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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Manufacturers’
Unfilled Orders Survey
U.S. Census Bureau,
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: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be submitted on or
before August 31, 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(s) and instructions should
be directed to Mary Catherine Potter,
U.S. Census Bureau, Economic
Indicators Division, 4600 Silver Hill
Road, Room 7K157, Washington, DC
20233–6913, (301) 763–4207, or
(via the internet at
mary.catherine.potter@census.gov.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
The Manufacturers’ Shipments,
Inventories, and Orders (M3) survey
collects monthly data on the value of
shipments, inventories, and new and
unfilled orders from manufacturing
companies. The orders, as well as the
shipments and inventory data, are
valuable tools for analysts of business
cycle conditions. The Bureau of
Economic Analysis, the Counsel of
Economic Advisors, the Federal Reserve
Board, the Conference Board, and
members of the business community
such as the National Association of
Manufacturers, Wall Street Journal,
Market Watch, and Bloomberg business
analysts, use the data.
The monthly M3 Survey estimates are
based on a relatively small sample that
primarily reflects the month-to-month
changes of large companies. There is a
clear need for periodic benchmarking of
the M3 estimates to reflect the
manufacturing universe. The Economic
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Census covering the manufacturing
sector and the Annual Survey of
Manufactures (ASM) provide annual
benchmarks for the shipments and
inventory data in this monthly survey.
The Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders
Survey, the subject of this notice,
provides an annual benchmark for
unfilled orders.
The Census Bureau uses this data to
develop universe estimates of unfilled
orders as of the end of the calendar year
and to adjust the monthly M3 data on
unfilled orders to these levels on the
North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) basis.
The benchmarked unfilled orders levels
are used to derive estimates of new
orders received by manufacturers. The
survey data are also used to determine
whether it is necessary to collect
unfilled orders data for specific
industries on a monthly basis; some
industries are not requested to provide
unfilled orders data on the M3 Survey.
There are no changes to the MA–3000
form.
II. Method of Collection
The Census Bureau will use mail out/
mail back survey forms to collect the
data with online reporting encouraged.
Online response for the survey is
typically just under 60 percent.
Companies are asked to respond to the
survey within 30 days of receipt. Letters
encouraging participation are mailed to
companies that have not responded by
the designated time. Telephone followup is conducted to obtain response from
delinquent companies.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–0561.
Form Number(s): MA–3000.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Manufacturing
Businesses, large and small, or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
6,000.
Estimated Time per Response: .50
hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondents Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Sections 131, 182, 224 and 225.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
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
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(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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation; Opportunity To Request
Administrative Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda E. Waters, Office of AD/CVD
Operations, Customs Liaison Unit,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202)
482–4735.
AGENCY:
Background
Each year during the anniversary
month of the publication of an
antidumping or countervailing duty
order, finding, or suspended
investigation, an interested party, as
defined in section 771(9) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’),
may request, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213, that the Department of
Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) conduct
an administrative review of that
antidumping or countervailing duty
order, finding, or suspended
investigation.
All deadlines for the submission of
comments or actions by the Department
discussed below refer to the number of
calendar days from the applicable
starting date.
Respondent Selection
In the event the Department limits the
number of respondents for individual
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examination for administrative reviews
initiated pursuant to requests made for
the orders identified below, the
Department intends to select
respondents based on U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) data for U.S.
imports during the period of review. We
intend to release the CBP data under
Administrative Protective Order
(‘‘APO’’) to all parties having an APO
within five days of publication of the
initiation notice and to make our
decision regarding respondent selection
within 21 days of publication of the
initiation Federal Register notice.
Therefore, we encourage all parties
interested in commenting on respondent
selection to submit their APO
applications on the date of publication
of the initiation notice, or as soon
thereafter as possible. The Department
invites comments regarding the CBP
data and respondent selection within
five days of placement of the CBP data
on the record of the review.
In the event the Department decides
it is necessary to limit individual
examination of respondents and
conduct respondent selection under
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act:
In general, the Department finds that
determinations concerning whether
particular companies should be
‘‘collapsed’’ (i.e., treated as a single
entity for purposes of calculating
antidumping duty rates) require a
substantial amount of detailed
information and analysis, which often
require follow-up questions and
analysis. Accordingly, the Department
will not conduct collapsing analyses at
the respondent selection phase of this
review and will not collapse companies
at the respondent selection phase unless
there has been a determination to
collapse certain companies in a
previous segment of this antidumping
proceeding (i.e., investigation,
administrative review, new shipper
review or changed circumstances
review). For any company subject to this
review, if the Department determined,
or continued to treat, that company as
collapsed with others, the Department
will assume that such companies
continue to operate in the same manner
and will collapse them for respondent
selection purposes. Otherwise, the
Department will not collapse companies
for purposes of respondent selection.
