Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 29419-29421 [2014-11892]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 99 / Thursday, May 22, 2014 / Notices The Department clarified its ‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on May 6, 2003.9 This clarification will apply to entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Acron or EuroChem for which these companies did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this review. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Cash Deposit Requirements The following deposit requirements will be effective upon publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates for Acron and EuroChem will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margins established in the final results of this administrative review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recently completed segment; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or the original investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently completed segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 253.98 percent, the allothers rate established in the order.10 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) to file a certificate regarding 9 For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). 10 See Termination of the Suspension Agreement on Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate From the Russian Federation and Notice of Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 23569, 23570 (April 27, 2011). VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:36 May 21, 2014 Jkt 232001 the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the Secretary’s presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties. Notification to Interested Parties We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. Dated: May 16, 2014. Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 1. Summary 2. Background 3. Scope of the Order 4. Discussion of the Methodology a. Normal Value Comparisons b. Determination of Comparison Method c. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis d. Product Comparisons e. Date of Sale f. Constructed Export Price g. Normal Value h. Currency Conversion 5. Recommendation [FR Doc. 2014–11886 Filed 5–21–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 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; 2012– 2013 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (‘‘Department’’) is conducting the 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, 2012, through March 31, 2013. The Department preliminarily determines that sales have been made below normal value (‘‘NV’’). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Effective Date: May 22, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Palmer or Frances Veith, AD/CVD AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 29419 Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–9068, or (202) 482–4295, 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. Methodology The Department conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’). Constructed export prices and export prices have been calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Because the PRC is a non-market economy (‘‘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. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (‘‘IA ACCESS’’). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at https://iaaccess. trade.gov/login.aspx and in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. 1 See ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Activated Carbon from the People’s Republic of China,’’ (‘‘Preliminary Decision Memorandum’’) from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, issued concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice, for a complete description of the Scope of the Order. E:\FR\FM\22MYN1.SGM 22MYN1 29420 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 99 / Thursday, May 22, 2014 / Notices Preliminary Results of the Review The Department determines that the following preliminary dumping margins exist: Exporter Margin (dollars per kilogram) 2 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Jacobi Carbons AB 3 ............ Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon Co., Ltd 4 .................... Calgon Carbon (Tianjin) Co., Ltd ..................................... Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd ................ Datong Municipal Yunguang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd Jilin Bright Future Chemicals Company, Ltd .................... Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Co., Ltd ................ 3.77 2.05 3.13 3.13 3.13 3.13 3.13 2 In the second administrative review of the Order, the Department determined that it would calculate per-unit assessment and cash deposit 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). 3 In the third administrative review, the Department found Jacobi Carbons AB, Tianjin Jacobi International Trading Co. Ltd., and Jacobi Carbons Industry (Tianjin) are a single entity and, because there were no changes to the facts which supported that decision, we continued to find these companies part of a single entity in the fourth and fifth administrative reviews. Because there have been no changes to the facts which supported that decision in the present review, we are continuing to treat the companies as a single entity in this review. See Certain Activated Carbon From the People’s Republic of China: Final Results and Partial Rescission of Third Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 67142 (October 31, 2011); Certain Activated Carbon From the People’s Republic of China; 2010–2011; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 67337 (November 9, 2012); Certain Activated Carbon From the People’s Republic of China; 2011– 2012; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 78 FR 70533, 70535 (November 26, 2013). 