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building. In addition, a complete
version of the Final Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the Internet at https://www.trade.gov/
enforcement/. The signed Final Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
versions of the Final Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Methodology
The Department conducted this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). For each of the
subsidy programs found
countervailable, we determine that there
is a subsidy, i.e., a financial
contribution from an ‘‘authority’’ that
confers a benefit to the recipient, and
that the subsidy is specific.7 For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the
Final Decision Memorandum.
In making these findings, we relied, in
part, on facts available and, because the
GOC did not act to the best of its ability
to respond to the Department’s requests
for information, we drew an adverse
inference in selecting from among the
facts otherwise available.8 For further
information, see ‘‘Use of Facts
Otherwise Available and Adverse
Inferences’’ in the Final Decision
Memorandum.
Final Results of the Review
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5), we determine a net
countervailable subsidy rate of 17.55
percent ad valorem for the RZBC
Companies.
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Cash Deposit Instructions
The Department also intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated CVDs in the amount shown
above on shipments of subject
merchandise by the RZBC Companies
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review. For all non-reviewed
7 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
8 See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice 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 return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended.
Dated: December 22, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum
Assessment Rates
The Department intends to issue
appropriate assessment instructions
directly to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) 15 days after the date
of publication of these final results, to
liquidate shipments of subject
merchandise by the RZBC Companies
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after January 1,
2012, through December 31, 2012.
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companies, we will instruct CBP to
continue to collect cash deposits at the
most recent company-specific or
country-wide rate applicable to the
company. Accordingly, the cash deposit
rates that will be applied to companies
covered by this order, but not examined
in this review, are those established in
the most recently completed segment of
the proceeding for each company. These
cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
I. Summary
II Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Adverse Inferences
V. Subsidies Valuation Information
VI. Benchmarks and Discount Rates
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Analysis of Comments
Comment 1: Whether to Reverse the
Department’s ‘‘Authorities’’
Determination
Comment 2: Whether to Find Certain
Calcium Carbonate Producers are
‘‘Authorities’’
Comment 3: Whether the Department Should
Countervail Input Purchases Made
Through Trading Companies and
Produced by ‘‘Authorities’’
Comment 4: Whether to Find Input for LTAR
Programs Not Specific
Comment 5: Whether to Find the Provision
of Caustic Soda for LTAR
Countervailable
A. Specificity
B. ‘‘Authorities’’
C. Market Distortion
D. Benchmark
Comment 6: Export-Import Bank of China
Buyer’s Credit
Comment 7: Whether to Apply Adverse Facts
Available (AFA) to Steam Coal and
Sulfuric Acid Purchases
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Comment 8: Whether to Exclude Freight
Surcharges for Limestone Flux
Comment 9: Whether the Provision of
Calcium Carbonate for LTAR is Specific
to the RZBC Companies’ Purchases
Comment 10: Whether to Average Benchmark
Prices
Comment 11: Whether to Use Inland Freight
Benchmark Data for Steam Coal
Comment 12: Whether to Include Hazardous
Shipping Charges in International
Freight Calculations for Sulfuric Acid
and Caustic Soda Benchmarks
Comment 13: How to Ensure That World
Market Prices Used in Benchmarks Are
Reasonably Available in China
Comment 14: How to Treat Steam Coal
Benchmark Data Reported on CIF Basis
Comment 15: Whether to Account for Grade
or Specification of Sulfuric Acid, Steam
Coal, and Limestone Flux In Benchmarks
Comment 16: Whether to Account for
Quantities Sold for Limestone Flux,
Sulfuric Acid, and Steam Coal
Benchmarks
Comment 17: How to Calculate Benchmarks
Using GTIS Data
Comment 18: Whether to Recalculate Land
Benchmark
IX. Conclusion
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–014]
53-Foot Domestic Dry Containers From
the People’s Republic of China:
Amended Preliminary Determination of
Sales at Less-Than-Fair-Value
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) is amending the
preliminary determination of the lessthan-fair-value investigation of 53-foot
domestic dry containers from the
People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) to
correct for certain ministerial errors, as
described below, in the ‘‘Supplementary
Information’’ section of this notice. The
Department corrected these errors and
recalculated the weighted-average
dumping margins for a mandatory
respondent and the PRC-Wide entity, as
described below in the ‘‘Amended
Preliminary Determination’’ section of
this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: December 31,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Davis or John Drury, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
AGENCY:
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Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–7924 or (202) 482–
0195, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 31, 2014, the Department
published its affirmative preliminary
determination that 53-foot domestic dry
containers (‘‘domestic dry containers’’)
from the PRC are being, or are likely to
be, sold in the United States at less than
fair value, as provided by section 733 of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the
Act’’).1 On November 25, 2014, the
Department disclosed to interested
parties its calculations for the
Preliminary Determination. On
December 1, 2014, Hui Zhou Pacific
Container Co., Ltd., Qingdao Pacific
Container Co., Ltd., and Qidong
Singamas Energy Equipment Co., Ltd.