Parties are requested to (a) identify
which companies subject to review
previously were collapsed, and (b)
provide a citation to the proceeding in
which they were collapsed. Further, if
companies are requested to complete
the Quantity and Value Questionnaire
for purposes of respondent selection, in
general each company must report
volume and value data separately for
itself. Parties should not include data
for any other party, even if they believe
they should be treated as a single entity
with that other party. If a company was
collapsed with another company or
companies in the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding
where the Department considered
collapsing that entity, complete quantity
and value data for that collapsed entity
must be submitted.
Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a
party that requests a review may
withdraw that request within 90 days of
the date of publication of the notice of
initiation of the requested review. The
regulation provides that the Department
may extend this time if it is reasonable
to do so. In order to provide parties
additional certainty with respect to
when the Department will exercise its
discretion to extend this 90-day
deadline, interested parties are advised
that, with regard to reviews requested
on the basis of anniversary months on
or after July 2015, the Department does
not intend to extend the 90-day
deadline unless the requestor
demonstrates that an extraordinary
circumstance prevented it from
submitting a timely withdrawal request.
Determinations by the Department to
extend the 90-day deadline will be
made on a case-by-case basis.
The Department is providing this
notice on its Web site, as well as in its
‘‘Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review’’ notices, so that interested
parties will be aware of the manner in
which the Department intends to
exercise its discretion in the future.
Opportunity to Request a Review: Not
later than the last day of July 2015,1
interested parties may request
administrative review of the following
orders, findings, or suspended
investigations, with anniversary dates in
July for the following periods:
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Antidumping Duty Proceedings
FINLAND: Carboxymethylcellulose, A–405–803 ...........................................................................................................................
INDIA: Polyethylene Terephthalate (Pet) Film, A–533–824 ..........................................................................................................
IRAN: In-Shell Pistachios, A–507–502 ..........................................................................................................................................
ITALY: Certain Pasta, A–475–818 ................................................................................................................................................
JAPAN:
Clad Steel Plate, A–588–838 .................................................................................................................................................
Polyvinyl Alcohol, A–588–861 ................................................................................................................................................
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils, A–588–845 ............................................................................................................
MALAYSIA: Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe, A–557–815 ..........................................................................................................
NETHERLANDS: Carboxymethylcellulose, A–421–811 ...............................................................................................................
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils, A–580–834 ...........................................................................
RUSSIA: Solid Urea, A–821–801 ..................................................................................................................................................
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM: Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe, A–552–816 ...............................................................
TAIWAN:
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, A–583–837 .......................................................................................................................
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils, A–583–831 ............................................................................................................
THAILAND:
Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings, A–549–807 ................................................................................................................
Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe, A–549–830 .......................................................................................................................
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:
Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings, A–570–814 ................................................................................................................
Certain Potassium Phosphate Salts, A–570–962 ..................................................................................................................
Certain Steel Grating, A–570–947 .........................................................................................................................................
1 Or the next business day, if the deadline falls
on a weekend, federal holiday or any other day
when the Department is closed.
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Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe, A–570–910 ......................................................................................................
Persulfates, A–570–847 .........................................................................................................................................................
Xanthan Gum, A–570–985 .....................................................................................................................................................
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UKRAINE: Oil Country Tubular Goods, A–823–815 .....................................................................................................................
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Countervailing Duty Proceedings
INDIA: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, C–533–825 ..................................................................................................................
ITALY: Certain Pasta, C–475–819 ................................................................................................................................................
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:
Certain Potassium Phosphate Salts, C–570–963 ..................................................................................................................
Certain Steel Grating, C–570–948 .........................................................................................................................................
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe, C–570–911 ......................................................................................................
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand, C–570–946 ..........................................................................................................
TURKEY: Certain Pasta, C–489–806 ...........................................................................................................................................
