Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016, 12435-12437 [2017-04134]
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Dated: February 27, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–905]
Appendix I
Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise covered by this
investigation is master alloys 11 of copper
containing between five percent and 17
percent phosphorus by nominal weight,
regardless of form (including but not limited
to shot, pellet, waffle, ingot, or nugget), and
regardless of size or weight. Subject
merchandise consists predominantly of
copper (by weight), and may contain other
elements, including but not limited to iron
(Fe), lead (Pb), or tin (Sn), in small amounts
(up to one percent by nominal weight).
Phosphor copper is frequently produced to
JIS H2501 and ASTM B–644, Alloy 3A
standards or higher; however, merchandise
covered by this investigation includes all
phosphor copper, regardless of whether the
merchandise meets, fails to meet, or exceeds
these standards.
Merchandise covered by this investigation
is currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
under subheading 7405.00.1000. This HTSUS
subheading is provided for convenience and
customs purposes; the written description of
the scope of this investigation is dispositive.
Appendix II
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
The Department of Commerce
(the Department) preliminary
determines that the sole remaining
mandatory respondent under review
does not qualify for a separate rate and
is, therefore, considered a part of the
People’s Republic of China (PRC)-Wide
Entity for its exports of subject
merchandise exported to the United
States during the period of review
(POR), June 1, 2015, through May 31,
2016. If these preliminary results are
adopted in the final results, the
Department will instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise during
the POR. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
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Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From
the People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results and Partial
Rescission of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2015–2016
Effective March 3, 2017.
Julia
Hancock or Courtney Canales, 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) 482–1394 or (202) 482–4997,
respectively.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Postponement of Final Determination
V. Scope of the Investigation
VI. Final Negative Determination of Critical
Circumstances
VII. List of Comments
VIII. Discussion of Comments
1. Whether the Department Should Adjust
Bongsan’s General and Administrative
Expense Ratio to Exclude Items Related
to Prior Periods
2. Whether the Department Should
Recalculate Bongsan’s Financial Expense
Ratio to Account for Gains and Losses on
Certain Derivative Transactions
3. Date of Sale for Certain U.S. Customer
4. Duty Drawback
5. Ministerial Error Regarding U.S. Billing
Adjustments
6. Revision to Indirect Selling Expense
Ratios
IX. Recommendation
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 11, 2016, the Department
published in the Federal Register the
notice of initiation of an administrative
review of the antidumping duty (AD)
order on certain polyester staple fiber
(PSF) from the PRC for the period of
review June 1, 2015, through May 31,
2016.1 On September 20, 2016, DAK
Americas, LLC (Petitioner) withdrew its
request for an administrative review of
Cixi Sansheng.2 The other mandatory
respondent, Hangzhou Huachuang, did
not respond to the Department’s AD
questionnaire.
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‘‘master alloy’’ is a base metal, such as
copper, to which a relatively high percentage of one
or two other elements is added.
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1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR
53121 (August 11, 2016) (Initiation Notice).
2 See Petitioner’s September 20, 2016,
submission.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the order is
certain polyester staple fiber. The
product is currently classified under the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) numbers
5503.20.0045 and 5503.20.0065.
Although the HTSUS numbers are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
scope of the order remains dispositive.3
Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the
Department will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in
part, if the party or parties that
requested a review withdraws the
request within 90 days of the
publication date of the notice of
initiation of the requested review. As
noted above, Petitioner withdrew its
request for an administrative review of
Cixi Sansheng within 90 days of the
publication date of the notice of
initiation. No other parties requested an
administrative review of the order.
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), the Department is
rescinding this review of the AD order
on PSF from the PRC with respect to
Cixi Sansheng.
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).
In making our findings, because
Hangzhou Huachuang did not respond
to our AD questionnaire and is not
receiving a separate rate, we are
preliminarily treating Hangzhou
Huachuang as part of the PRC-wide
entity. For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
preliminary conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this investigation, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. A list of topics
included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as Appendix
I to this notice.
The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and
is on file electronically via Enforcement
3 For a full description of the scope of the Order,
see Memorandum from Gary Taverman, Associate
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Operations, to
Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, entitled, ‘‘Certain
Polyester Staple Fiber from the People’s Republic
of China: Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Results of the 2015–2016 Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review,’’ (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum) dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice.
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and Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov, and 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 and the electronic
versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily
determines that the following weightedaverage dumping margins exist for the
period June 1, 2015, through May 31,
2016:
Exporter
Estimated
weightedaverage
margin
(percent)
PRC-Wide Entity ...................
