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BILLING CODE 3510–TL–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–913]
Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road
Tires From the People’s Republic of
China: Amended Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review, 2014
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is amending the final
results of the countervailing duty
administrative review of certain new
pneumatic off-the-road tires from the
People’s Republic of China (PRC) to
correct certain ministerial errors. The
period of review (POR) is January 1,
2014, through December 31, 2014.
DATES: Applicable August 25, 2017.
AGENCY:
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Scope of the Order
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chien-Min Yang or Jack Zhao, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
202–482–5484 and 202–482–1396,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
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In accordance with sections 751(a)(1)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), on
April 18, 2017, the Department
published its final results in the
countervailing duty administrative
review of certain new phenumatic offthe-road tires from the PRC.1 Titan Tire
Corporation (Titan) and the United
Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber,
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied
Industrial and Service Workers
International Union, AFL–CIO–CLC (the
USW) (collectively, the petitioners) and
Xuzhou Xugong Tyres Co. Ltd. (Xuzhou
Xugong) timely alleged ministerial
errors on April 21 and 24, 2017.2
Xuzhou Xugong, the petitioners, and
Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. (Guizhou Tyre)
timely filed rebuttal comments on April
26 and 28, 2017.3
1 See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires
from the People’s Republic of China: Final Results
of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review;
2014, 82 FR 18285 (April 18, 2017) (Final Results)
and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum (Final Results IDM).
2 See Xuzhou Xugong’s letter to the Department,
‘‘Xuzhou Xugong Tyres Co., Ltd., (‘‘Xugong’’):
Allegation of Ministerial Error for the Final Results
of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of
New Pneumatic Off-The-Road Tires from the
People’s Republic of China,’’ April 21, 2017,
(Xuzhou Xugong’s Ministerial Error Allegation); the
petitioners’ letter to the Department, ‘‘Seventh
Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road
Tires from the People’s Republic of China—Titan
and USW’s Ministerial Error Comments,’’ April 24,
2017 (Petitioners’ Ministerial Error Allegation).
3 See the petitioners’ letter to the Department,
‘‘Seventh Administrative Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain New
Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the People’s
Republic of China—Titan and USW’s Reply to
Xugong’s Allegation of Ministerial Error,’’ April 26,
2017 (Petitioners’ Rebuttal Comment); Xuzhou
Xugong’s letter to the Department, ‘‘Xuzhou Xugong
Tyres Co., Ltd., (‘‘Xugong’’): Rebuttal to Petitioners’
Allegation of Ministerial Error for the Final Results
of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of
New Pneumatic Off-The-Road Tires from the
People’s Republic of China,’’ April 26, 2017,
(Xuzhou Xugong’s Rebuttal Comment); Guizhou
Tyre’s letter to the Department, ‘‘GTC Rebuttal
Comments on Petitioners’ Ministerial Error
Comments (re-file per ACCESS): Seventh
Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Certain Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires
from the People’s Republic of China (C–570–913),’’
April 28, 2017 (Guizhou Tyre’s Rebuttal Comment).
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The products covered by the scope are
new pneumatic tires designed for offthe-road (OTR) and off-highway use.
The subject merchandise is currently
classifiable under Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheadings: 4011.20.10.25,
4011.20.10.35, 4011.20.50.30,
4011.20.50.50, 4011.70.0010,
4011.62.00.00, 4011.80.1020,
4011.90.10, 4011.70.0050, 4011.80.1010,
4011.80.1020, 4011.80.2010,
4011.80.2020, 4011.80.8010, and
4011.80.8020. While HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, our
written description of the scope, which
is contained in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum accompanying the Final
Results, is dispositive.4
revised net subsidy rates are provided
below.
Amended Final Results
As a result of correcting the
ministerial errors, we determine that
Guizhou Tyre’s, Xuzhou Xugong’s and
the non-selected companies’ total net
countervailable subsidy rates for the
period January 1, 2014, through
December 31, 2014, are as follows:
Manufacturer/exporter
Subsidy rate
(percent ad
valorem)
Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. and/
or Guizhou Tyre Import
and Export Co., Ltd. ..........
