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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–849]
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel
Plate From the People’s Republic of
China: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Administrative Review
and Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments; 2013–2014
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: August 11, 2015.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain cutto-length carbon steel plate (‘‘CTL
plate’’) from the People’s Republic of
China (‘‘PRC’’) for the period of review
(‘‘POR’’) November 1, 2013, through
October 31, 2014. This review covers six
PRC companies.1 The Department
AGENCY:
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 79 FR
76956 (December 23, 2014) (‘‘Initiation Notice’’).
The companies under review are as follows: Hebei
Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (‘‘Hebei Iron’’); Hunan Valin
Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (‘‘Hunan Valin’’);
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preliminarily finds that five of the six
companies under review have not
demonstrated their eligibility for
separate rate status, and are part of the
PRC-wide entity. The Department
preliminarily finds that one of the
companies under review made no
shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick O’Connor, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement & Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–0989.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the order is
certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate
from the PRC.2 This merchandise is
currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(‘‘HTSUS’’) under item numbers
7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060,
7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045,
7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000,
7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000,
7210.70.3000, 7212.40.5000, and
7212.50.0000. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of the
order is dispositive.
Methodology
The Department conducted this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’). For a full
discussion of the decisions taken in
these preliminary results, see the
Preliminary Results Decision
Memorandum. The Preliminary Results
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 B8024 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary
Jiangyin Xingcheng Plastic Chemical Co., Ltd.
(‘‘Jiangyin Plastic’’); Jiangyin Xingcheng Special
Steel Works Co., Ltd. (‘‘Jiangyin Steel’’); Wuyang
Iron & Steel Co, Ltd. (‘‘Wuyang Iron’’); and Xiamen
C&D Paper & Pulp Co., Ltd. (‘‘Xiamen Paper’’).
2 See Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review of Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate
from the People’s Republic of China, issued
concurrently with this notice, for a complete
description of the Scope of the Order (‘‘Preliminary
Results Decision Memorandum’’).
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Results Decision Memorandum can be
accessed directly on the Internet at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn//. The
signed Preliminary Results Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
versions of the Preliminary Results
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Separate Rates
The following companies failed to
submit a separate rate application or
separate rate certification: Hebei Iron;
Hunan Valin; Jiangyin Plastic; Jiangyin
Steel; and Xiamen Paper. Therefore, the
Department preliminarily determines
that these companies have not
demonstrated their eligibility for
separate rate status and are part of the
PRC-wide entity.3 The PRC-wide entity
rate is 128.59 percent.
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Preliminary Determination of NoShipments
Wuyang Iron submitted a timely-filed
certification that it had no exports,
sales, or entries of subject merchandise
during the POR,4 and a query of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’)
data did not show any POR entries of
Wuyang Iron’s subject merchandise.5 In
addition, CBP did not identify any
entries of subject merchandise from
Wuyang Iron during the POR in
response to an inquiry from the
Department asking CBP for such
information.6 Based on the foregoing,
the Department preliminarily
determines that Wuyang Iron did not
have any reviewable transactions during
the POR. For additional information
regarding this determination, see the
Preliminary Results Decision
Memorandum.
Consistent with an announced
refinement to its assessment practice in
NME cases, the Department is not
rescinding this administrative review
for Wuyang Iron, but intends to
complete the review and issue
appropriate instructions to CBP based
on the final results of the review.7
3 See Initiation Notice, 79 FR 76956, 76957 (‘‘All
firms listed below that wish to qualify for separate
rate status in the administrative reviews involving
NME countries must complete, as appropriate,
either a separate rate application or certification
. . .’’).
4 See Letter from Wuyang Iron to the Department,
Re: ‘‘Administrative Review of Certain Cut-toLength Carbon Steel Plate from China: Wuyang Iron
& Steel’s No Shipment Letter,’’ dated January 12,
2015.
5 See Memorandum from Patrick O’Connor,
International Trade Compliance Analyst, to the File,
Re: ‘‘Results of Customs and Border Protection
Query,’’ dated January 9, 2015.
6 See CBP Message Number 5173301 dated June
22, 2015.
7 See Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
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Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily
determines that Hebei Iron; Hunan
Valin; Jiangyin Plastic; Jiangyin Steel;
and Xiamen Paper are not eligible for
separate rates status. Moreover, the
Department preliminarily determines
that Wuyang Iron did not have
reviewable transactions during the POR.
Public Comment
Interested parties are invited to
comment on the preliminary results and
may submit case briefs and/or written
comments, filed electronically using
ACCESS, within 30 days of the date of
publication of this notice, pursuant to
19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). Rebuttal briefs,
limited to issues raised in the case
briefs, will be due five days after the
due date for case briefs, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.309(d). Parties who submit
case or rebuttal briefs in this review are
requested to submit with each argument
a statement of the issue, a summary of
the argument not to exceed five pages,
and a table of statutes, regulations, and
cases cited, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties, who wish to request
a hearing must submit a written request
to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S.
