Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 240 / Friday, December 13, 2024 / Notices 100961 

1See Thermal Paper from Germany, Japan, the 

Republic of Korea, and Spain: Antidumping Duty 

Orders, 86 FR 66284 (November 22, 2021) (Order). 

2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation Opportunity to 

Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 75270 (November 2, 

2023). 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

90168 (December 29, 2023). 

4See Lollicup’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of 

Administrative Reque Request,’’ dated March 15, 

2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ 

dated February 29, 2024; see also Memorandum, 

‘‘Suspension of Deadlines for Mitsubishi Hitec 

Paper; and Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Affiliation 

Between Koehler and Matra,’’ dated April 10, 2024). 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of 2022–2023 Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated July 15, 2024; 

see also Memorandum, ‘‘Second Extension of 

Deadline for Preliminary Results of 2022–2023 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated 

November 8, 2024. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the 2022–2023 

Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 

Order on Thermal Paper from the Republic of 

Germany,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

9 In accordance with our collapsing determination 

in the prior administrative review, Commerce 

continues to collapse these companies and treat 

them as a single entity. See Thermal Paper From 

the Republic of Germany: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021– 

2022, 88 FR 83397 (November 29, 2023), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

at 4–5, unchanged in Thermal Paper From the 

Federal Republic of Germany: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021– 

2022, 89 FR 47517 (June 3, 2024). 

publication of these preliminary results 

in the Federal Register. 

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: December 6, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy 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 Tu ̈rkiye’s Economy 

V. Subsidies Valuation 

VI. Benchmarks and Interest Rates 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–428–850] 

Thermal Paper From Germany: 

Preliminary Results and Rescission, In 

Part, 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) preliminarily 

determines that sales of thermal paper 

from Germany were not made at less 

than normal value (NV) during the 

period of review (POR), November 1, 

2022, through October 31, 2023. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable December 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Entz, 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) 482–3845. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 22, 2021, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

antidumping duty order on thermal 

paper from Germany.1 On November 2, 

2023, Commerce published in the 

Federal Register a notice of opportunity 

to request an administrative review of 

the Order for the POR.2 On December 

29, 2023, based on timely requests for 

review, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an 

administrative review of the Order.3 On 

March 15, 2024, Lollicup USA 

Incorporated (Lollicup) withdrew its 

request for review of Mitsubishi Hitec 

Paper (Mitsubishi).4 Therefore, 

Commerce is examining Koehler Paper 

SE and Koehler Kehl GmbH 

(collectively, Koehler) as the sole 

mandatory respondent in this review.5

On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled 

certain deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.6 In July 2024 

and November 2024, we extended the 

deadline for preliminary results of this 

administrative review. The deadline to 

issue the preliminary results is no later 

than December 6, 2024.7 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this review, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.8

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the Order 

is thermal paper from Germany. For a 

complete description of the scope of the 

Order, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if a party who requested a review 

withdraws its request within 90 days of 

the date of publication of notice of 

initiation. As noted above, Lollicup 

withdrew its request for review of 

Mitsubishi within the 90-day deadline. 

As no other party requested for review 

of Mitsubishi, we are rescinding this 

administrative review with respect to 

Mitsubishi, pursuant to 19 CFR 351. 

213(d)(1). 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

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

We calculated constructed export price 

in accordance with section 772 of the 

Act. We calculated NV in accordance 

with section 773 of the Act. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. A list of the 

topics discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is attached 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 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. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine that the 

following weighted-average dumping 

margin exists for the period November 

1, 2022, through October 31, 2023: 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Koehler Paper SE; Koehler Kehl 

GmbH 9 .................................... 0.00 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed for these 

preliminary results to interested parties 

within five days of any public 


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10See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); 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 Final Rule). 

11See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

12We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

13See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 

67069 (September 29, 2023). 

14See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

15For a full discussion of this practice, see 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 

(May 6, 2003). 16See Order, 86 FR at 66286. 

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). 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

no later than 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice. Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in case 

briefs, may be filed no later than five 

days after the date for filing case 

briefs.10 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.11 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. 

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 

a public, executive summary for each 

issue raised in their briefs.12 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 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 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).13

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, filed electronically via 

ACCESS by 5 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. Issues raised in the hearing 

will be limited to those raised in the 

respective case briefs. If a request for a 

hearing is made, parties will be notified 

of the time and date for the hearing.14

Unless otherwise extended, 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis 

raised in any written briefs, not later 

than 120 days after the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

pursuant to 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.213(h)(1). 

Assessment Rates 

Upon completion of the 

administrative review, Commerce shall 

determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this review. Pursuant 

to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because 

Koehler reported the entered value for 

all of its U.S. sales, we calculated 

importer-specific ad valorem duty 

assessment rates based on the ratio of 

the total amount of antidumping duties 

calculated for the examined sales to the 

total entered value of the sales for which 

entered value was reported. Where 

either Koehler’s weighted-average 

dumping margin is zero or de minimis 

within the meaning of 19 CFR 

351.106(c), or an importer-specific rate 

is zero or de minimis, we will instruct 

CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries 

without regard to antidumping duties. 

