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BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–523–808]
Certain Steel Nails From the Sultanate
of Oman: Affirmative Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Postponement of Final
Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) preliminarily
determines that certain steel nails
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(‘‘nails’’) from the Sultanate of Oman
(‘‘Oman’’) are being, or are likely to be,
sold in 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 is April 1, 2013 through
March 31, 2014. The estimated
weighted-average dumping margins are
shown in the ‘‘Preliminary
Determination’’ section of this notice.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on this preliminary
determination.
DATES:
Effective Date: December 29,
2014.
Lilit
Astvatsatrian, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–6412.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Background
The Department published the notice
of initiation of this investigation on June
25, 2014.1 Pursuant to section
773(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the Department
postponed this preliminary LTFV
determination by a period of 42 days.2
Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this
investigation is certain steel nails from
Oman. For a full description of the
scope of the investigation, see Appendix
I to this notice.
Scope Comments
Several interested parties (i.e., IKEA
Supply AG and IKEA Distributions
Services Inc. (collectively IKEA), Target
Corporation, and The Home Depot)
submitted comments to the Department
on the scope of the investigation as it
appeared in the Initiation Notice, and
Mid Continent Steel & Wire, Inc.
(Petitioner) submitted rebuttal
comments. For discussion of those
comments and rebuttal comments, see
the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.3
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1 See
Certain Steel Nails From India, the Republic
of Korea, Malaysia, the Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan,
the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic
of Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigations, 79 FR 36019 (June 25, 2014)
(‘‘Initiation Notice’’).
2 See Certain Steel Nails from Republic of Korea,
Malaysia, Taiwan, the Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan,
and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Postponement of Preliminary Determination of
Antidumping Duty Investigations, 79 FR 63082
(October 22, 2014).
3 See December 17, 2014 memorandum to Ronal
K. Lorentzen, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
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Methodology
The Department has conducted this
investigation in accordance with section
731 of the Act. Export price (‘‘EP’’) has
been calculated in accordance with
section 772 of the Act. Normal value
(‘‘NV’’) has been calculated in
accordance with section 773 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 made available
to the public via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (‘‘ACCESS’’).4
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov, and is
available to all parties in the
Department’s Central Records Unit,
located at room 7046 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be found at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
and the electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
All Others Rate
Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act
provides that the estimated ‘‘all others’’
rate shall be an amount equal to the
weighted average of the estimated
weighted-average dumping margins
established for exporters and producers
individually investigated, excluding any
zero or de minimis margins, and any
margins determined entirely under
section 776 of the Act. We based our
calculation of the ‘‘all others’’ rate on
the margin calculated for Oman
Fasteners, LLC (‘‘Oman Fasteners’’), the
only mandatory respondent in this
investigation.
Preliminary Determination
The Department preliminarily
determines that the following weightedaverage dumping margins exist:
Preliminary Determination in the Antidumping
Duty Investigation of Certain Steel Nails from the
Sultanate of Oman,’’ adopted concurrently with this
notice. A list of the topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum appears in
Appendix II, below.
4 On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and
Compliance changed the name of the Import
Administration AD and CVD Centralized Electronic
Service System (‘‘IA ACCESS’’) to AD and CVD
Centralized Electronic Service System (‘‘ACCESS’’).
The Web site location was changed from https://
iaaccess.trade.gov to https://access.trade.gov. The
Final Rule changing the references to the
Regulations can be found at: 79 FR 69046
(November 20, 2014).
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Producer or exporter
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Oman Fasteners, LLC ..........
All Others ..............................
9.07
9.07
Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed to parties in this proceeding
within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Case briefs or other written comments
may be submitted to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance no later than seven days
after the date on which the final
verification report is issued in this
proceeding. Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in case briefs, may be
submitted no later than five days after
the deadline date for case briefs.5
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and
(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are
encouraged to submit with each
argument: (1) A statement of the issue;
(2) a brief summary of the argument;
and (3) a table of authorities.
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, U.S.
Department of Commerce. All
documents must be filed electronically
using ACCESS. An electronically filed
request must be received successfully in
its entirety by ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time, within 30 days
after the date of publication of this
notice.6 Requests should contain the
party’s name, address, and telephone
number, the number of participants, and
a list of the issues to be discussed. If a
request for a hearing is made, the
Department intends to hold the hearing
at the U.S. Department of Commerce,
14th Street and Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time
and date to be determined. Parties
should confirm by telephone the date,
time, and location of the hearing two
days before the scheduled date.
Postponement of Final Determination
and Extension of Provisional Measures
Pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the
Act, Oman Fasteners requested that the
Department postpone the final
determination and extend provisional
measures from four months to six
5 See
6 See
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months. Additionally, Oman Fasteners
requested to extend the application of
the provisional measures prescribed
under section 733(d) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.210(e)(2), from a four-month
period to a six-month period. Pursuant
to a request from Oman Fasteners and
in accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii)
and (e)(2), we will make our final
determination no later than 135 days
after the date of publication of this
preliminary determination.7 The
suspension of liquidation described
above will be extended accordingly.8
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 733(d)(2)
of the Act, we are directing U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’)
to suspend liquidation of all entries of
nails from Oman as described in the
scope of the investigation section
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(d), we
will instruct CBP to require a cash
deposit equal to the weighted-average
amount by which the NV exceeds EP, as
indicated in the chart above.9 These
suspension of liquidation instructions
will remain in effect until further notice.
