Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 68-El Paso, Texas; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; PGTEX USA, Inc. (Fiber Glass Fabrics); El Paso, Texas, 1316-1317 [2016-32027]
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public comment (81 FR 63469,
September 15, 2016). The FTZ Board
has determined that no further review of
the activity is warranted at this time.
The production activity described in the
notification is authorized, subject to the
FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations,
including Section 400.14.
Dated: December 22, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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Secretary at the address below. The
closing period for their receipt is
February 14, 2017.
A copy of the notification will be
available for public inspection at the
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ
Board’s Web site, which is accessible
via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Diane
Finver at Diane.Finver@trade.gov or
(202) 482–1367.
Dated: December 28, 2016.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
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new contracts with appropriate
information concerning foreign
purchases otherwise dutiable, so that
the FTZ Board may consider whether
any foreign dutiable items are being
imported for manufacturing in the zone
primarily because of FTZ procedures
and whether the FTZ Board should
consider requiring customs duties to be
paid on such items.
Dated: December 28, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Westlake Chemical Corporation
(Westlake) submitted a notification of
proposed production activity to the FTZ
Board for its facilities within Subzone
87F in Sulphur, Louisiana. The
notification conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on December 16, 2016.
The Westlake facilities are used for
the production of petrochemicals,
including polyethylene and styrene.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ
activity would be limited to the specific
foreign-status materials and components
and specific finished products described
in the submitted notification (as
described below) and subsequently
authorized by the FTZ Board.
Production under FTZ procedures
could exempt Westlake from customs
duty payments on the foreign-status
components used in export production.
On its domestic sales, Westlake would
be able to choose the duty rates during
customs entry procedures that apply to
low density polyethylene, linear low
density polyethylene and styrene (duty
rates range from free to 6.5%) for the
foreign-status inputs noted below.
Customs duties also could possibly be
deferred or reduced on foreign-status
production equipment.
The components and materials
sourced from abroad include 1-hexene,
benzene, and BHEB-(2,6-Di-t-butyl-4ethyl phenol) (duty rates range from free
to 5.5%).
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive
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Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 87—Lake
Charles, Louisiana; Notification of
Proposed Production Activity;
Westlake Chemical Corporation;
Subzone 87F (Polyethylene and
Styrene); Sulphur, Louisiana
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Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 92—Harrison
County, Mississippi; Authorization of
Production Activity; TopShip, LLC
(Shipbuilding); Gulfport, Mississippi
On August 30, 2016, the Mississippi
Coast Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee
of FTZ 92, submitted a notification of
proposed production activity to the FTZ
Board on behalf of TopShip, LLC,
within FTZ 92, in Gulfport, Mississippi.
The notification was processed in
accordance with the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including
notice in the Federal Register inviting
public comment (81 FR 62078–62079,
September 8, 2016). The FTZ Board has
determined that no further review of the
activity is warranted at this time. The
production activity described in the
notification is authorized, subject to the
FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations,
including Section 400.14, and subject to
the following conditions:
(1) Any foreign steel mill products
admitted to the zone for the TopShip,
LLC, activity, including plate, angles,
shapes, channels, rolled steel stock,
bars, pipes and tubes, not incorporated
into merchandise otherwise classified,
and which is used in manufacturing,
shall be subject to full customs duties in
accordance with applicable law, unless
the Executive Secretary determines that
the same item is not then being
produced by a domestic steel mill.
(2) TopShip, LLC, shall meet its
obligation under 15 CFR 400.13(b) by
annually advising the FTZ Board’s
Executive Secretary as to significant
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Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 68—El Paso,
Texas; Notification of Proposed
Production Activity; PGTEX USA, Inc.
(Fiber Glass Fabrics); El Paso, Texas
PGTEX USA, Inc. (PGTEX) submitted
a notification of proposed production
activity to the FTZ Board for its facility
in El Paso, Texas, within FTZ 68. The
notification conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on December 19, 2016.
The PGTEX facility is located within
Site 3 of FTZ 68. The facility is used for
the production of fiber glass fabrics used
in a variety of applications: Wind
turbine blades, sporting goods, autos,
shipbuilding, building materials and
aerospace. Pursuant to 15 CFR
400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited
to the specific foreign-status materials
and components and specific finished
product described in the submitted
notification (as described below) and
subsequently authorized by the FTZ
Board.
The components and materials
sourced from abroad include yarns
(glass fiber) (HTSUS 7019.19), glass
fibers (HTSUS 7019.90), and polyester
yarn (HTSUS 5402.33) (duty rates range
from 4.3 to 6.5%). The applicant
indicates that these foreign-sourced
materials/components will be admitted
to the FTZ in privileged foreign status
(19 CFR 146.41). This would preclude
inverted tariff benefits on such items on
its domestic sales of fiber glass fabrics.
Production under FTZ procedures could
exempt PGTEX from customs duty
payments on the foreign-status
components used in export production.
Customs duties also could possibly be
deferred or reduced on foreign-status
production equipment.
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Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive
Secretary at the address below. The
closing period for their receipt is
February 14, 2017.
A copy of the notification will be
available for public inspection at the
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ
Board’s Web site, which is accessible
via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Diane
Finver at Diane.Finver@trade.gov or
(202) 482–1367.
Dated: December 28, 2016.
Elizabeth Whitman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
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International Trade Administration
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Certain Preserved Mushrooms From
the People’s Republic of China: Final
Rescission of Antidumping Duty New
Shipper Review; 2015
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Department) published its Preliminary
Rescission for the new shipper review
(NSR) of the antidumping duty order on
certain preserved mushrooms from the
People’s Republic of China on August 8,
2016. The period of review (POR) is
February 1, 2015, through July 31, 2015.
