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Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’),1 for the
period of review (‘‘POR’’), April 1, 2013,
to March 31, 2014. The Department
selected two respondents for individual
review, Gem-Year Industrial Co., Ltd.
(‘‘Gem-Year’’), and the RMB/IFI Group.2
We preliminary determine that GemYear and the RMB/IFI Group failed to
cooperate by not acting to the best of
their ability to comply with the
Department’s request for information,
warranting the application of facts
otherwise available with adverse
inferences, pursuant to sections 776(a)–
(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(‘‘Act’’). As a part of the application of
adverse facts available (‘‘AFA’’), we
preliminarily determine to treat GemYear and the RMB/IFI Group as part of
the PRC-wide entity.3 If these
preliminary results are adopted in the
final results, the Department will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (‘‘CBP’’) to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise during
the POR. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective Date: May 7, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
Hancock or Jerry Huang, 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) 482–1394 or (202) 482–
4047, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: April 28, 2015.
Brenda Dolan,
Departmental Freedom of Information and
Privacy Act Officer.
Background
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–932]
Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2013–2014
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the ‘‘Department’’) is conducting the
fifth administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain steel
threaded rod (‘‘STR’’) from the People’s
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On May 29, 2014, the Department
initiated an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain steel
threaded rod from the PRC for the
period, April 1, 2013, through March 31,
2014, for 92 companies.4 On June 18,
2014, Vulcan Threaded Products, Inc.
(‘‘Petitioner’’) timely withdrew its
request for an administrative review of
83 companies.5 On September 23, 2014,
1 See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the
People’s Republic of China: Notice of Antidumping
Duty Order, 74 FR 17154 (April 14, 2009) (‘‘Order’’).
2 RMB Fasteners Ltd., IFI & Morgan Ltd., and
Jiaxing Brother Standard Part Co., Ltd. (collectively
‘‘the RMB/IFI Group’’).
3 See Department Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Steel
Threaded Rod from the People’s Republic of China:
Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results
of the 2013–2014 Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ (‘‘Preliminary Decision
Memorandum’’), dated concurrently with these
results and hereby adopted by this notice.
4 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and
Request for Revocation in Part, 79 FR 30809 (May
29, 2014) (‘‘Initiation Notice’’).
5 See Letter to the Department from Petitioner,
‘‘Fifth Administrative Review of Certain Steel
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the Department rescinded this
administrative review with respect to 83
companies named in the Initiation
Notice based on the timely withdrawal
of requests for review,6 in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).7
Accordingly, nine companies remain
under review for these preliminary
results.
policy, the PRC-wide entity will not be
under review unless a party specifically
requests, or the Department selfinitiates, a review of the entity. Because
no party requested a review of the PRCwide entity in this review, the entity is
not under review and the entity’s rate is
not subject to change, (i.e., 206
percent).12
Scope of the Order
Methodology
The Department conducted this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.13
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’’).
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://www.trade.gov/enforcement/. The
signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
The merchandise covered by the order
includes steel threaded rod. The subject
merchandise is currently classifiable
under subheading 7318.15.5051,
7318.15.5056, 7318.15.5090, and
7318.15.2095 of the United States
Harmonized Tariff Schedule
(‘‘HTSUS’’). Although the HTSUS
subheading is provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written
description of the merchandise is
dispositive.8
PRC-Wide Entity
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As noted above, a review was
requested, but not rescinded, for nine
companies. Aside from the mandatory
respondents, Gem-Year and RMB/IFI
Group, the remaining seven companies
are not eligible for separate rate status
or rescission because none submitted a
completed separate rate application or
certification.9 Accordingly, these seven
companies are part of the PRC-wide
entity. Additionally, the Department
preliminarily determines that Gem-Year
and the RMB/IFI Group, the mandatory
respondents, failed to cooperate by not
acting to the best of their abilities to
comply with requests for information,
and therefore, neither is eligible for a
separate rate. Accordingly, the
Department preliminarily finds, based
on AFA, that the PRC-wide entity also
includes these two companies.10
The Department’s change in policy
regarding conditional review of the
PRC-wide entity applies to this
administrative review.11 Under this
Threaded Rod from China: Petitioner’s Withdrawal
of Review Requests for Specific Companies’’ (June
18, 2014).
6 See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the
People’s Republic of China: Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 79 FR
56768, (September 23, 2014) (‘‘Partial Rescission
Notice’’).