Xuzhou Xugong Tyres Co.
Ltd. ....................................
Non Selected Companies 9 ..
37.57
57.13
47.35
Ministerial Errors
Assessment Rates/Cash Deposits
Section 751(h) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.224(f) define a ‘‘ministerial error’’ as
an error ‘‘in addition, subtraction, or
other arithmetic function, clerical error
resulting from inaccurate copying,
duplication, or the like, and any other
similar type of unintentional error
which the Secretary considers
ministerial.’’ The Department finds that
one of the ministerial errors alleged by
the petitioners constitutes a ministerial
error within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.224(f).5 Specifically, we made a
ministerial error with regard to the
selection of a synthetic rubber
benchmark for the calculation of the
provison of synthetic rubber at less than
adequate remuneration for Guizhou
Tyre and Xuzhou Xugong. For a
complete discussion of these alleged
errors, see the Response to Ministerial
Error Allegations.6
In accordance with section 751(h) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), we are
amending the Final Results.7
Specifically, we are amending the net
subsidy rates for Guizhou Tyre, Xuzhou
Xugong, and the 44 companies for
which a review was requested that were
not selected as mandatory respondents
(the non-selected companies).8 The
The Department intends to issue
appropriate assessment instructions to
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) 15 days after the date of
publication of these amended final
results of review, to liquidate shipments
of subject merchandise produced and/or
exported by the respondent listed above
entered, or withdrawn from, warehouses
for consumption on or after January 1,
2014, through December 31, 2014. On
May 10, 12, and 23, 2017, the U.S. Court
of International Trade preliminarily
enjoined liquidation of certain entries
that are subject to the Final Results.10
Accordingly, the Department will not
instruct CBP to assess countervailing
duties on those enjoined entries
pending resolution of the associated
litigation.
The Department also intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties, in the
amount shown above for the companies
listed above, on shipments of subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from, warehouses for consumption on or
after April 18, 2017, the date of
publication of the Final Results. 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,
4 For a full description of the scope of the order,
see Final Results IDM.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Response to Ministerial
Error Allegations in the Final Results’’ (Response to
Ministerial Error Allegations) dated concurrently
with this notice.
6 Id.
7 See Final Results, 82 FR at 18285.
8 Consistent with the Final Results, see 82 at
18286, for the non-selected respondents, we
assigned to the non-selected respondents the simple
average of the amended net subsidy rates calculated
for Guizhou Tyre and Xuzhou Xugong. We are
using a simple, rather than a weighted, average due
to inconsistent units of measure in the publicly
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ranged quantity and value data provided by
Guizhou Tyre and Xuzhou Xugong.
9 Appendix II of the Final Results provides a list
of the non-selected companies that are assigned this
rate. See Final Results, 82 at 18286–87.
10 The U.S. Court of International Trade issued
the related preliminary injunctions in case numbers
17–00101, 17–00105, and 17–00117, which are now
consolidated, along with case number 17–00120,
under lead case 17–00101.
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shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective orders (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/destruction of
APO materials, or conversion to judicial
protective order, is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and the terms of an APO is a
sanctionable violation.
Disclosure
We will disclose the calculations
performed for these amended final
results to interested parties within five
business days of the date of the
publication of this notice in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(h) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.224(e).
Dated: August 21, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and
duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–814]
Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
From the People’s Republic of China:
Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiry
on the Antidumping Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests from
Tube Forgings of America, Inc. (TFA),
Mills Iron Works, Inc. (Mills), and
Hackney Ladish, Inc. (Hackney),
(collectively, the petitioners), the U.S.
