Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016, 23187-23188 [2017-10351]
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IV. Adjournment
Scope of the Order
Assessment Rates
Dated: May 17, 2017.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
The merchandise subject to 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.2
Because Hangzhou Huachuang did
not respond to the antidumping duty
questionnaire, and is thus a part of the
PRC-wide entity, we have not calculated
any assessment (or cash deposit) rates in
this review. The Department intends to
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15
days after the publication date of the
final results of this review.
[FR Doc. 2017–10414 Filed 5–19–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Final Results of Review
[A–570–905]
Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From
the People’s Republic of China: Final
Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2015–2016
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) conducted an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain
polyester staple fiber from the People’s
Republic of China (PRC), for the period
of review (POR), June 1, 2015, through
May 31, 2016. On March 3, 2017, the
Department published the preliminary
results of this review, and received no
comments from interested parties. As
the Department continues to determine
that the sole remaining mandatory
respondent under review failed to
establish its eligibility for a separate rate
for the POR, and thus, is part of the
PRC-wide entity, the final results do not
differ from the preliminary results. The
final dumping margin of sales at the
PRC-Wide Entity rate is listed below in
the ‘‘Final Results’’ section of this
notice.
AGENCY:
DATES:
As noted in the Preliminary Results,
the sole mandatory respondent,
Hangzhou Huachuang Co., Ltd.
(Hangzhou Huachuang), did not
respond to the antidumping
questionnaire, and failed to establish its
eligibility for a separate rate.3 As such,
consistent with the Department’s
practice regarding conditional review of
the PRC-wide entity, the Department
determines that Hangzhou Huachuang
remains part of the PRC-wide entity.4
Under this practice, the PRC-wide entity
will not be under review unless a party
specifically requests, or the Department
self-initiates, a review of the entity.5
Because no party requested a review of
the PRC-wide entity, the entity is not
under review and the entity’s rate is not
subject to change. Therefore, for these
final results, we will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
liquidate Hangzhou Huachuang’s entries
at the rate previously established for the
PRC-wide entity, which is 44.30
percent.
The final weighted-average dumping
margin is as follows:
Exporter
Estimated
weightedaverage
margin
(percent)
PRC-Wide Entity 6 ......................
44.30
Effective May 22, 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:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On March 3, 2017, the Department
published the Preliminary Results.1 No
party submitted comments on the
Preliminary Results.
1 See Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results and
Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2015–2016, 82 FR 12435
(March 3, 2017) (Preliminary Results).
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2 For a full description of the scope, see
Memorandum from James Maeder, Senior Director,
Office I, 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 February 27, 2017.
3 See Preliminary Results, 82 FR 12435.
4 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 2–4.
5 See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement
of Change in Department Practice for Respondent
Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and
Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy
Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78
FR 65963, 65970 (November 4, 2013).
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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 from the PRC
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date, as provided for by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For
previously investigated or reviewed PRC
and non-PRC exporters not listed above
that 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 which
have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
be the PRC-Wide rate of 44.30 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 exporters that supplied that nonPRC exporter. The deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
Disclosure
Because the Department determined
that the sole remaining respondent
under review, Hangzhou Huachuang, is
part of the PRC-wide entity, and has
been assigned the PRC-wide rate; no
disclosure of calculations is necessary
for these final results.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)
to file a certificate regarding the
reimbursement of antidumping duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant
entries during this 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 doubled antidumping
duties.
6 The PRC-wide entity includes mandatory
respondent, Hangzhou Huachuang.
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Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return or destruction
of APO materials, or conversion to
judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and terms of an APO is a
violation which is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing these
final results of administrative review in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i) of the Act.
Dated: May 16, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–489–830]
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From
the Republic of Turkey: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) determines that
countervailable subsidies are being
provided to exporters and producers of
steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar)
from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey).
The period of investigation (POI) is
January 1, 2015, through December 31,
2015. For information on the estimated
subsidy rates, see the ‘‘Final
Determination’’ section of this notice.
DATES: Effective May 22, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kaitlin Wojnar, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–3857.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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AGENCY:
Background
On March 1, 2017, the Department
published its affirmative Preliminary
Determination of this countervailing
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duty (CVD) investigation.1 The
petitioner in this investigation is the
Rebar Trade Action Coalition and its
individual members.2 The mandatory
respondent in this investigation is
Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal
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¨
Endustrisi A.S. (Habas),3 including
¸
certain cross-owned companies and
subcontractors.4 Both Habas and the
Government of Turkey (the GOT)
participated in this investigation. A
complete summary of the events that
occurred since publication of the
Preliminary Determination, as well as a
full discussion of the issues raised by
parties for this final determination, may
be found in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum, which is dated
concurrently with and hereby adopted
by this notice.5 The Issues and Decision
Memorandum is a public document and
is available 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 to all parties in the
Central Records Unit, room B–8024 of
the Department’s main building. In
addition, a complete version of the
Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
Issues and Decision Memorandum and
the electronic version are identical in
content.
Scope of the Investigation
The scope of the investigation covers
rebar from Turkey. The Department did
not receive any scope comments and
has not updated the scope of the
investigation since the Preliminary
Determination. For a complete
1 See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the
Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment
of Final Countervailing Duty Determination with
Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 82 FR
12195 (March 1, 2017) (Preliminary Determination).
2 The Rebar Trade Action Coalition is comprised
of Byer Steel Group, Inc., Commercial Metals
Company, Gerdau Ameristeel U.S. Inc., Nucor
Corporation, and Steel Dynamics, Inc.
