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1See Certain Paper Plates from Thailand: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 

and Postponement of Final Determination and 

Extension of Provisional Measures, 89 FR 72370 

(September 5, 2024) (Preliminary Determination), 

and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Certain Paper Plates from 

Thailand,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

applicant, there are no instruments of 

the same general category manufactured 

in the United States. Application 

accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 

October 22, 2024. 

Docket Number: 24–037. Applicant: 

Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles 

Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118. 

Instrument: Multi-collector high 

resolution inductively-coupled plasma 

mass spectrometer with collision cell. 

Manufacturer: Nu Instruments, United 

Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument 

is intended to be used to enhance the 

research capabilities of the Earth and 

Environmental Sciences department. 

Currently planned experiments include 

using thallium isotopes and selenium 

isotopes to study past ocean oxygen 

variations from rock samples, strontium 

and calcium isotopes to investigate 

calcium carbonate saturation states, and 

boron isotopes to reconstruct past ocean 

acidity from corals. These analyses will 

provide important insights of past 

climate change and geochemical cycles 

of various elements. This instrument 

maybe used for demonstration purposes 

only for high level analytical chemistry 

and geochemistry classes. The goal of 

this course is to introduce the use of 

stable and radioactive isotopes as tools 

to trace the movement of air, water, and 

sediments through the atmosphere, 

hydrosphere, biosphere, and 

lithosphere. Justification for Duty-Free 

Entry: According to the applicant, there 

are no instruments of the same general 

category manufactured in the United 

States. Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: October 22, 

2024. 

Docket Number: 24–038. Applicant: 

Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, 

Cambridge, MA 01238. Instrument: 

Narrow linewidth lasers with 

accompanying accessories (2). 

Manufacturer: Shanghai Precilasers 

Technology Co., Ltd., China. Intended 

Use: The instrument is intended to be 

used for research focusing on using 

ultracold Strontium monohydroxide 

(SrOH) molecules for precision 

measurements of physics beyond the 

Standard Model, including the electron 

Electric Dipole Moment (eEDM) and 

dark matter. To conduct these precision 

measurements, the SrOH molecules 

must first be laser-slowed and lasercooled to extremely low temperatures 

and high densities. A high-power, 

single-frequency 688 nm laser system 

from Shanghai Precilasers will be used 

to cool the SrOH molecules inside a 

magneto-optical trap (MOT). This 

process requires precise addressing of a 

transition with MHz precision and a 

high photon scattering rate for eRective 

trapping. Justification for Duty-Free 

Entry: According to the applicant, there 

are no instruments of the same general 

category manufactured in the United 

States. Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: November 

13, 2024. 

Docket Number: 24–039. Applicant: 

University of Chicago, High Bay 

Research Building, 5602 S Maryland, 

Chicago, IL 60637. Instrument: 

Telescope Mirror Test Stand. 

Manufacturer: Carpenteria Colombo 

Ferruccio SRL, Italy. Intended Use: The 

instrument is intended to be used to 

study the thermal and gravitational 

deformation of a 5.5 meter diameter, 

monolithic aluminum mirror which 

serves as the primary reflecting mirror 

on a telescope designed to study 

primordial gravitational waves. The 

objectives are to characterize the 

deformation of the mirror under 

different thermal gradients and 

changing elevation angles to allow 

development of algorithms to correct the 

optical images. Justification for DutyFree Entry: According to the applicant, 

there are no instruments of the same 

general category manufactured in the 

United States. Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: August 27, 

2024. 

Docket Number: 24–040. Applicant: 

University of California, Santa Barbara, 

2509 Broida Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 

93106–9530. Instrument: Low Noise 

Laser Amplifier. Manufacturer: 

Shanghai Precilaser Technology Co., 

Ltd., China. Intended Use: The low 

noise laser amplifier at 1064 nm will be 

used in a cold atom experiment at 

University of California, Santa Barbara, 

for opCcal trapping and manipulaCon of 

ultracold potassium-39 atoms. It will be 

seeded by our own 500 mW 1064 laser 

and will produce 100 W output power. 

