Potassium Permanganate From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the 2015 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 89897-89899 [2016-29843]
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Intent To Rescind Administrative
Review, In Part
On May 16, 2016, the Department
received a timely response indicating
that Juancheng Kangtai Chemical Co.,
Ltd. (‘‘Kangtai’’) made no shipments to
the United States during the POR, as
part of its response to the Department’s
initial CVD questionnaire. Because there
is no evidence on the record to the
contrary, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3), we preliminarily intend
to rescind the review with respect to
Kangtai. A final decision regarding
whether to rescind the review of this
company will be issued with the final
results of review.
Preliminary Results of Review
In accordance with section
703(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, we calculated
an estimated individual countervailable
subsidy rate for each producer/exporter
of the subject merchandise individually
investigated. We preliminarily
determine these rates to be:
Subsidy
rate
Company
Hebei Jiheng Chemical Co., Ltd.
(‘‘Hebei Jiheng’’) .......................
Heze Huayi Chemical Co., Ltd.
(‘‘Huayi’’) ...................................
20.94
1.04
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Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department intends to disclose to
parties to this proceeding the
calculations performed in reaching the
preliminary results within five days of
the publication of these preliminary
results.5 The Department also intends to
issue a post-preliminary analysis memo
on the Export Buyer’s Credit program, as
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum. Interested parties may
submit written comments (case briefs) 6
within 30 days of the issuance of the
post-preliminary results and rebuttal
comments (rebuttal briefs) within five
days after the time limit for filing case
briefs.7 Rebuttal briefs must be limited
to issues raised in the case briefs.8
Parties who submit case or rebuttal
briefs are requested to submit with the
argument: (1) A statement of the issue;
(2) a brief summary of the argument;
and (3) a table of authorities.9
Interested parties who wish to request
a hearing must do so within 30 days of
publication of these preliminary results
by submitting a written request to the
5 See
19 CFR 351.224(b).
generally 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing
requirements).
7 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
8 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
9 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
6 See
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Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, using Enforcement and
Compliance’s ACCESS system.10
Requests should contain the party’s
name, address, and telephone number,
the number of participants, and a list of
the issues to be discussed. If a request
for a hearing is made, we will inform
parties of the scheduled date for the
hearing which will be held at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230, at a time and location to be
determined.11 Parties should confirm by
telephone the date, time, and location of
the hearing. Issues addressed at the
hearing will be limited to those raised
in the briefs.12 All briefs and hearing
requests must be filed electronically and
received successfully in their entirety
through ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on the due date.
Unless the deadline is extended
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, the Department intends to issue the
final results of this administrative
review, including the results of our
analysis of the issues raised by the
parties in their comments, within 120
days after publication of these
preliminary results.
Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit
Requirement
Upon issuance of the final results, the
Department shall determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’)
shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review. We intend to issue instructions
to CBP 15 days after publication of the
final results of review.
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, the Department also intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties, in the
amounts shown above for each of the
respective companies shown above, on
shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review. For all non-reviewed firms, we
will instruct CBP to continue to collect
cash deposits at the most recent
company-specific or all-others rate
applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
These preliminary results of review
are issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
10 See
19 CFR 351.310(c).
19 CFR 351.310.
12 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
11 See
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the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 5, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Intent to Partially Rescind Review
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Application of CVD Law to Imports From
the PRC
VI. Subsidies Valuation
VII. Benchmarks
VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Adverse Inferences
IX. Analysis of Programs
X. Disclosure and Public Comment
XI. Conclusion
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–001]
Potassium Permanganate From the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of the 2015
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review
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 (‘‘AD’’) order on
potassium permanganate from the
People’s Republic of China (the ‘‘PRC’’).
The period of review (‘‘POR’’) is January
1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. The
Department preliminarily determines
that Potassium Permanganate from the
PRC is being, or is likely to be, sold in
the United States at less than fair value
(‘‘LTFV’’), as provided in section 733 of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the
Act’’). The estimated weighted-average
dumping margin is shown in the
‘‘Preliminary Determination’’ section of
this notice. Interested parties are invited
to comment on this preliminary
determination.
DATES: Effective December 13, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth Hawkins, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230; telephone 202–482–6491.