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In accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b), an interested party as
defined by section 771(9) of the Act may
request in writing that the Secretary
conduct an administrative review. For
both antidumping and countervailing
duty reviews, the interested party must
specify the individual producers or
exporters covered by an antidumping
finding or an antidumping or
countervailing duty order or suspension
agreement for which it is requesting a
review. In addition, a domestic
interested party or an interested party
described in section 771(9)(B) of the Act
must state why it desires the Secretary
to review those particular producers or
exporters. If the interested party intends
for the Secretary to review sales of
merchandise by an exporter (or a
producer if that producer also exports
merchandise from other suppliers)
which was produced in more than one
country of origin and each country of
origin is subject to a separate order, then
the interested party must state
specifically, on an order-by-order basis,
which exporter(s) the request is
intended to cover.
Note that, for any party the
Department was unable to locate in
prior segments, the Department will not
accept a request for an administrative
review of that party absent new
information as to the party’s location.
Moreover, if the interested party who
files a request for review is unable to
locate the producer or exporter for
which it requested the review, the
interested party must provide an
explanation of the attempts it made to
locate the producer or exporter at the
same time it files its request for review,
in order for the Secretary to determine
if the interested party’s attempts were
reasonable, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.303(f)(3)(ii).
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As explained in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003), and NonMarket Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of
Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694
(October 24, 2011) the Department
clarified its practice with respect to the
collection of final antidumping duties
on imports of merchandise where
intermediate firms are involved. The
public should be aware of this
clarification in determining whether to
request an administrative review of
merchandise subject to antidumping
findings and orders.2
Further, as explained in 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), the
Department clarified its practice with
regard to the conditional review of the
non-market economy (NME) entity in
administrative reviews of antidumping
duty orders. The Department will no
longer consider the NME entity as an
exporter conditionally subject to
administrative reviews. Accordingly,
the NME entity will not be under review
unless the Department specifically
receives a request for, or self-initiates, a
review of the NME entity.3 In
administrative reviews of antidumping
duty orders on merchandise from NME
countries where a review of the NME
entity has not been initiated, but where
an individual exporter for which a
2 See also the Enforcement and Compliance Web
site at https://trade.gov/enforcement/.
3 In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), parties
should specify that they are requesting a review of
entries from exporters comprising the entity, and to
the extent possible, include the names of such
exporters in their request.
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review was initiated does not qualify for
a separate rate, the Department will
issue a final decision indicating that the
company in question is part of the NME
entity. However, in that situation,
because no review of the NME entity
was conducted, the NME entity’s entries
were not subject to the review and the
rate for the NME entity is not subject to
change as a result of that review
(although the rate for the individual
exporter may change as a function of the
finding that the exporter is part of the
NME entity).
Following initiation of an
antidumping administrative review
when there is no review requested of the
NME entity, the Department will
instruct CBP to liquidate entries for all
exporters not named in the initiation
notice, including those that were
suspended at the NME entity rate.
All requests must be filed
electronically in Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (‘‘ACCESS’’)
on Enforcement and Compliance’s
ACCESS Web site at https://
access.trade.gov.4 Further, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(l)(i),
a copy of each request must be served
on the petitioner and each exporter or
producer specified in the request.
The Department will publish in the
Federal Register a notice of ‘‘Initiation
of Administrative Review of
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation’’ for requests received by
the last day of July 2015. If the
Department does not receive, by the last
day of July 2015, a request for review of
entries covered by an order, finding, or
4 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR
39263 (July 6, 2011).
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suspended investigation listed in this
notice and for the period identified
above, the Department will instruct CBP
to assess antidumping or countervailing
duties on those entries at a rate equal to
the cash deposit of (or bond for)
estimated antidumping or
countervailing duties required on those
entries at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption and to continue to collect
the cash deposit previously ordered.
For the first administrative review of
any order, there will be no assessment
of antidumping or countervailing duties
on entries of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption during the relevant
provisional-measures ‘‘gap’’ period of
the order, if such a gap period is
applicable to the period of review.
This notice is not required by statute
but is published as a service to the
international trading community.
Dated: June 25, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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International Trade Administration
Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’)
Review
For information from the Commission
contact Mary Messer, Office of
Investigations, U.S. International Trade
Commission at (202) 205–3193.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’), the Department of
Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) is
automatically initiating the five-year
review (‘‘Sunset Review’’) of the
antidumping and countervailing duty
(‘‘AD/CVD’’) orders listed below. The
International Trade Commission (‘‘the
Commission’’) is publishing
concurrently with this notice its notice
of Institution of Five-Year Review which
covers the same orders.
DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Department official identified in the
Initiation of Review section below at
AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
AGENCY:
Background
The Department’s procedures for the
conduct of Sunset Reviews are set forth
in its Procedures for Conducting FiveYear (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Orders, 63 FR 13516 (March 20, 1998)
and 70 FR 62061 (October 28, 2005).
Guidance on methodological or
analytical issues relevant to the
Department’s conduct of Sunset
Reviews is set forth in Antidumping
Proceedings: Calculation of the
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain
Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14,
2012).
Initiation of Review
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.218(c), we are initiating Sunset
Reviews of the following antidumping
and countervailing duty orders:
DOC case No.
ITC case No.
Country
Product
A–570–951 ...................
731–TA–1163 ..............
PRC ..................
Woven Electric Blankets (1st Review).
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Filing Information
As a courtesy, we are making
information related to sunset
proceedings, including copies of the
pertinent statute and Department’s
regulations, the Department’s schedule
for Sunset Reviews, a listing of past
revocations and continuations, and
current service lists, available to the
public on the Department’s Web site at
the following address: ‘‘https://
enforcement.trade.gov/sunset/.’’ All
submissions in these Sunset Reviews
must be filed in accordance with the
Department’s regulations regarding
format, translation, and service of
documents. These rules, including
electronic filing requirements via
Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(‘‘ACCESS’’), can be found at 19 CFR
351.303.1
Revised Factual Information
Requirements
This notice serves as a reminder that
any party submitting factual information
in an AD/CVD proceeding must certify
to the accuracy and completeness of that
information.2 Parties are hereby
reminded that revised certification
requirements are in effect for company/
government officials as well as their
representatives in all AD/CVD
investigations or proceedings initiated
on or after August 16, 2013.3 The
formats for the revised certifications are
provided at the end of the Final Rule.
The Department intends to reject factual
submissions if the submitting party does
not comply with the revised
certification requirements.
On April 10, 2013, the Department
published Definition of Factual
Information and Time Limits for
Submission of Factual Information:
Final Rule, 78 FR 21246 (April 10,
2 See
1 See
also Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
Administrative Protective Order Procedures,
76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011).
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section 782(b) of the Act.
Certification of Factual Information To
Import Administration During Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July
17, 2013) (‘‘Final Rule’’) (amending 19 CFR
351.303(g)).
3 See
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Department contact
Matthew Renkey (202) 482–2312.
2013), which modified two regulations
related to antidumping and
countervailing duty proceedings: The
definition of factual information (19
CFR 351.102(b)(21), and the time limits
for the submission of factual
information (19 CFR 351.301). The final
rule identifies five categories of factual
information in 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21),
which are summarized as follows: (i)
Evidence submitted in response to
questionnaires; (ii) evidence submitted
in support of allegations; (iii) publicly
available information to value factors
under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or to measure
the adequacy of remuneration under 19
CFR 351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence placed
on the record by the Department; and (v)
evidence other than factual information
described in (i)–(iv). The final rule
requires any party, when submitting
factual information, to specify under
which subsection of 19 CFR
351.102(b)(21) the information is being
submitted and, if the information is
submitted to rebut, clarify, or correct
factual information already on the
record, to provide an explanation
identifying the information already on
the record that the factual information
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Waters, Office of AD/CVD
Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone:
(202) 482-4735.
Background
Each year during the anniversary month of the publication of an
antidumping or countervailing duty order, finding, or suspended
investigation, an interested party, as defined in section 771(9) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), may request, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213, that the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') conduct an administrative review of that antidumping or
countervailing duty order, finding, or suspended investigation.
All deadlines for the submission of comments or actions by the
Department discussed below refer to the number of calendar days from
the applicable starting date.
Respondent Selection
In the event the Department limits the number of respondents for
individual
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examination for administrative reviews initiated pursuant to requests
made for the orders identified below, the Department intends to select
respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') data
for U.S. imports during the period of review. We intend to release the
CBP data under Administrative Protective Order (``APO'') to all parties
having an APO within five days of publication of the initiation notice
and to make our decision regarding respondent selection within 21 days
of publication of the initiation Federal Register notice. Therefore, we
encourage all parties interested in commenting on respondent selection
to submit their APO applications on the date of publication of the
initiation notice, or as soon thereafter as possible. The Department
invites comments regarding the CBP data and respondent selection within
five days of placement of the CBP data on the record of the review.