Potassium-39 atoms at low temperature 

will be loaded into the opCcal traps 

created by the laser amplifier. 

Combining with acousto-opCcal 

modulators, we will be able to alter the 

quantum state of the atoms in the 

opCcal potenCals, and perform 

experiments about quantum interacCve 

dynamics and other quantum 

simulaCons. Justification for Duty-Free 

Entry: According to the applicant, there 

are no instruments of the same general 

category manufactured in the United 

States. Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: December 4, 

2024. 

Dated: January 22, 2025. 

Gregory W. Campbell, 

Director, Subsidies and Economic Analysis, 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–549–849] 

Certain Paper Plates From Thailand: 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value 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 

imports of certain paper plates (paper 

plates) from Thailand are being, or are 

likely to be, sold in the United States at 

less than fair value (LTFV) for the 

period of investigation (POI) January 1, 

2023, through December 31, 2023. 

DATES: Applicable January 28, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted 

Pearson, 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) 482–2631. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 5, 2024, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

preliminary affirmative determination 

in the LTFV investigation of paper 

plates from Thailand and invited 

interested parties to comment.1 For a 

complete description of the events that 

followed the Preliminary Determination, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.2

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/ 

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3See Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the Sales 

Questionnaire Responses of Thai Paper Co., Ltd.,’’ 

dated September 23, 2024; see also Memoranda, 

‘‘Verification of the Sales Questionnaire Responses 

of Go-Pak UK Ltd,’’ dated October 17, 2024; and, 

‘‘Verification of the Cost Response of Thai Paper 

Company Limited,’’ dated December 2, 2024. 

4The seven non-responsive companies are: (1) 

ABC Digital Technology Co Ltd; (2) Beeconcious 

Co; (3) Dester Co, Ltd; (4) Pimlapas Printing Co., 

Ltd; (5) Sincerely Cargo; (6) Thai Coconut Co Ltd; 

and (7) Thai Union Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 

5See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR at 38080. 

6See, e.g., Steel Threaded Rod from Thailand: 

Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Affirmative Preliminary 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, 78 FR 

79670, 79671 (December 31, 2013), unchanged in 

Steel Threaded Rod from Thailand: Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Affirmative Final Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, 79 FR 14476, 14477 (March 14, 

2014). 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are paper plates from 

Thailand. 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. 

Verification 

Commerce verified the sales and cost 

information submitted by Thai Paper 

Co., Ltd. (Thai Paper) for use in our final 

determination, consistent with section 

782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act).3 We used standard 

verification procedures, including an 

examination of relevant sales and 

accounting records, and original source 

documents provided by Thai Paper. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs submitted by interested 

parties in this investigation are 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. A list of the issues 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is attached to this notice 

as Appendix II. 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, in Part 

Commerce preliminarily determined, 

in accordance with section 733(e)(1) of 

the Act, and 19 CFR 351.206(c)(1), that 

critical circumstances exist with respect 

to imports of paper plates from Thailand 

for the seven companies 4 that were nonresponsive to our quantity and value 

(Q&V) questionnaire. For the final 

determination, pursuant to section 

735(a)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.206, we continue to find that 

critical circumstances exist for these 

seven companies. Further, we continue 

to find that critical circumstances do not 

exist with regard to Thai Paper, the 

companies that responded to the Q&V 

questionnaire (i.e., Nirvana Foods & 

Commerce International Co., Ltd. 

(Nirvana); Pandora Production Co 

(Pandora); and SNC Cup Co., Ltd. (SNC 

Cup)), and all others. 

Use of Adverse Facts Available (AFA) 

As discussed in the Preliminary 

Determination, Commerce assigned 

dumping margins on the basis of AFA, 

pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of 

the Act, to the seven companies that 

were non-responsive to the Q&V 

questionnaire.5 For this final 

determination, we continue to find that 

the application of AFA, pursuant to 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, is 

warranted with respect to the seven 

non-responsive companies. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

We made changes since the 

Preliminary Determination to use Thai 

Paper’s corrected and verified sales 

databases. For a discussion of these 

changes, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act 

provides that the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for all other 

producers and exporters not 

individually investigated shall be equal 

to the weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for individually investigated 

exporters and producers, excluding 

rates that are zero, de minimis, or 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act, i.e., facts otherwise available. 

