High Purity Dissolving Pulp From Brazil: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation

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-351-867] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Applicable September 2, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gorden Struck or Sarah Keith at, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5969 and (202) 482-0264, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Petition On August 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) received a countervailing duty (CVD) petition concerning imports of high purity dissolving pulp from Brazil 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 CVD Petition was accompanied by antidumping duty (AD) petitions concerning imports of high purity dissolving pulp from Brazil and Norway. [ 2 ] Between August 14 and 21, 2025, Commerce requested supplemental information pertaining to certain aspects of the Petition in supplemental questionnaires. [ 3 ] Between August 18 and 22, 2025, the petitioners filed timely resp…