AGENCY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 3, 2016, the Department
initiated an administrative review of the
antidumping order on potassium
permanganate from the PRC.1 Between
April and September 2016, the
Department sent its initial and
supplemental questionnaires to Pacific
Accelerator Limited (‘‘PAL’’), to which
it responded in a timely manner. On
August 25, 2016, the Department
partially extended the deadline for
issuing the preliminary results until
November 1, 2016.2 On October 20,
2016, the Department partially extended
the deadline for issuing the preliminary
results until December 1, 2016.3
Scope of the Order
Imports covered by the order are
shipments of potassium permanganate,
an inorganic chemical produced in freeflowing, technical, and pharmaceutical
grades. Potassium permanganate is
currently classifiable under item
2841.61.00 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States
(‘‘HTSUS’’). Although the HTSUS item
number is provided for convenience and
customs purposes, the written
description of the merchandise remains
dispositive.
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Methodology
The Department is conducting this
review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and 751(a)(2)(A) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
‘‘Act’’). Export prices were calculated in
accordance with section 772 of the Act.
Because the PRC is a non-market
economy (‘‘NME’’) within the meaning
of section 771(18) of the Act, NV was
calculated in accordance with section
773(c) of the Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. The
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR
11179 (March 3, 2016) (‘‘Initiation Notice’’).
2 See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Associate
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Potassium
Permanganate from the People’s Republic of China:
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated
August 25, 2016.
3 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Potassium
Permanganate from the People’s Republic of China:
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated
October 20, 2016.
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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 Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
the electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
PRC-Wide Entity
Under the Department’s 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
(i.e., 128.94 percent) is not subject to
change.
Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily
determines that the following weightedaverage dumping margins exist for the
period January 1, 2015, through
December 31, 2015:
Exporter
Weightedaverage
margin
(USD/
kilogram)
Pacific Accelerator Limited ...
$4.03
Disclosure, Public Comment and
Opportunity To Request a Hearing
The Department will disclose the
calculations used in our analysis to
parties in this review within five days
of the date of publication of this notice
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Interested parties may submit case
briefs within 30 days after the date of
publication of these preliminary results
of review in the Federal Register.4
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.5
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.6 Parties submitting
briefs should do so pursuant to the
19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
19 CFR 351.309(d)(1)–(2).
6 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
Department’s electronic filing system,
ACCESS.
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 within 30 days of the
date of publication of this notice.
Requests should contain: (1) The party’s
name, address and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of issues parties intend to discuss.
Issues raised in the hearing will be
limited to those raised in the respective
case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for
a hearing is made, the Department
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230, at a date and time to be
determined. See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing
two days before the scheduled date.
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, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, the
Department will determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review.7 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 of
this review, 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.8 Where either a
respondent’s weighted average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis, or an
importer- (or customer-) specific ad
valorem is zero or de minimis, the
Department will instruct CBP to
4 See
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liquidate appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.9
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 the
companies listed above 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 nonPRC exporters not listed above 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.
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Dated: December 1, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Case History
3. Scope of the Order
9 See
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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4. Discussion of the Methodology
a. Non-Market Economy Country Status
b. Separate Rates
c. PRC-Wide Entity
d. Surrogate Country
e. Comparisons to Normal Value
f. Determination of Comparison Method
g. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis
h. Date of Sale
i. Export Price
j. Value Added Tax
k. Normal Value
l. Factor Valuations
m. Currency Conversion
5. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Building for
Environmental and Economic
Sustainability (BEES) Please
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before February 13,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Joshua D. Kneifel, (301) 975–
6857 or joshua.kneifel@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
Over the last 23 years, the Engineering
Laboratory of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) has
developed and automated an approach
for measuring the life-cycle
environmental and economic
performance of building products.
Known as BEES (Building for
Environmental and Economic
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Sustainability), the tool reduces
complex, science-based technical
content (e.g., over 500 material and
energy flows from raw material
extraction through product disposal) to
decision-enabling results and delivers
them in a visually intuitive graphical
format. BEES Please is a voluntary
program to collect data from product
manufacturers so that the environmental
performance of their products may be
evaluated scientifically using BEES.
NIST will publish in BEES Online
(https://ws680.nist.gov/bees) an
aggregated version of the data collected
from manufacturers that protects data
confidentiality, subject to
manufacturer’s review and approval.
BEES measures environmental
performance using the environmental
life-cycle assessment approach specified
in the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) 14040 series of
standards. All stages in the life of a
product are analyzed: Raw material
acquisition, manufacture,
transportation, installation, use, and
recycling and waste management.
