AD: China, Korea and Indonesia Coated Free Sheet Paper
The International Trade Administration has made preliminary affirmative determinations that coated free sheet (CFS) paper from China, South Korea (Korea), and Indonesia is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
If your job depends on informed compliance, you need International Trade Today. Delivered every business day and available any time online, only International Trade Today helps you stay current on the increasingly complex international trade regulatory environment.
As a result, the ITA states that it will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of all entries of the subject merchandise from China, Korea, and Indonesia (except for those from companies with de minimis rates) with a time of entry on or after June 4, 2007.
The ITA states that it is also instructing CBP to require a cash deposit or posting of a bond at the antidumping rates listed below (except for those companies with de minimis rates), for entries of subject merchandise from China, Korea, and Indonesia with a time of entry on or after June 4, 2007:
| Liquidation Suspended | Post Bond/Cash Deposit |
|---|---|
| Country/Company | AD Rate |
| China | |
| Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. (GE), Gold Huasheng Paper Co., Ltd. (GHS), and China Union (Macao Commercial Offshore) Company Limited (CU) (collectively, GE)1 | 23.19% |
| Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited (Chenming) | 48.07% |
| Yanzhou Tianzhang Paper Industry Co. Ltd. (Yanzhou Tianzhang) | 30.22% |
| China-wide entity | 99.65% |
| Korea | |
| EN Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd. (EN Paper) (formerly Shinho Paper Co., Ltd.) | 12.31% |
| Hankuk Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Hankuk) | (a) |
| Hansol Paper Co., Ltd. (Hansol) | (a) |
| Kyesung Paper Co., Ltd. (Kyesung) | 30.86% |
| Moorim Paper Co. Ltd. and Moorim SP Co., Ltd. (formerly Shinmoorim Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd.) (Moorim) | (a) |
| All Others | 18.45% |
| Indonesia | |
| PT. Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi Kimia Tbk. (TK), PT. Pindo Deli Pulp and Paper Mills (PD), and Indah Kiat Pulp and Paper Tbk (IK) (collectively, PD/TK)2 | 10.85% |
| All Others | 10.85% |
(a) The ITA has preliminarily determined that 0.00% (de minimis)AD duty rates exist for Hankuk, Hansol, and Moorim; therefore, suspend of liquidation and cash deposits or bonds will not be required for these companies.
(Suzhou Industry Park) is added to this company's name in one instance.
1The ITA has preliminarily determined that GE, GHS, and CU are affiliated and it is appropriate to treat them as a single entity for AD duty purposes.
2The ITA has preliminarily determined that it is appropriate to collapse IK, PD, and TK for purposes of this AD investigation.
ITA Final Determinations Postponed, ITC to Make Final Injury Determinations Within 45 Days of ITA
The ITA states that it is postponing the final determinations until no later than 135 days after June 4, 2007 and extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to not more than six months. The International Trade Commission (ITC) will make its final injury determinations within 45 days after the ITA makes its final determinations.
(See ITA notices for more information, including the scope of the investigations, etc.)
(The ITA is also conducting countervailing duty investigations on imports of coated free sheet paper from China, Indonesia, and Korea. See ITT's Online Archives or 04/11/07 news, 07041125, for BP summary of the preliminary affirmative CV duty determinations.
See ITT's Online Archives or 11/28/06 news, 06112835, for BP summary of the initiation of the CV and AD duty investigations for subject merchandise from China, Korea, and Indonesia.)
(The ITA is considering and has requested comments on granting market-economy treatment to individual entities in China AD proceedings. See ITT's Online Archives or 05/30/07 news, 07053025, for BP summary of the request for comments.)
| Magd Zalok (China) | (202) 482-4162 |
| Brian Ledgerwood (Korea) | (202) 482-3836 |
| Brian Smith (Indonesia) | (202) 482-1766 |
ITA China notice (FR Pub 06/04/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-10705.pdf
ITA Korea notice (FR Pub 06/04/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-10706.pdf
ITA Indonesia notice (FR Pub 06/04/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-10704.pdf
Fact sheet on these preliminary determinations available at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/download/factsheets/factsheet-cfsp-ad-prelim-053007.pdf