Certain Preserved Mushrooms From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 12150-12152 [2014-04643]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Dated: February 20, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–851]
Certain Preserved Mushrooms From
the People’s Republic of China: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2012–2013
Enforcement and Compliance,
formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
On November 21, 2013, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) published in the Federal
Register the preliminary results of the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain
preserved mushrooms from the People’s
Republic of China (PRC) covering the
period February 1, 2012 through January
31, 2013.1 This review covers the PRC-
SUMMARY:
1 See Certain Preserved Mushrooms From the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results and
Rescission In Part of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2012–2013, 78 FR 69817
(November 21, 2013) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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wide entity, which includes Blue Field
(Sichuan) Food Industrial Co., Ltd.
(Blue Field), among other companies.
The Department gave interested parties
an opportunity to comment on the
Preliminary Results, but we received no
comments. Hence, these final results are
unchanged from the Preliminary
Results. The final dumping margin for
this review is listed below in the ‘‘Final
Results of Review’’ section of this
notice.
DATES: Effective March 4, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deborah Scott or Robert James, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–2657 or (202) 482–
0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On November 21, 2013, the
Department published the Preliminary
Results of the instant review.2 By virtue
of its failure to respond to the
Department’s questionnaire, Blue Field
failed to establish that it was separate
from the PRC-wide entity.3
Consequently, the Department
examined the PRC-wide entity, which
included Blue Field, among other
companies, for the Preliminary Results
and assigned the entity a preliminary
dumping margin of 308.33 percent.4 The
dumping margin applied to the PRCwide entity was based on adverse facts
available because the Department
determined that an element of the
entity, Blue Field, failed to act to the
best of its ability in complying with the
Department’s request for information in
this review and, consequently,
significantly impeded the proceeding.5
We invited interested parties to
comment on the Preliminary Results.6
We received no comments from
interested parties.
The Department 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
The products covered by this
antidumping order are certain preserved
mushrooms, whether imported whole,
sliced, diced, or as stems and pieces.
The certain preserved mushrooms
covered under this order are the species
2 Id.
3 See
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 8–12.
4 Id.
5 Id.
6 See
Preliminary Results, 78 FR at 69819.
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Agaricus bisporus and Agaricus
bitorquis. ‘‘Certain Preserved
Mushrooms’’ refer to mushrooms that
have been prepared or preserved by
cleaning, blanching, and sometimes
slicing or cutting. These mushrooms are
then packed and heated in containers
including, but not limited to, cans or
glass jars in a suitable liquid medium,
including, but not limited to, water,
brine, butter or butter sauce. Certain
preserved mushrooms may be imported
whole, sliced, diced, or as stems and
pieces. Included within the scope of this
order are ‘‘brined’’ mushrooms, which
are presalted and packed in a heavy salt
solution to provisionally preserve them
for further processing.
Excluded from the scope of this order
are the following: (1) All other species
of mushroom, including straw
mushrooms; (2) All fresh and chilled
mushrooms, including ‘‘refrigerated’’ or
‘‘quick blanched mushrooms;’’ (3) Dried
mushrooms; (4) Frozen mushrooms; and
(5) ‘‘Marinated,’’ ‘‘acidified,’’ or
‘‘pickled’’ mushrooms, which are
prepared or preserved by means of
vinegar or acetic acid, but may contain
oil or other additives.7
The merchandise subject to this order
is classifiable under subheadings:
2003.10.0127, 2003.10.0131,
2003.10.0137, 2003.10.0143,
2003.10.0147, 2003.10.0153, and
0711.51.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and Customs
purposes, the written description of the
scope of this order is dispositive.
Final Determination as to the PRC-Wide
Entity
As explained above, in the
Preliminary Results, the Department
found that the use of adverse facts
available is warranted with respect to
the PRC-wide entity.8
Also in the Preliminary Results,
consistent with its practice,9 the
Department stated its intent not to
rescind the review for the following
7 On June 19, 2000, the Department affirmed that
‘‘marinated,’’ ‘‘acidified,’’ or ‘‘pickled’’ mushrooms
containing less than 0.5 percent acetic acid are
within the scope of the antidumping duty order.
See ‘‘Recommendation Memorandum-Final Ruling
of Request by Tak Fat, et al. for Exclusion of Certain
Marinated, Acidified Mushrooms from the Scope of
the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Preserved
Mushrooms from the People’s Republic of China,’’
dated June 19, 2000. On February 9, 2005, the
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit upheld this decision. See Tak Fat v. United
States, 396 F.3d 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2005).
8 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 8–12.