In the event the Department decides it is necessary to limit
individual examination of respondents and conduct respondent selection
under section 777A(c)(2) of the Act:
In general, the Department finds that determinations concerning
whether particular companies should be ``collapsed'' (i.e., treated as
a single entity for purposes of calculating antidumping duty rates)
require a substantial amount of detailed information and analysis,
which often require follow-up questions and analysis. Accordingly, the
Department will not conduct collapsing analyses at the respondent
selection phase of this review and will not collapse companies at the
respondent selection phase unless there has been a determination to
collapse certain companies in a previous segment of this antidumping
proceeding (i.e., investigation, administrative review, new shipper
review or changed circumstances review). For any company subject to
this review, if the Department determined, or continued to treat, that
company as collapsed with others, the Department will assume that such
companies continue to operate in the same manner and will collapse them
for respondent selection purposes. Otherwise, the Department will not
collapse companies for purposes of respondent selection. Parties are
requested to (a) identify which companies subject to review previously
were collapsed, and (b) provide a citation to the proceeding in which
they were collapsed. Further, if companies are requested to complete
the Quantity and Value Questionnaire for purposes of respondent
selection, in general each company must report volume and value data
separately for itself. Parties should not include data for any other
party, even if they believe they should be treated as a single entity
with that other party. If a company was collapsed with another company
or companies in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding
where the Department considered collapsing that entity, complete
quantity and value data for that collapsed entity must be submitted.
Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a party that requests a review
may withdraw that request within 90 days of the date of publication of
the notice of initiation of the requested review. The regulation
provides that the Department may extend this time if it is reasonable
to do so. In order to provide parties additional certainty with respect
to when the Department will exercise its discretion to extend this 90-
day deadline, interested parties are advised that, with regard to
reviews requested on the basis of anniversary months on or after July
2015, the Department does not intend to extend the 90-day deadline
unless the requestor demonstrates that an extraordinary circumstance
prevented it from submitting a timely withdrawal request.
Determinations by the Department to extend the 90-day deadline will be
made on a case-by-case basis.
The Department is providing this notice on its Web site, as well as
in its ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' notices, so
that interested parties will be aware of the manner in which the
Department intends to exercise its discretion in the future.
Opportunity to Request a Review: Not later than the last day of
July 2015,\1\ interested parties may request administrative review of
the following orders, findings, or suspended investigations, with
anniversary dates in July for the following periods:
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\1\ Or the next business day, if the deadline falls on a
weekend, federal holiday or any other day when the Department is
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Antidumping Duty Proceedings
FINLAND: Carboxymethylcellulose, A-405-803........... 7/1/14-6/30/15
INDIA: Polyethylene Terephthalate (Pet) Film, A-533- 7/1/14-6/30/15
824.................................................
IRAN: In-Shell Pistachios, A-507-502................. 7/1/14-6/30/15
ITALY: Certain Pasta, A-475-818...................... 7/1/14-6/30/15
JAPAN:
Clad Steel Plate, A-588-838...................... 7/1/14-6/30/15
Polyvinyl Alcohol, A-588-861..................... 7/1/14-6/30/15
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils, A-588- 7/1/14-6/30/15
845.............................................
MALAYSIA: Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe, A-557-815.. 1/7/14-6/30/15
NETHERLANDS: Carboxymethylcellulose, A-421-811....... 7/1/14-6/30/15
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in 7/1/14-6/30/15
Coils, A-580-834....................................
RUSSIA: Solid Urea, A-821-801........................ 7/1/14-6/30/15
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM: Welded Stainless 1/7/14-6/30/15
Pressure Pipe, A-552-816............................
TAIWAN:
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, A-583-837....... 7/1/14-6/30/15
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils, A-583- 7/1/14-6/30/15
831.............................................
THAILAND:
Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings, A-549-807.. 7/1/14-6/30/15
Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe, A-549-830........ 1/7/14-6/30/15
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:
Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings, A-570-814.. 7/1/14-6/30/15
Certain Potassium Phosphate Salts, A-570-962..... 7/1/14-6/30/15
Certain Steel Grating, A-570-947................. 7/1/14-6/30/15
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Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe, A-570- 7/1/14-6/30/15
910.............................................
Persulfates, A-570-847........................... 7/1/14-6/30/15
Xanthan Gum, A-570-985........................... 7/1/14-6/30/15
TURKEY: Certain Pasta, A-489-805..................... 7/1/14-6/30/15
UKRAINE: Solid Urea, A-823-801....................... 7/1/14-6/30/15
Countervailing Duty Proceedings
INDIA: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, C-533-825.... 1/1/14-12/31/14
ITALY: Certain Pasta, C-475-819...................... 1/1/14-12/31/14
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:
Certain Potassium Phosphate Salts, C-570-963..... 1/1/14-12/31/14
Certain Steel Grating, C-570-948................. 1/1/14-12/31/14
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe, C-570- 1/1/14-12/31/14
911.............................................
