Antidumping Duty Review: Uncoated Paper from Portugal

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SUMMARY:

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that The Navigator Company, S.A. (Navigator), the sole producer or exporter
subject to this administrative review, made sales of certain uncoated paper (uncoated paper) from Portugal in the United States
at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review. The period of review (POR) is March 1, 2023, through February
29, 2024.

DATES:

Applicable March 19, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Monica Gillis, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6384

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On July 11, 2025, Commerce published in the
Federal Register
the Preliminary Results of this administrative review. (1) From July 28, 2025 through July 31, 2025, Commerce conducted verification of Navigator's questionnaire responses. (2) On September 30, 2025, Commerce extended the deadline for the final results to January

  7, 2026. [(3)]() On December 12, 2025, we invited interested parties to comment. [(4)]()

Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in
administrative proceedings by 47 days. (5) Additionally, due to a backlog of documents that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24,
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an additional 21 days. (6) Accordingly, the deadline for these final results is now March 16, 2026.

For a complete description of the events that occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. (7) The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered
users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order 8

The merchandise subject to the Order is certain uncoated paper from Portugal. For a full description of the scope, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are listed in the appendix to this notice and addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as an
Appendix.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

Based on a review of the record, we made certain changes to the preliminary margin calculations for Navigator. For a detailed
discussion of the changes since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of Review

As a result of this review, we determine the following weighted-average dumping margin for the period March 1, 2023, through
February 29, 2024:

| Exporter or producer | Weighted-
averagedumping margin(percent) |
| --- | --- |
| The Navigator Company, S.A | 10.91 |

Disclosure

We intend to disclose the calculations performed for the final results of this review to parties in this proceeding within
five days after public announcement of the final results or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date
of publication of this notice in the Final Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). (9)

Assessment Rates

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review.

Because Navigator's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, we calculated importer-specific assessment rates based on the
ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total entered value of those same
sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), the entries by that importer will be liquidated without regard to antidumping duties.

Commerce's “automatic assessment” practice will apply to entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Navigator
for which it did not know that the merchandise it sold to the intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. (10)

Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final
results of this review in the
Federal Register
. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results as provided by section 751(a)(2)
of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for subject merchandise exported by Navigator will be equal to the weighted-average
dumping margin established in these final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers
or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior completed segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the company-specific rate published in the completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review or a completed prior segment of this proceeding but the producer is, then the cash deposit
rate will be the cash deposit rate established for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer
of the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will continue to be 7.80 percent, (11) the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.

These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries

  during the POR. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping
  duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a violation subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

Dated: March 16, 2026. Christopher Abbott, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary

II. Background

III. Scope of the Order

IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results

V. Discussion of the Issues

Comment: Revised Differential Pricing Analysis

VI. Recommendation

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Footnotes

(1) See Certain Uncoated Paper from Portugal: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order; 2023-2024; 90 FR 30852 (July 11, 2025) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

(2) See Memorandum, “Verification of the Sales Responses of The Navigator Company, S.A.,” dated December 11, 2025.

(3) See Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated September 30, 2025.

(4) See Memorandum, “Establishment of Briefing Schedule,” dated December 12, 2025.

(5) See Memorandum, “Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the Federal Government,” dated November 14, 2025.

(6) See Memorandum, “Tolling of all Case Deadlines,” dated November 24, 2025.

(7) See Memorandum, “Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Uncoated
Paper from Portugal; 2023-2024,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).

(8) See Certain Uncoated Paper from Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, the People's Republic of China, and Portugal: Amended Final
Affirmative Determinations for Brazil and Indonesia and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 11174 (March 3, 2016) (Order).

(9) See 19 CFR 351.224(b).

(10) See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).

(11) See Order.

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