9 See, e.g., Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes
From the People’s Republic of China: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011–
2012, 78 FR 55680, 55681 (September 11, 2013).
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exporters that remain a part of the PRCwide entity: (1) Ayecue (Liaocheng)
Foodstuff Co., Ltd.; (2) China National
Cereals, Oils & Foodstuffs Import &
Export Corp.; (3) China Processed Food
Import & Export Co.; (4) Dujiangyan
Xingda Foodstuff Co., Ltd.; (5) Fujian
Pinghe Baofeng Canned Foods; (6)
Fujian Yuxing Fruits and Vegetables
Foodstuffs Development Co., Ltd.; (7)
Fujian Zishan Group Co., Ltd.; (8)
Guangxi Eastwing Trading Co., Ltd.; (9)
Inter-Foods (Dongshan) Co., Ltd.; (10)
Longhai Guangfa Food Co., Ltd.; (11)
Primera Harvest (Xiangfan) Co., Ltd.;
(12) Shandong Fengyu Edible Fungus
Corporation Ltd.; (13) Shandong Jiufa
Edible Fungus Corporation, Ltd.; (14)
Shandong Yinfeng Rare Fungus
Corporation, Ltd.; (15) Sun Wave
Trading Co., Ltd.; (16) Xiamen
Greenland Import & Export Co., Ltd.;
(17) Xiamen Gulong Import & Export
Co., Ltd.; (18) Xiamen Jiahua Import &
Export Trading Co., Ltd.; (19) Xiamen
Longhuai Import & Export Co., Ltd.; (20)
Zhangzhou Golden Banyan Foodstuffs
Industrial Co., Ltd. (Zhangzhou Golden
Banyan); 10 (21) Zhangzhou Long
Mountain Foods Co., Ltd.; (22) Zhejiang
Iceman Food Co., Ltd.; 11 and (23)
Zhejiang Iceman Group Co., Ltd. We
explained that, although the requests for
review of these exporters were timely
withdrawn, we would not rescind the
review with respect to these exporters
because the PRC-wide entity remains
under review.12
After issuing the Preliminary Results,
the Department received no comments
10 The Department considers Zhangzhou Golden
Banyan to be distinct from another company with
a similar name for which a review was originally
requested, Fujian Golden Banyan Foodstuffs
Industrial Co., Ltd. (Golden Banyan). In the
administrative review covering the period February
1, 2010 through January 31, 2011, the Department
considered Zhangzhou Golden Banyan to remain a
part of the PRC-wide entity, while it calculated a
separate rate for Golden Banyan. See Certain
Preserved Mushrooms From the People’s Republic
of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 77 FR 55808 (September 11,
2012). The record of this review does not contain
any evidence that suggests these two companies
should be considered a single entity. In the
Preliminary Results, we rescinded this
administrative review with respect to Golden
Banyan because it has a separate rate and all review
requests had been withdrawn for Golden Banyan.
See Preliminary Results, 78 FR at 69818.
11 The Department found that Zhejiang Iceman
Food Co., Ltd. should be equated with Zhejiang
Iceman Group Co., Ltd. See Certain Preserved
Mushrooms From the People’s Republic of China:
Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 76 FR 70112 (November 10,
2011). The Court of International Trade upheld that
finding. See Xiamen Int’l Trade & Indus. Co., Ltd.
v. United States, No. 11–00411, 2013 WL 6728248,
at *14–15 (Ct. Int’l Trade Dec. 20, 2013). The record
of this review does not contain any evidence that
contradicts this finding.
12 See Preliminary Results, 78 FR at 69818–19.
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from interested parties, nor has it
received any information that would
cause it to revisit its preliminary
determinations as to the PRC-wide
entity. Therefore, for these final results,
the Department continues to find that
Blue Field and the other 23 exporters
named in this section are part of the
PRC-wide entity and that the use of
adverse facts available is warranted with
respect to the PRC-wide entity.
Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, we
determined that Xiamen International
Trade & Industrial Co., Ltd. (XITIC) and
Zhangzhou Hongda Import & Export
Trading Co., Ltd. (Zhangzhou Hongda)
did not have any reviewable
transactions during the period of review
(POR) because (1) XITIC and Zhangzhou
Hongda submitted timely certifications
of no shipments, entries, or sales of
subject merchandise during the POR
and (2) We did not receive any
information from U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) indicating that
there were reviewable transactions for
XITIC or Zhangzhou Hongda during the
POR.13 Consistent with the
Department’s assessment practice in
non-market economy cases,14 we stated
in the Preliminary Results that the
Department would not rescind the
review in these circumstances, but
rather would complete the review with
respect to XITIC and Zhangzhou
Hongda and issue appropriate
instructions to CBP based on the final
results of the review.15
As stated above, we did not receive
any comments on our Preliminary
Results, nor have we received any
information that would cause us to
revisit our preliminary determinations
as to no shipments. Accordingly, in
these final results, we continue to
determine that XITIC and Zhangzhou
Hongda had no reviewable transactions
of subject merchandise during the POR.
