[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42067-42068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17704]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-894]
Certain Tissue Paper Products From the People's Republic of
China: Notice of Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC)
that revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain tissue paper
products (tissue paper) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) would
be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of
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dumping and of material injury to an industry in the United States
within a reasonably foreseeable time, the Department is publishing
notice of the continuation of this antidumping duty order.
DATES: Effective Date: July 20, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Trainor or Brandon Farlander,
AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4929 or (202)
482-0182, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 1, 2010, the Department initiated and the ITC
instituted a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on tissue
paper from the PRC, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act). See also Notice of Antidumping Duty Order:
Certain Tissue Paper Products from the People's Republic of China, 70
FR 16223 (March 30, 2005).
The Department conducted an expedited sunset review of this order.
As a result of its review, the Department found that revocation of the
antidumping duty order would be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping, and notified the ITC of the magnitude of the
margins likely to prevail were the order to be revoked. See Certain
Tissue Paper Products from the People's Republic of China: Final
Results of Expedited Sunset Review, 75 FR 32910 (June 10, 2010) (Final
Results).
On July 8, 2010, the ITC published its determination pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty
order on tissue paper from the PRC would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See Certain Tissue
Paper Products from China; Determinations, 75 FR 39277 (July 8, 2010).
Scope of the Order
The tissue paper products covered by the order are cut-to-length
sheets of tissue paper having a basis weight not exceeding 29 grams per
square meter. Tissue paper products subject to the order may or may not
be bleached, dye-colored, surface-colored, glazed, surface decorated or
printed, sequined, crinkled, embossed, and/or die cut. The tissue paper
subject to the order is in the form of cut-to-length sheets of tissue
paper with a width equal to or greater than one-half (0.5) inch.
Subject tissue paper may be flat or folded, and may be packaged by
banding or wrapping with paper or film, by placing in plastic or film
bags, and/or by placing in boxes for distribution and use by the
ultimate consumer. Packages of tissue paper subject to the order may
consist solely of tissue paper of one color and/or style, or may
contain multiple colors and/or styles.
The merchandise subject to the order does not have specific
classification numbers assigned to them under the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Subject merchandise may be under
one or more of several different subheadings, including: 4802.30,
4802.54, 4802.61, 4802.62, 4802.69, 4804.31.1000, 4804.31.2000,
4804.31.4020, 4804.31.4040, 4804.31.6000, 4804.39, 4805.91.1090,
4805.91.5000, 4805.91.7000, 4806.40, 4808.30, 4808.90, 4811.90,
4823.90, 4802.50.00, 4802.90.00, 4805.91.90, 9505.90.40. The tariff
classifications are provided for convenience and customs purposes;
however, the written description of the scope of the order is
dispositive.\1\
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\1\ On January 30, 2007, at the direction of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, the Department added the following HTSUS
classifications to the antidumping duty/countervailing duty module
for tissue paper: 4802.54.3100, 4802.54.6100, and 4823.90.6700.
However, we note that the six-digit classifications for these
numbers were already listed in the scope.
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Excluded from the scope of the order are the following tissue paper
products: (1) Tissue paper products that are coated in wax, paraffin,
or polymers, of a kind used in floral and food service applications;
(2) tissue paper products that have been perforated, embossed, or die-
cut to the shape of a toilet seat, i.e., disposable sanitary covers for
toilet seats; (3) toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock,
paper of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, cellulose
wadding, and webs of cellulose fibers (HTSUS 4803.00.20.00 and
4803.00.40.00).
Continuation of the Order
As a result of the determinations by the Department and the ITC
that revocation of the antidumping duty order would be likely to lead
to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an
industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the
Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of the antidumping
duty orders on tissue paper from the PRC.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect
antidumping duty cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of
entry for all imports of subject merchandise.
The effective date of continuation of this order will be the date
of publication in the Federal Register of this Notice of Continuation.
Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, the Department intends to
initiate the next five-year review of this finding not later than June
2015.
These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance
with sections 751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: July 15, 2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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