7 Id.
8 For a full description of the scope of the Order,
see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
9 These companies are: (1) Fastco (Shanghai)
Trading Co., Ltd., (2) Haiyan Dayu Fasteners Co.,
Ltd., (3) Jiaxing Brother Standard Part, (4) Midas
Union Co., Ltd., (5) Shanghai P&J International
Trading Co., Ltd., (6) New Pole Power System Co.
Ltd., and (7) Zhejiang Morgan Brother Technology
Co., Ltd.
10 See section 776(b) of the Act.
11 See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement
of Change in Department Practice for Respondent
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Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily
determines that, for the period April 1,
2013, through March 31, 2014, the
companies identified in Appendix I to
this notice are part of the PRC-wide
entity.
Public Comment & Opportunity To
Request a Hearing
Interested parties may submit case
briefs within 30 days after the date of
publication of these preliminary results
of review.14 Rebuttals to case briefs,
which must be limited to issues raised
in the case briefs, must be filed within
five days after the time limit for filing
case briefs.15 Parties who submit
arguments are requested to submit with
Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and
Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy
Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78
FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
12 See Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the
People’s Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012–
2013, 79 FR 71743, 71744 and accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum (‘‘4th AR STR Final
Results’’).
13 A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is provided at Appendix II
to this notice.
14 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
15 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1)–(2).
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the argument (a) a statement of the
issue, (b) a brief summary of the
argument, and (c) a table of
authorities.16 Parties submitting briefs
should do so pursuant to the
Department’s electronic filing system,
ACCESS.
Any interested party may request a
hearing within 30 days of publication of
this notice.17 Hearing requests should
contain the following information: (1)
The party’s name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of the issues
to be discussed. Oral presentations will
be limited to issues raised in the
briefs.18 If a request for a hearing is
made, parties will be notified of the
time and date for the hearing to be held
at the U.S. Department of Commerce,
14th Street and Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230.19
The Department intends to issue the
final results of this administrative
review, which will include the results of
our analysis of all issues raised in the
case briefs, within 120 days of
publication of these preliminary results
in the Federal Register, unless
extended, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, the
Department will determine, and CBP
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review.20 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., 0.50 percent) in the final results,
the Department will calculate importerspecific assessment rates on the basis of
the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer’s examined
sales to the total entered value of sales,
in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1). Where an importer- (or
customer-) specific ad valorem rate is
greater than de minimis, the Department
will instruct CBP to collect the
appropriate duties at the time of
liquidation.21 Where either a
respondent’s weighted average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis, or an
importer- (or customer-) specific ad
valorem rate is zero or de minimis, the
Department will instruct CBP to
16 See
17 See
19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
19 CFR 351.310(c).
18 Id.
19 See
19 CFR 351.310(d).
19 CFR 351.212(b).
21 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
20 See
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liquidate appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.22 We
intend to instruct CBP to liquidate
entries containing subject merchandise
exported by the PRC-wide entity at the
PRC-wide rate.
The Department announced a
refinement to its assessment practice in
non-market economy (‘‘NME’’) cases.23
Pursuant to this refinement in practice,
for entries that were not reported in the
U.S. sales databases submitted by
companies individually examined
during the administrative review, the
Department will instruct CBP to
liquidate such entries at the PRC-wide
rate. Additionally, if the Department
determines that an exporter 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.24
In accordance with section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, 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
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 sections
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For any
companies listed that have a separate
rate, 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 zero cash deposit will be
required); (2) for previously investigated
or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters
not listed 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 PRCwide 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 deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
23 For a full discussion of this practice, see NonMarket Economy Antidumping Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694
(October 24, 2011).
24 Id.
Dated: April 30, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix I—Companies Subject to the
Administrative Review That Are
Preliminarily Determined To Be Part of
the PRC-Wide Entity
Fastco (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
Gem-Year Industrial Co., Ltd.
Haiyan Dayu Fasteners Co., Ltd.
Jiaxing Brother Standard Part Co., Ltd., IFI &
Morgan Ltd. and RMB Fasteners Ltd.
(collectively ‘‘RMB/IFI Group’’)
Jiaxing Brother Standard Part.
Midas Union Co., Ltd.
New Pole Power System Co. Ltd.
Shanghai P&J International Trading Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Morgan Brother Technology Co.
Ltd.
Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed
in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum:
Summary
1. Background
2. Verification
3. Respondent Selection
4. Scope of the Order
5. Questionnaires
6. Non-Market Economy Country
7. PRC-Wide Entity
8. Separate Rates
9. Application of Facts Available and Use
of Adverse Inference
10. Conclusion
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[A–549–821]
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 the POR.
