China Coated Paper: ITA Amends Final AD Determination, Issues AD Order
The International Trade Administration is amending its final antidumping duty determination and issuing an AD duty order on certain coated paper suitable for high-quality print graphics using sheet-fed presses (coated paper) from China (A-570-958).
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The ITA is amending its final AD determination to correct certain ministerial errors in its calculation of the AD margin for APP-China, which also affects the estimated AD duty rate for the separate rate respondent, as well as the China-wide entity rate.
Combination Rates
The ITA has calculated combination rates for respondents that are eligible for a separate rate in this AD investigation. (See ITT's Online Archives or 04/11/05 news, 05041110, for BP summary of 2005 policy bulletin outlining this change in practice with regard to AD combination rates for non-market economies (NMEs).)
AD Liquidation, Cash Deposits Refunded Prior to Final ITC Determination
Because the International Trade Commission's final injury determination is based on the threat of material injury and is not accompanied by findings that injury would have resulted, but for the imposition of suspension of liquidation of entries since the preliminary determination, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is required to release any bond or other security, and refund any cash deposit of estimated AD duties posted from the ITA's preliminary determination until the publication of the ITC's final determination of threat of material injury.
Therefore, the ITA will instruct CBP to terminate the AD suspension of liquidation for entries of coated paper from China with a time of entry prior to November 17, 2010 (the publication date of the ITC’s final threat of injury determination).
The ITA will also instruct CBP to refund any AD cash deposits made and release any bonds posted between the publication of the ITA’s preliminary determination on May 6, 2010 through November 16, 2010.
AD Suspension of Liquidation for Nov 17 and After
The ITA will direct CBP to require AD suspension of liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise from China with a time of entry on or after November 17, 2010.
Estimated AD Cash Deposits Effective Nov 17
The ITA will also instruct CBP to require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, estimated AD cash deposits on entries of subject merchandise from China with a time of entry on or after November 17, 2010 at the following revised estimated AD duty rates.
| Exporter | Producer |
|---|---|
| Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.; Gold Huasheng Paper Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Zhonghua Paper Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Asia Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd.; and Gold East (Hong Kong) Trading Co., Ltd. (collectively, APP-China or GE Group) | Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.; Gold Huasheng Paper Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Zhonghua Paper Co., Ltd.; and Ningbo Asia Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd. |
| Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd. | Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd. |
| China-wide entity1 | 135.84% (from 135.83%) |
1The China-wide entity includes Shandong Sun Paper Industry Joint Stock Co., Ltd., Yanzhou Tianzhang Paper Industry Co., Ltd., Shandong International Paper and Sun Coated Paperboard Co., Ltd., International Paper and Sun Cartonboard Co., Ltd. (collectively, Sun Paper Companies).
(See ITA notice for additional information, including the scope of the order, etc.
See today's ITT, 10111741, 10111744, and 10111743, for BP summaries of the companion amended final CV duty determination and order for China, and the AD and CV duty orders for Indonesia.
See ITT’s Online Archives or 09/27/10 news, 10092706, for BP summary of the original final AD duty determination.)
Contact -- Demitri Kalogeropoulos (202) 482-2623
(FR Pub 11/17/10, ITA Case No. A-570-958)
The ITC’s final threat of injury determination (FR Pub 11/17/10) is available here.