Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews, 45944-45945 [2015-18979]

Download as PDF 45944 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 148 / Monday, August 3, 2015 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board International Trade Administration [A–570–601] [B–48–2015] mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Foreign-Trade Zone 87—Lake Charles, Louisiana; Application for Subzone; Sasol Chemicals (USA), LLC; Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by the Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District, grantee of FTZ 87, requesting subzone status for the facilities of Sasol Chemicals (USA), LLC, located in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. The application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a– 81u), and the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally docketed on July 28, 2015. The proposed subzone would consist of the following sites: Site 1 (36.5 acres)—1130 Miller Avenue in Westlake; Site 2 (1,478.5 acres)—2201 Old Spanish Trail in Westlake; and, Site 3 (10 acres)—two parcels located near the eastern end of Louis Alleman Parkway in Sulphur. No authorization for production activity has been requested at this time. In accordance with the FTZ Board’s regulations, Camille Evans of the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to review the application and make recommendations to the FTZ Board. Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions shall be addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is September 14, 2015. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to September 28, 2015. A copy of the application will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ Board’s Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact Camille Evans at Camille.Evans@ trade.gov or (202) 482–2350. Dated: July 28, 2015. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–18989 Filed 7–31–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:35 Jul 31, 2015 Jkt 235001 Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From the People’s Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) has received requests from Shandong Bolong Bearing Co., Ltd. (Bolong) and Zhejiang Changxing CTL Auto Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Changxing) for new shipper reviews (NSRs) of the antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished (TRBs), from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). We have determined that these requests meet the statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation. The period of review (POR) for these NSRs is June 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015. DATES: Effective date: August 3, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannon Morrison or Blaine Wiltse, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6274 or (202) 482–6345, respectively. AGENCY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On June 15, 1987, the Department published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty order on TRBs from the PRC.1 Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department received two properly-filed requests for NSRs from Bolong and Changxing 2 during the anniversary month of the antidumping duty order. In their requests, Bolong and Changxing certified that they both are producers and exporters of TRBs from the PRC. Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), these companies also certified that they did not export TRBs to the United States during the period 1 See Antidumping Duty Order; Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished or Unfinished, From the People’s Republic of China, 52 FR 22667 (June 15, 1987). 2 See Bolong’s June 18, 2015, submission (Bolong NSR Request); and Changxing’s June 23, 2015, submission (Changxing NSR Request). PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 of investigation (POI).3 In addition, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Bolong and Changxing certified that, since the initiation of the investigation, they have never been affiliated with any PRC exporter or producer who exported TRBs to the United States during the POI, including those respondents not individually examined during the investigation.4 As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Bolong and Changxing certified that their export activities were not controlled by the government of the PRC.5 In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), each company submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) The date on which it first shipped TRBs for export to the United States and the date on which the TRBs were first entered; (2) the volume of its first shipment; and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United States.6 The Department conducted U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) database queries to confirm that Bolong’s and Changxing’s shipments of subject merchandise had entered the United States for consumption and that liquidation of these entries had been properly suspended for antidumping duties. The Department also examined whether the CBP data confirmed that these entries were made during the POR. The information the Department examined was consistent with that provided by Bolong and Changxing. After the initiation of the NSRs, the Department intends to place additional CBP data on the record and, if necessary, request additional information from Bolong and/or Changxing. Period of Review In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A), the POR for an NSR initiated in the month immediately following the anniversary month will be the twelve-month period immediately preceding the anniversary month. Therefore, the POR is June 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015. Based on the information provided by Bolong and Changxing, the sales and entries into the United States of subject merchandise produced and exported by these companies occurred during this twelvemonth POR. 3 See Changxing NSR Request, at Exhibit 1; and Bolong NSR Request, at Exhibit 1. 