Supercalendered Paper From Canada: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [C-122-854] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of supercalendered paper (SC paper) from Canada. The period of investigation is January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: Effective Date: August 3, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Mermelstein or Shane Subler, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1391 and (202) 482-0189, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 18, 2015, the Department initiated this countervailing duty (CVD) investigation. [ 1 ] On April 15, in response to a request from the petitioner, the Coalition for Fair Paper Imports, [ 2 ] the Department postponed the preliminary determination in the CVD investigation. [ 3 ] Scope of the Investigation The product covered by this investigation is SC paper. For a complete description of the scope of the investigation, see Appendix 1 to this notice. Methodology The Department is conducting this CVD investigation in accordance with section 701 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For a…