Final Results of Review
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The Department determined that the
following dumping margin exists for the
period February 1, 2012 through January
31, 2013:
13 Id.,
78 FR at 69819.
Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694 (October 24, 2011) (Assessment Practice
Refinement).
15 See Preliminary Results, 78 FR at 69819.
14 See
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Exporter
Dumping
margin
(percent)
PRC-wide entity16 .....................
308.33
16 The
PRC-wide entity includes, among
other exporters, Blue Field.
Assessment Rates
The Department determined, and CBP
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review.17 The
Department intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the
date of publication of these final results
of review.
For the PRC-wide entity, the
Department will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on entries of subject
merchandise at the PRC-wide rate of
308.33 percent.
Additionally, consistent with the
Department’s refinement to its
assessment practice in NME cases,
because the Department determined that
XITIC and Zhangzhou Hongda had no
reviewable transactions of subject
merchandise during the POR, any
suspended entries that entered under
XITIC’s or Zhangzhou Hongda’s
antidumping duty case numbers (i.e., at
those exporters’ rates) will be liquidated
at the PRC-wide rate.18
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective for all
shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date of this notice of final
results of the administrative review, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act: (1) For XITIC and Zhangzhou
Hongda, which claimed no shipments,
the cash deposit rate will remain
unchanged from the rate assigned to
each exporter in the most recentlycompleted review of each exporter; (2)
For any previously investigated or
reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters
which are not under review in this
segment of the proceeding that received
a separate rate in a previous segment of
this proceeding, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the exporter-specific
rate published for the most recentlycompleted period; (3) For all PRC
exporters of subject merchandise which
have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate, including Blue Field, the
cash deposit rate will be that for the
PRC-wide entity (i.e., 308.33 percent);
17 See
18 See
19 CFR 351.212(b).
Assessment Practice Refinement, 76 FR
65694.
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and (4) For all non-PRC exporters of
subject merchandise which have not
received their own rate, the cash deposit
rate will be the rate applicable to the
PRC exporter(s) that supplied the nonPRC exporter. 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 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.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to 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 terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing these
final results and this notice in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i) of the Act.
Dated: February 25, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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Brass Sheet and Strip From Japan:
Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2012–2013
Enforcement and Compliance,
formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is rescinding the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on brass sheet
and strip from Japan for the period
August 1, 2012, through July 31, 2013.
AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-851]
Certain Preserved Mushrooms From the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On November 21, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published in the Federal Register the preliminary results
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain
preserved mushrooms from the People's Republic of China (PRC) covering
the period February 1, 2012 through January 31, 2013.\1\ This review
covers the PRC-
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wide entity, which includes Blue Field (Sichuan) Food Industrial Co.,
Ltd. (Blue Field), among other companies. The Department gave
interested parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary
Results, but we received no comments. Hence, these final results are
unchanged from the Preliminary Results. The final dumping margin for
this review is listed below in the ``Final Results of Review'' section
of this notice.
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\1\ See Certain Preserved Mushrooms From the People's Republic
of China: Preliminary Results and Rescission In Part of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 78 FR 69817 (November 21,
2013) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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DATES: Effective March 4, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Scott or Robert James, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2657 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 21, 2013, the Department published the Preliminary
Results of the instant review.\2\ By virtue of its failure to respond
to the Department's questionnaire, Blue Field failed to establish that
it was separate from the PRC-wide entity.\3\ Consequently, the
Department examined the PRC-wide entity, which included Blue Field,
among other companies, for the Preliminary Results and assigned the
entity a preliminary dumping margin of 308.33 percent.\4\ The dumping
margin applied to the PRC-wide entity was based on adverse facts
available because the Department determined that an element of the
entity, Blue Field, failed to act to the best of its ability in
complying with the Department's request for information in this review
and, consequently, significantly impeded the proceeding.\5\ We invited
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.\6\ We
received no comments from interested parties.
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\2\ Id.
\3\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 8-12.
\4\ Id.
\5\ Id.
\6\ See Preliminary Results, 78 FR at 69819.