and their holding company Singamas
Container Holdings Limited
(collectively, ‘‘Singamas’’), a mandatory
respondent in this investigation,
submitted a timely ministerial error
allegations with respect to the
Preliminary Determination. In addition,
on December 1, 2014, Stoughton
Trailers LLC (‘‘Petitioner’’) submitted
timely ministerial error allegations with
respect to the Department’s calculation
of the PRC-Wide entity rate. Therefore,
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e),
we made changes, as discussed below,
to the Preliminary Determination.
Period of Investigation
The period of investigation (‘‘POI’’) is
October 1, 2013, through March 31,
2014.
Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise subject to
investigation is closed (i.e., not open
top) van containers exceeding 14.63
meters (48 feet) but generally measuring
16.154 meters (53 feet) in exterior
length, which are designed for the
intermodal transport 2 of goods other
than bulk liquids within North America
primarily by rail or by road vehicle, or
by a combination of rail and road
vehicle (domestic containers). The
merchandise is known in the industry
by varying terms including ‘‘53-foot
containers,’’ ‘‘53-foot dry containers,’’
‘‘53-foot domestic dry containers,’’
‘‘domestic dry containers’’ and
‘‘domestic containers.’’ Imports of the
subject merchandise are provided for
under subheading 8609.00.0000 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS). Imports of the
subject merchandise which meet the
definition of and requirements for
‘‘instruments of international traffic’’
pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1322 and 19 CFR
10.41a may be classified under
subheading 9803.00.50, HTSUS.
While HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
subject merchandise is dispositive.
Significant Ministerial Errors
Ministerial errors are defined in 19
CFR 351.224(f) as ‘‘errors in addition,
subtraction, or other arithmetic
function, clerical errors resulting from
inaccurate copying, duplication, or the
like, and any other type of unintentional
error which the Department considers
ministerial.’’ 3 19 CFR 351.224(e)
provides that the Department ‘‘will
analyze any comments received and, if
appropriate, correct any significant
ministerial error by amending the
preliminary determination . . .’’ 4 A
significant ministerial error is defined as
a ministerial error, the correction of
which, either singly or in combination
with other errors, would result in (1) a
change of at least five absolute
percentage points in, but not less than
25 percent of, the weighted-average
dumping margin calculated in the
original (erroneous) preliminary
determination, or (2) a difference
between a weighted-average dumping
margin of zero (or de minimis) and a
weighted-average dumping margin of
greater than de minimis or vice versa.5
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e)
and (g)(1), the Department is amending
the preliminary determination of the
less-than-fair-value investigation of 53foot domestic dry containers from the
PRC to reflect the corrections of
significant ministerial errors it made in
the weighted-average dumping margin
calculations for Singamas, a mandatory
respondent in this investigation, and for
PRC-Wide entity.6
Ministerial Error Allegations
For a complete analysis of the
ministerial error allegations, see the
Ministerial Error Memorandum.
Amended Preliminary Determination
As a result of this amended
preliminary determination, we revised
the preliminary estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for Singamas
and the PRC-Wide entity as follows:
Weighted-average
dumping margin
(percent)
Exporter
Producer
Hui Zhou Pacific Container Co., Ltd./Qingdao Pacific Container Co., Ltd./Qidong Singamas Energy Equipment Co.,
Ltd./Singamas Management Services Limited.
PRC-Wide Entity ......................................................................
Hui Zhou Pacific Container Co., Ltd./Qingdao Pacific Container Co., Ltd./Qidong Singamas Energy Equipment Co.,
Ltd.
..................................................................................................
98.82
104.59
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As detailed in the Memorandum from
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul
Piquado, Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance,
‘‘Antidumping Duty Investigation of 53Foot Domestic Dry Containers from the
People’s Republic of China: Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary
Determination,’’ dated November 19,
2014, China International Marine
Containers (Group) Co., Ltd., China
International Marine Containers (HK)
Ltd., Xinhui CIMC Special
Transportation Equipment Co., Ltd.,
Nantong CIMC-Special Transportation
Equipment Manufacture Co., Ltd., and
1 See 53-Foot Domestic Dry Containers From the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value;
Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical
Circumstances; and Postponement of Final
Determination and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 79 FR 70501 (November 26, 2014)
(‘‘Preliminary Determination’’).