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International Trade Commission
(‘‘ITC’’) Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of
the Act, we have notified the ITC of our
preliminary affirmative determination of
sales at LTFV. Because the preliminary
determination in this proceeding is
affirmative, section 735(b)(2) of the Act
requires that the ITC make its final
determination as to whether the
domestic industry in the United States
is materially injured, or threatened with
material injury, by reason of imports of
certain steel nails from Oman before the
later of 120 days after the date of this
preliminary determination or 45 days
after our final determination. Because
we are postponing the deadline for our
final determination to 135 days from the
date of publication of this preliminary
determination, as discussed above, the
ITC will make its final determination no
7 See also 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2) and (e); see also
Letter from Oman Fasteners to the Department,
regarding ‘‘Request to Postpone Final
Determination’’ (December 11, 2014); see also Letter
from Petitioner to the Department, regarding
‘‘Extension Request of Final Determination’’
(December 10, 2014).
8 Id.
9 See Modification of Regulations Regarding the
Practice of Accepting Bonds During the Provisional
Measures Period in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042
(October 3, 2011).
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later than 45 days after our final
determination.
This determination is issued and
published in accordance with sections
733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.205(c).
Dated: December 17, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Postponement of Preliminary
Determination
V. Postponement of Final Determination and
Extension of Provisional Measures
VI. Scope of the Investigation
VII. Scope Comments
VIII. Respondent Selection
IX. Discussion of Methodology
A. Fair Value Comparisons
1. Determination of Comparison Method
2. Results of the Differential Pricing
Analysis
X. Product Comparisons
XI. Date of Sale
XII. Affiliation
XIII. Export Price
XIV. Normal Value
A. Comparison-Market Viability
B. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
CV
XV. Currency Conversion
XVI. U.S, International Trade Commission
Notification
XVII. Disclosure and Public Comment
XVIII. Verification
XIX. Conclusion
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–953]
Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven
Selvedge From the People’s Republic
of China: Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2012
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
countervailing duty order on narrow
woven ribbons with woven selvedge
(ribbons) from the People’s Republic of
China (PRC). The period of review
(POR) is January 1, 2012, through
December 31, 2012. We find that
Yangzhou Bestpak Gifts & Crafts Co.,
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Ltd. (Bestpak) received countervailable
subsidies during the POR.
DATES: Effective Date: December 29,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dana Mermelstein or Joshua Morris,
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)
482–1391 or (202) 482–1779.
Case History
No party submitted comments on the
Preliminary Results, which were
published by the Department on June
25, 2014.1 The events that have
occurred since we published the
Preliminary Results are discussed in the
Memorandum to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Decision Memorandum
for Final Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review: Narrow Woven
Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the
People’s Republic of China’’ (Decision
Memorandum), dated December 22,
2014, which is hereby adopted by this
notice. A list of the topics included in
the Decision Memorandum is attached
as an Appendix to this notice.
The Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is on file
electronically via the Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov and in the
Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the
main Department building. In addition,
a complete version of the Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the internet at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn//.
The signed Decision Memorandum and
the electronic versions of the Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Scope of the Order
The scope of the order consists of
ribbons. The merchandise subject to this
order is classifiable under the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) statistical
categories 5806.32.1020; 5806.32.1030;
5806.32.1050 and 5806.32.1060. Subject
merchandise also may enter under
subheadings 5806.31.00; 5806.32.20;
5806.39.20; 5806.39.30; 5808.90.00;
5810.91.00; 5810.99.90; 5903.90.10;
5903.90.25; 5907.00.60; and 5907.00.80
1 See Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven
Selvedge From the People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2012, 79 FR 36013 (June 25,
2014) (Preliminary Results).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-523-808]
Certain Steel Nails From the Sultanate of Oman: Affirmative
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Postponement of Final Determination
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') preliminarily
determines that certain steel nails
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(``nails'') from the Sultanate of Oman (``Oman'') are being, or are
likely to be, sold in 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 is April 1, 2013
through March 31, 2014. The estimated weighted-average dumping margins
are shown in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section of this notice.
Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary
determination.
DATES: Effective Date: December 29, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lilit Astvatsatrian, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
6412.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published the notice of initiation of this
investigation on June 25, 2014.\1\ Pursuant to section 773(c)(1)(A) of
the Act, the Department postponed this preliminary LTFV determination
by a period of 42 days.\2\
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\1\ See Certain Steel Nails From India, the Republic of Korea,
Malaysia, the Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-
Value Investigations, 79 FR 36019 (June 25, 2014) (``Initiation
Notice'').
\2\ See Certain Steel Nails from Republic of Korea, Malaysia,
Taiwan, the Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, and the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping
Duty Investigations, 79 FR 63082 (October 22, 2014).
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Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this investigation is certain steel nails
from Oman. For a full description of the scope of the investigation,
see Appendix I to this notice.