Department of Commerce, filed
electronically using ACCESS.
Electronically filed case briefs/written
comments and hearing requests must be
received successfully in their entirety by
the Department’s electronic records
system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern
Time, within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.8 Hearing
requests should contain: (1) The party’s
name, address and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to
those issues raised in the respective case
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made,
parties will be notified of the time and
date of the hearing which will be held
at the U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington DC 20230.
Unless extended, the Department
intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the
results of its analysis of the issues raised
in any written briefs, not later than 120
days after the date of publication of this
notice, 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.9 The Department intends to
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15
days after the publication date of the
final results of this review. The
Department intends to instruct CBP to
liquidate any entries of subject
merchandise from Hebei Iron, Hunan
Valin; Jiangyin Plastic, Jiangyin Steel,
and Xiamen Paper, at 128.59 percent
(the PRC-wide rate).
Additionally, pursuant to the
Department’s practice in NME cases, if
we continue to determine that Wuyang
Iron had no shipments of subject
merchandise, any suspended entries of
subject merchandise from Wuyang Iron
will be liquidated at the PRC-wide
rate.10
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments
of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date of the final results of review, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act: (1) For previously investigated or
reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters
which are not under review in this
segment of the proceeding but which
have separate rates, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the exporter-specific
rate published for the most recent
period; (2) for all PRC exporters of
subject merchandise that have not been
found to be entitled to a separate rate,
including Hebei Iron; Hunan Valin;
Jiangyin Plastic; Jiangyin Steel; and
Xiamen Paper, the cash deposit rate will
be the PRC-wide rate of 128.59 percent;
and (3) 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(s) that supplied that nonPRC 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
9 See
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
a full discussion of this practice, see NonMarket Economy Antidumping Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694
(October 24, 2011).
10 For
FR 65694, 65694–95 (October 24, 2011) and the
‘‘Assessment Rates’’ section, below.
8 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this
review period. 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.
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213.
Dated: August 3, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Preliminary Results Decision
Memorandum
Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Methodology
Companies that Have Not Demonstrated
Eligibility for Separate Rate Status
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Allegation of Duty Evasion
Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–890]
Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Changed
Circumstances Review, and Intent To
Revoke Antidumping Duty Order in
Part
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On February 13, 2015, the
Department of Commerce (the
‘‘Department’’) received a request for
revocation, in part, of the antidumping
duty (‘‘AD’’) order on wooden bedroom
furniture from the People’s Republic of
China (‘‘PRC’’) 1 with respect to jewelry
armoires that have at least one front
door. We preliminarily determine that
the producers accounting for
substantially all of the production of the
domestic like product to which the
Order pertains lack interest in the relief
provided by the Order with respect to
jewelry armoires that have at least one
front door as described below.
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AGENCY:
1 See Notice of Amended Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping
Duty Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the
People’s Republic of China, 70 FR 329 (January 4,
2005) (‘‘Order’’).
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Accordingly, we intend to revoke, in
part, the Order as to imports of jewelry
armoires with at least one front door.
The Department invites interested
parties to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Effective Date: August 11, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick O’Connor or Howard Smith, AD/
CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–0989 or (202) 482–
5193, respectively.
Background
On January 4, 2005, the Department
published the Order in the Federal
Register. On February 13, 2015, the
Department received a request on behalf
of Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc. (‘‘Pier
One’’) for a changed circumstances
review to revoke, in part, the Order with
respect to jewelry armoires with at least
one front door.2 On March 11, 2015, the
American Furniture Manufacturers
Committee for Legal Trade and
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company,
Inc. (collectively, ‘‘Petitioners’’) stated
that they agree with the scope exclusion
language proposed by Pier One.3
On April 2, 2015, we published the
Initiation Notice in the Federal
Register.4 Because the statement
submitted by Petitioners in support of
Pier One’s Request did not indicate
whether Petitioners account for
substantially all of the domestic wooden
bedroom furniture production, in the
Initiation Notice, we invited interested
parties to submit comments concerning
industry support for the revocation in
part, as well as comments and/or factual
information regarding the changed
circumstances review. No comments
were submitted by any party.
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the order is
wooden bedroom furniture. Wooden
bedroom furniture is generally, but not
exclusively, designed, manufactured,
and offered for sale in coordinated
2 See Submission from Pier One, ‘‘Wooden
Bedroom Furniture From the People’s Republic of
China; Request for a Changed Circumstance Review
as to Certain Additional Jewelry Armoires,’’ dated
February 13, 2015 (‘‘Pier One’s Request’’).
