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and Public Law 108–429 (‘‘the Act’’).
producers who request a supplement to
their allocation.
merchandise subject to this scope is
dispositive.1
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carole Showers,
Director, Office of Policy Enforcement &
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce.
Dated: February 25, 2015.
Nikolao Pula,
Director of Office of Insular Affairs,
Department of the Interior.
Methodology
Supriya Kumar, Subsidies Enforcement
Office; phone number: (202) 482–3530;
fax number: (202) 501–7952; and email
address: Supriya.Kumar@trade.gov.
Pursuant
to the Act, the Departments of the
Interior and Commerce (‘‘the
Departments’’) share responsibility for
the allocation of duty exemptions
among program producers in the United
States territories of Guam, American
Samoa and the Northern Mariana
Islands.
In accordance with Section 303.3(a) of
the regulations (15 CFR 303.3(a)), the
total quantity of duty-free insular
watches and watch movements for
calendar year 2013 is 1,866,000 units for
the USVI. This amount was established
in Changes in Watch, Watch Movement
and Jewelry Program for the U.S. Insular
Possessions, 65 FR 8048 (February 17,
2000). There are currently no program
producers in Guam, American Samoa or
the Northern Mariana Islands.
The criteria for the calculation of the
calendar year 2015 duty-exemption
allocations among program producers
within a particular territory are set forth
in Section 303.14 of the regulations (15
CFR 303.14). The Departments have
verified and, where appropriate,
adjusted the data submitted in
application form ITA–334P by USVI
program producers and have inspected
these producers’ operations in
accordance with Section 303.5 of the
regulations (15 CFR 303.5).
In calendar year 2014, USVI program
producers shipped 76,809 watches and
watch movements into the customs
territory of the United States under the
Act. The dollar amount of corporate
income taxes paid by USVI program
producers during calendar year 2014,
and the creditable wages and benefits
paid by these producers during calendar
year 2014 to residents of the territory
was a combined total of $ 1,605,981.
The calendar year 2015 USVI annual
duty exemption allocations, based on
the data verified by the Departments, are
as follows:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Program producer
Annual
allocation
Belair Quartz, Inc. .................
500,000
The balance of the units allocated to
the USVI is available for new entrants
into the program or existing program
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–580–869]
Large Residential Washers From the
Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results
of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2012–2013
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 (CVD) order on
large residential washers from the
Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of
review (POR) is June 5, 2012, through
December 31, 2013. We preliminarily
determine that Samsung Electronics Co.,
Ltd. (Samsung) and Daewoo Electronics
Corporation (Daewoo) received
countervailable subsidies during the
POR. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective Date: March 11, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Justin Neuman, Office VII, AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–0486.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
all large residential washers and certain
subassemblies thereof from Korea. The
products are currently classifiable under
subheadings 8450.20.0040 and
8450.20.0080 of the Harmonized Tariff
System of the United States (HTSUS).
Products subject to this order may also
enter under HTSUS subheadings
8450.11.0040, 8450.11.0080,
8450.90.2000, and 8450.90.6000.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
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The Department is conducting this
CVD 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 by an ‘‘authority’’ that
confers a benefit to the recipient, and
that the subsidy is specific.2 For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our preliminary conclusions,
including our reliance, in part, on
adverse facts available pursuant to
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see
the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.3 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
(ACCESS).4 ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov, and is available to all
parties 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.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine the
countervailable subsidy rates for the
mandatory respondents to be:
1 For a full description of the scope, see the
Department Memorandum, ‘‘Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of
Large Residential Washers from the Republic of
Korea’’ (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated
concurrently with these results and hereby adopted
by this notice.
2 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.
3 A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be found as an
appendix to this notice.
4 On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and
Compliance changed the name of Enforcement and
Compliance’s AD and CVD Centralized Electronic
Service System (IA ACCESS) to (ACCESS). The Web
site location 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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Company
the results of our analysis of the issues
raised by the parties in their comments,
within 120 days after issuance of these
34.77
preliminary results.
Subsidy rate
(percent)
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Daewoo Electronics Corporation ........................................
81.91
Disclosure and Public Comment
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The Department intends to disclose to
interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with this
preliminary determination within five
days of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.5 Interested parties
may submit case and rebuttal briefs, as
well as request a hearing.6 Interested
parties may submit written comments
(case briefs) within 30 days of
publication of the preliminary results
and rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs)
within five days after the time limit for
filing case briefs.7 Rebuttal briefs must
be limited to issues raised in the case
briefs.8 Parties who submit case or
rebuttal briefs 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.9
Interested parties who wish to request
a hearing, or to participate if one is
requested, must do so within 30 days of
publication of these preliminary results
by submitting a written request to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, using Enforcement and
Compliance’s ACCESS system.10
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, we will inform
parties of the scheduled date for the
hearing which will be held at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street
and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, at a time and
location to be determined.11 Parties
should confirm by telephone the date,
time, and location of the hearing. Issues
addressed at the hearing will be limited
to those raised in the briefs.12 All briefs
and hearing requests must be filed
electronically and received successfully
in their entirety through ACCESS by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Unless the deadline is extended
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, we intend to issue the final results
of this administrative review, including
5 See
19 CFR 351.224(b).
6 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)–(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c).
7 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii) and 351.309(d)(l).
