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deferred or reduced on foreign-status
production equipment.
The components and materials
sourced from abroad include:
polypropylene resin; plastic handles/
buckles; steel latch plates/drawer locks/
hinges/latch sets; steel/plastic casters;
aluminum tubes; and, rubber caps (duty
rates range from 2.5% to 6.5%).
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive
Secretary at the address below. The
closing period for their receipt is
November 23, 2016.
A copy of the notification will be
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21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
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For further information, contact Diane
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(202) 482–1367.
Dated: October 7, 2016.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–843]
Certain Lined Paper Products From
India: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2014–2015
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests from
interested parties, the Department of
Commerce (the Department) is
conducting an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on certain
lined paper products (CLPP) from India,
covering the period September 1, 2014,
through August 31, 2015. We
preliminarily determine that mandatory
respondent Navneet Education Ltd.
(Navneet) made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value
(NV) during the period of review (POR)
and that mandatory respondent Kokuyo
Riddhi Paper Products Private Limited
(Kokuyo Riddhi) did not. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Effective October 14, 2016.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cindy Robinson or George McMahon,
AD/CVD Operations, Office III,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington DC 20230; telephone (202)
482–3797 or (202) 482–1167,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 2, 2015, the
Department published a notice of
initiation of an administrative review of
the antidumping order on November 9,
2015.1 On February 3, 2016, we
subsequently rescinded the review, in
part, with respect to two companies,
SAB and Super Impex.2
As explained in the memorandum
from the Acting Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, the
Department exercised its discretion to
toll all administrative deadlines due to
a closure of the Federal Government. As
a result, the revised deadline for the
preliminary results of this review was
June 7, 2016.3 On May 3, 2016, the
Department extended the deadline for
the preliminary results to October 5,
2016.
On September 7, 2016, Petitioner
submitted new factual information
regarding Navneet’s U.S. sales data.4
Given the timing of the submission, the
Department could not address this new
factual information in these preliminary
results. The Department invited
interested parties to submit comments
no later than October 24, 2016,5 and
1 The Department initiated the review with regard
to ten companies: Goldenpalm Manufacturers PVT
Limited (Goldenpalm), Kokuyo Riddhi, Lodha
Offset, Magic International Pvt. Ltd. (Magic), Marisa
International (Marisa), Navneet, Pioneer Stationery
Pvt Ltd (Pioneer), SAB International (SAB), SGM
Paper Products, and Super Impex. See Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 80 FR 69193 (November 9,
2015).
2 See Certain Lined Paper Products From India:
Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2014–2015, 81 FR 5707
(February 3, 2016).
3 See Memorandum to the Record from Ron
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement & Compliance, regarding ‘‘Tolling of
Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the
Government Closure During Snowstorm ‘Jonas,’’’
dated January 27, 2016. If the new deadline falls on
a non-business day, in accordance with the
Department’s practice, the deadline will become the
next business day.
4 See Letter titled, ‘‘New Factual Information
Filed by the Association of American School Paper
Suppliers (Petitioner) and Extension of Deadline to
Submit New Factual Information Pertaining to
Navneet Education Ltd.’s (Navneet) Sales
Reporting,’’ dated September 27, 2016.
5 Id.
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will address the matter in the final
results.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the CLPP
Order is certain lined paper products.
The merchandise subject to this order is
currently classified under the following
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) subheadings:
4811.90.9035, 4811.90.9080,
4820.30.0040, 4810.22.5044,
4811.90.9050, 4811.90.9090,
4820.10.2010, 4820.10.2020,
4820.10.2030, 4820.10.2040,
4820.10.2050, 4820.10.2060, and
4820.10.4000. Although the HTSUS
numbers are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written
product description remains
dispositive.6
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
In response to the Department’s
quantity and value questionnaire issued
on November 9, 2015, Lodha Offset
reported that it made no sales of subject
merchandise during the POR.7 On
November 19, 2015, we issued a nonshipment inquiry instruction to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
confirm Lodha Offset’s claim of nonshipment.8 We did not receive any
contradictory information from CBP.
Based on Lodha Offset’s claim of no
shipments and because no information
to the contrary was received by the
Department from CBP, we preliminarily
determine that Lodha Offset had no
shipments of the subject merchandise,
and, therefore, no reviewable
transactions, during the POR. For a full
discussion of this determination, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). Constructed export
price or export price is calculated in
accordance with section 772 of the Act.
Normal value is calculated in
accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the
6 For a complete description of the Scope of the
Order, see Memorandum from Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K.
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, ‘‘Decision
Memorandum for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain
Lined Paper Products from India; 2014–2015’’ dated
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
7 See Lodha Offset’s certified Quantity and Value
response, dated November 11, 2015.
8 See CBP message number 5323301, dated
November 19, 2015.