3 See March 11, 2015 letter from King & Spalding
Re: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From The People’s
Republic of China/Petitioners’ Response to Pier 1
Imports’ Letter of February 13, 2015.
4 See Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the
People’s Republic of China: Notice of Initiation of
Changed Circumstances Review, and Consideration
of Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order in
Part, 80 FR 17719 (April 2, 2015) (‘‘Initiation
Notice’’).
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groups, or bedrooms, in which all of the
individual pieces are of approximately
the same style and approximately the
same material and/or finish. The subject
merchandise is made substantially of
wood products, including both solid
wood and also engineered wood
products made from wood particles,
fibers, or other wooden materials such
as plywood, strand board, particle
board, and fiberboard, with or without
wood veneers, wood overlays, or
laminates, with or without non-wood
components or trim such as metal,
marble, leather, glass, plastic, or other
resins, and whether or not assembled,
completed, or finished.
The subject merchandise includes the
following items: (1) Wooden beds such
as loft beds, bunk beds, and other beds;
(2) wooden headboards for beds
(whether stand-alone or attached to side
rails), wooden footboards for beds,
wooden side rails for beds, and wooden
canopies for beds; (3) night tables, night
stands, dressers, commodes, bureaus,
mule chests, gentlemen’s chests,
bachelor’s chests, lingerie chests,
wardrobes, vanities, chessers,
chifforobes, and wardrobe-type cabinets;
(4) dressers with framed glass mirrors
that are attached to, incorporated in, sit
on, or hang over the dresser; (5) chestson-chests,5 highboys,6 lowboys,7 chests
of drawers,8 chests,9 door chests,10
chiffoniers,11 hutches,12 and armoires;13
5 A chest-on-chest is typically a tall chest-ofdrawers in two or more sections (or appearing to be
in two or more sections), with one or two sections
mounted (or appearing to be mounted) on a slightly
larger chest; also known as a tallboy.
6 A highboy is typically a tall chest of drawers
usually composed of a base and a top section with
drawers, and supported on four legs or a small chest
(often 15 inches or more in height).
7 A lowboy is typically a short chest of drawers,
not more than four feet high, normally set on short
legs.
8 A chest of drawers is typically a case containing
drawers for storing clothing.
9 A chest is typically a case piece taller than it
is wide featuring a series of drawers and with or
without one or more doors for storing clothing. The
piece can either include drawers or be designed as
a large box incorporating a lid.
10 A door chest is typically a chest with hinged
doors to store clothing, whether or not containing
drawers. The piece may also include shelves for
televisions and other entertainment electronics.
11 A chiffonier is typically a tall and narrow chest
of drawers normally used for storing undergarments
and lingerie, often with mirror(s) attached.
12 A hutch is typically an open case of furniture
with shelves that typically sits on another piece of
furniture and provides storage for clothes.
13 An armoire is typically a tall cabinet or
wardrobe (typically 50 inches or taller), with doors,
and with one or more drawers (either exterior below
or above the doors or interior behind the doors),
shelves, and/or garment rods or other apparatus for
storing clothes. Bedroom armoires may also be used
to hold television receivers and/or other audiovisual entertainment systems.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-849]
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative
Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2013-2014
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: August 11, 2015.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-
length carbon steel plate (``CTL plate'') from the People's Republic of
China (``PRC'') for the period of review (``POR'') November 1, 2013,
through October 31, 2014. This review covers six PRC companies.\1\ The
Department preliminarily finds that five of the six companies under
review have not demonstrated their eligibility for separate rate
status, and are part of the PRC-wide entity. The Department
preliminarily finds that one of the companies under review made no
shipments of subject merchandise during the POR.
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 79 FR 76956 (December 23, 2014)
(``Initiation Notice''). The companies under review are as follows:
Hebei Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (``Hebei Iron''); Hunan Valin Xiangtan
Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (``Hunan Valin''); Jiangyin Xingcheng Plastic
Chemical Co., Ltd. (``Jiangyin Plastic''); Jiangyin Xingcheng
Special Steel Works Co., Ltd. (``Jiangyin Steel''); Wuyang Iron &
Steel Co, Ltd. (``Wuyang Iron''); and Xiamen C&D Paper & Pulp Co.,
Ltd. (``Xiamen Paper'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick O'Connor, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement & Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
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0989.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the order is certain cut-to-length carbon
steel plate from the PRC.\2\ This merchandise is currently classified
in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'')
under item numbers 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030,
7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000,
7210.70.3000, 7212.40.5000, and 7212.50.0000. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of the order is dispositive.
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\2\ See Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Cut-to-Length
Carbon Steel Plate from the People's Republic of China, issued
concurrently with this notice, for a complete description of the
Scope of the Order (``Preliminary Results Decision Memorandum'').