Failure to comply with this requirement
could result in the Department’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
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).
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22 See
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From
Thailand: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Rescission of Review in
Part; 2013–2014
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on
polyethylene retail carrier bags (PRCBs)
from Thailand.1 This review covers 33
companies. The period of review (POR)
is August 1, 2013, through July 31, 2014.
We preliminarily find that subject
merchandise has been sold at less than
normal value by the one company
subject to this review, Beyond
Packaging Co., Ltd. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
AGENCY:
DATES:
Effective Date: May 7, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dmitry Vladimirov or Minoo Hatten,
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)
482–0665 and 202–482–1690,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the
antidumping duty order is polyethylene
retail carrier bags, which are currently
classified under subheading
3923.21.0085 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
The HTSUS number is provided for
convenience and customs purposes. A
full description of the scope of the order
is contained in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.2 The written description
is dispositive.
1 See Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene
Retail Carrier Bags From Thailand, 69 FR 48204
(August 9, 2004) (Order).
2 See memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
Preliminary Results of the 2013/2014 Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review: Polyethylene Retail
Carrier Bags from Thailand’’ (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum), dated concurrently with this notice.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-932]
Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2013-2014
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') is conducting
the fifth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
certain steel threaded rod (``STR'') from the People's Republic of
China (``PRC''),\1\ for the period of review (``POR''), April 1, 2013,
to March 31, 2014. The Department selected two respondents for
individual review, Gem-Year Industrial Co., Ltd. (``Gem-Year''), and
the RMB/IFI Group.\2\ We preliminary determine that Gem-Year and the
RMB/IFI Group failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of their
ability to comply with the Department's request for information,
warranting the application of facts otherwise available with adverse
inferences, pursuant to sections 776(a)-(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (``Act''). As a part of the application of adverse facts
available (``AFA''), we preliminarily determine to treat Gem-Year and
the RMB/IFI Group as part of the PRC-wide entity.\3\ If these
preliminary results are adopted in the final results, the Department
will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise
during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
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\1\ See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of
China: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order, 74 FR 17154 (April 14,
2009) (``Order'').
\2\ RMB Fasteners Ltd., IFI & Morgan Ltd., and Jiaxing Brother
Standard Part Co., Ltd. (collectively ``the RMB/IFI Group'').
\3\ See Department Memorandum, ``Certain Steel Threaded Rod from
the People's Republic of China: Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Results of the 2013-2014 Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review,'' (``Preliminary Decision Memorandum''), dated concurrently
with these results and hereby adopted by this notice.
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DATES: Effective Date: May 7, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock or Jerry Huang, 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) 482-1394 or (202)
482-4047, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 29, 2014, the Department initiated an administrative review
of the antidumping duty order on certain steel threaded rod from the
PRC for the period, April 1, 2013, through March 31, 2014, for 92
companies.\4\ On June 18, 2014, Vulcan Threaded Products, Inc.
(``Petitioner'') timely withdrew its request for an administrative
review of 83 companies.\5\ On September 23, 2014,
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the Department rescinded this administrative review with respect to 83
companies named in the Initiation Notice based on the timely withdrawal
of requests for review,\6\ in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).\7\
Accordingly, nine companies remain under review for these preliminary
results.
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\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 79 FR
30809 (May 29, 2014) (``Initiation Notice'').
\5\ See Letter to the Department from Petitioner, ``Fifth
Administrative Review of Certain Steel Threaded Rod from China:
Petitioner's Withdrawal of Review Requests for Specific Companies''
(June 18, 2014).
\6\ See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of
China: Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,
79 FR 56768, (September 23, 2014) (``Partial Rescission Notice'').
\7\ Id.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order includes steel threaded rod.