Department of Commerce (the
Department) is initiating an anticircumvention inquiry. In this inquiry,
the Department will determine whether
certain imports of carbon steel butt-weld
pipe fittings (butt-weld pipe fittings)
into the United States, exported from
Malaysia, which were completed in
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Malaysia using finished or unfinished
butt-weld pipe fittings sourced from the
People’s Republic of China (PRC), are
circumventing the antidumping duty
order on butt-weld pipe fittings from the
PRC.
DATES: Applicable August 25, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
Hancock at (202) 482–1394, AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 6,
1992, the Department issued the Order
on imports of butt-weld pipe fittings
from the PRC.1 Additionally, on March
31, 1994, the Department issued the
affirmative final determination finding
that imports into the United States of
pipe fittings that were finished in
Thailand from unfinished pipe fittings
produced in the PRC constituted
circumvention of the Order within the
meaning of section 781(b) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).2 The
Department applied this finding of
circumvention to all imports of buttweld pipe fittings from Thailand,
regardless of manufacturer/producer,
unless accompanied by a certification
stating that such pipe fittings have not
been produced from unfinished PRC
pipe fittings.3
On May 22, 2017, the petitioners,
pursuant to section 781(b) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.225(h), submitted a
properly filed request for the
Department to initiate an anticircumvention inquiry to determine
whether certain imports of butt-weld
pipe fittings which were completed in
Malaysia using finished or unfinished
butt-weld pipe fittings sourced from the
PRC are circumventing the Order.4
Specifically, the petitioners allege that
certain imports of butt-weld pipe
fittings sourced from unfinished or
finished butt-weld pipe fittings from the
PRC have undergone minor finishing
processes, or were simply marked with
‘‘Malaysia’’ as the country of origin, in
Malaysia, before export to the United
1 See Antidumping Duty Order and Amendment
to the Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value; Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe
Fittings from the People’s Republic of China, 57 FR
29702 (July 6, 1992) (Order).
2 See Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
from the People’s Republic of China; Affirmative
Final Determination of Circumvention of
Antidumping Duty Order, 59 FR 15155 (March 31,
1994) (Final Determination of Circumvention 1994).
3 Id., at 15158, 15159.
4 See Letter from the petitioners to the Secretary
of Commerce, ‘‘Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe
Fittings from the People’s Republic of China;
Request for Circumvention Ruling to Section 781(b)
of the Tariff Act of 1930,’’ dated May 22, 2017 (the
petitioners’ Request).
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States. The petitioners request that the
Department treat all butt-weld pipe
fittings imported from Malaysia,
regardless of producer or exporter, as
subject merchandise under the scope of
the Order and impose cash deposit
requirements for estimated antidumping
duties on all imports of butt-weld pipe
fittings from Malaysia.5 In the
alternative to an anti-circumvention
inquiry, the petitioners requested that
we initiate and issue a preliminary
scope ruling that certain imports of buttweld pipe fittings which were
completed in Malaysia using finished or
unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings
sourced from the PRC are covered by the
scope of the Order, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.225(k).6
On May 26, 2017, we received
comments objecting to the allegations
made by the petitioners from Pantech
Steel Industries SDN Ph.D. (Pantech).7
Also, on June 14, 2017, we received
comments objecting to the allegations
made by the petitioners from Solidbend
Fittings & Flanges Sdn. Bhd.
(Solidbend).8 On June 22, 2017, we
received rebuttal comments from the
petitioners regarding Solidbend’s
comments.9 Additionally, on July 21,
2017, we received comments objecting
to the allegations made by the
petitioners from Arah Dagang Sdn Bhd
(Arah Dagang).10
On August 8, 2017, we requested a list
of all known producers and exporters of
butt-weld pipe fittings in Malaysia from
the petitioners, and on August 10, 2017,
the petitioners submitted their
response.11 Additionally, on August 14,
5 See
the petitioners’ Request at 26–30.
at 28–9.
7 See Letter from Pantech to the Secretary of
Commerce, ‘‘Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
from the People’s Republic of China: Response to
Request for Anti-Circumvention Inquiry,’’ dated
May 26, 2017).
