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This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: May 2, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–904]
Certain Activated Carbon From the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2015–
2016
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests from
interested parties, the Department of
Commerce (the Department) is
conducting an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on certain
activated carbon from the People’s
Republic of China (PRC) for the period
of review (POR) April 1, 2015, through
March 31, 2016. The Department
selected two companies, Jacobi Carbons
AB and Datong Juqiang Activated
Carbon Co., as mandatory respondents
for individual examination. The
Department preliminarily finds that
subject merchandise has been sold in
the United States at prices below normal
value (NV) during the POR. The
Department invites interested parties to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective May 5, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob
Palmer or John Anwesen, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–9068, or (202) 482–0131,
respectively.
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AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order
is certain activated carbon. The
products are currently classifiable under
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the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) subheading
3802.10.00.1 Although the HTSUS
subheading is provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written
description of the scope of the order
remains dispositive.
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
Based on an analysis of U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP)
information, and no shipment
certifications submitted by Calgon
Carbon (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., Shanxi Dapu
International Trade Co., Ltd., and
Sinoacarbon International Trading Co.,
Ltd., the Department preliminarily
determines that these companies had no
shipments during the POR. For
additional information regarding this
determination, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Consistent with our practice in nonmarket economy (NME) cases, the
Department is not rescinding this
review, in part, but intends to complete
the review with respect to these
companies, for which it has
preliminarily found no shipments, and
issue appropriate instructions to CBP
based on the final results of the review.2
Methodology
The Department is conducting this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). We calculated
constructed export prices and export
prices in accordance with section 772 of
the Act. Because the PRC is a NME
within the meaning of section 771(18) of
the Act, NV has been calculated in
accordance with section 773(c) of the
Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. A list of the
topics included in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is included as
an appendix to this notice. The
1 For a complete description of the Scope of the
Order, see ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Certain Activated Carbon
from the People’s Republic of China; 2015–2016,’’
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum) from Gary
Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary
for Enforcement and Compliance, issued dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice.
2 See Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694, 65694–95 (October 24, 2011).
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Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is made available
to the public via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov, and it is
available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
available at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
the electronic version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Verification
As provided in sections 782(i)(3)(A)–
(B) of the Act, we intend to verify the
information upon which we will rely in
determining our final results of review
with respect to the two mandatory
respondents, Jacobi Carbons AB and
Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co.,
Ltd.
Preliminary Results of the Review
The Department preliminarily finds
that 186 companies for which a review
was requested did not establish
eligibility for a separate rate because
they either failed to provide a separate
rate application or separate rate
certification (SRC).3 As such, we
preliminarily determine that these 186
companies are part of the PRC-wide
entity.4
3 While Ningxia Guanghua Activated Carbon Co,
Ltd. (Guanghua) submitted a timely SRC, it did not
have any sales to the United States. Additionally,
we note that Guanghua is part of a single entity
with Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated
Carbon Co., Ltd. See ‘‘Separate Rates’’ section of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum; see also,
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at Attachment
I for a complete list of the 186 companies which
were not found eligible for a separate rate.
4 Because no interested party requested a review
of the PRC-wide entity and the Department no
longer considers the PRC-wide entity as an exporter
conditionally subject to administrative reviews, we
did not conduct a review of the PRC-wide entity.
Thus, the rate for the PRC-wide entity is not subject
to change as a result of this review. See
Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of
Change in Department Practice for Respondent
Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and
Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy
Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78
FR 65963, 65969–70 (November 4, 2013). The PRCwide entity rate of 2.42 U.S. dollars per kilogram
was last reviewed in Certain Activated Carbon from
the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012–
2013, 79 FR 70163 (November 25, 2014).
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For companies’ subject to this review
that have established their eligibility for
a separate rate, the Department
preliminarily determines that the
following weighted-average dumping
margins exist for the POR from April 1,
2015, through March 31, 2016:
Weightedaverage dumping
margin
(U.S. dollars
per kilogram) 5
Exporter
Jacobi Carbons AB 6 ......................................................................................................................................................................
Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................
Carbon Activated Tianjin Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................
Datong Municipal Yunguang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................
Jilin Bright Future Chemicals Company, Ltd .................................................................................................................................
Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................
Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................
Ningxia Mineral and Chemical Limited ..........................................................................................................................................
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................
Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................
Shanxi Tianxi Purification Filter Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Tancarb Activated Carbon Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Tianjin Channel Filters Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
Disclosure and Public Comment
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The Department intends to disclose
the calculations performed for these
preliminary results to the parties no
later than ten days after the date of the
public announcement of this notice in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Because, as noted above, the
Department intends to verify the
information upon which we will rely in
making our final determination,
interested parties may submit written
comments in the form of case briefs
within one week after the issuance of
the last verification repot and rebuttal
comments in the form of rebuttal briefs
within five days after the time limit for
5 In the second administrative review of the
Order, the Department determined that it would
calculate per-unit weighted-average dumping
margins and assessment rates for all future reviews.
See Certain Activated Carbon From the People’s
Republic of China: Final Results and Partial
Rescission of Second Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 75 FR 70208, 70211
(November 17, 2010). See also Notice of
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Activated Carbon
From the People’s Republic of China, 72 FR 20988
(April 27, 2007) (‘‘Order’’).
6 In the third administrative review of the Order,
the Department found that Jacobi Carbons AB,
Tianjin Jacobi International Trading Co. Ltd., and
Jacobi Carbons Industry (Tianjin) are a single entity
and, because there were no facts presented on the
record of this review which would call into
question our prior finding, we continue to treat
these companies as part of a single entity for this
administrative review, pursuant to sections
771(33)(E), (F), and (G) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.401(f). Certain Activated Carbon from the
People’s Republic of China: Final Results and
Partial Rescission of Third Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 76 FR 67142, 67145 n.25
(October 31, 2011). See also Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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filing case briefs.7 Rebuttal briefs must
be limited to issues raised in the case
briefs.8 Parties who submit case briefs or
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are
requested to submit with each
argument: 1) A statement of the issue; 2)
a brief summary of the argument; and 3)
a table of authorities.9
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance within 30 days of the
date of publication of this notice.
Requests should contain: (1) The party’s
name, address and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of issues parties intend to discuss.
Issues raised in the hearing will be
limited to those raised in the respective
case and rebuttal briefs.10 If a request for
a hearing is made, the Department
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20230, at a date and time to be
determined.11 Parties should confirm by
telephone the date, time, and location of
the hearing two days before the
scheduled date.
All submissions, with limited
exceptions, must be filed electronically
using ACCESS. An electronically filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time
(ET) on the due date. Documents
7 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1);
see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing
requirements).
8 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
9 See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d); see also 19 CFR
351.303 (for general filing requirements).
10 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
11 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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excepted from the electronic submission
requirements must be filed manually
(e.g., in paper form) with the APO/
Dockets Unit in Room 18022 and
stamped with the date and time of
receipt by 5 p.m. ET on the due date.