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The Department 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
The products covered by this antidumping order are certain
preserved mushrooms, whether imported whole, sliced, diced, or as stems
and pieces. The certain preserved mushrooms covered under this order
are the species Agaricus bisporus and Agaricus bitorquis. ``Certain
Preserved Mushrooms'' refer to mushrooms that have been prepared or
preserved by cleaning, blanching, and sometimes slicing or cutting.
These mushrooms are then packed and heated in containers including, but
not limited to, cans or glass jars in a suitable liquid medium,
including, but not limited to, water, brine, butter or butter sauce.
Certain preserved mushrooms may be imported whole, sliced, diced, or as
stems and pieces. Included within the scope of this order are
``brined'' mushrooms, which are presalted and packed in a heavy salt
solution to provisionally preserve them for further processing.
Excluded from the scope of this order are the following: (1) All
other species of mushroom, including straw mushrooms; (2) All fresh and
chilled mushrooms, including ``refrigerated'' or ``quick blanched
mushrooms;'' (3) Dried mushrooms; (4) Frozen mushrooms; and (5)
``Marinated,'' ``acidified,'' or ``pickled'' mushrooms, which are
prepared or preserved by means of vinegar or acetic acid, but may
contain oil or other additives.\7\
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\7\ On June 19, 2000, the Department affirmed that
``marinated,'' ``acidified,'' or ``pickled'' mushrooms containing
less than 0.5 percent acetic acid are within the scope of the
antidumping duty order. See ``Recommendation Memorandum-Final Ruling
of Request by Tak Fat, et al. for Exclusion of Certain Marinated,
Acidified Mushrooms from the Scope of the Antidumping Duty Order on
Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the People's Republic of China,''
dated June 19, 2000. On February 9, 2005, the United States Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld this decision. See Tak Fat v.
United States, 396 F.3d 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2005).
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The merchandise subject to this order is classifiable under
subheadings: 2003.10.0127, 2003.10.0131, 2003.10.0137, 2003.10.0143,
2003.10.0147, 2003.10.0153, and 0711.51.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings
are provided for convenience and Customs purposes, the written
description of the scope of this order is dispositive.
Final Determination as to the PRC-Wide Entity
As explained above, in the Preliminary Results, the Department
found that the use of adverse facts available is warranted with respect
to the PRC-wide entity.\8\
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\8\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 8-12.
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Also in the Preliminary Results, consistent with its practice,\9\
the Department stated its intent not to rescind the review for the
following exporters that remain a part of the PRC-wide entity: (1)
Ayecue (Liaocheng) Foodstuff Co., Ltd.; (2) China National Cereals,
Oils & Foodstuffs Import & Export Corp.; (3) China Processed Food
Import & Export Co.; (4) Dujiangyan Xingda Foodstuff Co., Ltd.; (5)
Fujian Pinghe Baofeng Canned Foods; (6) Fujian Yuxing Fruits and
Vegetables Foodstuffs Development Co., Ltd.; (7) Fujian Zishan Group
Co., Ltd.; (8) Guangxi Eastwing Trading Co., Ltd.; (9) Inter-Foods
(Dongshan) Co., Ltd.; (10) Longhai Guangfa Food Co., Ltd.; (11) Primera
Harvest (Xiangfan) Co., Ltd.; (12) Shandong Fengyu Edible Fungus
Corporation Ltd.; (13) Shandong Jiufa Edible Fungus Corporation, Ltd.;
(14) Shandong Yinfeng Rare Fungus Corporation, Ltd.; (15) Sun Wave
Trading Co., Ltd.; (16) Xiamen Greenland Import & Export Co., Ltd.;
(17) Xiamen Gulong Import & Export Co., Ltd.; (18) Xiamen Jiahua Import
& Export Trading Co., Ltd.; (19) Xiamen Longhuai Import & Export Co.,
Ltd.; (20) Zhangzhou Golden Banyan Foodstuffs Industrial Co., Ltd.
(Zhangzhou Golden Banyan); \10\ (21) Zhangzhou Long Mountain Foods Co.,
Ltd.; (22) Zhejiang Iceman Food Co., Ltd.; \11\ and (23) Zhejiang
Iceman Group Co., Ltd. We explained that, although the requests for
review of these exporters were timely withdrawn, we would not rescind
the review with respect to these exporters because the PRC-wide entity
remains under review.\12\
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\9\ See, e.g., Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2011-2012, 78 FR 55680, 55681 (September 11,
2013).