44.30
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Disclosure 4
Normally, the Department discloses to
interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with a
preliminary determination within five
days of its public announcement or, if
there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However,
because the Department preliminarily
determined that the sole remaining
respondent under review, Hangzhou
Huachuang, is part of the PRC-wide
entity, there are no calculations to
disclose.
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments
may be submitted to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance no later than 50 days after
the date of publication of the
preliminary determination, unless the
Secretary alters the time limit. Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in case
briefs, may be submitted no later than
five days after the deadline date for case
briefs.5 Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in
this investigation are encouraged to
submit with each argument: (1) A
statement of the issue; (2) a brief
4 The PRC-wide entity includes mandatory
respondent, Hangzhou Huachuang Co., Ltd.,
(Hangzhou Huachuang).
5 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303
(for general filing requirements).
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summary of the argument; and (3) a
table of authorities.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing, limited to issues raised in the
case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a
written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, within 30 days after the date
of publication of this notice. Requests
should contain the party’s name,
address, and telephone number, the
number of participants, whether any
participant is a foreign national, and a
list of the issues to be discussed. 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 time and
date to be determined. 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 CBP
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review.6 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.7 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
6 See
7 See
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liquidate appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.8
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.
This preliminary determination is
issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act.
Dated: February 27, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
8 See
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4. Discussion of the Methodology
a. Partial Rescission
b. NME Country Status
c. Separate Rates
5. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–037]
Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid
Products From the People’s Republic
of China: Countervailing Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (the Department) and the
International Trade Commission (ITC),
the Department is issuing the
countervailing duty order on certain
biaxial integral geogrid products
(geogrids) from the People’s Republic of
China (PRC).
DATES: Effective March 3, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ryan Mullen at (202) 482–5260, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
In accordance with section 705(d) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), on January 11, 2017, the
Department published its affirmative
final determination that countervailable
subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of geogrids
from the PRC.1 On February 24, 2017,
the ITC notified the Department of its
affirmative determination that an
industry in the United States is
materially injured within the meaning
of section 735(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act, by
reason of subsidized imports of subject
merchandise from the PRC, and its
determination that critical
circumstances do not exist with respect
to imports of subject merchandise from
the PRC that are subject to the
Department’s affirmative critical
circumstances finding.2
Scope of the Order
The scope of this order covers
geogrids from the PRC. For a complete
description of the scope, see Appendix.
Countervailing Duty Order
On February 24, 2017, in accordance
with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d)
of the Act, the ITC notified the
Department of its final determination in
this investigation, in which it found that
an industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason of imports
of geogrids from the PRC, and that
critical circumstances do not exist with
respect to imports of subject
merchandise that are subject to the
Department’s affirmative critical
circumstances finding.3 Therefore, in
accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the
Act, the Department is issuing this
countervailing duty order. Because the
ITC determined that imports of geogrids
from the PRC are materially injuring a
U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of
such merchandise from the PRC,
entered or withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption, are subject to the
assessment of countervailing duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section
706(a) of the Act, the Department will
direct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further
instruction by the Department,
countervailing duties for all relevant
entries of geogrids from the PRC.
Countervailing duties will be assessed
on unliquidated entries of geogrids from
the PRC entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
June 24, 2016, the date of publication of
the Preliminary Determination,4 but will
not include entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures
period and before publication of the
ITC’s final injury determination as
further described below.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 706 of the
Act, the Department will instruct CBP to
reinstitute the suspension of liquidation
of geogrids from the PRC. We will also
instruct CBP to require, pursuant to
section 706(a)(1) of the Act,
countervailing duties for each entry of
the subject merchandise in an amount
based on the net countervailable
subsidy rates for the subject
merchandise. These instructions
suspending liquidation will remain in
effect until further notice. The all-others
rate applies to all producers and
exporters of subject merchandise.
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Company
Subsidy rate
BOSTD Geosynthetics Qingdao Ltd. and Beijing Orient Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd ...........................................
Taian Modern Plastic Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................................
All Others .............................................................................................................................................................................................
Chengdu Tian Road Engineering Materials Co., Ltd.* ........................................................................................................................
Chongqing Jiudi Reinforced Soil Engineering Co., Ltd.* ....................................................................................................................
CNBM International Corporation* ........................................................................................................................................................
Dezhou Yaohua Geosynthetics Ltd.* ..................................................................................................................................................
Dezhou Zhengyu Geosynthetics Ltd.* .................................................................................................................................................
Hongye Engineering Materials Co., Ltd.* ............................................................................................................................................
Hubei Nete Geosynthetics Ltd.* ..........................................................................................................................................................
Jiangsu Dingtai Engineering Material Co., Ltd.* .................................................................................................................................
Jiangsu Jiuding New Material Ltd.* .....................................................................................................................................................