Unless otherwise extended, the
Department intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
which will include the results of its
analysis of issues raised in any briefs,
within 120 days of publication of these
preliminary results, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, the
Department will determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review.12 The Department intends to
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15
days after the publication date of the
final results of this review. For any
individually examined respondent
whose (estimated) ad valorem weightedaverage dumping margin is not zero or
de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent)
in the final results of this review, the
Department will calculate importerspecific assessment rates on the basis of
the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer’s examined
sales and the total quantity of those
sales, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).13 The Department will
12 See
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
these preliminary results, the Department
applied the assessment rate calculation method
adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation
of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
13 In
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also calculate (estimated) ad valorem
importer-specific assessment rates with
which to assess whether the per-unit
assessment rate is de minimis. We will
instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered
by this review when the importerspecific ad valorem assessment rate
calculated in the final results of this
review is not zero or de minimis. Where
either the respondent’s ad valorem
weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis, or an importerspecific ad valorem assessment rate is
zero or de minimis,14 we will instruct
CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
For entries that were not reported in
the U.S. sales data submitted by
companies individually examined
during this review, the Department will
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at
the rate for the PRC-wide entity.15
Additionally, if the Department
determines that an exporter under
review had no shipments of the subject
merchandise, any suspended entries
that entered under that exporter’s case
number (i.e., at that exporter’s cash
deposit rate) will be liquidated at the
rate for the PRC-wide entity.16
In accordance with section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final results
of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on
entries of merchandise covered by the
final results of this review and for future
deposits of estimated antidumping
duties, where applicable.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for shipments of
the subject merchandise from the PRC
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For each
specific company listed in the final
results of review, the cash deposit rate
will be equal to the weighted-average
dumping margin established in the final
results of this review (except, if the ad
valorem rate is de minimis, then the
cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) for
previously investigated or reviewed PRC
and non-PRC exporters not listed above
that have received a separate rate in the
completed segment of this proceeding
for the most recent period, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
14 See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
15 Id.
16 Id.
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existing exporter-specific cash deposit
rate; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject
merchandise that have not been found
to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate for the PRCwide entity; and (4) for all non-PRC
exporters of subject merchandise which
have not received their own separate
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate applicable to the PRC exporter that
supplied that non-PRC exporter. These
cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a
preliminary 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 this POR.
Failure to comply with this requirement
could result in the Department’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
This administrative review and notice
are issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 1, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum:
1. Summary
2. Background
a. Initiation
b. Respondent Selection
c. Scope of the Order
3. Discussion of the Methodology
a. Preliminary Finding of No Shipments
b. Non-Market Economy Country
c. Separate Rates
d. Weighted-Average Dumping Margin for
Non-Examined Separate Rate Companies
e. Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value
Data
f. Facts Available for Normal Value
g. Date of Sale
h. Comparisons to Normal Value
i. U.S. Price
j. Normal Value
k. Currency Conversion
4. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Call for Industrial Wireless Testbed
Participation
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST), an
agency of the United States Department
of Commerce, announces an
opportunity for industrial wireless
communications equipment suppliers
and academic institutions to incorporate
their use cases, techniques, and
equipment into a NIST Industrial
Wireless Testbed to help advance
measurement science research in
industrial wireless communication,
with special emphasis on manufacturing
applications.
DATES: The deadline for responding to
this opportunity is June 30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Applications to participate
may be submitted in one of two ways.
• By sending an email to iwslab@
nist.gov.
• By written request:
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
ATTN: Richard Candell, 100 Bureau
Drive, Stop 8230, Gaithersburg, MD
20899–8615.
Please direct media inquiries to
NIST’s Office of Public Affairs at 301–
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick
Candell, National Institute of Standards
and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS
8230, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, 301–
975–4287, email: iwslab@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
the NIST Wireless Systems for
Industrial Environments project, NIST
has constructed a hardware-in-the-loop
Industrial Wireless Testbed that
includes a radio frequency channel
emulator used to recreate the factory
radio environment, and simulated and
real factory processes, controls, and
equipment. The emulator which is an
Intelligent Automation Inc. D–508
emulator supports up to eight (8)
devices. Industrial wireless
communication devices are connected
to the emulator, and measurement
methods to assess the impacts of various
types of wireless systems on the
performance of simulated factory
operations will be developed and
applied. Participants will include
researchers from industry and academia
interested in supporting the industrial
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-904]
Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-
2016
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests from interested parties, the
Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from
the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period of review (POR)
April 1, 2015, through March 31, 2016. The Department selected two
companies, Jacobi Carbons AB and Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co.,
as mandatory respondents for individual examination. The Department
preliminarily finds that subject merchandise has been sold in the
United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the POR. The
Department invites interested parties to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Effective May 5, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Palmer or John Anwesen, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9068, or (202) 482-
0131, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order is certain activated carbon.