8 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
9 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
10 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
11 See 19 CFR 351.310.
12 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit
Requirement
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(i), we assigned a subsidy
rate for each producer/exporter subject
to this administrative review. Upon
issuance of the final results, the
Department shall determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, CVDs on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. We
intend to issue instructions to CBP 15
days after publication of the final results
of review.
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, the Department also intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated CVDs, in the amounts shown
above for each of the respective
companies shown above, on shipments
of subject merchandise 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 firms, we
will instruct CBP to continue to collect
cash deposits at the most-recent
company-specific or all-others rate
applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
These preliminary results 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: March 2, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Adverse Inferences
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Conclusion
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–829]
Final Results of Expedited Sunset
Review of Countervailing Duty Order:
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire
Strand From India
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this sunset
review, the Department of Commerce
(the ‘‘Department’’) finds that revocation
of the countervailing duty (‘‘CVD’’)
order on prestressed concrete steel wire
strand (‘‘PC Strand’’) from India would
be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of a countervailable subsidy
at the level indicated in the ‘‘Final
Results of Review’’ section of this
notice.
DATES: Effective Date: March 11, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mandy Mallott, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6430.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On November 3, 2014, the Department
initiated the second sunset review of the
Order 1 pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
‘‘Act’’).2 On November 17, 2014, the
Department received a timely
notification of intent to participate from
Insteel Wire Products Company and
Sumiden Wire Products Corporation
(collectively, ‘‘domestic parties’’ or
‘‘Petitioners’’), filed in accordance with
19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). On December 3,
2014, the Department received a
substantive response from Petitioners,
timely filed in accordance with 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i).
Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2) and section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act, when there are
inadequate responses from respondent
interested parties, the Department will
conduct an expedited sunset review
and, not later than 120 days after the
date of publication in the Federal
Register of the notice of initiation, issue
final results of review based on the facts
available. The Department did not
receive a substantive response from the
1 See Countervailing Duty Order: Prestressed
Concrete Steel Wire Strand From India, 69 FR 5319
(February 4, 2004) (‘‘Order’’)
2 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 79
FR 65186 (November 3, 2014).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-580-869]
Large Residential Washers From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013
AGENCY: 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 (CVD) order on large
residential washers from the Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of
review (POR) is June 5, 2012, through December 31, 2013. We
preliminarily determine that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung)
and Daewoo Electronics Corporation (Daewoo) received countervailable
subsidies during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on
these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective Date: March 11, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justin Neuman, Office VII, AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0486.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are all large residential washers
and certain subassemblies thereof from Korea. The products are
currently classifiable under subheadings 8450.20.0040 and 8450.20.0080
of the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States (HTSUS). Products
subject to this order may also enter under HTSUS subheadings
8450.11.0040, 8450.11.0080, 8450.90.2000, and 8450.90.6000. Although
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the merchandise subject to this
scope is dispositive.\1\
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\1\ For a full description of the scope, see the Department
Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Large Residential
Washers from the Republic of Korea'' (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum), dated concurrently with these results and hereby
adopted by this notice.
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Methodology
The Department is conducting this CVD 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 by an
``authority'' that confers a benefit to the recipient, and that the
subsidy is specific.\2\ For a full description of the methodology
underlying our preliminary conclusions, including our reliance, in
part, on adverse facts available pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of
the Act, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\ 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 (ACCESS).\4\ ACCESS is available
to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and is available to all
parties 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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\2\ 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.
\3\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be found as an appendix to this notice.
\4\ On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and Compliance changed the
name of Enforcement and Compliance's AD and CVD Centralized
Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS) to (ACCESS). The Web site
location 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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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
countervailable subsidy rates for the mandatory respondents to be:
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Subsidy
Company rate
(percent)
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd............................... 34.77
Daewoo Electronics Corporation............................. 81.91
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Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department intends to disclose to interested parties the
calculations performed in connection with this preliminary
determination within five days of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.\5\ Interested parties may submit case and rebuttal
briefs, as well as request a hearing.\6\ Interested parties may submit
written comments (case briefs) within 30 days of publication of the
preliminary results and rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs) within five
days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\7\ Rebuttal briefs
must be limited to issues raised in the case briefs.\8\ Parties who
submit case or rebuttal briefs 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.\9\
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)-(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii) and 351.309(d)(l).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, or to participate
if one is requested, must do so within 30 days of publication of these
preliminary results by submitting a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce,
using Enforcement and Compliance's ACCESS system.\10\ 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, we will inform parties of the scheduled date for
the hearing which will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and
location to be determined.\11\ Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing. Issues addressed at the
hearing will be limited to those raised in the briefs.\12\ All briefs
and hearing requests must be filed electronically and received
successfully in their entirety through ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
on the due date.
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act, we intend to issue the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of our analysis of the issues raised by
the parties in their comments, within 120 days after issuance of these
preliminary results.
Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit Requirement
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we assigned a subsidy
rate for each producer/exporter subject to this administrative review.
Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, CVDs on all
appropriate entries covered by this review. We intend to issue
instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of
review.
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the Department also
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated CVDs, in
the amounts shown above for each of the respective companies shown
above, on shipments of subject merchandise 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 firms, we will
instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits at the most-recent
company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
These preliminary results 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: March 2, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Conclusion
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