA LLC, Norcom Inc., and Top 
Flight, Inc. See Petitioners' letter dated June 5, 2014.
    \6\ See Petitioners' August 11, 2014 comments (Post-Preliminary 
Comments).
    \7\ See Kokuyo's August 29, 2014 rebuttal comments (Post-
Preliminary Rebuttal).
    \8\ See Petitioners' September 5, 2014 Case Brief.
    \9\ See Kokuyo's September 18, 2014 Rebuttal Brief.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the CLPP Order is certain lined paper 
products, typically school supplies (for purposes of this scope 
definition, the actual use of or labeling these products as school 
supplies or non-school supplies is not a defining characteristic) 
composed of or including paper that incorporates straight horizontal 
and/or vertical lines on ten or more paper sheets (there shall be no 
minimum page requirement for looseleaf filler paper). The products are 
currently classified under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (HTSUS) subheadings: 4811.90.9035, 4811.90.9080, 
4820.30.0040, 4810.22.5044, 4811.90.9050, 4811.90.9090, 4820.10.2010, 
4820.10.2020, 4820.10.2030, 4820.10.2040, 4820.10.2050, 4820.10.2060, 
and 4820.10.4000. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written product description 
remains dispositive.\10\
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    \10\ For a complete description of the scope of the CLPP Order, 
see the memorandum from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 
``Issue and Decision Memorandum for Final Results of Changed 
Circumstances Review: Certain Lined Paper Products from India'' 
(Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with these 
final results.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the post-preliminary and rebuttal comments, or 
in case and rebuttal briefs by parties to

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this changed circumstances review are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of 
the issues which parties have raised, and to which we have responded in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is attached to this notice as an 
Appendix.
    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'').\11\ ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and is available to all parties in the Central Records 
Unit, room 7046 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.ita.doc.gov/frn/index.html. 
The signed and electronic version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum 
are identical in content.
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    \11\ On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and Compliance changed 
the name of Enforcement and Compliance's AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (``IA ACCESS'') to AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (``ACCESS''). The Web site location was 
changed from http://iaaccess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov. 
The Final Rule changing the references to the Regulations can be 
found at 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014).
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Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    For the Preliminary Results, the Department found that Kokuyo was 
the successor-in-interest to Riddhi based on evidence on the record. 
For these final results, the Department continues to find that the 
business transfer from Riddhi to Kokuyo resulted in no significant 
changes to management, production facilities, supplier relationships, 
and customers with respect to the production and sale of the subject 
merchandise. Thus, we determine that Kokuyo operates as essentially the 
same business entity as Riddhi with respect to the subject merchandise.
    Accordingly, the Department determines that Kokuyo is the 
successor-in-interest to Riddhi for the purpose of determining 
antidumping duty liability.

Instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    As a result of this determination, we find that Kokuyo should 
receive the cash deposit rate previously assigned to Riddhi in the most 
recently completed review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
lined paper products from India. Consequently, the Department will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to collect estimated 
antidumping duties for all shipments of subject merchandise exported by 
Kokuyo and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the publication date of this notice in the Federal Register at 
the current cash deposit rate for Riddhi, which is de minimis.\12\ This 
cash deposit requirement shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \12\ See Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010-2011, 78 FR 22232 
(April 15, 2013).
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Notification

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.306. 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.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 
777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.216(e).

    Dated: March 30, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of Interested Party Comments
Comment 1: Time Periods Analyzed When Conducting a Successor-in-
Interest CCR Analysis
Comment 2: Whether Kokuyo's Management Structure Is Similar to That 
of Riddhi
Comment 3: Whether Kokuyo's Production Facilities Are Similar to 
Those of Riddhi
Comment 4: Whether Kokuyo's Customer Base Is the Same as Riddhi's
Comment 5: Whether Kokuyo's Supplier Base Is the Same as Riddhi's
V. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2015-07826 Filed 4-3-15; 8:45 am]
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