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Canada Supercalendered Paper: Details of CV Duty Order

The Commerce Department issued a countervailing duty order on supercalendered paper from Canada (C-122-854) (here). The order details a "gap period" of no CV duty liability of Dec. 1-9.

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With the issuance of this order, CV duties on supercalendered paper from Canada become permanent, and can only be ended under certain conditions, like a sunset review or a changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews on exporters, if requested, to determine final assessments of CV duties and make changes to CV duty cash deposit rates.

Gap Period of No CV Suspension of Liq or CV Duties for Dec. 1-9

For this investigation, the four-month provisional measures period for which the CV suspension of liquidation may remain in effect before the order is issued began on Aug. 3 (the publication date of the preliminary determination) and ended Dec. 1, the date Commerce instructed CBP to terminate suspension of liquidation.

Because the International Trade Commission's final affirmative injury determination wasn't published until Dec. 9, Commerce said all entries of subject merchandise between Dec. 1-9 (the gap period) are not liable for CV duty assessment.

(For entries from Aug. 3 through Nov. 30, suspension of liquidation and CV duty liability remains in effect.)

CV Suspension of Liq Instructions

Suspension of liquidation resumes for all entries of subject merchandise from China with a time of entry on or after Nov. 9, the publication date of the final ITC affirmative injury determination.

CV Cash Deposit Instructions

Commerce will instruct CBP to require, at the same time as importers deposit estimated duties, a cash deposit equal to the CV duty rates listed below:

CompanyCV Rate
Port Hawkesbury Paper LP20.18%
Resolute FP Canada Inc.17.87%
All Others18.85%

(See notice for additional details, including the full scope description, etc. See 1511180050 for summary of ITC vote on injury, and 1510190011 for summary of Commerce's final determination.)

ITC final injury determination (Federal Register 12/09/15) is available (here).

(Federal Register 12/10/15)