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1See Certain Paper Plates from the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part, and Alignment of Final 

Determination with Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 89 FR 54429 (July 1, 2024) 

(Preliminary Determination) and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination of the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Certain Paper Plates from the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam,’’ dated concurrently 

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

Decision Memorandum). 

4See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; see also section 

771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and section 

771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity. 

5Preliminary Determination PDM at 7–17. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the 

Questionnaire Responses of Go-Pak Paper Products 

Vietnam Co., Ltd.,’’ dated August 1, 2024. 

7 In addition to Xie Li, the mandatory respondent 

that timely notified Commerce of its intent to 

withdraw from the investigation following its 

response to the affiliation portion of the initial 

questionnaire, there are four other non-responsive 

companies: (1) Innovative Sonic Vietnam 

International; (2) Ningbo Changya Plastic Vietnam 

Company; (3) Ningbo Changya Plastic Vietnam; and 

(4) SCG Vietnam. 

www.facadatabase.gov under the 

Commission on Civil Rights, Texas 

Advisory Committee link. Persons 

interested in the work of this Committee 

are directed to the Commission’s 

website, http://www.usccr.gov, or may 

contact the Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit at atrevino@

usccr.gov. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome & Opening Remarks 

II. Panelist Remarks 

III. Committee Q&A 

IV. Public Comment 

V. Adjournment 

Dated: January 22, 2025. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01783 Filed 1–27–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–552–840] 

Certain Paper Plates From the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, in Part 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

certain paper plates (paper plates) from 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

(Vietnam) during the period of 

investigation, January 1, 2023, through 

December 31, 2023. 

DATES: Applicable January 28, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Kolberg, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1785. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 1, 2024, Commerce published 

the Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register and invited interested 

parties to comment.1 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this administrative proceeding by seven 

days.2 The deadline for the final 

determination is now January 21, 2025. 

A summary of the events that 

occurred since Commerce published the 

Preliminary Determination, as well as a 

full discussion of the issues raised by 

parties for this final determination, may 

be found in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.3 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 http://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. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are paper plates from 

Vietnam. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

We received no comments from 

interested parties on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Preliminary Determination. Therefore, 

we made no changes to the scope of the 

investigation. 

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation, and the issues raised in 

the case and rebuttal briefs that were 

submitted by parties in this 

investigation, are discussed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. For a list of 

the issues raised by interested parties in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum, 

see Appendix II. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Tariff Act of 1920, as 

amended (the Act). For each of the 

subsidy programs found to be 

countervailable, Commerce 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.4 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our final determination, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

In making this final determination, 

Commerce relied, in part, on facts 

otherwise available, including adverse 

facts available (AFA), pursuant to 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For 

a full discussion of our application of 

AFA, see the Preliminary 

Determination, section ‘‘Use of Facts 

Available and Adverse Inferences’’ in 

the accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.5

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i) of the 

Act, between July 15 through July 19, 

2024, Commerce conducted verification 

of the subsidy information reported by 

Go-Pak Paper Products Vietnam Limited 

(Go-Pak).6 We used standard 

verification procedures, including an 

examination of relevant accounting 

records and original source documents 

provided by Go-Pak. 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, in Part 

In accordance with sections 703(e)(1) 

and 776(a) and 776(b) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.206, Commerce continues to 

find that critical circumstances exist 

with respect to imports of paper plates 

from Vietnam for Xie Li Vietnam 

International Company Limited (Xie Li), 

the non-responsive companies,7 and all 

other producers and exporters. In 

addition, we continue to find that 

critical circumstances do not exist with 

respect to imports of paper plates from 

Go-Pak. For a full description of the 

methodology and results of Commerce’s 

critical circumstances analysis, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of the 

information received during 


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verification, for this final determination, 

we made certain changes to the 

countervailable subsidy rate 

calculations for Go-Pak and for all other 

producers/exporters. For a discussion of 

these changes, see the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of 

the Act, Commerce will determine an 

all-others rate equal to the weighted 

average countervailable subsidy rates 

established for those exporters and/or 

producers individually investigated, 

excluding any zero and de minimis 

countervailable subsidy rates and any 

rates based entirely under section 776 of 

the Act. In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated an individual estimated 

countervailable subsidy rate for Go-Pak 

that is not zero, de minimis, or based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

Because the individual estimated 

countervailable subsidy rate for Xie Li 

and the four non-responsive companies 

is based entirely upon section 776 of the 

Act, Commerce is using the individual 

estimated subsidy rate calculated for 

Go-Pak as the all-others rate. 