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Methodology
The Department conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). For a
full discussion of the decisions taken in these preliminary results,
see the Preliminary Results Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary
Results 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 B8024 of
the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary
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Results Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn//. The signed Preliminary Results
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary
Results Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Separate Rates
The following companies failed to submit a separate rate
application or separate rate certification: Hebei Iron; Hunan Valin;
Jiangyin Plastic; Jiangyin Steel; and Xiamen Paper. Therefore, the
Department preliminarily determines that these companies have not
demonstrated their eligibility for separate rate status and are part of
the PRC-wide entity.\3\ The PRC-wide entity rate is 128.59 percent.
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\3\ See Initiation Notice, 79 FR 76956, 76957 (``All firms
listed below that wish to qualify for separate rate status in the
administrative reviews involving NME countries must complete, as
appropriate, either a separate rate application or certification . .
.'').
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Preliminary Determination of No-Shipments
Wuyang Iron submitted a timely-filed certification that it had no
exports, sales, or entries of subject merchandise during the POR,\4\
and a query of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') data did
not show any POR entries of Wuyang Iron's subject merchandise.\5\ In
addition, CBP did not identify any entries of subject merchandise from
Wuyang Iron during the POR in response to an inquiry from the
Department asking CBP for such information.\6\ Based on the foregoing,
the Department preliminarily determines that Wuyang Iron did not have
any reviewable transactions during the POR. For additional information
regarding this determination, see the Preliminary Results Decision
Memorandum.
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\4\ See Letter from Wuyang Iron to the Department, Re:
``Administrative Review of Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate
from China: Wuyang Iron & Steel's No Shipment Letter,'' dated
January 12, 2015.
\5\ See Memorandum from Patrick O'Connor, International Trade
Compliance Analyst, to the File, Re: ``Results of Customs and Border
Protection Query,'' dated January 9, 2015.
\6\ See CBP Message Number 5173301 dated June 22, 2015.
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Consistent with an announced refinement to its assessment practice
in NME cases, the Department is not rescinding this administrative
review for Wuyang Iron, but intends to complete the review and issue
appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of the
review.\7\
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\7\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011) and
the ``Assessment Rates'' section, below.
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Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily determines that Hebei Iron; Hunan
Valin; Jiangyin Plastic; Jiangyin Steel; and Xiamen Paper are not
eligible for separate rates status. Moreover, the Department
preliminarily determines that Wuyang Iron did not have reviewable
transactions during the POR.
Public Comment
Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary
results and may submit case briefs and/or written comments, filed
electronically using ACCESS, within 30 days of the date of publication
of this notice, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). Rebuttal briefs,
limited to issues raised in the case briefs, will be due five days
after the due date for case briefs, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d).
Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this review are requested
to submit with each argument a statement of the issue, a summary of the
argument not to exceed five pages, and a table of statutes,
regulations, and cases cited, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties, who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce,
filed electronically using ACCESS. Electronically filed case briefs/
written comments and hearing requests must be received successfully in
their entirety by the Department's electronic records system, ACCESS,
by 5 p.m. Eastern Time, within 30 days after the date of publication of
this notice.\8\ Hearing requests should contain: (1) The party's name,
address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a
list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be
limited to those issues raised in the respective case briefs. If a
request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the time and
date of the hearing which will be held at the U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington DC 20230.
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Unless extended, the Department intends to issue the final results
of this administrative review, including the results of its analysis of
the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after
the date of publication of this notice, 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.\9\ The Department intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final
results of this review. The Department intends to instruct CBP to
liquidate any entries of subject merchandise from Hebei Iron, Hunan
Valin; Jiangyin Plastic, Jiangyin Steel, and Xiamen Paper, at 128.59
percent (the PRC-wide rate).
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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Additionally, pursuant to the Department's practice in NME cases,
if we continue to determine that Wuyang Iron had no shipments of
subject merchandise, any suspended entries of subject merchandise from
Wuyang Iron will be liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.\10\
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\10\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act: (1) For previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC
exporters which are not under review in this segment of the proceeding
but which have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to
be the exporter-specific rate published for the most recent period; (2)
for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found
to be entitled to a separate rate, including Hebei Iron; Hunan Valin;
Jiangyin Plastic; Jiangyin Steel; and Xiamen Paper, the cash deposit
rate will be the PRC-wide rate of 128.59 percent; and (3) 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(s) 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
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antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during
this review period. 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.
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.
Dated: August 3, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Results Decision
Memorandum
Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Methodology
Companies that Have Not Demonstrated Eligibility for Separate Rate
Status
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Allegation of Duty Evasion
Recommendation
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