3 Habas is the sole Turkish rebar producer/
exporter excluded from the existing CVD order on
rebar from Turkey. See Steel Concrete Reinforcing
Bar from the Republic of Turkey: Countervailing
Duty Order, 79 FR 65926 (November 6, 2014) (2014
Turkey CVD Order).
4 The Habas companies include Habas, Habas
¸
¨
¨
Elektrik Uretim A.S., Habas Endustri Tesisleri A.S.,
¸
¸
¸
Habas Petrol A.S., Mertas Turizm Nakliyat ve
¸
¸
¸
¨
Ticaret A.S., Cebitas Demir Celik Endustrisi A.S.,
¸
¸
¸
¸
¨
Ege Celik Endustrisi Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., and
¸
¸
¨
¨
Osman Sonmez (Insaat Taahhut Ticaret).
¸
5 See Department Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and
Decision Memorandum for the Final Affirmative
Determination in the Countervailing Duty
Investigation of Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from
the Republic of Turkey,’’ May 15, 2017 (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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description of the scope of this
investigation, see Appendix I to this
notice.
Analysis of Subsidy Programs and
Comments Received
The subsidy programs under
investigation, as well as the issues
raised in the case briefs and rebuttal
briefs submitted by interested parties in
this proceeding, are discussed in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum. A
list of the issues raised by parties and
responded to by the Department in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum is
attached at Appendix II to this notice.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
during February and March 2017, the
Department verified the subsidy
information reported by the GOT and
Habas. We used standard verification
procedures, including an examination of
relevant accounting records and original
source documents provided by the
respondents.
Use of Adverse Facts Available
In making this final determination,
the Department relied, in part, on facts
available. As discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum,6 we determine
that Habas withheld necessary
information with respect to certain
import duty rebates/drawbacks received
during the POI and, accordingly, did not
act to the best of its ability in
responding to the Department’s request
for information. Therefore, we drew an
adverse inference, where appropriate, in
selecting from among the facts
otherwise available.7 For further
information, see the ‘‘Use of Facts
Otherwise Available and Adverse
Inferences’’ in the accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
Changes Since the Preliminary
Determination
Based on our analysis of the
comments received and our findings at
verification, we made certain changes to
the subsidy rate calculations since the
Preliminary Determination. These
changes are discussed in the ‘‘Analysis
of Programs’’ section of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.8
6 See
Issues and Decision Memorandum at 5–8.
Sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
8 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 8; see
also Department Memorandum, ‘‘Steel Concrete
Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of Turkey:
Calculations for the Final Countervailing Duty
Determination,’’ May 15, 2017.
7 See
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-905]
Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2015-2016
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) conducted an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain
polyester staple fiber from the People's Republic of China (PRC), for
the period of review (POR), June 1, 2015, through May 31, 2016. On
March 3, 2017, the Department published the preliminary results of this
review, and received no comments from interested parties. As the
Department continues to determine that the sole remaining mandatory
respondent under review failed to establish its eligibility for a
separate rate for the POR, and thus, is part of the PRC-wide entity,
the final results do not differ from the preliminary results. The final
dumping margin of sales at the PRC-Wide Entity rate is listed below in
the ``Final Results'' section of this notice.
DATES: Effective May 22, 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 March 3, 2017, the Department published the Preliminary
Results.\1\ No party submitted comments on the Preliminary Results.
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\1\ See Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016, 82 FR 12435
(March 3, 2017) (Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to 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.\2\
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\2\ For a full description of the scope, see Memorandum from
James Maeder, Senior Director, Office I, 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 February 27, 2017.
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Final Results of Review
As noted in the Preliminary Results, the sole mandatory respondent,
Hangzhou Huachuang Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou Huachuang), did not respond to
the antidumping questionnaire, and failed to establish its eligibility
for a separate rate.\3\ As such, consistent with the Department's
practice regarding conditional review of the PRC-wide entity, the
Department determines that Hangzhou Huachuang remains part of the PRC-
wide entity.\4\ Under this practice, the PRC-wide entity will not be
under review unless a party specifically requests, or the Department
self-initiates, a review of the entity.\5\ Because no party requested a
review of the PRC-wide entity, the entity is not under review and the
entity's rate is not subject to change. Therefore, for these final
results, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
liquidate Hangzhou Huachuang's entries at the rate previously
established for the PRC-wide entity, which is 44.30 percent.
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\3\ See Preliminary Results, 82 FR 12435.
\4\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 2-4.
\5\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963, 65970 (November 4,
2013).
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The final weighted-average dumping margin is as follows:
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Estimated
weighted-
Exporter average
margin
(percent)
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PRC-Wide Entity \6\........................................ 44.30
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Assessment Rates
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\6\ The PRC-wide entity includes mandatory respondent, Hangzhou
Huachuang.
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Because Hangzhou Huachuang did not respond to the antidumping duty
questionnaire, and is thus a part of the PRC-wide entity, we have not
calculated any assessment (or cash deposit) rates in this review. The
Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the publication date of the final results of this review.
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 from the PRC entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For previously
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above
that 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 which have not been found to
be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-
Wide rate of 44.30 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 exporters that
supplied that non-PRC exporter. The deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further notice.
Disclosure
Because the Department determined that the sole remaining
respondent under review, Hangzhou Huachuang, is part of the PRC-wide
entity, and has been assigned the PRC-wide rate; no disclosure of
calculations is necessary for these final results.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this 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 doubled antidumping duties.
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Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective
order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and
terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing these final results of administrative
review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: May 16, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-10351 Filed 5-19-17; 8:45 am]
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