Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper From Canada: Amended Preliminary 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-122-862] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. ( printed page 16051) SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending the scope of the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of certain uncoated groundwood paper (UGW paper) from Canada to conform with the scope published in the preliminary determination of the companion antidumping duty (AD) investigation of UGW paper from Canada. The period of investigation is January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016. DATES: Applicable April 13, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Medley, AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4987. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Commerce published its CVD Preliminary Determination on January 16, 2018. [ 1 ] On March 19, 2018, Commerce published its AD Preliminary Determination, and amended the scope to exclude certain products, based upon comments received from interested parties. [ 2 ] Amended Scope of the Investigation The product covered by this investigation is UGW paper from Canada. We are amending the scope of the CVD investigation to conform with the scope of the companion AD investigation, including the exclusions of: (1) Certain uncoated groundwood paper which has undergone a creping process over the…