4 In the first administrative review, the Department found Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products Co., Ltd., Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon Co., Ltd., and Ningxia Guanghua Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. are a single entity and, because there were no changes to the facts which supported that decision, we continued to find these companies to be part of a single entity in subsequent reviews. Because there have been no changes to the facts which supported that decision in the present review, we are continuing to treat the companies as a single entity in this review. See Certain Activated Carbon From the People’s Republic of China: Notice of Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Extension of Time Limits for the Final Results, 74 FR 21317 (May 7, 2009), unchanged in First Administrative Review of Certain Activated Carbon From the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 57995 (November 10, 2009); and Certain Activated Carbon From the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2011–2012, 78 FR 70533 (November 26, 2013) at footnote 33. 5 The PRC-Wide entity includes the Shanxi DMD Corporation and Tangshan Solid Carbon Co., Ltd. VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:36 May 21, 2014 Jkt 232001 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 Ningxia Mineral and Chementered value of sales, in accordance ical Limited ........................ 3.13 with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).11 We will Shanxi Sincere Industrial instruct CBP to assess antidumping Co., Ltd ............................. 3.13 duties on all appropriate entries covered Tianjin Channel Filters Co., Ltd ..................................... 3.13 by this review when the importerPRC-Wide Rate 5 .................. 2.42 specific assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review is above de minimis. Where either the Disclosure and Public Comment respondent’s weighted-average dumping The Department intends to disclose margin is zero or de minimis, or an calculations performed for these preliminary results to the parties within importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to five days of the date of publication of liquidate the appropriate entries this notice in accordance with 19 CFR without regard to antidumping duties.12 351.224(b). The Department recently announced a Interested parties may submit written refinement to its assessment practice in comments in the form of case briefs NME cases.13 Pursuant to this within 30 days of publication of the refinement in practice, for entries that preliminary results and rebuttal were not reported in the U.S. sales comments in the form of rebuttal briefs databases submitted by companies within five days after the time limit for individually examined during this 6 Rebuttal briefs must filing case briefs. review, the Department will instruct be limited to issues raised in the case CBP to liquidate such entries at the 7 Parties who submit arguments briefs. PRC-wide rate.14 Additionally, if the are requested to submit with the Department determines that an exporter argument: (1) A statement of the issue; under review had no shipments of the (2) a brief summary of the argument; subject merchandise, any suspended 8 and (3) a table of authorities. entries that entered under that Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a exporter’s case number (i.e., at that exporter’s rate) will be liquidated at the hearing, or to participate if one is PRC-wide rate.15 requested, must submit a written The final results of this review shall request to the Assistant Secretary for be the basis for the assessment of Enforcement and Compliance within 30 antidumping duties on entries of days of the date of publication of this merchandise covered by the final results notice. Requests should contain: (1) The of this review and for future deposits of party’s name, address and telephone estimated duties, where applicable. number; (2) The number of participants; Cash Deposit Requirements and (3) A list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be The following cash deposit limited to those raised in the respective requirements will be effective upon case and rebuttal briefs.9 publication of the final results of this administrative review for shipments of Assessment Rates the subject merchandise from the PRC Upon issuance of the final results, the entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, Department will determine, and U.S. for consumption on or after the Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) publication date, as provided by section shall assess, antidumping duties on all 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For each appropriate entries covered by this specific company listed above, the cash review.10 The Department intends to deposit rate will be that established in issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 the final results of this review (except, days after the publication date of the if the rate is zero or de minimis, then final results of this review. For any individually examined respondent 11 In these preliminary results, the Department whose weighted average dumping applied the assessment rate calculation method margin is above de minimis (i.e., is 0.50 adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and percent or more) in the final results of Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping this review, the Department will Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 Margin (dollars per kilogram) 2 Exporter 6 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements). 7 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2). 