The products are currently classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 3802.10.00.\1\
Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the scope of the order remains
dispositive.
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\1\ For a complete description of the Scope of the Order, see
``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review: Certain Activated Carbon from the
People's Republic of China; 2015-2016,'' (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum) from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K.
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, issued dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice.
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Based on an analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
information, and no shipment certifications submitted by Calgon Carbon
(Tianjin) Co., Ltd., Shanxi Dapu International Trade Co., Ltd., and
Sinoacarbon International Trading Co., Ltd., the Department
preliminarily determines that these companies had no shipments during
the POR. For additional information regarding this determination, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Consistent with our practice in non-market economy (NME) cases, the
Department is not rescinding this review, in part, but intends to
complete the review with respect to these companies, for which it has
preliminarily found no shipments, and issue appropriate instructions to
CBP based on the final results of the review.\2\
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\2\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011).
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Methodology
The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We
calculated constructed export prices and export prices in accordance
with section 772 of the Act. Because the PRC is a NME within the
meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, NV has been calculated in
accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the
topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as
an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is made available to the public via Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at
https://access.trade.gov, and it is available to all parties in the
Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is available at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The
signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Verification
As provided in sections 782(i)(3)(A)-(B) of the Act, we intend to
verify the information upon which we will rely in determining our final
results of review with respect to the two mandatory respondents, Jacobi
Carbons AB and Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Preliminary Results of the Review
The Department preliminarily finds that 186 companies for which a
review was requested did not establish eligibility for a separate rate
because they either failed to provide a separate rate application or
separate rate certification (SRC).\3\ As such, we preliminarily
determine that these 186 companies are part of the PRC-wide entity.\4\
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\3\ While Ningxia Guanghua Activated Carbon Co, Ltd. (Guanghua)
submitted a timely SRC, it did not have any sales to the United
States. Additionally, we note that Guanghua is part of a single
entity with Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
See ``Separate Rates'' section of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum; see also, Preliminary Decision Memorandum at Attachment
I for a complete list of the 186 companies which were not found
eligible for a separate rate.
\4\ Because no interested party requested a review of the PRC-
wide entity and the Department no longer considers the PRC-wide
entity as an exporter conditionally subject to administrative
reviews, we did not conduct a review of the PRC-wide entity. Thus,
the rate for the PRC-wide entity is not subject to change as a
result of this review. See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of
Change in Department Practice for Respondent Selection in
Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket
Economy Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963,
65969-70 (November 4, 2013). The PRC-wide entity rate of 2.42 U.S.
dollars per kilogram was last reviewed in Certain Activated Carbon
from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 70163 (November 25,
2014).
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For companies' subject to this review that have established their
eligibility for a separate rate, the Department preliminarily
determines that the following weighted-average dumping margins exist
for the POR from April 1, 2015, through March 31, 2016:
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Weighted- average
dumping margin
Exporter (U.S. dollars per
kilogram) \5\
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Jacobi Carbons AB \6\................................ 1.02
Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd............. 0.62
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products Co., Ltd... 0.82
Carbon Activated Tianjin Co., Ltd.................... 0.82
Datong Municipal Yunguang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.. 0.82
Jilin Bright Future Chemicals Company, Ltd........... 0.82
Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon Co., Ltd 0.82
Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Co., Ltd............. 0.82
Ningxia Mineral and Chemical Limited................. 0.82
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd.......... 0.82
Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd................... 0.82
Shanxi Tianxi Purification Filter Co., Ltd........... 0.82
Tancarb Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.................... 0.82
Tianjin Channel Filters Co., Ltd..................... 0.82
Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd................... 0.82
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Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department intends to disclose the calculations performed for
these preliminary results to the parties no later than ten days after
the date of the public announcement of this notice in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(b).
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\5\ In the second administrative review of the Order, the
Department determined that it would calculate per-unit weighted-
average dumping margins and assessment rates for all future reviews.
See Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China:
Final Results and Partial Rescission of Second Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 75 FR 70208, 70211 (November 17, 2010). See
also Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Activated Carbon From
the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 20988 (April 27, 2007)
(``Order'').
\6\ In the third administrative review of the Order, the
Department found that Jacobi Carbons AB, Tianjin Jacobi
International Trading Co. Ltd., and Jacobi Carbons Industry
(Tianjin) are a single entity and, because there were no facts
presented on the record of this review which would call into
question our prior finding, we continue to treat these companies as
part of a single entity for this administrative review, pursuant to
sections 771(33)(E), (F), and (G) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.401(f).
Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of China: Final
Results and Partial Rescission of Third Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 76 FR 67142, 67145 n.25 (October 31, 2011).
See also Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Because, as noted above, the Department intends to verify the
information upon which we will rely in making our final determination,
interested parties may submit written comments in the form of case
briefs within one week after the issuance of the last verification
repot and rebuttal comments in the form of rebuttal briefs within five
days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\7\ Rebuttal briefs
must be limited to issues raised in the case briefs.\8\ Parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are requested
to submit with each argument: 1) A statement of the issue; 2) a brief
summary of the argument; and 3) a table of authorities.\9\
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1); see also 19
CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for
general filing requirements).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance within 30 days of the date of
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) The party's
name, address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and
(3) a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues raised in the
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and
rebuttal briefs.\10\ If a request for a hearing is made, the Department
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a date and time to be
determined.\11\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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All submissions, with limited exceptions, must be filed
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on
the due date. Documents excepted from the electronic submission
requirements must be filed manually (e.g., in paper form) with the APO/
Dockets Unit in Room 18022 and stamped with the date and time of
receipt by 5 p.m. ET on the due date.
Unless otherwise extended, the Department intends to issue the
final results of this administrative review, which will include the
results of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days
of publication of these preliminary results, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine,
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.\12\ The
Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the publication date of the final results of this review. For any
individually examined respondent whose (estimated) ad valorem weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50
percent) in the final results of this review, the Department will
calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio
of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined
sales and the total quantity of those sales, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).\13\ The Department will
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also calculate (estimated) ad valorem importer-specific assessment
rates with which to assess whether the per-unit assessment rate is de
minimis. We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review when the importer-specific
ad valorem assessment rate calculated in the final results of this
review is not zero or de minimis. Where either the respondent's ad
valorem weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an
importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis,\14\
we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\13\ In these preliminary results, the Department applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales data submitted
by companies individually examined during this review, the Department
will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the rate for the PRC-
wide entity.\15\ Additionally, if the Department determines that an
exporter under review had no shipments of the subject merchandise, any
suspended entries that entered under that exporter's case number (i.e.,
at that exporter's cash deposit rate) will be liquidated at the rate
for the PRC-wide entity.\16\
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\15\ Id.
\16\ Id.
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In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final
results of this review and for future deposits of estimated antidumping
duties, where applicable.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for
shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For each specific
company listed in the final results of review, the cash deposit rate
will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the
final results of this review (except, if the ad valorem rate is de
minimis, then the cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above
that have received a separate rate in the completed segment of this
proceeding for the most recent period, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the existing exporter-specific cash deposit rate; (3)
for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found
to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate for the PRC-wide entity; and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of
subject merchandise which have not received their own separate rate,
the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporter
that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These cash deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 this POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
This administrative review and notice are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 1, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum:
1. Summary
2. Background
a. Initiation
b. Respondent Selection
c. Scope of the Order
3. Discussion of the Methodology
a. Preliminary Finding of No Shipments
b. Non-Market Economy Country
c. Separate Rates
d. Weighted-Average Dumping Margin for Non-Examined Separate
Rate Companies
e. Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value Data
f. Facts Available for Normal Value
g. Date of Sale
h. Comparisons to Normal Value
i. U.S. Price
j. Normal Value
k. Currency Conversion
4. Recommendation
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