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methodology underlying our
preliminary results, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. 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 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
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/
index.html. The signed Preliminary
Decision Memorandum and the
electronic version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, the
Department calculated a de minimis
dumping margin for Kokuyo Riddhi and
a weighted-average dumping margin
2.54 percent for Navneet for the period
September 1, 2014, through August 31,
2015. Therefore, in accordance with
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the
Department assigned the weightedaverage dumping margin of 2.54 percent
calculated for Navneet to the five nonselected companies in these preliminary
results, as referenced below.
Producer/exporter
Kokuyo Riddhi Paper Products Private Limited ..........
Navneet Education Ltd .........
Goldenpalm Manufacturers
PVT Limited ......................
Magic International Pvt. Ltd ..
Marisa International (Marisa)
Pioneer Stationery Pvt Ltd
(Pioneer) ...........................
SGM Paper Products ...........
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
0.00/de
minimis
2.54
2.54
2.54
2.54
2.54
2.54
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Assessment Rate
Upon issuance of the final results, the
Department shall determine, and CBP
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review. If the weighted-average
dumping margin for Kokuyo Riddhi or
Navneet is not zero or de minimis (i.e.,
less than 0.5 percent), we will calculate
importer-specific ad valorem
antidumping duty assessment rates
based on the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for the importer’s
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examined sales to the total entered
value of those same sales in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).9 We will
instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered
by this review when the importerspecific assessment rate calculated in
the final results of this review is above
de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent). Where
either the respondent’s weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de
minimis, or an importer-specific
assessment rate is zero or de minimis,
we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties. 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 where
applicable.
In accordance with the Department’s
‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice, for
entries of subject merchandise during
the POR produced by each respondent
for which they did not know that their
merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate unreviewed entries at the allothers rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.
We intend to issue instructions to
CBP 15 days after publication of the
final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results
of administrative review for all
shipments of 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 respondents
noted above will be the rates established
in the final results of this administrative
review; (2) for merchandise exported by
producers or exporters not covered in
this administrative review but covered
in a prior segment of the proceeding, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published for the
most recently completed segment of this
proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a
firm covered in this review, a prior
review, or the original investigation, but
the producer is, the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established for the most
9 In these preliminary results, the Department
applied the assessment rate calculation method
adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation
of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
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recently completed segment of this
proceeding for the producer of the
subject merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 3.91
percent, the all-others rate established
in the investigation. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department will disclose to
parties to this proceeding the
calculations performed in reaching the
preliminary results within five days of
the date of publication of these
preliminary results.10 Pursuant to 19
CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties
may submit case briefs not later than 30
days after the date of publication of this
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues
raised in the case briefs, may be filed
not later than five days after the date for
filing case briefs.11 Parties who submit
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding 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.12 All briefs must be filed
electronically using ACCESS. An
electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by
the Department’s electronic records
system, ACCESS.
Interested parties who wish to request
a hearing must submit a written request
to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S.
Department of Commerce, using
Enforcement and Compliance’s ACCESS
system within 30 days of publication of
this notice.13 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, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at
a time and location to be determined.14
Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing.
Unless the deadline is extended
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), the
Department will issue the final results
of this administrative review, including
the results of our analysis of the issues
raised by the parties in their case briefs,
10 See
19 CFR 351.224(b).
19 CFR 351.309(d).
12 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
13 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
14 See 19 CFR 351.310.
11 See
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within 120 days after issuance of these
preliminary results.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping duties and/or
countervailing duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this review period. Failure to
comply with this requirement could
result in the Department’s presumption
that reimbursement of antidumping
duties occurred and increase the
subsequent assessment of the
antidumping duties by the amount of
antidumping duties reimbursed.
These preliminary results of review
are issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: October 5, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
A. Kokuyo Riddhi
B. Navneet
C. Extension of Preliminary Results
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of Methodology
A. Date of Sale
B. Product Comparisons
C. Comparisons to Normal Value
D. Determination of Comparison Method
E. Results of the Differential Pricing
Analysis
F. Export Price
G. Normal Value
1. Home Market Viability
2. Level of Trade
3. Sales to Affiliated Customers
4. Cost of Production Analysis
a. Calculation of COP
b. Test of Comparison Market Prices and
COP
c. Results of COP Test
d. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Comparison Market Prices
H. Margin for Company Not Selected for
Individual Examination
I. Currency Conversion
V. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
United States Investment Advisory
Council: Meeting of the United States
Investment Advisory Council
International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.
AGENCY:
The United States Investment
Advisory Council (Council) will hold a
meeting on Monday, October 31, 2016.
The Council was chartered on April 6,
2016, to advise the Secretary of
Commerce on matters relating to the
promotion and retention of foreign
direct investment in the United States.