Lewu New Material Ltd.* .....................................................................................................................................................................
Nanjing Jinlu Geosynthetics Ltd.* ........................................................................................................................................................
Nanjing Kunchi Composite Material Ltd.* ............................................................................................................................................
Nanyang Jieda Geosynthetics Co., Ltd.* ............................................................................................................................................
Qingdao Hongda Plastics Corp.* .........................................................................................................................................................
Shandong Dexuda Geosynthetics Ltd.* ..............................................................................................................................................
1 See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain
Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products from the People’s
Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination
and Final Determination of Critical Circumstances,
in Part, 82 FR 3282 (January 11, 2017).
2 See Letter to Ronald Lorentzen, Acting Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and
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Compliance, from Rhonda K. Schmidtlein,
Chairman of the U.S. International Trade
Commission, regarding geogrids from the PRC,
(February 24, 2017) (ITC Letter).
3 See ITC Letter.
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15.61
56.24
35.93
152.50
152.50
152.50
152.50
152.50
152.50
152.50
152.50
152.50
152.50
152.50
152.50
152.50
152.50
152.50
4 See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain
Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products from the People’s
Republic of China: Preliminary Determination and
Alignment of Final Determination with Final
Antidumping Duty Determination, 81 FR 41292
(June 24, 2016).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-905]
Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminary
determines that the sole remaining mandatory respondent under review
does not qualify for a separate rate and is, therefore, considered a
part of the People's Republic of China (PRC)-Wide Entity for its
exports of subject merchandise exported to the United States during the
period of review (POR), June 1, 2015, through May 31, 2016. If these
preliminary results are adopted in the final results, the Department
will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise
during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Effective March 3, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock or Courtney Canales, 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) 482-1394 or (202)
482-4997, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 11, 2016, the Department published in the Federal
Register the notice of initiation of an administrative review of the
antidumping duty (AD) order on certain polyester staple fiber (PSF)
from the PRC for the period of review June 1, 2015, through May 31,
2016.\1\ On September 20, 2016, DAK Americas, LLC (Petitioner) withdrew
its request for an administrative review of Cixi Sansheng.\2\ The other
mandatory respondent, Hangzhou Huachuang, did not respond to the
Department's AD questionnaire.
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 53121 (August 11, 2016) (Initiation
Notice).
\2\ See Petitioner's September 20, 2016, submission.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the order is certain polyester staple fiber.
The product is currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) numbers 5503.20.0045 and
5503.20.0065. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of the order
remains dispositive.\3\
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\3\ For a full description of the scope of the Order, see
Memorandum from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary,
AD/CVD Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, entitled, ``Certain
Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's Republic of China: Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 2015-2016 Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review,'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum)
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice.
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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party or parties
that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the
publication date of the notice of initiation of the requested review.
As noted above, Petitioner withdrew its request for an administrative
review of Cixi Sansheng within 90 days of the publication date of the
notice of initiation. No other parties requested an administrative
review of the order. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), the Department is rescinding this review of the AD order
on PSF from the PRC with respect to Cixi Sansheng.
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). In making our findings, because Hangzhou Huachuang
did not respond to our AD questionnaire and is not receiving a separate
rate, we are preliminarily treating Hangzhou Huachuang as part of the
PRC-wide entity. For a full description of the methodology underlying
our preliminary conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum. A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as Appendix I to this notice.
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on
file electronically via Enforcement
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and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered
users at https://access.trade.gov, and 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 and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily determines that the following
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period June 1, 2015,
through May 31, 2016:
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Estimated
weighted-
Exporter average margin
(percent)
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PRC-Wide Entity........................................ 44.30
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Disclosure \4\
Normally, the Department discloses to interested parties the
calculations performed in connection with a preliminary determination
within five days of its public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because the
Department preliminarily determined that the sole remaining respondent
under review, Hangzhou Huachuang, is part of the PRC-wide entity, there
are no calculations to disclose.
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\4\ The PRC-wide entity includes mandatory respondent, Hangzhou
Huachuang Co., Ltd., (Hangzhou Huachuang).
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Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than 50
days after the date of publication of the preliminary determination,
unless the Secretary alters the time limit. Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days
after the deadline date for case briefs.\5\ Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal
briefs in this investigation are encouraged to submit with each
argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general
filing requirements).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of
participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list
of the issues to be discussed. 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 time
and date to be determined. 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 CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries
covered by this review.\6\ 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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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.\7\ 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 liquidate appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.\8\
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\8\ 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.
This preliminary determination is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: February 27, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
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4. Discussion of the Methodology
a. Partial Rescission
b. NME Country Status
c. Separate Rates
5. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2017-04134 Filed 3-2-17; 8:45 am]
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