[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7081-7082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02698]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-959]


Certain Coated Paper Suitable for High-Quality Print Graphics 
Using Sheet-Fed Presses From the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of Expedited Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) finds that 
revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain coated 
paper suitable for high-quality print graphics using sheet-fed presses 
(Certain Coated Paper) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) would 
be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable 
subsidy at the levels indicated in the Final Results of Review section 
of this notice.

DATES: Effective date: February 10, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Kennedy, Office I, AD/CVD 
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
7883.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 1, 2015, the Department initiated a sunset review of the 
CVD Order \1\ on coated paper from the PRC pursuant to section 751(c) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ On October 15, 
2015, the Department received a notice of intent to participate in the 
review on behalf of Verso Corporation (Verso), S.D. Warren Company d/b/
a Sappi North America (Sappi), Appleton Coated LLC (Appleton), and the 
United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 
Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (USW) 
(collectively, the petitioners) within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1). Verso, Sappi, and Appleton claimed interested party 
status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as domestic producers of the 
domestic like product. The USW claimed interested party status under 
section 771(9)(D) of the Act as a certified union or recognized union 
or group of workers which is representative of an industry engaged in 
the manufacture, production, or wholesale in the United States of a 
domestic like product.
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    \1\ See Certain Coated Paper Suitable for High-Quality Print 
Graphics Using Sheet-Fed Presses From the People's Republic of 
China: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination 
and Countervailing Duty Order, 75 FR 70201 (November 17, 2010) (CVD 
Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year ``Sunset'' Review, 80 FR 59133 
(October 1, 2015).
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    The Department received adequate substantive responses collectively 
from the domestic industry within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 
CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). The Department did not receive a substantive 
response from the Government of the PRC or any respondent interested 
party to the proceeding. Because the Department received no response 
from the respondent interested parties, the Department conducted an 
expedited review of this CVD Order, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(l)(ii)(B)(2) and (C)(2).
    As explained in the memorandum from the Acting Assistant Secretary 
for Enforcement and Compliance, the Department has exercised its 
discretion to toll all administrative deadlines due to the recent 
closure of the Federal Government. All deadlines in this segment of the 
proceeding have been extended by four business days. The revised 
deadline for the final results of this expedited sunset review is now 
March 4, 2016.\3\
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    \3\ See Memorandum to the Record from Ron Lorentzen, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, regarding 
``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government 
Closure During Snowstorm Jonas,'' dated January 27, 2016.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain coated paper from 
the People's Republic of China. The product is currently classified 
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
numbers 4810.14.11, 4810.14.1900, 4810.14.2010, 4810.14.2090, 
4810.14.5000, 4810.14.6000, 4810.14.70, 4810.19.1100, 4810.19.1900, 
4810.19.2010, 4810.19.2090, 4810.22.1000, 4810.22.50, 4810.22.6000, 
4810.22.70, 4810.29.1000, 4810.29.5000, 4810.29.6000, 4810.29.70, 
4810.32, 4810.39, 4810.92, 4810.29.1035, 4810.29.7035, 4810.92.1235, 
4810.92.1435, and 4810.92.6535.
    For a full description of the scope, see ``Expedited Sunset Review: 
Certain Coated Paper Suitable for High-Quality Print Graphics Using 
Sheet-Fed Presses from the People's Republic of China,'' from Christian 
Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 
and Compliance, dated concurrently with this final notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum), and hereby adopted by this notice.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum. The issues discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum include the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of a 
countervailable subsidy and the net countervailable subsidy likely to 
prevail if the CVD Order were revoked. Parties can find a complete 
discussion of all issues raised in this expedited sunset review and the 
corresponding recommendations in this public memorandum which is on 
file electronically via the Enforcement and Compliance Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and 
in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of 
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

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Final Results of Review

    Pursuant to sections 752(b)(1) and (3) of the Act, we determine 
that revocation of the CVD Order on coated paper from the PRC would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a net countervailable 
subsidy at the rates listed below:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                    Producer/exporter                        (percent)
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Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., Gold Huasheng Paper           19.46
 Co., Ltd., Gold East Trading (Hong Kong) Company Ltd.,
 Ningbo Zhonghua Paper Co., Ltd., and Ningbo Asia Pulp &
 Paper Co., Ltd.........................................
Shandong Sun Paper Industry Joint Stock Co., Ltd., and            202.84
 Yanzhou Tianzhang Paper Industry Co., Ltd..............
All Others..............................................           19.46
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Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely 
notification of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with 
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these final results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 3, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-02698 Filed 2-9-16; 8:45 am]
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