At the meeting, members will deliberate
and vote on a set of recommendations
to Secretary Pritzker on the facilitation
of foreign direct investment into the
United States, including data
management and provision of
information on workforce and
investment opportunities across U.S.
regions, facilitation of infrastructure
investment, and mechanisms to increase
investment competitiveness, in addition
to other topics. The agenda may change
to accommodate Council business. The
final agenda will be posted on the
Department of Commerce Web site for
the Council at https://trade.gov/IAC, at
least one week in advance of the
meeting.
SUMMARY:
Monday, October 31, 2016, 1:30
p.m.–4:00 p.m. EDT. The deadline for
members of the public to register,
including requests to make comments
during the meeting and for auxiliary
aids, or to submit written comments for
dissemination prior to the meeting, is 5
p.m. EDT on October 24, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC Requests to register (including to
speak or for auxiliary aids) and any
written comments should be submitted
to: United States Investment Advisory
Council, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230, IAC@
trade.gov. Members of the public are
encouraged to submit registration
requests and written comments via
email to ensure timely receipt.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Li
Zhou, United States Investment
Advisory Council, Room 4043, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230, telephone: 202–482–4501,
email: IAC@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
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Background: The Council advises the
Secretary of Commerce on matters
relating to the promotion and retention
of foreign direct investment in the
United States.
Public Participation: The meeting will
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accessible to people with disabilities.
All guests are required to register in
advance by the deadline identified
under the DATES caption. Requests for
auxiliary aids must be submitted by the
registration deadline. Last minute
requests will be accepted, but may be
impossible to fill. There will be fifteen
(15) minutes allotted for oral comments
from members of the public joining the
meeting. To accommodate as many
speakers as possible, the time for public
comments may be limited to three (3)
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to reserve speaking time during the
meeting must submit a request at the
time of registration, as well as the name
and address of the proposed speaker. If
the number of registrants requesting to
make statements is greater than can be
reasonably accommodated during the
meeting, the International Trade
Administration may conduct a lottery to
determine the speakers. Speakers are
requested to submit a written copy of
their prepared remarks by 5:00 p.m.
EDT on October 24, 2016, for inclusion
in the meeting records and for
circulation to the members of the
Council.
In addition, any member of the public
may submit pertinent written comments
concerning the Council’s affairs at any
time before or after the meeting.
Comments may be submitted to Li Zhou
at the contact information indicated
above. To be considered during the
meeting, comments must be received no
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other supporting materials, are part of
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-843]
Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests from interested parties, the
Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on certain lined paper products
(CLPP) from India, covering the period September 1, 2014, through
August 31, 2015. We preliminarily determine that mandatory respondent
Navneet Education Ltd. (Navneet) made sales of subject merchandise at
less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) and that
mandatory respondent Kokuyo Riddhi Paper Products Private Limited
(Kokuyo Riddhi) did not. Interested parties are invited to comment on
these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective October 14, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Robinson or George McMahon, AD/
CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-3797
or (202) 482-1167, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 2, 2015, the Department published a notice of
initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping order on
November 9, 2015.\1\ On February 3, 2016, we subsequently rescinded the
review, in part, with respect to two companies, SAB and Super Impex.\2\
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\1\ The Department initiated the review with regard to ten
companies: Goldenpalm Manufacturers PVT Limited (Goldenpalm), Kokuyo
Riddhi, Lodha Offset, Magic International Pvt. Ltd. (Magic), Marisa
International (Marisa), Navneet, Pioneer Stationery Pvt Ltd
(Pioneer), SAB International (SAB), SGM Paper Products, and Super
Impex. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 80 FR 69193 (November 9, 2015).
\2\ See Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Notice of
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-
2015, 81 FR 5707 (February 3, 2016).
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As explained in the memorandum from the Acting Assistant Secretary
for Enforcement and Compliance, the Department exercised its discretion
to toll all administrative deadlines due to a closure of the Federal
Government. As a result, the revised deadline for the preliminary
results of this review was June 7, 2016.\3\ On May 3, 2016, the
Department extended the deadline for the preliminary results to October
5, 2016.
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\3\ See Memorandum to the Record from Ron Lorentzen, Acting
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement & Compliance, regarding
``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government
Closure During Snowstorm `Jonas,''' dated January 27, 2016. If the
new deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with the
Department's practice, the deadline will become the next business
day.
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On September 7, 2016, Petitioner submitted new factual information
regarding Navneet's U.S. sales data.\4\ Given the timing of the
submission, the Department could not address this new factual
information in these preliminary results. The Department invited
interested parties to submit comments no later than October 24,
2016,\5\ and will address the matter in the final results.
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\4\ See Letter titled, ``New Factual Information Filed by the
Association of American School Paper Suppliers (Petitioner) and
Extension of Deadline to Submit New Factual Information Pertaining
to Navneet Education Ltd.'s (Navneet) Sales Reporting,'' dated
September 27, 2016.
