High Purity Dissolving Pulp From Brazil and Norway: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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 [A-351-866, A-403-808] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Applicable September 2, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ashley Cossaart (Brazil) at (202) 482-0462, and Rachel Jennings (Norway) at ( printed page 43169) (202) 482-1110, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Petitions On August 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) received antidumping duty (AD) petitions concerning imports of high purity dissolving pulp from Brazil and Norway filed in proper form on behalf of Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc. (RYAM) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO (USW) (the petitioners), a domestic producer of high purity dissolving pulp and a certified union, which represents workers engaged in the production of high purity dissolving pulp in the United States. [ 1 ] The AD Petitions were accompanied by a countervailing duty (CVD) petition concerning imports of high purity dissolving pulp from Brazil. [ 2 ] Between August 14 and 29, 2025, Commerce requested supplemental information pertaining to certain aspects of the Petitions in supplemental questionnaires. [ 3 ] The petitioners responded to C…