2 ‘‘Intermodal transport’’ refers to a movement of
freight using more than one mode of transportation,
most commonly on a container chassis for on-theroad transportation and on a rail car for rail
transportation.
3 See 19 CFR 351.224(f).
4 See 19 CFR 351.224(e).
5 See 19 CFR 351.224(g).
6 See, Memorandum from Richard Weible, Office
Director, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, Office VI, to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Less-Than-FairValue Investigation of 53-Foot Domestic Dry
Containers from the People’s Republic of China:
Allegations of Ministerial Errors’’ (‘‘Ministerial
Error Memorandum’’), which is dated concurrently
hereby adopted by this notice.
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Qingdao CIMC Container Manufacture
Co., Ltd. (collectively, ‘‘CIMC’’), a
mandatory respondent in this
investigation, did not demonstrate that
it is entitled to a separate rate and,
therefore, we found it to be the PRCWide Entity.
Amended Collection of Cash Deposits
and Suspension of Liquidation
The collection of cash deposits and
suspension of liquidation will be
revised according to the rates calculated
in this amended preliminary
determination. Because the amended
rate for Singamas results in reduced
cash deposits, the rate for Singamas will
be effective retroactively to November
26, 2014, the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determination. The rate for
the PRC-wide entity will be effective
upon publication of this notice. Parties
will be notified of this determination, in
accordance with sections 733(d) and (f)
of the Act.
International Trade Commission
Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of
the Act, we notified the International
Trade Commission of our amended
preliminary determination.
Notification to Interested Parties
The Department intends to disclose
calculations performed in connection
with this amended preliminary
determination within five days of the
date of publication of this notice in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
This amended preliminary
determination is issued and published
in accordance with sections 733(f) and
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(e).
Dated: December 22, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Fisheries Finance
Program Requirements
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
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effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before March 2, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Brian Summers at (301) 427–
8783 or brian.summers@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
operates a direct loan program to assist
in financing certain actions relating to
commercial fishing vessels, shoreside
fishery facilities, aquaculture
operations, and individual fishing
quotas. Application information is
required to determine eligibility
pursuant to 50 CFR part 253 and to
determine the type and amount of
assistance requested by the applicant.
An annual financial statement is
required from the recipients to monitor
the financial status of the loan.
II. Method of Collection
Paper applications.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0012.
Form Number(s): 88–1.
Type of Review: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Affected Public: Affected Public:
Individuals or households; business or
other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
456.
Estimated Time per Response: 2–10
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,528.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $2,622 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
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is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: December 19, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
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Marking
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before March 2, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Craig Cockrell, (301) 427–
8503 or Craig.Cockrell@noaa.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-014]
53-Foot Domestic Dry Containers From the People's Republic of
China: Amended Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair-
Value
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is amending
the preliminary determination of the less-than-fair-value investigation
of 53-foot domestic dry containers from the People's Republic of China
(``PRC'') to correct for certain ministerial errors, as described
below, in the ``Supplementary Information'' section of this notice. The
Department corrected these errors and recalculated the weighted-average
dumping margins for a mandatory respondent and the PRC-Wide entity, as
described below in the ``Amended Preliminary Determination'' section of
this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: December 31, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Davis or John Drury, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution
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Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7924 or (202)
482-0195, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 31, 2014, the Department published its affirmative
preliminary determination that 53-foot domestic dry containers
(``domestic dry containers'') from the PRC are being, or are likely to
be, sold in the United States at less than fair value, as provided by
section 733 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'').\1\ On
November 25, 2014, the Department disclosed to interested parties its
calculations for the Preliminary Determination. On December 1, 2014,
Hui Zhou Pacific Container Co., Ltd., Qingdao Pacific Container Co.,
Ltd., and Qidong Singamas Energy Equipment Co., Ltd. and their holding
company Singamas Container Holdings Limited (collectively,
``Singamas''), a mandatory respondent in this investigation, submitted
a timely ministerial error allegations with respect to the Preliminary
Determination. In addition, on December 1, 2014, Stoughton Trailers LLC
(``Petitioner'') submitted timely ministerial error allegations with
respect to the Department's calculation of the PRC-Wide entity rate.
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e), we made changes, as
discussed below, to the Preliminary Determination.
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\1\ See 53-Foot Domestic Dry Containers From the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value; Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical
Circumstances; and Postponement of Final Determination and Extension
of Provisional Measures, 79 FR 70501 (November 26, 2014)
(``Preliminary Determination'').
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Period of Investigation
The period of investigation (``POI'') is October 1, 2013, through
March 31, 2014.
Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise subject to investigation is closed (i.e., not open
top) van containers exceeding 14.63 meters (48 feet) but generally
measuring 16.154 meters (53 feet) in exterior length, which are
designed for the intermodal transport \2\ of goods other than bulk
liquids within North America primarily by rail or by road vehicle, or
by a combination of rail and road vehicle (domestic containers). The
merchandise is known in the industry by varying terms including ``53-
foot containers,'' ``53-foot dry containers,'' ``53-foot domestic dry
containers,'' ``domestic dry containers'' and ``domestic containers.''
Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under subheading
8609.00.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). Imports of the subject merchandise which meet the definition
of and requirements for ``instruments of international traffic''
pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1322 and 19 CFR 10.41a may be classified under
subheading 9803.00.50, HTSUS.
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\2\ ``Intermodal transport'' refers to a movement of freight
using more than one mode of transportation, most commonly on a
container chassis for on-the-road transportation and on a rail car
for rail transportation.
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While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the subject merchandise is
dispositive.
Significant Ministerial Errors
Ministerial errors are defined in 19 CFR 351.224(f) as ``errors in
addition, subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors
resulting from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any
other type of unintentional error which the Department considers
ministerial.'' \3\ 19 CFR 351.224(e) provides that the Department
``will analyze any comments received and, if appropriate, correct any
significant ministerial error by amending the preliminary determination
. . .'' \4\ A significant ministerial error is defined as a ministerial
error, the correction of which, either singly or in combination with
other errors, would result in (1) a change of at least five absolute
percentage points in, but not less than 25 percent of, the weighted-
average dumping margin calculated in the original (erroneous)
preliminary determination, or (2) a difference between a weighted-
average dumping margin of zero (or de minimis) and a weighted-average
dumping margin of greater than de minimis or vice versa.\5\
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\3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(f).
\4\ See 19 CFR 351.224(e).
\5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(g).
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e) and (g)(1), the Department is
amending the preliminary determination of the less-than-fair-value
investigation of 53-foot domestic dry containers from the PRC to
reflect the corrections of significant ministerial errors it made in
the weighted-average dumping margin calculations for Singamas, a
mandatory respondent in this investigation, and for PRC-Wide entity.\6\
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\6\ See, Memorandum from Richard Weible, Office Director,
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, Office VI, to
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ``Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
of 53-Foot Domestic Dry Containers from the People's Republic of
China: Allegations of Ministerial Errors'' (``Ministerial Error
Memorandum''), which is dated concurrently hereby adopted by this
notice.
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Ministerial Error Allegations
For a complete analysis of the ministerial error allegations, see
the Ministerial Error Memorandum.
Amended Preliminary Determination
As a result of this amended preliminary determination, we revised
the preliminary estimated weighted-average dumping margin for Singamas
and the PRC-Wide entity as follows:
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Weighted-average
Exporter Producer dumping margin
(percent)
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Hui Zhou Pacific Container Co., Hui Zhou Pacific 98.82
Ltd./Qingdao Pacific Container Container Co.,
Co., Ltd./Qidong Singamas Ltd./Qingdao
Energy Equipment Co., Ltd./ Pacific Container
Singamas Management Services Co., Ltd./Qidong
Limited. Singamas Energy
Equipment Co., Ltd.
PRC-Wide Entity................. ................... 104.59
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As detailed in the Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul
Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance,
``Antidumping Duty Investigation of 53-Foot Domestic Dry Containers
from the People's Republic of China: Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Determination,'' dated November 19, 2014, China
International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd., China International
Marine Containers (HK) Ltd., Xinhui CIMC Special Transportation
Equipment Co., Ltd., Nantong CIMC-Special Transportation Equipment
Manufacture Co., Ltd., and
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Qingdao CIMC Container Manufacture Co., Ltd. (collectively, ``CIMC''),
a mandatory respondent in this investigation, did not demonstrate that
it is entitled to a separate rate and, therefore, we found it to be the
PRC-Wide Entity.
Amended Collection of Cash Deposits and Suspension of Liquidation
The collection of cash deposits and suspension of liquidation will
be revised according to the rates calculated in this amended
preliminary determination. Because the amended rate for Singamas
results in reduced cash deposits, the rate for Singamas will be
effective retroactively to November 26, 2014, the date of publication
of the Preliminary Determination. The rate for the PRC-wide entity will
be effective upon publication of this notice. Parties will be notified
of this determination, in accordance with sections 733(d) and (f) of
the Act.
International Trade Commission Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we notified the
International Trade Commission of our amended preliminary
determination.
Notification to Interested Parties
The Department intends to disclose calculations performed in
connection with this amended preliminary determination within five days
of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
This amended preliminary determination is issued and published in
accordance with sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(e).
Dated: December 22, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-30666 Filed 12-30-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