8 See Letter from Solidbend, ‘‘Carbon Steel ButtWeld Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of
China Anti-Circumvention Inquiry (Third-Country
Assembly Malaysia),’’ dated June 14, 2017.
9 See Letter from the petitioners to the Secretary
of Commerce, ‘‘Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe
Fittings from the People’s Republic of China; AntiCircumvention Inquiry (Third Country Assembly,
Malaysia); Petitioners’ Response to Objections of
Solidbend Fittings & Flanges,’’ dated June 22, 2017
(the petitioners’’ Objection Comments).
10 See Letter from Arah Dagang to the Secretary
of Commerce, ‘‘Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe
Fittings from China: Response to Request for AntiCircumvention Inquiry,’’ dated July 21, 2017.
11 See Letter from Paul Walker, Program Manager,
to Tube Forgings of America, Mills Iron Works, Inc.,
and Hackney Ladish, Inc, ‘‘Request for Producers
and Exporters from Malaysia: Carbon Steel ButtWeld Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of
China,’’ dated August 8, 2017; and Letter from the
petitioners to Secretary of Commerce, ‘‘Carbon Steel
Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from The People’s Republic
of China; A–570–814; Anticircumvention Inquiry
(Third Country Assembly, Malaysia); Petitioners’
6 Id.,
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-913]
Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From the People's
Republic of China: Amended Final Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, 2014
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is amending the
final results of the countervailing duty administrative review of
certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires from the People's Republic of
China (PRC) to correct certain ministerial errors. The period of review
(POR) is January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014.
DATES: Applicable August 25, 2017.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chien-Min Yang or Jack Zhao, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-5484 and 202-482-1396,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), on April 18, 2017, the
Department published its final results in the countervailing duty
administrative review of certain new phenumatic off-the-road tires from
the PRC.\1\ Titan Tire Corporation (Titan) and the United Steel, Paper
and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and
Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC (the USW)
(collectively, the petitioners) and Xuzhou Xugong Tyres Co. Ltd.
(Xuzhou Xugong) timely alleged ministerial errors on April 21 and 24,
2017.\2\ Xuzhou Xugong, the petitioners, and Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd.
(Guizhou Tyre) timely filed rebuttal comments on April 26 and 28,
2017.\3\
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\1\ See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2014, 82 FR 18285 (April 18, 2017) (Final
Results) and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (Final
Results IDM).
\2\ See Xuzhou Xugong's letter to the Department, ``Xuzhou
Xugong Tyres Co., Ltd., (``Xugong''): Allegation of Ministerial
Error for the Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review of New Pneumatic Off-The-Road Tires from the People's
Republic of China,'' April 21, 2017, (Xuzhou Xugong's Ministerial
Error Allegation); the petitioners' letter to the Department,
``Seventh Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on
Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the People's Republic
of China--Titan and USW's Ministerial Error Comments,'' April 24,
2017 (Petitioners' Ministerial Error Allegation).
\3\ See the petitioners' letter to the Department, ``Seventh
Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain
New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the People's Republic of
China--Titan and USW's Reply to Xugong's Allegation of Ministerial
Error,'' April 26, 2017 (Petitioners' Rebuttal Comment); Xuzhou
Xugong's letter to the Department, ``Xuzhou Xugong Tyres Co., Ltd.,
(``Xugong''): Rebuttal to Petitioners' Allegation of Ministerial
Error for the Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review of New Pneumatic Off-The-Road Tires from the People's
Republic of China,'' April 26, 2017, (Xuzhou Xugong's Rebuttal
Comment); Guizhou Tyre's letter to the Department, ``GTC Rebuttal
Comments on Petitioners' Ministerial Error Comments (re-file per
ACCESS): Seventh Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Certain Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the People's
Republic of China (C-570-913),'' April 28, 2017 (Guizhou Tyre's
Rebuttal Comment).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the scope are new pneumatic tires designed
for off-the-road (OTR) and off-highway use. The subject merchandise is
currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS) subheadings: 4011.20.10.25, 4011.20.10.35,
4011.20.50.30, 4011.20.50.50, 4011.70.0010, 4011.62.00.00,
4011.80.1020, 4011.90.10, 4011.70.0050, 4011.80.1010, 4011.80.1020,
4011.80.2010, 4011.80.2020, 4011.80.8010, and 4011.80.8020. While HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our
written description of the scope, which is contained in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum accompanying the Final Results, is dispositive.\4\
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\4\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see Final
Results IDM.