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand, C-570-946 1/1/14-12/31/14
TURKEY: Certain Pasta, C-489-806..................... 1/1/14-12/31/14
Suspension Agreements
UKRAINE: Oil Country Tubular Goods, A-823-815........ 7/1/14-6/30/15
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), an interested party as
defined by section 771(9) of the Act may request in writing that the
Secretary conduct an administrative review. For both antidumping and
countervailing duty reviews, the interested party must specify the
individual producers or exporters covered by an antidumping finding or
an antidumping or countervailing duty order or suspension agreement for
which it is requesting a review. In addition, a domestic interested
party or an interested party described in section 771(9)(B) of the Act
must state why it desires the Secretary to review those particular
producers or exporters. If the interested party intends for the
Secretary to review sales of merchandise by an exporter (or a producer
if that producer also exports merchandise from other suppliers) which
was produced in more than one country of origin and each country of
origin is subject to a separate order, then the interested party must
state specifically, on an order-by-order basis, which exporter(s) the
request is intended to cover.
Note that, for any party the Department was unable to locate in
prior segments, the Department will not accept a request for an
administrative review of that party absent new information as to the
party's location. Moreover, if the interested party who files a request
for review is unable to locate the producer or exporter for which it
requested the review, the interested party must provide an explanation
of the attempts it made to locate the producer or exporter at the same
time it files its request for review, in order for the Secretary to
determine if the interested party's attempts were reasonable, pursuant
to 19 CFR 351.303(f)(3)(ii).
As explained in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003), and Non-
Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping
Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011) the Department clarified its
practice with respect to the collection of final antidumping duties on
imports of merchandise where intermediate firms are involved. The
public should be aware of this clarification in determining whether to
request an administrative review of merchandise subject to antidumping
findings and orders.\2\
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Further, as explained in 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),
the Department clarified its practice with regard to the conditional
review of the non-market economy (NME) entity in administrative reviews
of antidumping duty orders. The Department will no longer consider the
NME entity as an exporter conditionally subject to administrative
reviews. Accordingly, the NME entity will not be under review unless
the Department specifically receives a request for, or self-initiates,
a review of the NME entity.\3\ In administrative reviews of antidumping
duty orders on merchandise from NME countries where a review of the NME
entity has not been initiated, but where an individual exporter for
which a review was initiated does not qualify for a separate rate, the
Department will issue a final decision indicating that the company in
question is part of the NME entity. However, in that situation, because
no review of the NME entity was conducted, the NME entity's entries
were not subject to the review and the rate for the NME entity is not
subject to change as a result of that review (although the rate for the
individual exporter may change as a function of the finding that the
exporter is part of the NME entity).
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specify that they are requesting a review of entries from exporters
comprising the entity, and to the extent possible, include the names
of such exporters in their request.
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Following initiation of an antidumping administrative review when
there is no review requested of the NME entity, the Department will
instruct CBP to liquidate entries for all exporters not named in the
initiation notice, including those that were suspended at the NME
entity rate.
All requests must be filed electronically in Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Service System (``ACCESS'') on Enforcement and Compliance's ACCESS Web
site at https://access.trade.gov.\4\ Further, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.303(f)(l)(i), a copy of each request must be served on the
petitioner and each exporter or producer specified in the request.
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Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011).
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The Department will publish in the Federal Register a notice of
``Initiation of Administrative Review of Antidumping or Countervailing
Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation'' for requests received
by the last day of July 2015. If the Department does not receive, by
the last day of July 2015, a request for review of entries covered by
an order, finding, or
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suspended investigation listed in this notice and for the period
identified above, the Department will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping or countervailing duties on those entries at a rate equal
to the cash deposit of (or bond for) estimated antidumping or
countervailing duties required on those entries at the time of entry,
or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption and to continue to
collect the cash deposit previously ordered.
For the first administrative review of any order, there will be no
assessment of antidumping or countervailing duties on entries of
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption during the relevant provisional-measures ``gap'' period of
the order, if such a gap period is applicable to the period of review.
This notice is not required by statute but is published as a
service to the international trading community.
Dated: June 25, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-16203 Filed 6-30-15; 8:45 am]
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