8 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 9 See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 10 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 (February 14, 2012). 12 See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). 13 For a full discussion of this practice, see NonMarket Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011). 14 Id. 15 Id. E:\FR\FM\22MYN1.SGM 22MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 99 / Thursday, May 22, 2014 / Notices zero cash deposit will be required); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above that received a separate rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing exporter-specific 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 that for the PRC-wide entity; 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 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 review period. 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. 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 16, 2014. Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 1. Background 2. Respondent Selection 3. Scope of the Order 4. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments 5. Non-Market Economy Country 6. Separate Rates 7. Separate Rate Calculation 8. Vietnam-Wide Entity 9. Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value Data 10. Surrogate Country 11. Economic Comparability 12. Significant Producers of Comparable Merchandise 13. Data Availability 14. Date of Sale 15. Determination of Comparison Method 16. U.S. Price 17. Factor Valuations 18. Currency Conversion [FR Doc. 2014–11892 Filed 5–21–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:36 May 21, 2014 Jkt 232001 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–996] Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Critical Circumstances Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) from the People’s Republic of China (the PRC) is being, or is likely to be, sold to the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The period of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2013, through June 30, 2013. The dumping margin is shown in the ‘‘Preliminary Determination and Suspension of Liquidation’’ section of this notice. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: Effective May 22, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Dreisonstok or Yang Jin Chun, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0768 and (202) 482–5760, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Scope of the Investigation The merchandise subject to this investigation consists of non-oriented electrical steel (NOES), which includes cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products, whether or not in coils, regardless of width, having an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which the core loss is substantially equal in any direction of magnetization in the plane of the material. The term ‘‘substantially equal’’ means that the cross grain direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field of 800 A/ m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e., parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e., B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than 1.00 percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 29421 carbon, and not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation coating may be applied. NOES is subject to this investigation whether it is fully processed (i.e., fully annealed to develop final magnetic properties) or semi-processed (i.e., finished to final thickness and physical form but not fully annealed to develop final magnetic properties). Fully processed NOES is typically made to the requirements of ASTM specification A 677, Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) specification C 2552, and/or International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) specification 60404– 8–4. Semi-processed NOES is typically made to the requirements of ASTM specification A 683. However, the scope of this investigation is not limited to merchandise meeting the ASTM, JIS and IEC specifications noted immediately above. NOES is sometimes referred to as cold-rolled non-oriented (CRNO), nongrain oriented (NGO), non-oriented (NO), or cold-rolled non-grain oriented (CRNGO) electrical steel. These terms are interchangeable. Excluded from the scope of this investigation are flat-rolled products not in coils that, prior to importation into the United States, have been cut to a shape and undergone all punching, coating, or other operations necessary for classification in Chapter 85 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) as a part (i.e., lamination) for use in a device such as a motor, generator, or transformer. The subject merchandise is provided for in subheadings 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000, and 7226.19.9000 of the HTSUS. Subject merchandise may also be entered under subheadings 7225.50.8085, 7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, 7226.92.8050, 7226.99.0180 of the HTSUS. Although HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope is dispositive. Scope Comments For a complete discussion of scope comments received from interested parties and changes the Department made to the scope of the investigation, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.1 The ‘‘Scope of the 1 See Memorandum from Senior Advisor Gary Taverman to Acting Assistant Secretary Ronald K. Lorentzen entitled ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination in the Less Than Fair Value Investigation of Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the People’s Republic of China’’ dated concurrently with this notice and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). E:\FR\FM\22MYN1.SGM 22MYN1