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Ministerial Errors
Section 751(h) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.224(f) define a
``ministerial error'' as an error ``in addition, subtraction, or other
arithmetic function, clerical error resulting from inaccurate copying,
duplication, or the like, and any other similar type of unintentional
error which the Secretary considers ministerial.'' The Department finds
that one of the ministerial errors alleged by the petitioners
constitutes a ministerial error within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.224(f).\5\ Specifically, we made a ministerial error with regard to
the selection of a synthetic rubber benchmark for the calculation of
the provison of synthetic rubber at less than adequate remuneration for
Guizhou Tyre and Xuzhou Xugong. For a complete discussion of these
alleged errors, see the Response to Ministerial Error Allegations.\6\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Response to Ministerial Error Allegations
in the Final Results'' (Response to Ministerial Error Allegations)
dated concurrently with this notice.
\6\ Id.
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In accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e),
we are amending the Final Results.\7\ Specifically, we are amending the
net subsidy rates for Guizhou Tyre, Xuzhou Xugong, and the 44 companies
for which a review was requested that were not selected as mandatory
respondents (the non-selected companies).\8\ The revised net subsidy
rates are provided below.
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\7\ See Final Results, 82 FR at 18285.
\8\ Consistent with the Final Results, see 82 at 18286, for the
non-selected respondents, we assigned to the non-selected
respondents the simple average of the amended net subsidy rates
calculated for Guizhou Tyre and Xuzhou Xugong. We are using a
simple, rather than a weighted, average due to inconsistent units of
measure in the publicly ranged quantity and value data provided by
Guizhou Tyre and Xuzhou Xugong.
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Amended Final Results
As a result of correcting the ministerial errors, we determine that
Guizhou Tyre's, Xuzhou Xugong's and the non-selected companies' total
net countervailable subsidy rates for the period January 1, 2014,
through December 31, 2014, are as follows:
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Subsidy rate
Manufacturer/exporter (percent ad
valorem)
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Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. and/or Guizhou Tyre Import and 37.57
Export Co., Ltd........................................
Xuzhou Xugong Tyres Co. Ltd............................. 57.13
Non Selected Companies \9\.............................. 47.35
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Assessment Rates/Cash Deposits
The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions
to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after the date of
publication of these amended final results of review, to liquidate
shipments of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by the
respondent listed above entered, or withdrawn from, warehouses for
consumption on or after January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. On
May 10, 12, and 23, 2017, the U.S. Court of International Trade
preliminarily enjoined liquidation of certain entries that are subject
to the Final Results.\10\ Accordingly, the Department will not instruct
CBP to assess countervailing duties on those enjoined entries pending
resolution of the associated litigation.
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\9\ Appendix II of the Final Results provides a list of the non-
selected companies that are assigned this rate. See Final Results,
82 at 18286-87.
\10\ The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the related
preliminary injunctions in case numbers 17-00101, 17-00105, and 17-
00117, which are now consolidated, along with case number 17-00120,
under lead case 17-00101.
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The Department also intends to instruct CBP to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties, in the amount shown above
for the companies listed above, on shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from, warehouses for consumption on or after
April 18, 2017, the date of publication of the Final Results. 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,
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shall remain in effect until further notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (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/destruction
of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
Disclosure
We will disclose the calculations performed for these amended final
results to interested parties within five business days of the date of
the publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(h) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.224(e).
Dated: August 21, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-18045 Filed 8-24-17; 8:45 am]
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