2016-02700. Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Notice of Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: 2014

AGENCY:

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

DATES:

Effective Date: February 10, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John Conniff, Office III, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background

On September 1, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain lined paper products from India.^[1] On September 30, 2015, Navneet Education Ltd. (Navneet) and Kokuyo Riddhi Paper Products Private Limited (Kokuyo) filed timely requests for reviews.^[2] No other interested party submitted a review request for Navneet and Kokuyo. The Department published in the Federal Register the notice of initiation of this countervailing duty administrative review, which included Navneet and Kokuyo, for the period January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014.^[3]

On November 16, 2015, Navneet submitted a timely withdrawal of its review request.^[4] On December 8, 2015, Kokuyo submitted a timely withdrawal of its review request.^[5]

Partial Rescission of the 2014 Administrative Review

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The Department published the Initiation on November 9, 2015. Navneet's and Kokuyo's withdrawal requests were submitted within the 90-day period following the publication of the Initiation and, thus, are timely. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1) we are rescinding this review of the countervailing duty order on certain lined paper products from India with respect to Navneet and Kokuyo, which requested an administrative review. The Petitioners ^[6] in the review did not request a review of any Indian company.

Assessment

The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).

The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under an APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 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.

This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

Dated: February 3, 2016.

Christian Marsh,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.

Footnotes

1.  See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 80 FR 52741 (September 1, 2015).

2.  See Navneet's September 30, 2015, letter to the Department requesting a countervailing duty administrative review and Kokuyo's September 30, 2015 request for a countervailing duty administrative review.

3.  See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 80 FR 69193 (November 9, 2015) (Initiation).

4.  See Navneet's November 16, 2015, letter withdrawing its request for a countervailing duty administrative review.

5.  See Kokuyo's December 8, 2015, letter withdrawing its request for a countervailing duty administrative review.

6.  Petitioners are the Association of American School Paper Suppliers.