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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; 2012-
2013

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

SUMMARY: In response to requests from interested parties, the 
Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting the 
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, 2012, through March 31, 2013. The 
Department preliminarily determines that sales have been made below 
normal value (``NV''). Interested parties are invited to comment on 
these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: May 22, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Palmer or Frances Veith, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9068, or (202) 
482-4295, 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\ See ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Activated Carbon 
from the People's Republic of China,'' (``Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum'') from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. 
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, issued concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice, for a complete description of the Scope of the Order.
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Methodology

    The Department conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). 
Constructed export prices and export prices have been calculated in 
accordance with section 772 of the Act. Because the PRC is a non-market 
economy (``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. The Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically 
via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA ACCESS''). IA ACCESS is 
available to registered users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov/login.aspx 
and in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of 
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

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Preliminary Results of the Review

    The Department determines that the following preliminary dumping 
margins exist:
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    \2\ In the second administrative review of the Order, the 
Department determined that it would calculate per-unit assessment 
and cash deposit 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).
    \3\ In the third administrative review, the Department found 
Jacobi Carbons AB, Tianjin Jacobi International Trading Co. Ltd., 
and Jacobi Carbons Industry (Tianjin) are a single entity and, 
because there were no changes to the facts which supported that 
decision, we continued to find these companies part of a single 
entity in the fourth and fifth administrative reviews. Because there 
have been no changes to the facts which supported that decision in 
the present review, we are continuing to treat the companies as a 
single entity in this review. See Certain Activated Carbon From the 
People's Republic of China: Final Results and Partial Rescission of 
Third Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 67142 (October 
31, 2011); Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of 
China; 2010-2011; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 77 FR 67337 (November 9, 2012); Certain Activated Carbon 
From the People's Republic of China; 2011-2012; Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 78 FR 70533, 70535 (November 
26, 2013).
    \4\ In the first administrative review, the Department found 
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products Co., Ltd., Ningxia 
Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon Co., Ltd., and Ningxia Guanghua 
Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. are a single entity and, because there 
were no changes to the facts which supported that decision, we 
continued to find these companies to be part of a single entity in 
subsequent reviews. Because there have been no changes to the facts 
which supported that decision in the present review, we are 
continuing to treat the companies as a single entity in this review. 
See Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Extension of Time Limits for the Final Results, 74 FR 
21317 (May 7, 2009), unchanged in First Administrative Review of 
Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 57995 
(November 10, 2009); and Certain Activated Carbon From the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 2011-2012, 78 FR 70533 (November 26, 2013) at footnote 33.
    \5\ The PRC-Wide entity includes the Shanxi DMD Corporation and 
Tangshan Solid Carbon Co., Ltd.

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                                                              Margin
                        Exporter                           (dollars per
                                                           kilogram) \2\
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Jacobi Carbons AB \3\...................................            3.77
Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon Co., Ltd               2.05
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Calgon Carbon (Tianjin) Co., Ltd........................            3.13
Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd................            3.13
Datong Municipal Yunguang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.....            3.13
Jilin Bright Future Chemicals Company, Ltd..............            3.13
Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Co., Ltd................            3.13
Ningxia Mineral and Chemical Limited....................            3.13
Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd......................            3.13
Tianjin Channel Filters Co., Ltd........................            3.13
PRC-Wide Rate \5\.......................................            2.42
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose calculations performed for these 
preliminary results to the parties within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    Interested parties may submit written comments in the form of case 
briefs within 30 days of publication of the preliminary results and 
rebuttal comments in the form of rebuttal briefs within five days after 
the time limit for filing case briefs.\6\ Rebuttal briefs must be 
limited to issues raised in the case briefs.\7\ Parties who submit 
arguments are requested to submit with the argument: (1) A statement of 
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.\8\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1); see also 19 
CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, 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 to be 
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised 
in the respective case and rebuttal briefs.\9\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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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.\10\ 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 weighted average 
dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., is 0.50 percent or more) 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 entered value of sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).\11\ We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries covered by this review when the importer-
specific assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review 
is above de minimis. Where either the respondent's weighted-average 
dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.\12\ The Department recently announced a refinement to its 
assessment practice in NME cases.\13\ Pursuant to this refinement in 
practice, for entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales 
databases submitted by companies individually examined during this 
review, the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at 
the PRC-wide rate.\14\ 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 rate) will be liquidated at the PRC-wide 
rate.\15\
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \11\ 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).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
    \13\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market 
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
    \14\ Id.
    \15\ Id.
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    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 
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 above, the cash deposit rate will be that established in 
the final results of this review (except, if the rate is zero or de 
minimis, then

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zero cash deposit will be required); (2) for previously investigated or 
reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above that received a 
separate rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the existing exporter-specific 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 that for the 
PRC-wide entity; 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 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 review period. 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.
    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 16, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

1. Background
2. Respondent Selection
3. Scope of the Order
4. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
5. Non-Market Economy Country
6. Separate Rates
7. Separate Rate Calculation
8. Vietnam-Wide Entity
9. Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value Data
10. Surrogate Country
11. Economic Comparability
12. Significant Producers of Comparable Merchandise
13. Data Availability
14. Date of Sale
15. Determination of Comparison Method
16. U.S. Price
17. Factor Valuations
18. Currency Conversion

[FR Doc. 2014-11892 Filed 5-21-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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