For the final determination of this 

investigation, Thai Paper was the only 

individually examined exporter/ 

producer for which Commerce 

calculated an individual estimated 

weighted average dumping margin. 

Because Thai Paper’s dumping margin 

is the only individually calculated 

dumping margin that is not zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available, the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin 

calculated for Thai Paper is the margin 

assigned to all other producers and 

exporters and the non-selected 

respondents, Nirvana, Pandora, and 

SNC Cup.6

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins exist: 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Thai Paper Co., Ltd .................... 5.57 

Nirvana Foods & Commerce 

International Co., Ltd .............. 5.57 

Pandora Production Co .............. 5.57 

SNC Cup Co., Ltd ...................... 5.57 

ABC Digital Technology Co Ltd * 73.17 

Beeconcious Co ......................... * 73.17 

Dester Co, Ltd ............................ * 73.17 

Pimlapas Printing Co., Ltd .......... * 73.17 

Sincerely Cargo .......................... * 73.17 

Thai Coconut Co Ltd .................. * 73.17 

Thai Union Manufacturing Co., 

Ltd ........................................... * 73.17 

All Others .................................... 5.57 

* Rate based on facts available with adverse 

inferences. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed in connection 

with this final determination to 

interested parties within five days of 

any public announcement or, if there is 

no public announcement, within five 

days of the date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will 

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend 

liquidation of all appropriate entries of 

subject merchandise, as described in 

Appendix II of this notice, which were 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after September 

5, 2024, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. 

Section 733(e)(2) of the Act provides 

that, given an affirmative determination 

of critical circumstances, any 

suspension of liquidation shall apply to 

unliquidated entries of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the later of: (a) the date which is 

90 days before the date on which the 

suspension of liquidation was first 

ordered; or (b) the date on which notice 

of initiation of the investigation was 

published. Commerce finds that critical 

circumstances exist for imports of 

subject merchandise produced or 

exported by the seven non-responsive 

companies. In accordance with section 

733(e)(2)(A) of the Act, the suspension 


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of liquidation shall apply to 

unliquidated entries of shipments of 

subject merchandise produced or 

exported by the seven non-responsive 

companies that were entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after June 7, 2024, 

which is 90 days before the publication 

of the Preliminary Determination. These 

suspension of liquidation instructions 

will remain in effect until further notice. 

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), where 

appropriate, Commerce will instruct 

CBP to require a cash deposit equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin or the estimated allothers rate, as follows: (1) the cash 

deposit rate for the companies listed 

above that exported the subject 

merchandise will be equal to the 

company-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin determined in 

this final determination; (2) if the 

exporter is not a company identified 

above but the producer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be equal to the 

company-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for 

that producer of the subject 

merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers and 

exporters will be equal to the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

all other producers and exporters. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification (ITC) 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the ITC 

of its final affirmative determination of 

sales at LTFV. Because Commerce’s 

final determination is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) 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 or 

sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation of paper plates no later than 

45 days after this final determination. If 

the ITC determines that such injury 

does not exist, this proceeding will be 

terminated, all cash deposits posted will 

be refunded, and suspension of 

liquidation will be lifted. If the ITC 

determines that such injury does exist, 

Commerce will issue an antidumping 

duty order directing CBP to assess, upon 

further instruction by Commerce, 

antidumping duties on all imports of the 

subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the effective 

date of the suspension of liquidation, as 

discussed in the ‘‘Continuation of 

Suspension of Liquidation’’ section 

above. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to an APO of 

their responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return or 

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. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This final determination and notice 

are issued and published in accordance 

with sections 735(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 

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 investigation 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 investigation 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. Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, in Part 

IV. Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should 

Recalculate Thai Paper’s Quantity 

Discounts 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should 

Find Multiple Levels of Trade (LOTs) in 

Thai Paper’s Home Market 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should 

Incorporate Updated Sales Databases 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should 

Update the Cost Database 

VI. Recommendation 

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