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1See Supercalendered Paper From Canada: 

Countervailing Duty Order, 80 FR 76668 (December 

10, 2015) (CVD Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 

10457 (February 13, 2017). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of Administrative Review of 

the Countervailing Duty Order on Supercalendered 

Paper from Canada; 2015,’’ dated concurrently with 

this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See 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. 

(a) German Institute for Standardization 

(DIN) specifications DIN 2391–2, DIN 2393– 

2, DIN 2394–2); 

(b) European Standards (EN) EN 10305–1, 

EN 10305–2, EN 10305–4, EN 10305–6 and 

European national variations on those 

standards (e.g., British Standard (BS EN), 

Irish Standard (IS EN) and German Standard 

(DIN EN) variations, etc.); 

(c) Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) JIS G 

3441 and JIS G 3445; and 

(6) proprietary standards that are based on 

one of the above-listed standards. 

The subject cold-drawn mechanical tubing 

may also be dual or multiple certified to 

more than one standard. Pipe that is multiple 

certified as cold-drawn mechanical tubing 

and to other specifications not covered by 

this scope, is also covered by the scope of 

this investigation when it meets the physical 

description set forth above. 

Steel products included in the scope of this 

investigation are products in which: (1) Iron 

predominates, by weight, over each of the 

other contained elements; and (2) the carbon 

content is 2 percent or less by weight. 

For purposes of this scope, the place of 

cold-drawing determines the country of 

origin of the subject merchandise. Subject 

merchandise that is subject to minor working 

in a third country that occurs after drawing 

in one of the subject countries including, but 

not limited to, heat treatment, cutting to 

length, straightening, nondestructive testing, 

deburring or chamfering, remains within the 

scope of this investigation. 

All products that meet the written physical 

description are within the scope of this 

investigation unless specifically excluded or 

covered by the scope of an existing order. 

Merchandise that meets the physical 

description of cold-drawn mechanical tubing 

above is within the scope of the investigation 

even if it is also dual or multiple certified to 

an otherwise excluded specification listed 

below. The following products are outside of, 

and/or specifically excluded from, the scope 

of this investigation: 

(1) Cold-drawn stainless steel tubing, 

containing 10.5 percent or more of chromium 

by weight and not more than 1.2 percent of 

carbon by weight; 

(2) products certified to one or more of the 

ASTM, ASME or American Petroleum 

Institute (API) specifications listed below: 

• ASTM A–53; 

• ASTM A–106; 

• ASTM A–179 (ASME SA 179); 

• ASTM A–192 (ASME SA 192); 

• ASTM A–209 (ASME SA 209); 

• ASTM A–210 (ASME SA 210); 

• ASTM A–213 (ASME SA 213); 

• ASTM A–334 (ASME SA 334); 

• ASTM A–423 (ASME SA 423); 

• ASTM A–498; 

• ASTM A–496 (ASME SA 496); 

• ASTM A–199; 

• ASTM A–500; 

• ASTM A–556; 

• ASTM A–565; 

• API 5L; and 

• API 5CT 

except that any cold-drawn tubing product 

certified to one of the above excluded 

specifications will not be excluded from the 

scope if it is also dual- or multiple-certified 

to any other specification that otherwise 

would fall within the scope of this 

investigation. 

The products subject to the investigation 

are currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

under item numbers: 7304.31.3000, 

7304.31.6050, 7304.51.1000, 7304.51.5005, 

7304.51.5060, 7306.30.5015, 7306.30.5020, 

7306.50.5030. Subject merchandise may also 

enter under numbers 7306.30.1000 and 

7306.50.1000. The HTSUS subheadings 

above are provided for convenience and 

customs purposes only. The written 

description of the scope of the investigation 

is dispositive. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–122–854] 

Supercalendered Paper From Canada: 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review and 

Rescission, in Part; 2015 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is conducting an 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

supercalendered paper (SC paper) from 

Canada. The period of review (POR) is 

August 3, 2015, through December 31, 

2015. We preliminarily determine that 

Port Hawkesbury Paper LP (Port 

Hawkesbury); Resolute FP Canada Inc. 

and Resolute FP US Inc. (collectively, 

Resolute); and Irving Paper Limited 

(Irving) received countervailable 

subsidies during the POR. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable January 3, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicholas Czajkowski, Emily Halle, or 

Aimee Phelan, Office I, AD/CVD 

Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–1395, (202) 482–0176, and 

(202) 482–0697, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 10, 2015, Commerce 

issued a countervailing duty order on 

SC paper from Canada.1 Several 

interested parties requested that 

Commerce conduct an administrative 

review of the CVD Order, and, on 

February 13, 2017, Commerce published 

in the Federal Register a notice of 

initiation of an administrative review of 

the CVD Order for four producers/ 

exporters for the POR.2

Scope of the Order 

The product covered by this order is 

SC paper. A full description of the scope 

of the order is contained in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum, 

which is hereby adopted by this notice.3

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this CVD 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For 

each of the subsidy programs found 

countervailable, we preliminarily 

determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a 

financial contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ 

that confers a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.4 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our preliminary conclusions, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. The list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as an 

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 http://access.trade.gov, and is 

available to all parties in the Central 

Records Unit, room B8024 of the main 

Department of Commerce building. In 

addition, a complete version of the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum can 

be accessed directly on the internet at 

http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/ 

index.html. The signed Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum and the 

electronic versions of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum are identical in 

content. 

