Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments, and Rescission, in Part; 2015-2016, 42281-42285 [2017-18979]
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BILLING CODE 3510–33–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–016]
Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light
Truck Tires From the People’s
Republic of China: Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, Preliminary Determination of
No Shipments, and Rescission, in Part;
2015–2016
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain
passenger vehicle and light truck tires
(passenger tires) from the People’s
Republic of China (PRC). The period of
review (POR) is January 27, 2015
through July 31, 2016. The
administrative review covers 108
respondents, including four mandatory
respondents: Giti Tire Global Trading
Pte. Ltd. (Giti), which we have
preliminarily treated as a single entity
with four affiliated companies identified
below, Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd.
(Sentury), which we have preliminarily
treated as a single entity with two
affiliated companies identified below,
Best Choice International Trade Co.,
Limited (Best Choice), which withdrew
its participation from the administrative
review and will be treated as part of the
PRC-wide entity, and Shandong Haohua
Tire Co., Ltd. (Haohua), which
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withdrew its participation from the
administrative review and will be
treated as part of the PRC-wide entity.
The Department preliminarily finds that
Giti and Sentury sold subject
merchandise in the United States at
prices below normal value (NV) during
the POR. In addition, we preliminarily
determine that 65 companies/company
groupings have established their
eligibility for a separate rate, and that
ten companies under review made no
shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR. Finally, we are
rescinding this administrative review
with respect to Cooper Tire & Rubber
Company/Cooper Chengshan
(Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd./Cooper
(Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd. (collectively
Cooper). Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES:
September 7, 2017.
Toni
Page, Lingjun Wang, or Jun 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) 482–1398,
(202) 482–2316, or (202) 482–1396,
respectively.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The scope of the order is passenger
vehicle and light truck tires. Passenger
vehicle and light truck tires are new
pneumatic tires, of rubber, with a
passenger vehicle or light truck size
designation.1 Merchandise covered by
this order is classifiable under
subheadings 4011.10.10.10,
4011.10.10.20, 4011.10.10.30,
4011.10.10.40, 4011.10.10.50,
4011.10.10.60, 4011.10.10.70,
4011.10.50.00, 4011.20.10.05,
4011.20.50.10, 4011.99.45.10,
4011.99.45.50, 4011.99.85.10,
4011.99.85.50, 8708.70.45.45,
8708.70.45.60, 8708.70.60.30,
8708.70.60.45, and 8708.70.60.60 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS). Although the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, our
written description of the scope of the
order is dispositive.
1 For a complete description of the scope of the
order, see ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Certain Passenger Vehicle
and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic
of China, Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments; and Rescission, in part; 2015–2016,’’
(August 31, 2017) (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
Based on an analysis of U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP)
information, and comments provided by
interested parties, the Department
preliminarily determines that ten
companies under review, Highpoint
Trading, Ltd., Federal Tire (Jiangxi),
Ltd., Federal Corporation, Weihai
Ping’an Tyre Co., Ltd., Qingdao Free
Trade Zone Full-World International
Trading Co., Ltd., Seatex PTE. Ltd.,
Wendeng Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd.,
Shandong Hawk International Rubber
Industry Co., Ltd., Qingdao Honghua
Tyre Factory (Honghua), and Zenith
Holding (HK) Limited each had no
shipments during the POR. For
additional information regarding this
determination, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Consistent with an announced
refinement to its assessment practice in
non-market economy (NME) cases, the
Department is not rescinding this
review, in part, but intends to complete
the review with respect to the
companies for which it has
preliminarily found no shipments and
issue appropriate instructions to CBP
based on the final results of the review.2
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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. The
United Steel, Paper and Forestry,
Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied
Industrial and Service Workers
International Union, AFL–CIO, CLC (the
petitioner) and Cooper withdrew their
requests for an administrative review
with respect to Cooper within 90 days
of the publication date of the notice of
initiation. No other parties requested an
administrative review of the order with
respect to Cooper. Therefore, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
the Department is rescinding this review
of the AD order on passenger tires from
the PRC with respect to Cooper.
Preliminary Affiliation and Single
Entity Determination
The Department continues to find that
Giti and the following four companies
are affiliated pursuant to section
2 See Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694, 65694–95 (October 24, 2011) and the
‘‘Assessment Rates’’ section, below.
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771(33)(E) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), and should be
treated as a single entity pursuant to 19
CFR 351.401(f): Giti Tire (USA) Ltd.
(Giti USA), Giti Radial Tire (Anhui)
Company Ltd. (Giti Anhui), Giti Tire
(Fujian) Company Ltd. (Giti Fujian), and
Giti Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd. (Giti
Hualin) (collectively Giti). This
preliminary finding is based on record
evidence showing that the facts and
analysis relied upon by the Department
in the investigation of passenger tires
from the PRC continue to be applicable
during the instant POR. For additional
information, see Preliminary Decision
Memorandum at the ‘‘Single Entity
Treatment’’ section.