The subject merchandise is currently classifiable under subheading
7318.15.5051, 7318.15.5056, 7318.15.5090, and 7318.15.2095 of the
United States Harmonized Tariff Schedule (``HTSUS''). Although the
HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise is dispositive.\8\
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\8\ For a full description of the scope of the Order, see
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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PRC-Wide Entity
As noted above, a review was requested, but not rescinded, for nine
companies. Aside from the mandatory respondents, Gem-Year and RMB/IFI
Group, the remaining seven companies are not eligible for separate rate
status or rescission because none submitted a completed separate rate
application or certification.\9\ Accordingly, these seven companies are
part of the PRC-wide entity. Additionally, the Department preliminarily
determines that Gem-Year and the RMB/IFI Group, the mandatory
respondents, failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of their
abilities to comply with requests for information, and therefore,
neither is eligible for a separate rate. Accordingly, the Department
preliminarily finds, based on AFA, that the PRC-wide entity also
includes these two companies.\10\
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\9\ These companies are: (1) Fastco (Shanghai) Trading Co.,
Ltd., (2) Haiyan Dayu Fasteners Co., Ltd., (3) Jiaxing Brother
Standard Part, (4) Midas Union Co., Ltd., (5) Shanghai P&J
International Trading Co., Ltd., (6) New Pole Power System Co. Ltd.,
and (7) Zhejiang Morgan Brother Technology Co., Ltd.
\10\ See section 776(b) of the Act.
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The Department's change in policy regarding conditional review of
the PRC-wide entity applies to this administrative review.\11\ Under
this policy, the PRC-wide entity will not be under review unless a
party specifically requests, or the Department self-initiates, a review
of the entity. Because no party requested a review of the PRC-wide
entity in this review, the entity is not under review and the entity's
rate is not subject to change, (i.e., 206 percent).\12\
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\11\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
\12\ See Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic
of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2012-2013, 79 FR 71743, 71744 and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum (``4th AR STR Final Results'').
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Methodology
The Department conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. For a full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\13\ 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''). 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://www.trade.gov/enforcement/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
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\13\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is provided at Appendix II to this notice.
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Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily determines that, for the period April
1, 2013, through March 31, 2014, the companies identified in Appendix I
to this notice are part of the PRC-wide entity.
Public Comment & Opportunity To Request a Hearing
Interested parties may submit case briefs within 30 days after the
date of publication of these preliminary results of review.\14\
Rebuttals to case briefs, which must be limited to issues raised in the
case briefs, must be filed within five days after the time limit for
filing case briefs.\15\ Parties who submit arguments are requested to
submit with the argument (a) a statement of the issue, (b) a brief
summary of the argument, and (c) a table of authorities.\16\ Parties
submitting briefs should do so pursuant to the Department's electronic
filing system, ACCESS.
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1)-(2).
\16\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
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Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of
publication of this notice.\17\ Hearing requests should contain the
following information: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to
be discussed. Oral presentations will be limited to issues raised in
the briefs.\18\ If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be
notified of the time and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.\19\
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\18\ Id.
\19\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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The Department intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, which will include the results of our analysis
of all issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication
of these preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless extended,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine,
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries
covered by this review.\20\ The Department intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final
results of this review.
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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For any individually examined respondent whose weighted average
dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent) in the final
results, 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 to the total entered value
of sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where an importer-
(or customer-) specific ad valorem rate is greater than de minimis, the
Department will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate duties at the
time of liquidation.\21\ Where either a respondent's weighted average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer- (or customer-)
specific ad valorem rate is zero or de minimis, the Department will
instruct CBP to
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liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\22\
We intend to instruct CBP to liquidate entries containing subject
merchandise exported by the PRC-wide entity at the PRC-wide rate.
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\21\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\22\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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The Department announced a refinement to its assessment practice in
non-market economy (``NME'') cases.\23\ Pursuant to this refinement in
practice, for entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales
databases submitted by companies individually examined during the
administrative review, the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate
such entries at the PRC-wide rate. Additionally, if the Department
determines that an exporter 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.\24\
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\23\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
\24\ Id.
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In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, 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 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
sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For any companies listed that
have a separate rate, 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 zero cash deposit will be required); (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed 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 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 the POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
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: April 30, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I--Companies Subject to the Administrative Review That Are
Preliminarily Determined To Be Part of the PRC-Wide Entity
Fastco (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
Gem-Year Industrial Co., Ltd.
Haiyan Dayu Fasteners Co., Ltd.
Jiaxing Brother Standard Part Co., Ltd., IFI & Morgan Ltd. and RMB
Fasteners Ltd. (collectively ``RMB/IFI Group'')
Jiaxing Brother Standard Part.
Midas Union Co., Ltd.
New Pole Power System Co. Ltd.
Shanghai P&J International Trading Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Morgan Brother Technology Co. Ltd.
Appendix II--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum:
Summary
1. Background
2. Verification
3. Respondent Selection
4. Scope of the Order
5. Questionnaires
6. Non-Market Economy Country
7. PRC-Wide Entity
8. Separate Rates
9. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inference
10. Conclusion
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