For the final results of this review, as
discussed below, we continue to find
that the single U.S. sale made by Linyi
Yuqiao International Trade Co., Ltd.
(Yuqiao) during the POR is not bona
fide. Because any weighted average
dumping margins calculated in a NSR
must be based solely on bona fide sales,
we are rescinding this NSR.
DATES: Effective January 5, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael J. Heaney or Erin Kearney, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–4475 and (202) 482–0167
respectively.
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Background
On August 8, 2016, the Department of
Commerce (Department) published its
Preliminary Rescission for the NSR of
the antidumping duty order on certain
preserved mushrooms from the People’s
Republic of China.1 For a complete
description of the events that followed
the publication of the Preliminary
Rescission, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.2 The Issues and 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 in the
Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of
the main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/
index.html. The signed Issues and
Decision Memorandum and the
electronic version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order
are certain preserved mushrooms,
whether imported whole, sliced, diced,
or as stems and pieces. The certain
preserved mushrooms covered under
this order are the species Agaricus
bisporus and Agaricus bitorquis.
‘‘Certain Preserved Mushrooms’’ refers
to mushrooms that have been prepared
or preserved by cleaning, blanching, and
sometimes slicing or cutting. These
mushrooms are then packed and heated
in containers including, but not limited
to, cans or glass jars in a suitable liquid
medium, including, but not limited to,
water, brine, butter or butter sauce.
Certain preserved mushrooms may be
imported whole, sliced, diced, or as
stems and pieces. Included within the
scope of this order are ‘‘brined’’
mushrooms, which are presalted and
1 See Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Rescission
of 2015 Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 81
FR 52403 (August 8, 2016) (Preliminary Rescission);
see also Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the
People’s Republic of China: Notice of Amendment
of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value and Antidumping Duty Order, 64 FR 8308
(February 19, 1999) (Order).
2 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Antidumping and
Countervailing Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, entitled ‘‘Certain Preserved
Mushrooms from the People’s Republic of China:
Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final
Rescission,’’ issued concurrently with and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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packed in a heavy salt solution to
provisionally preserve them for further
processing. The merchandise subject to
this order is classifiable under
subheadings: 2003.10.0127,
2003.10.0131, 2003.10.0137,
2003.10.0143, 2003.10.0147,
2003.10.0153, and 0711.51.0000 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS). Although the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and Customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this
order is dispositive.3
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case briefs by
parties are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. A list of the
issues which parties raised is attached
to this notice as an Appendix.
Rescission of New Shipper Review
For the Preliminary Rescission, the
Department analyzed the bona fides of
Yuqiao’s single U.S. sale during the
POR, and preliminarily found it was not
a bona fide sale.4 In Yuqiao’s case brief,
Yuqiao submitted comments on the
Department’s bona fides analysis.5 In
this final rescission, we have analyzed
Yuqiao’s comments and continue to
determine that Yuqiao’s single U.S. sale
is non-bona fide. Therefore, the
Department is rescinding this NSR. For
a complete discussion, see the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
Assessment
As the Department is rescinding this
NSR, we have not calculated a
company-specific dumping margin for
Yuqiao. However, the Department
initiated an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain
preserved mushrooms from the PRC
covering numerous exporters, including
Yuqiao, for the period of February 1,
2015 through January 31, 2016, which
overlaps in part with the POR of this
NSR.6 Thus, we will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
continue to suspend subject
merchandise exported by Yuqiao and
3 For a complete description of the scope of the
order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
4 See Preliminary Rescission; see also
Memorandum from Michael J. Heaney to Scot
Fullerton, Re: 2015 Antidumping Duty New
Shipper Review of Certain Preserved Mushrooms
from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary
Bona Fide Sales Analysis for Linyi Yuqiao
International Trade Co., Ltd., dated August 2, 2016.
5 See Letter from Linyi Yuqiao International
Trade Co., Ltd. Re: Certain Preserved Mushrooms
from the People’s Republic of China; Yuqiao’s
Comments on the Department’s Preliminary
Rescission, dated September 7, 2016.
6 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR
20324, 20338–20240 (April 7, 2016).
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Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 68--El Paso, Texas; Notification of
Proposed Production Activity; PGTEX USA, Inc. (Fiber Glass Fabrics); El
Paso, Texas
PGTEX USA, Inc. (PGTEX) submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in El Paso,
Texas, within FTZ 68. The notification conforming to the requirements
of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on
December 19, 2016.
The PGTEX facility is located within Site 3 of FTZ 68. The facility
is used for the production of fiber glass fabrics used in a variety of
applications: Wind turbine blades, sporting goods, autos, shipbuilding,
building materials and aerospace. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ
activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials and
components and specific finished product described in the submitted
notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by the
FTZ Board.
The components and materials sourced from abroad include yarns
(glass fiber) (HTSUS 7019.19), glass fibers (HTSUS 7019.90), and
polyester yarn (HTSUS 5402.33) (duty rates range from 4.3 to 6.5%). The
applicant indicates that these foreign-sourced materials/components
will be admitted to the FTZ in privileged foreign status (19 CFR
146.41). This would preclude inverted tariff benefits on such items on
its domestic sales of fiber glass fabrics. Production under FTZ
procedures could exempt PGTEX from customs duty payments on the
foreign-status components used in export production. Customs duties
also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production
equipment.
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Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the
address below. The closing period for their receipt is February 14,
2017.
A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Diane Finver at
Diane.Finver@trade.gov or (202) 482-1367.
Dated: December 28, 2016.
Elizabeth Whitman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
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