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated countervailable 

subsidy rates exist for the period 

January 1, 2023, through December 31, 

2023: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

Go-Pak Paper Products Vietnam Co., Ltd ..................... 5.53 

Innovative Sonic Vietnam 

International ...................... * 225.90 

Ningbo Changya Plastic Vietnam Company ................... * 225.90 

Ningbo Changya Plastic Vietnam ................................... * 225.90 

SCG Vietnam ........................ * 225.90 

Xie Li ..................................... * 225.90 

All Others .............................. 5.53 

* Rate based on AFA. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed in 

connection with this final determination 

within five days of its 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). 

Suspension of Liquidation 

As a result of our Preliminary 

Determination, and pursuant to sections 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we 

instructed U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation 

of entries of subject merchandise from 

Vietnam that were entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after July 1, 2024, 

the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register for entries produced 

and/or exported by Go-Pak. Because we 

preliminarily determined that critical 

circumstances existed with respect to 

Xie Li, the four non-responsive 

companies, and all other producers and/ 

or exporters, we instructed CBP to 

suspend liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise from Vietnam that were 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption, on or after April 2, 

2024, which is 90 days prior to the date 

of the publication of the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register. 

In accordance with section 703(d) of the 

Act, we instructed CBP to discontinue 

the suspension of liquidation of all 

entries of subject merchandise entered 

or withdrawn from warehouse, on or 

after, October 29, 2024, but to continue 

the suspension of liquidation of all 

entries of subject merchandise that were 

subject to suspension of liquidation 

between April 2, 2024, and October 28, 

2024. 

If the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) issues a final 

affirmative injury determination, we 

will issue a countervailing duty order, 

reinstate the suspension of liquidation 

under section 706(a) of the Act, and 

require a cash deposit of estimated 

countervailing duties for such entries of 

subject merchandise. If the ITC 

determines that material injury, or 

threat of material injury, does not exist, 

this proceeding will be terminated, and 

all estimated duties deposited or 

securities posted as a result of the 

suspension of liquidation will be 

refunded or cancelled. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the ITC of our 

final affirmative determination that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

paper plates from Vietnam. Because the 

final determination is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 705(b) of the 

Act, the ITC will make its final 

determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports of 

paper plates from Vietnam no later than 

45 days after our final determination. In 

addition, we are making available to the 

ITC all non-privileged and 

nonproprietary information related to 

this investigation. We will allow the ITC 

access to all privileged and business 

proprietary information in our files, 

provided the ITC confirms that it will 

not disclose such information, either 

publicly or under an administrative 

protective order (APO), without the 

written consent of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. If the ITC determines that 

material injury or threat of material 

injury does not exist, this proceeding 

will be terminated and all cash deposits 

will be refunded. 

If the ITC determines that such injury 

does exist, Commerce will issue a 

countervailing duty order directing CBP 

to assess, upon further instruction by 

Commerce, countervailing duties on all 

imports of the subject merchandise that 

are entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the effective date of the suspension of 

liquidation, as discussed above in the 

‘‘Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation’’ section. 

Administrative Protective Order 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to an APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 705(d) 

and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.210(c). 

Dated: January 21, 2025. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is certain paper plates. Paper 

plates subject to this investigation may be cut 

from rolls, sheets, or other pieces of paper 

and/or paper board. Paper plates subject to 

this investigation have a depth up to and 

including two (2.0) inches, as measured 

vertically from the base to the top of the lip, 

or the edge if the plate has no lip. Paper 

plates subject to this investigation may be 

uncolored, white, colored, or printed. Printed 

paper plates subject to this investigation may 

have any type of surface finish, and may be 

printed by any means with images, text and/ 

or colors on one or both surfaces. Colored 

paper plates subject to this investigation may 


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1See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 

from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the 

Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the Republic of 

Tu ̈rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of LessThan-Fair-Value Investigations, 89 FR 80196 

(October 2, 2024). 

2The petitioners are Steel Dynamics, Inc., Nucor 

Corporation, United States Steel Corporation, 

be colored by any method, including but not 

limited to printing, beater-dyeing, and dipdyeing. Paper plates subject to this 

investigation may be produced from paper of 

any type (including, but not limited to, 

bamboo, straws, bagasse, hemp, kenaf, jute, 

sisal, abaca, cotton inters and reeds, or from 

non-plant sources, such as synthetic resin 

(petroleum)-based resins), may have any 

caliper or basis weight, may have any shape 

or size, may have one or more than one 

section, may be embossed, may have foil or 

other substances adhered to their surface, 

and/or may be uncoated or coated with any 

type of coating. 