\10\ The Department considers Zhangzhou Golden Banyan to be
distinct from another company with a similar name for which a review
was originally requested, Fujian Golden Banyan Foodstuffs Industrial
Co., Ltd. (Golden Banyan). In the administrative review covering the
period February 1, 2010 through January 31, 2011, the Department
considered Zhangzhou Golden Banyan to remain a part of the PRC-wide
entity, while it calculated a separate rate for Golden Banyan. See
Certain Preserved Mushrooms From the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 55808
(September 11, 2012). The record of this review does not contain any
evidence that suggests these two companies should be considered a
single entity. In the Preliminary Results, we rescinded this
administrative review with respect to Golden Banyan because it has a
separate rate and all review requests had been withdrawn for Golden
Banyan. See Preliminary Results, 78 FR at 69818.
\11\ The Department found that Zhejiang Iceman Food Co., Ltd.
should be equated with Zhejiang Iceman Group Co., Ltd. See Certain
Preserved Mushrooms From the People's Republic of China: Amended
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 70112
(November 10, 2011). The Court of International Trade upheld that
finding. See Xiamen Int'l Trade & Indus. Co., Ltd. v. United States,
No. 11-00411, 2013 WL 6728248, at *14-15 (Ct. Int'l Trade Dec. 20,
2013). The record of this review does not contain any evidence that
contradicts this finding.
\12\ See Preliminary Results, 78 FR at 69818-19.
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After issuing the Preliminary Results, the Department received no
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from interested parties, nor has it received any information that would
cause it to revisit its preliminary determinations as to the PRC-wide
entity. Therefore, for these final results, the Department continues to
find that Blue Field and the other 23 exporters named in this section
are part of the PRC-wide entity and that the use of adverse facts
available is warranted with respect to the PRC-wide entity.
Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, we determined that Xiamen International
Trade & Industrial Co., Ltd. (XITIC) and Zhangzhou Hongda Import &
Export Trading Co., Ltd. (Zhangzhou Hongda) did not have any reviewable
transactions during the period of review (POR) because (1) XITIC and
Zhangzhou Hongda submitted timely certifications of no shipments,
entries, or sales of subject merchandise during the POR and (2) We did
not receive any information from U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) indicating that there were reviewable transactions for XITIC or
Zhangzhou Hongda during the POR.\13\ Consistent with the Department's
assessment practice in non-market economy cases,\14\ we stated in the
Preliminary Results that the Department would not rescind the review in
these circumstances, but rather would complete the review with respect
to XITIC and Zhangzhou Hongda and issue appropriate instructions to CBP
based on the final results of the review.\15\
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\13\ Id., 78 FR at 69819.
\14\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011) (Assessment
Practice Refinement).
\15\ See Preliminary Results, 78 FR at 69819.
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As stated above, we did not receive any comments on our Preliminary
Results, nor have we received any information that would cause us to
revisit our preliminary determinations as to no shipments. Accordingly,
in these final results, we continue to determine that XITIC and
Zhangzhou Hongda had no reviewable transactions of subject merchandise
during the POR.
Final Results of Review
The Department determined that the following dumping margin exists
for the period February 1, 2012 through January 31, 2013:
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Dumping
Exporter margin
(percent)
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PRC-wide entity\16\....................................... 308.33
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\16\ The PRC-wide entity includes, among other exporters, Blue Field.
Assessment Rates
The Department determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with
the final results of this review.\17\ The Department intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of
these final results of review.
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For the PRC-wide entity, the Department will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on entries of subject merchandise at the PRC-wide
rate of 308.33 percent.
Additionally, consistent with the Department's refinement to its
assessment practice in NME cases, because the Department determined
that XITIC and Zhangzhou Hongda had no reviewable transactions of
subject merchandise during the POR, any suspended entries that entered
under XITIC's or Zhangzhou Hongda's antidumping duty case numbers
(i.e., at those exporters' rates) will be liquidated at the PRC-wide
rate.\18\
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication date of this notice of
final results of the administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For XITIC and Zhangzhou Hongda, which
claimed no shipments, the cash deposit rate will remain unchanged from
the rate assigned to each exporter in the most recently-completed
review of each exporter; (2) For any previously investigated or
reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters which are not under review in this
segment of the proceeding that received a separate rate in a previous
segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the exporter-specific rate published for the most recently-completed
period; (3) For all PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not
been found to be entitled to a separate rate, including Blue Field, the
cash deposit rate will be that for the PRC-wide entity (i.e., 308.33
percent); and (4) For all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise
which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be
the rate applicable to the PRC exporter(s) that supplied the non-PRC
exporter. 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 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.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
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 terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
We are issuing and publishing these final results and this notice
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: February 25, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-04643 Filed 3-3-14; 8:45 am]
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