1.
On 01/20/2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register (81 FR 3115) its final affirmative determination of sales at less-than-fair-value in the antidumping duty investigation of certain uncoated paper from Brazil (A-351-842).
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The merchandise covered by the scope includes uncoated paper in sheet form; weighing at least 40 grams per square meter but not more than 150 grams per square meter; that either is a white paper with a GE brightness level 1 of 85 or higher or is a colored paper; whether or not surface-decorated, printed (except as described below), embossed, perforated, or punched;
irrespective of the smoothness of the surface; and irrespective of dimensions (Certain Uncoated Paper).
Certain Uncoated Paper includes (a) uncoated free sheet paper that meets this scope definition; (b) uncoated ground wood paper produced from bleached chemi-thermo-mechanical pulp (BCTMP) that meets this scope definition; and (c) any other uncoated paper that meets this scope definition regardless of the type of pulp used to produce the paper.
Specifically excluded from the scope are (1) paper printed with final content of printed text or graphics and (2) lined paper products, typically school supplies, composed of paper that incorporates straight horizontal and/or vertical lines that would make the paper unsuitable for copying or printing purposes.
For purposes of this scope definition, paper shall be considered “printed with final content” where at least one side of the sheet has printed text and/or graphics that cover at least five percent of the surface area of the entire sheet.
Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) categories 4802.56.1000, 4802.56.2000, 4802.56.3000, 4802.56.4000, 4802.56.6000, 4802.56.7020, 4802.56.7040, 4802.57.1000, 4802.57.2000, 4802.57.3000, and 4802.57.4000.
Some imports of subject merchandise may also be classified under 4802.62.1000, 4802.62.2000, 4802.62.3000, 4802.62.5000, 4802.62.6020, 4802.62.6040, 4802.69.1000, 4802.69.2000, 4802.69.3000, 4811.90.8050 and 4811.90.9080.
While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of the investigation is dispositive.
3.
This investigation has been assigned investigation number A-351-842.
4.
For imports of certain uncoated paper from Brazil, CBP shall continue to suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 01/20/2016.
Effective 01/20/2016, CBP shall require, for such entries, a cash deposit equal to the margins for the producers and/or exporters listed below:
Producer and/or Exporter:
International Paper do Brasil Ltda. and International Paper Exportadora Ltda.
Case number: A-351-842-001
Cash deposit rate:
41.39%
Producer and/or Exporter:
Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A.
Case number: A-351-842-002
Cash deposit rate: 22.16%
All Others
Case Number:
A-351-842-000
Cash Deposit Rate: 26.95%
5.
If any entries of this merchandise are exported by a firm other than the producer, then the following instructions apply:
A.
If the exporter of the subject merchandise does not have its own rate but the producer has its own rate, the cash deposit will be the producer's rate.
B.
Where neither the exporter nor the producer currently has its own rate or the producer is unknown, use the all-others rate of 26.95 percent to establish the cash deposit.
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If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984.
CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only.
(This message was generated by OV: JEH.)
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There are no restrictions on the release of this information.
Alexander Amdur