4 Id. 5 Id. 6 See Changxing NSR Request, at Exhibit 2; and Bolong NSR Request, at Exhibit 2. E:\FR\FM\03AUN1.SGM 03AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 148 / Monday, August 3, 2015 / Notices Initiation of New Shipper Reviews Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.214(b), 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), and after reviewing the information on the record, the Department finds that the requests from Bolong and Changxing meet the threshold requirements for initiation of NSRs for shipments of TRBs from the PRC produced and exported by each company.7 If the information supplied by Bolong or Changxing cannot be verified using CBP import data, or is otherwise found to be incorrect or insufficient during the course of this proceeding, the Department may rescind the review for that company or apply facts available pursuant to section 776 of the Act, depending on the facts on record. The Department intends to issue the preliminary results of these NSRs no later than 180 days from the date of initiation, and the final results within 90 days after the date on which the preliminary results are issued, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act. It is the Department’s usual practice, in cases involving non-market economy countries, to require that a company seeking to establish eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the country-wide rate provide evidence of de jure and de facto absence of government control over the company’s export activities. Accordingly, we will issue questionnaires to Bolong and Changxing, which will include a section requesting information concerning their eligibility for separate rates. The reviews will proceed if the responses provide sufficient indication that Bolong and Changxing are not subject to either de jure or de facto government control with respect to their exports of subject merchandise. We will instruct CBP to allow, at the option of the importer, the posting, until the completion of these reviews, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the subject DOC Case No. merchandise from Bolong or Changxing in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because each of these companies certified that it both produced and exported the subject merchandise, the sale of which is the basis of the NSR request, we will instruct CBP to permit the use of a bond only for subject merchandise which each new shipper applicant both produced and exported. To assist in its analysis of the bona fides of Bolong’s and Changxing’s sales, upon initiation of these NSRs, the Department will require each company to submit on an ongoing basis complete transaction information concerning any sales of subject merchandise to the United States that were made subsequent to the POR. Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in these NSRs should submit applications for disclosure under administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 351.306. This initiation and notice are published in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i). Dated: July 28, 2015. Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. [FR Doc. 2015–18979 Filed 7–31–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: In accordance with section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as AGENCY: ITC Case No. Country .............. .............. .............. .............. 731–TA–1168 .......... 731–TA–1167 .......... 701–TA–468 ............ 731–TA–1164 .......... Mexico ..... PRC ........ PRC ........ PRC ........ C–570–953 .............. 701–TA–467 ............ PRC ........ A–583–844 .............. 731–TA–1165 .......... Taiwan .... Magnesia Carbon Bricks (1st Review) Magnesia Carbon Bricks (1st Review) Magnesia Carbon Bricks (1st Review) Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge (1st Review). Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge (1st Review). Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge (1st Review). mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES amended (‘‘the Act’’), the Department of Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) is automatically initiating the five-year review (‘‘Sunset Review’’) of the antidumping and countervailing duty (‘‘AD/CVD’’) orders listed below. The International Trade Commission (‘‘the Commission’’) is publishing concurrently with this notice its notice of Institution of Five-Year Review which covers the same orders. DATES: Effective date: (August 1, 2015). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Department official identified in the Initiation of Review section below at AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. For information from the Commission contact Mary Messer, Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission at (202) 205–3193. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Department’s procedures for the conduct of Sunset Reviews are set forth in its Procedures for Conducting FiveYear (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 63 FR 13516 (March 20, 1998) and 70 FR 62061 (October 28, 2005). Guidance on methodological or analytical issues relevant to the Department’s conduct of Sunset Reviews is set forth in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012). Initiation of Review In accordance with 19 CFR 351.218(c), we are initiating Sunset Reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders: Product A–201–837 A–570–954 C–570–955 A–570–952 7 See Memorandum to the File from Stephen A. Banea, International Trade Compliance Analyst, Office II, AD/CVD Operations, entitled ‘‘Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, from the People’s Republic of China: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:35 Jul 31, 2015 Jkt 235001 Department contact Initiation of New Shipper Review of Changxing,’’ dated concurrently with this notice; and Memorandum to the File from Shannon Morrison, International Trade Compliance Analyst, Office II, AD/CVD Operations, entitled ‘‘Tapered Roller PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45945 Matthew Renkey (202) 482–2312. Matthew Renkey (202) 482–2312. Jacqueline Arrowsmith (202) 482–5255. Matthew Renkey (202) 482–2312. David Goldberger (202) 482–4136. Matthew Renkey (202) 482–2312. Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, from the People’s Republic of China: Initiation of New Shipper Review of Bolong,’’ dated concurrently with this notice. E:\FR\FM\03AUN1.SGM 03AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 148 (Monday, August 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45944-45945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18979]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-601]


Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) has received requests 
from Shandong Bolong Bearing Co., Ltd. (Bolong) and Zhejiang Changxing 
CTL Auto Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Changxing) for new shipper 
reviews (NSRs) of the antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings 
and parts thereof, finished and unfinished (TRBs), from the People's 
Republic of China (PRC). We have determined that these requests meet 
the statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation. The period of 
review (POR) for these NSRs is June 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015.

DATES: Effective date: August 3, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannon Morrison or Blaine Wiltse, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6274 or (202) 482-6345, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 15, 1987, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the antidumping duty order on TRBs from the PRC.\1\ Pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the 
Department received two properly-filed requests for NSRs from Bolong 
and Changxing \2\ during the anniversary month of the antidumping duty 
order.
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    \1\ See Antidumping Duty Order; Tapered Roller Bearings and 
Parts Thereof, Finished or Unfinished, From the People's Republic of 
China, 52 FR 22667 (June 15, 1987).
    \2\ See Bolong's June 18, 2015, submission (Bolong NSR Request); 
and Changxing's June 23, 2015, submission (Changxing NSR Request).
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    In their requests, Bolong and Changxing certified that they both 
are producers and exporters of TRBs from the PRC. Pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), these 
companies also certified that they did not export TRBs to the United 
States during the period of investigation (POI).\3\ In addition, 
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Bolong and Changxing certified that, since the 
initiation of the investigation, they have never been affiliated with 
any PRC exporter or producer who exported TRBs to the United States 
during the POI, including those respondents not individually examined 
during the investigation.\4\ As required by 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Bolong and Changxing certified that their export 
activities were not controlled by the government of the PRC.\5\
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    \3\ See Changxing NSR Request, at Exhibit 1; and Bolong NSR 
Request, at Exhibit 1.
    \4\ Id.
    \5\ Id.
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    In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), each company submitted documentation 
establishing the following: (1) The date on which it first shipped TRBs 
for export to the United States and the date on which the TRBs were 
first entered; (2) the volume of its first shipment; and (3) the date 
of its first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United States.\6\
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    \6\ See Changxing NSR Request, at Exhibit 2; and Bolong NSR 
Request, at Exhibit 2.
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    The Department conducted U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
database queries to confirm that Bolong's and Changxing's shipments of 
subject merchandise had entered the United States for consumption and 
that liquidation of these entries had been properly suspended for 
antidumping duties. The Department also examined whether the CBP data 
confirmed that these entries were made during the POR. The information 
the Department examined was consistent with that provided by Bolong and 
Changxing. After the initiation of the NSRs, the Department intends to 
place additional CBP data on the record and, if necessary, request 
additional information from Bolong and/or Changxing.

Period of Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A), the POR for an NSR 
initiated in the month immediately following the anniversary month will 
be the twelve-month period immediately preceding the anniversary month. 
Therefore, the POR is June 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015. Based on the 
information provided by Bolong and Changxing, the sales and entries 
into the United States of subject merchandise produced and exported by 
these companies occurred during this twelve-month POR.

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Initiation of New Shipper Reviews

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.214(b), 19 
CFR 351.214(d)(1), and after reviewing the information on the record, 
the Department finds that the requests from Bolong and Changxing meet 
the threshold requirements for initiation of NSRs for shipments of TRBs 
from the PRC produced and exported by each company.\7\ If the 
information supplied by Bolong or Changxing cannot be verified using 
CBP import data, or is otherwise found to be incorrect or insufficient 
during the course of this proceeding, the Department may rescind the 
review for that company or apply facts available pursuant to section 
776 of the Act, depending on the facts on record.
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    \7\ See Memorandum to the File from Stephen A. Banea, 
International Trade Compliance Analyst, Office II, AD/CVD 
Operations, entitled ``Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, 
Finished and Unfinished, from the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of New Shipper Review of Changxing,'' dated concurrently 
with this notice; and Memorandum to the File from Shannon Morrison, 
International Trade Compliance Analyst, Office II, AD/CVD 
Operations, entitled ``Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, 
Finished and Unfinished, from the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of New Shipper Review of Bolong,'' dated concurrently 
with this notice.
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    The Department intends to issue the preliminary results of these 
NSRs no later than 180 days from the date of initiation, and the final 
results within 90 days after the date on which the preliminary results 
are issued, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
    It is the Department's usual practice, in cases involving non-
market economy countries, to require that a company seeking to 
establish eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the 
country-wide rate provide evidence of de jure and de facto absence of 
government control over the company's export activities. Accordingly, 
we will issue questionnaires to Bolong and Changxing, which will 
include a section requesting information concerning their eligibility 
for separate rates. The reviews will proceed if the responses provide 
sufficient indication that Bolong and Changxing are not subject to 
either de jure or de facto government control with respect to their 
exports of subject merchandise.
    We will instruct CBP to allow, at the option of the importer, the 
posting, until the completion of these reviews, of a bond or security 
in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the subject merchandise 
from Bolong or Changxing in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because each of these companies 
certified that it both produced and exported the subject merchandise, 
the sale of which is the basis of the NSR request, we will instruct CBP 
to permit the use of a bond only for subject merchandise which each new 
shipper applicant both produced and exported.
    To assist in its analysis of the bona fides of Bolong's and 
Changxing's sales, upon initiation of these NSRs, the Department will 
require each company to submit on an ongoing basis complete transaction 
information concerning any sales of subject merchandise to the United 
States that were made subsequent to the POR.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
these NSRs should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306. This initiation and notice are published in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 
351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: July 28, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-18979 Filed 7-31-15; 8:45 am]
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