The paper plates subject to this 

investigation remain covered by the scope of 

this investigation whether imported alone, or 

in any combination of subject and nonsubject merchandise. When paper plates 

subject to this investigation are imported in 

combination with non-subject merchandise, 

only the paper plates subject to this 

investigation are subject merchandise. 

The paper plates subject to this 

investigation include paper plates 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 paper 

plates. 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 paper plates include, but 

are not limited to, printing, application of 

other surface treatments such as coatings, 

repackaging, embossing, and application of 

foil surface treatments. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are paper plates molded or 

pressed directly from paper pulp (including 

but not limited to unfelted pulp), which are 

currently classifiable under subheading 

4823.70.0020 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are articles that otherwise 

would be covered but which exhibit the 

following two physical characteristics: (a) 

depth (measured vertically from the base to 

the top of the lip, or edge if no lip) equal to 

or greater than 1.25 inches but less than two 

(2.0) inches, and (b) a base not exceeding five 

(5.0) inches in diameter if round, or not 

exceeding 20 square inches in area if any 

other shape. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are paper bowls, paper buckets, 

and paper food containers with closeable 

lids. 

Paper plates subject to this investigation 

are currently classifiable under HTSUS 

subheading 4823.69.0040. .Paper plates 

subject to this investigation also may be 

classified under HTSUS subheading 

4823.61.0040. If packaged with other articles, 

the paper plates subject to this investigation 

also may be classified under HTSUS 

subheadings 9505.90.4000 and 9505.90.6000. 

While the HTSUS subheading(s) are provided 

for convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the subject 

merchandise is dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Determination of Critical Circumstances, 

in Part 

IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

V. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Properly 

Found That the Import Duty Exemptions 

on Imported Raw Materials By Export 

Processing Enterprises and Export 

Processing Zones Program Is 

Countervailable 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Properly 

Found That Import Duty Exemptions on 

Imported Fixed Assets By Export 

Processing Enterprises and Export 

Processing Zones Program is 

Countervailable 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Properly 

Applied Adverse Facts Available (AFA) 

to the Three State-Owned Commercial 

Bank Programs 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce Properly 

Found the Accelerated Depreciation and 

Increases of Deductible Expense Tax 

Program Is Countervailable 

VIII. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2025–01810 Filed 1–27–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–602–812, A–351–862, A–122–871, A–201– 

863, A–421–818, A–791–829, A–583–878, A– 

489–855, A–520–811, A–552–843] 

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products From Australia, Brazil, 

Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, 

South Africa, Taiwan, the Republic of 

Tu ̈rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigations 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable January 28, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Krisha Hill at (202) 482–4037 

(Australia), Benjamin Blythe at (202) 

482–3457 (Canada), Nathan Araya at 

(202) 482–3401 (Brazil), William Horn 

at (202) 482–4868 (Mexico), Rachel 

Jennings at (202) 482–1110 and Miranda 

Bourdeau at (202) 482–2021 (the 

Netherlands), Jacob Saude at (202) 482– 

0981 (South Africa), Monique 

Cummings at (202) 482–3996 and 

Preston Cox at (240) 956–8630 (Taiwan), 

Brittany Bauer at (202) 482–3860 and 

Olivia Woolverton at (202) 482–2000 

(the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye (Tu ̈rkiye), 

Lingjun Wang at (202) 482–2316 and 

Jose Riviera at (202) 482–0842 (the 

United Arab Emirates (UAE)), and Jacob 

Waddell at (202) 482–1369 (the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam (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 September 25, 2024, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

investigations of imports of certain 

corrosion-resistant steel products 

(CORE) from Australia, Brazil, Canada, 

Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, 

Taiwan, Tu ̈rkiye, the UAE, and 

Vietnam.1 Currently, the preliminary 

determinations are due no later than 

February 12, 2025. 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations 

Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires 

Commerce to issue the preliminary 

determination in a LTFV investigation 

within 140 days after the date on which 

Commerce initiated the investigation. 

However, section 733(c)(1)(A)(b)(1) of 

the Act permits Commerce to postpone 

the preliminary determination until no 

later than 190 days after the date on 

which Commerce initiated the 

investigation if: (A) the petitioner makes 

a timely request for a postponement; or 

(B) Commerce concludes that the parties 

concerned are cooperating, that the 

investigation is extraordinarily 

complicated, and that additional time is 

necessary to make a preliminary 

determination. Under 19 CFR 

351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a 

request for postponement 25 days or 

more before the scheduled date of the 

preliminary determination and must 

state the reasons for the request. 

Commerce will grant the request unless 

it finds compelling reasons to deny the 

request. 

On January 10, 2025, the petitioners 2

submitted timely requests that 


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