Commerce’s ‘‘automatic assessment’’ 

will apply to entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR produced 

by Koehler for which it did not know 

that the merchandise it sold to an 

intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading 

company, or exporter) was destined for 

the United States. In such instances, we 

will instruct CBP to liquidate those 

entries at the all-others rate if there is no 

rate for the intermediate company(ies) 

involved in the transaction.15

For Mitsubishi, the company for 

which Commerce is rescinding this 

review, Commerce will instruct CBP to 

assess antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries at a rate equal to the 

cash deposit of estimated antidumping 

duties required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, during the period 

November 1, 2022, through October 31, 

2023, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends to 

issue assessment instructions to CBP 

regarding Mitsubishi no earlier than 35 

days after the date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

In accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final results 

of this review shall be the basis for the 

assessment of antidumping duties on 

entries of merchandise covered by the 

final results of this review and for future 

deposits of estimated duties, where 

applicable. 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 

The following deposit requirements 

will be effective for all shipments of the 

subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date of the final results of this 

administrative review, as provided by 

section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the 

cash deposit rate for the company listed 

above will be that established in the 

final results of this review, except if the 

rate is less than 0.50 percent and, 

therefore, de minimis within the 

meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in 

which case the cash deposit rate will be 

zero; (2) for previously reviewed or 

investigated companies not covered by 

this review, the cash deposit will 

continue to be the company-specific rate 

published for the most recently 

completed segment of this proceeding in 

which the company participated; (3) if 

the exporter is not a firm covered in this 

review, or the less-than-fair-value 

(LTFV) investigation, but the 

manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate 

will be the rate established for the most 

recent segment for the manufacturer of 

the merchandise; and (4) the cash 

deposit rate for all other manufacturers 

and/or exporters will continue to be 

2.90 percent, the all-others rate 

established in the LTFV investigation.16

These deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary reminder to importers of 

their responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 


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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 240 / Friday, December 13, 2024 / Notices 100963 

1See Notice of Antidumping Orders: Certain 

Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Brazil, 

the Republic of Korea (Korea), Mexico, and 

Venezuela, and Amendment to Final Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Circular 

Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Korea, 57 FR 

49453 (November 2, 1992) (Order). 

2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 65750 (November 1, 

2022). 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

90168 (December 29, 2023); see also Circular 

Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of 

Korea; Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the 

Republic of Korea; Welded Line Pipe from the 

Republic of Korea; and Large Diameter Welded Pipe 

from the Republic of Korea: Notice of Final Results 

of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances 

Reviews, 89 FR 89962 (November 14, 2024) 

(Hyundai Steel CCR), determining that Hyundai 

Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to 

Hyundai Steel Company. 

4We note that in the context of the Hyundai Steel 

CCR, Commerce determined that Hyundai Steel 

Pipe Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to the 

mandatory respondent, Hyundai Steel. At the 

completion of the final results of this review, the 

cash deposit rate applicable to Hyundai Steel will 

be applicable to Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ 

dated February 27, 2024. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results,’’ dated July 17, 2024. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the 2022–2023 

Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 

Order on Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe 

from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

9See Wheatland Tube Company’s Letter, 

‘‘Withdrawal Request for Administrative Reviews,’’ 

dated March 13, 2024. 

the reimbursement of antidumping 

duties prior to liquidation of the 

relevant entries during this review 

period. Failure to comply with this 

requirement could result in the 

Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

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

CFR 351.213 and 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: December 6, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy 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. Duty Absorption 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Currency Conversion 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–809] 

Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe 

From the Republic of Korea: 

Preliminary Results 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) preliminarily 

finds that circular welded non-alloy 

steel pipe (CWP) from the Republic of 

Korea (Korea) was sold at less than 

normal value (NV) during the period of 

review (POR), November 1, 2022, 

through October 31, 2023. Additionally, 

Commerce determines that one 

mandatory respondent did not make 

sales of subject merchandise at less than 

NV during the POR. We invite 

interested parties to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable December 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Benjamin Nathan or Mira Warrier, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–3834 or 202–482–8031, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 2, 1992, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on CWP 

from Korea.1 On November 1, 2022, 

Commerce published in the Federal 

Register a notice of opportunity to 

request an administrative review of the 

Order.2 On December 29, 2023, based on 

timely requests for review, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an 

administrative review of the Order 

covering 26 producers/exporters.3 On 

February 27, 2024, we selected Husteel 

Co., Ltd. (Husteel) and Hyundai Steel 

Company (Hyundai Steel) 4 for 

individual examination as mandatory 

respondents in this administrative 

review.5

On July 17, 2024, Commerce extended 

the deadline to issue the preliminary 

results of this review until November 

29, 2024.6 On July 22, 2024, Commerce 

tolled certain deadlines in this 

administrative proceeding by seven 

days.7 The deadline for the preliminary 

results is now December 6, 2024. For a 

complete description of the events that 

followed the initiation of this review, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.8

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

scope of the Order is CWP from Korea. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of the Order, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Rescission of Administrative Review in 

Part 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review if a party that 

requested a review withdraws the 

request within 90 days of the date of 

publication of notice of initiation of the 

requested review. On March 13, 2024, 

Wheatland Tube Company timely 

withdrew its request for review with 

respect to three companies.9 Because no 

other parties requested a review of these 

companies, we are rescinding this 

review, in part, with respect to the 

following three companies: SeAH Steel 

VINA Corporation, Hoa Sen Group, and 

Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co Ltd. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B) 

and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). Constructed export 

price is calculated in accordance with 

section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated 

in accordance with section 773 of the 

Act. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying these 

preliminary results, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is attached as Appendix 

II 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/ 

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