\5\ Id.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the CLPP Order is certain lined paper
products. The merchandise subject to this order is currently classified
under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) subheadings: 4811.90.9035, 4811.90.9080, 4820.30.0040,
4810.22.5044, 4811.90.9050, 4811.90.9090, 4820.10.2010, 4820.10.2020,
4820.10.2030, 4820.10.2040, 4820.10.2050, 4820.10.2060, and
4820.10.4000. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written product description remains
dispositive.\6\
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\6\ For a complete description of the Scope of the Order, see
Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K.
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Lined Paper Products
from India; 2014-2015'' dated concurrently with and hereby adopted
by this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
In response to the Department's quantity and value questionnaire
issued on November 9, 2015, Lodha Offset reported that it made no sales
of subject merchandise during the POR.\7\ On November 19, 2015, we
issued a non-shipment inquiry instruction to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to confirm Lodha Offset's claim of non-shipment.\8\ We
did not receive any contradictory information from CBP. Based on Lodha
Offset's claim of no shipments and because no information to the
contrary was received by the Department from CBP, we preliminarily
determine that Lodha Offset had no shipments of the subject
merchandise, and, therefore, no reviewable transactions, during the
POR. For a full discussion of this determination, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
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\7\ See Lodha Offset's certified Quantity and Value response,
dated November 11, 2015.
\8\ See CBP message number 5323301, dated November 19, 2015.
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Methodology
The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed
export price or export price is calculated in accordance with section
772 of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with section
773 of the Act. For a full description of the
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methodology underlying our preliminary results, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. 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 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 https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the
electronic version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, the Department calculated a de minimis
dumping margin for Kokuyo Riddhi and a weighted-average dumping margin
2.54 percent for Navneet for the period September 1, 2014, through
August 31, 2015. Therefore, in accordance with section 735(c)(5)(A) of
the Act, the Department assigned the weighted-average dumping margin of
2.54 percent calculated for Navneet to the five non-selected companies
in these preliminary results, as referenced below.
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Kokuyo Riddhi Paper Products Private Limited............ 0.00/de
minimis
Navneet Education Ltd................................... 2.54
Goldenpalm Manufacturers PVT Limited.................... 2.54
Magic International Pvt. Ltd............................ 2.54
Marisa International (Marisa)........................... 2.54
Pioneer Stationery Pvt Ltd (Pioneer).................... 2.54
SGM Paper Products...................................... 2.54
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Assessment Rate
Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine,
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries
covered by this review. If the weighted-average dumping margin for
Kokuyo Riddhi or Navneet is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5
percent), we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem antidumping
duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total entered value
of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\9\ We will
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries
covered by this review when the importer-specific assessment rate
calculated in the final results of this review is above de minimis
(i.e., 0.50 percent). Where either the respondent's weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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 where applicable.
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\9\ In these preliminary results, the Department applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
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In accordance with the Department's ``automatic assessment''
practice, for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
each respondent for which they did not know that their merchandise was
destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of
the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for
all shipments of 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 respondents
noted above will be the rates established in the final results of this
administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or
exporters not covered in this administrative review but covered in a
prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to
be the company-specific rate published for the most recently completed
segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered
in this review, a prior review, or the original investigation, but the
producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the
most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of
the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to be 3.91 percent, the all-others
rate established in the investigation. These cash deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department will disclose to parties to this proceeding the
calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within five
days of the date of publication of these preliminary results.\10\
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit
case briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of
this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case
briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing
case briefs.\11\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in
this proceeding 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.\12\ All briefs must be filed electronically using
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety by the Department's electronic records system, ACCESS.
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, using Enforcement and
Compliance's ACCESS system within 30 days of publication of this
notice.\13\ 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, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, at a time and location to be determined.\14\
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the
hearing.
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), the Department will issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of our
analysis of the issues raised by the parties in their case briefs,
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within 120 days after issuance of these preliminary results.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties and/or countervailing
duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review
period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the
Department's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and increase the subsequent assessment of the antidumping
duties by the amount of antidumping duties reimbursed.
These preliminary results of review are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h) and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: October 5, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
A. Kokuyo Riddhi
B. Navneet
C. Extension of Preliminary Results
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of Methodology
A. Date of Sale
B. Product Comparisons
C. Comparisons to Normal Value
D. Determination of Comparison Method
E. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
F. Export Price
G. Normal Value
1. Home Market Viability
2. Level of Trade
3. Sales to Affiliated Customers
4. Cost of Production Analysis
a. Calculation of COP
b. Test of Comparison Market Prices and COP
c. Results of COP Test
d. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
H. Margin for Company Not Selected for Individual Examination
I. Currency Conversion
V. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2016-24823 Filed 10-13-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