Economic performance is measured
using the ASTM International standard
life-cycle cost method (E 917), which
covers the costs of initial investment,
replacement, operation, maintenance
and repair, and disposal.
II. Method of Collection
Data on materials use, energy
consumption, waste, and environmental
releases will be collected using an
electronic, MS Excel-based
questionnaire. An electronic, MS Wordbased User Manual accompanies the
questionnaire to help in its completion.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0693–0036.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Renewal (of a current
information collection) with changes.
Affected Public: Business or other for
profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
30.
Estimated Time per Response: 62
hours and 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1875.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
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
(including hours and cost) of the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-001]
Potassium Permanganate From the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of the 2015 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: 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 (``AD'') order on
potassium permanganate from the People's Republic of China (the
``PRC''). The period of review (``POR'') is January 1, 2015 through
December 31, 2015. The Department preliminarily determines that
Potassium Permanganate from the PRC is being, or is likely to be, sold
in the United States at less than fair value (``LTFV''), as provided in
section 733 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). The
estimated weighted-average dumping margin is shown in the ``Preliminary
Determination'' section of this notice. Interested parties are invited
to comment on this preliminary determination.
DATES: Effective December 13, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Hawkins, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone 202-482-6491.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 3, 2016, the Department initiated an administrative review
of the antidumping order on potassium permanganate from the PRC.\1\
Between April and September 2016, the Department sent its initial and
supplemental questionnaires to Pacific Accelerator Limited (``PAL''),
to which it responded in a timely manner. On August 25, 2016, the
Department partially extended the deadline for issuing the preliminary
results until November 1, 2016.\2\ On October 20, 2016, the Department
partially extended the deadline for issuing the preliminary results
until December 1, 2016.\3\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 11179 (March 3, 2016) (``Initiation
Notice'').
\2\ See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
``Potassium Permanganate from the People's Republic of China:
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of the Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review,'' dated August 25, 2016.
\3\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
``Potassium Permanganate from the People's Republic of China:
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of the Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review,'' dated October 20, 2016.
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Scope of the Order
Imports covered by the order are shipments of potassium
permanganate, an inorganic chemical produced in free-flowing,
technical, and pharmaceutical grades. Potassium permanganate is
currently classifiable under item 2841.61.00 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). Although the HTSUS item
number is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written
description of the merchandise remains dispositive.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this review in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1)(B) and 751(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the ``Act''). Export prices were calculated in accordance with
section 772 of the Act. Because the PRC is a non-market economy
(``NME'') within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, NV was
calculated in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 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 B8024 of the main Department
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum
and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
PRC-Wide Entity
Under the Department's 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 (i.e., 128.94 percent) is not subject to
change.
Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily determines that the following
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period January 1, 2015,
through December 31, 2015:
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Weighted-
Exporter average margin
(USD/ kilogram)
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Pacific Accelerator Limited............................ $4.03
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Disclosure, Public Comment and Opportunity To Request a Hearing
The Department will disclose the calculations used in our analysis
to parties in this review within five days of the date of publication
of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Interested parties may submit case briefs within 30 days after the
date of publication of these preliminary results of review in the
Federal Register.\4\ 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.\5\ 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.\6\
Parties submitting briefs should do so pursuant to the Department's
electronic filing system, ACCESS.
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\4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1)-(2).
\6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
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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 within 30 days of the date of
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) The party's
name, address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and
(3) a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues raised in the
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and
rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, the Department
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a date and time to be
determined. See 19 CFR 351.310(d). Parties should confirm by telephone
the date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the
scheduled date.
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, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine,
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.\7\ 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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\7\ 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 of this review, 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.\8\ Where either a respondent's
weighted average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-
(or customer-) specific ad valorem is zero or de minimis, the
Department will instruct CBP to
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liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\9\
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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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 the companies listed above
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 above 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.
Dated: December 1, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Case History
3. Scope of the Order
4. Discussion of the Methodology
a. Non-Market Economy Country Status
b. Separate Rates
c. PRC-Wide Entity
d. Surrogate Country
e. Comparisons to Normal Value
f. Determination of Comparison Method
g. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis
h. Date of Sale
i. Export Price
j. Value Added Tax
k. Normal Value
l. Factor Valuations
m. Currency Conversion
5. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2016-29843 Filed 12-12-16; 8:45 am]
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