Scope Comments
Several interested parties (i.e., IKEA Supply AG and IKEA
Distributions Services Inc. (collectively IKEA), Target Corporation,
and The Home Depot) submitted comments to the Department on the scope
of the investigation as it appeared in the Initiation Notice, and Mid
Continent Steel & Wire, Inc. (Petitioner) submitted rebuttal comments.
For discussion of those comments and rebuttal comments, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\
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\3\ See December 17, 2014 memorandum to Ronal K. Lorentzen,
``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination in the
Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Steel Nails from the
Sultanate of Oman,'' adopted concurrently with this notice. A list
of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
appears in Appendix II, below.
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Methodology
The Department has conducted this investigation in accordance with
section 731 of the Act. Export price (``EP'') has been calculated in
accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value (``NV'') has been
calculated in accordance with section 773 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 made available to the public via Enforcement
and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (``ACCESS'').\4\ ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and is available to all
parties in the Department's Central Records Unit, located at room 7046
of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be found at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and the electronic versions of
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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\4\ On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and Compliance changed the
name of the Import Administration AD and CVD Centralized Electronic
Service System (``IA ACCESS'') to AD and CVD Centralized Electronic
Service System (``ACCESS''). The Web site location was changed from
https://iaaccess.trade.gov to https://access.trade.gov. The Final Rule
changing the references to the Regulations can be found at: 79 FR
69046 (November 20, 2014).
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All Others Rate
Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that the estimated ``all
others'' rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the
estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters
and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero or de
minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely under section 776
of the Act. We based our calculation of the ``all others'' rate on the
margin calculated for Oman Fasteners, LLC (``Oman Fasteners''), the
only mandatory respondent in this investigation.
Preliminary Determination
The Department preliminarily determines that the following
weighted-average dumping margins exist:
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping margin
(percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oman Fasteners, LLC..................................... 9.07
All Others.............................................. 9.07
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this
proceeding within five days of the date of publication of this notice
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven
days after the date on which the final verification report is issued in
this proceeding. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case
briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline
date for case briefs.\5\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2),
parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding
are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the
issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of
authorities.
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
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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, U.S. Department of Commerce. All documents must be filed
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed request must be
received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time, within 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice.\6\ Requests should contain the party's name, address, and
telephone number, the number of participants, and a list of the issues
to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, the Department
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and
date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the date,
time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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\6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional
Measures
Pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Act, Oman Fasteners requested
that the Department postpone the final determination and extend
provisional measures from four months to six
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months. Additionally, Oman Fasteners requested to extend the
application of the provisional measures prescribed under section 733(d)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2), from a four-month period to a six-
month period. Pursuant to a request from Oman Fasteners and in
accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(b)(2)(ii) and (e)(2), we will make our final determination no
later than 135 days after the date of publication of this preliminary
determination.\7\ The suspension of liquidation described above will be
extended accordingly.\8\
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\7\ See also 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2) and (e); see also Letter from
Oman Fasteners to the Department, regarding ``Request to Postpone
Final Determination'' (December 11, 2014); see also Letter from
Petitioner to the Department, regarding ``Extension Request of Final
Determination'' (December 10, 2014).
\8\ Id.
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Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 733(d)(2) of the Act, we are directing
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to suspend liquidation of
all entries of nails from Oman as described in the scope of the
investigation section entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(d), we will instruct CBP to require a
cash deposit equal to the weighted-average amount by which the NV
exceeds EP, as indicated in the chart above.\9\ These suspension of
liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.
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\9\ See Modification of Regulations Regarding the Practice of
Accepting Bonds During the Provisional Measures Period in
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042
(October 3, 2011).
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International Trade Commission (``ITC'') Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we have notified the
ITC of our preliminary affirmative determination of sales at LTFV.
Because the preliminary determination in this proceeding is
affirmative, section 735(b)(2) of the Act requires that the ITC make
its final determination as to whether the domestic industry in the
United States is materially injured, or threatened with material
injury, by reason of imports of certain steel nails from Oman before
the later of 120 days after the date of this preliminary determination
or 45 days after our final determination. Because we are postponing the
deadline for our final determination to 135 days from the date of
publication of this preliminary determination, as discussed above, the
ITC will make its final determination no later than 45 days after our
final determination.
This determination is issued and published in accordance with
sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).
Dated: December 17, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Postponement of Preliminary Determination
V. Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional
Measures
VI. Scope of the Investigation
VII. Scope Comments
VIII. Respondent Selection
IX. Discussion of Methodology
A. Fair Value Comparisons
1. Determination of Comparison Method
2. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
X. Product Comparisons
XI. Date of Sale
XII. Affiliation
XIII. Export Price
XIV. Normal Value
A. Comparison-Market Viability
B. Calculation of Normal Value Based on CV
XV. Currency Conversion
XVI. U.S, International Trade Commission Notification
XVII. Disclosure and Public Comment
XVIII. Verification
XIX. Conclusion
[FR Doc. 2014-30433 Filed 12-24-14; 8:45 am]
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