We calculated a CVD rate for each 

producer/exporter of the subject 

merchandise for which an 


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5See Supercalendered Paper From Canada: Final 

Results of Countervailing Duty Expedited Review, 

82 FR 18896 (April 24, 2017) (Expedited Review) 

and accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Rescission of Catalyst Paper 

Corporation, Catalyst Pulp and Paper Sales Inc., and 

Catalyst Paper (USA) Inc.,’’ May 17, 2017. 

7See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

8See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and (d)(1). 

9See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2). 10See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

11See Expedited Review, 82 FR at 18897 (citing 

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from 

India, Italy, Republic of Korea and the People’s 

Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 81 

FR 48387 (July 25, 2016)). 

12See CBP Message Number 7122301, dated May 

2, 2017. 

13 Id. 

14See Expedited Review, 82 FR at 18897. 

administrative review was requested, 

except as discussed below. 

Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

Commerce initiated an administrative 

review of the CVD Order on February 

13, 2017 for Catalyst Paper Corporation, 

Catalyst Pulp and Paper Sales Inc., and 

Catalyst Paper (USA) Inc. (collectively, 

Catalyst). On April 24, 2017, we issued 

the final results of the expedited review 

of the CVD Order, in which we 

determined a countervailable subsidy 

rate for Catalyst that is de minimis. 

Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.214(k)(3)(iv), we excluded Catalyst 

from the CVD Order.5 On May 17, 2017, 

Commerce issued a memorandum 

stating our intention to rescind the 

administrative review with respect to 

Catalyst.6 Therefore, because Catalyst 

has been excluded from the CVD Order, 

we are rescinding the administrative 

review with respect to Catalyst. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated an 

individual subsidy rate for Port 

Hawkesbury, Resolute, and Irving. For 

the POR, we preliminarily determine 

that the following net subsidy rates for 

the producers/exporters under review to 

be as follows: 

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Port Hawkesbury Paper LP .. 15.65 

Resolute FP Canada Inc., 

and Resolute FP US Inc ... 1.79 

Irving Paper Limited ............. 5.13 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce will disclose to parties to 

this proceeding the calculations 

performed in connection with these 

preliminary results within five days of 

publication of this notice.7 Unless the 

Department changes the deadlines, 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

within seven days after the date on 

which the last verification report is 

issued in this proceeding, and rebuttal 

briefs no later than five days after the 

deadline for filing case briefs.8 Rebuttal 

briefs must be limited to issues raised in 

the case briefs.9 Parties who submit case 

or rebuttal briefs are requested to submit 

with the argument: (1) A statement of 

the issue; (2) a brief summary of the 

argument; and, (3) a table of 

authorities.10 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.310(c), interested parties who wish 

to request a hearing must do so within 

30 days of publication of these 

preliminary results by submitting a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, filed electronically using 

ACCESS. Requests should contain the 

party’s name, address, and telephone 

number; the number of participants; and 

a list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, we will 

inform parties of the scheduled date for 

the hearing which will be held at the 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, at a time and location to be 

determined. Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date, time, and location of 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

Unless the deadline is extended 

pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

issues raised in any written briefs, 

within 120 days after the date of 

publication of these preliminary results. 

Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit 

Instructions 

Upon completion of the 

administrative review, pursuant to 

section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce 

shall determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this review. We 

intend to issue assessment instructions 

to CBP 15 days after publication of the 

final results of this review. 

Commerce also intends to instruct 

CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties in the 

amounts indicated above for each 

company listed on shipments of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of publication of the final 

results of this administrative review. For 

all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct 

CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties at the 

most recent company-specific or allothers rate applicable to the company, 

as appropriate. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

As discussed above, Commerce is 

rescinding the administrative review 

with respect to Catalyst. As we 

explained in the Expedited Review, 

Commerce’s practice with respect to 

exclusions of companies from a CVD 

order is to exclude the subject 

merchandise both produced and 

exported by those companies.11 As a 

result, we instructed CBP to discontinue 

the suspension of liquidation and the 

collection of cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties on all shipments 

of SC paper produced and exported by 

Catalyst, entered, or withdrawn, from 

warehouse for consumption on or after 

April 24, 2017.12 In addition, we 

instructed CBP to liquidate, without 

regard to countervailing duties, all 

suspended entries of shipments of SC 

paper produced and exported by 

Catalyst, and to refund all cash deposits 

of estimated countervailing duties 

collected on all such shipments that 

were suspended on or after August 3, 

2015.13 Merchandise that Catalyst 

exports but does not produce, as well as 

merchandise Catalyst produces but is 

exported by another company, remain 

subject to countervailing duty order.14

This administrative review and notice 

are in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.213. 

Dated: December 21, 2017. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

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. Subsidies Valuation 

V. Analysis of Programs 

VI. Disclosure and Public Comment 

VII. Conclusion 

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