Based on information on the record of
the instant review, the Department
preliminarily finds that Sentury,
Sentury Tire USA Inc (Sentury USA),
and Sentury (Hong Kong) Trading Co.,
Limited (Sentury HK) are affiliated
pursuant to section 771(33)(E) of the
Act, and should be treated as a single
entity pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f).3
Separate Rates
The Department preliminarily
determines that the information placed
on the record by Giti and Sentury, as
well as by the other companies listed in
the rate table in the ‘‘Preliminary
Results of Review’’ section below,
demonstrates that these companies are
entitled to separate rate status. The
Department calculated weighted-average
dumping margins for Giti and Sentury,
and consistent with our practice,
calculated a rate for the companies to
which it granted separate rate status, but
which it did not individually examine,
based on publicly ranged sales values
reported by Giti and Sentury.4
In addition, the Department
preliminarily determines that certain
companies have not demonstrated their
entitlement to separate rate status
because, (1) they withdrew their
participation from the administrative
review; or (2) they did not rebut the
presumption of de jure or de facto
government control of their operations.
See Appendix 2 of this Federal Register
notice for a complete list of companies
not receiving a separate rate. In
3 See the Preliminary Decision Memorandum at
‘‘Single Entity Treatment;’’ see also Memorandum,
‘‘Preliminary Analysis Memorandum for Qingdao
Sentury Tire Co., Ltd.’’ (Sentury Preliminary
Analysis Memorandum) (August 31, 2017) at
‘‘Single Entity Analysis’’ section.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle
and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic
of China: Preliminary Calculation of the Margin for
Respondents Not Selected for Individual
Examination,’’ (August 31, 2016) (Preliminary
Separate Rate Calculation Memorandum); see also
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 16–17.
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addition, five companies: Poplar Tire
International Co. Ltd.; Qingdao Yongdao
International Trade Co. Ltd.; Shandong
Hongsheng Rubber Co. Ltd.; Shandong
Xinghongyuan Tyre Co. Ltd; and
Shanghai Durotyre International
Trading Co. Ltd., filed separate rate
applications even though an
administrative review was not requested
for or initiated on their behalf. Because
these companies are not subject to this
review, the Department is not
considering their applications for
separate-rate status.
The Department is treating the
companies for which it did not grant
separate rate status as part of the PRCwide entity. Because no party requested
a review of the PRC-wide entity, the
entity is not under review, and the
entity’s rate (i.e., 87.99 percent) 5 is not
subject to change.6
Methodology
The Department conducted this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. The Department
preliminarily determines that Giti’s and
Sentury’s reported U.S. sales were either
export price (EP) or constructed export
price (CEP). We calculated EP and CEP
sales in accordance with section 772 of
the Act. Given that the PRC is an NME
country, within the meaning of section
771(18) of the Act, the Department
calculated NV in accordance with
section 773(c) of the Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying the
preliminary results of this review, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
which is hereby adopted by this notice.
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is a public document and is made
available to the public via Enforcement
and Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov, and is
available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be found at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
and the electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content. A list of topics
5 See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck
Tires from the People’s Republic of China:
Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty
Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and
Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 80
FR 47902, 47906 (August 10, 2015) (Order).
6 For additional information regarding the
Department’s separate rate determinations, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is provided in Appendix
1 to this notice.
Adjustments for Countervailable
Subsidies
The Department has preliminarily
granted Giti and the separate rate
recipients an adjustment for
countervailable domestic subsidies
pursuant to section 777A(f) of the Act.
In addition, the Department
preliminarily finds that Sentury does
not qualify for an adjustment for
countervailable domestic subsidies.
Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily
determines that the following weightedaverage dumping margins exist for the
POR:
Weighted-average
dumping margin
(percent)
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Exporter
Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd./Giti Tire (USA) Ltd./Giti Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd./Giti Tire (Fujian) Company Ltd./Giti
Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd .......................................................................................................................................................
Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd./Sentury Tire USA Inc./Sentury (Hong Kong) Trading Co., Limited ..........................................
Actyon Tyre Resources Co., Limited ...........................................................................................................................................
Shandong Anchi Tyres Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................
Briway Tire Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................................
Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
Qingdao Crown Chemical Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
Crown International Corporation ..................................................................................................................................................
Qingzhou Detai International Trading Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................
Shandong Duratti Rubber Corporation Co. Ltd ...........................................................................................................................
Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
Fleming Limited ...........................................................................................................................................................................
Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Corp., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................
Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Tech Corp., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................
Guangrao Taihua International Trade Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................
Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................
Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................................
Haohua Orient International Trade Ltd ........................................................................................................................................
Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................
Hongkong Tiancheng Investment & Trading Co., Limited ..........................................................................................................
Hongtyre Group Co .....................................................................................................................................................................
Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................
Jinyu International Holding Co., Limited ......................................................................................................................................
Qingdao Jinhaoyang International Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................
Jilin Jixing Tire Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................................
Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
Qingdao Keter International Co., Limited ....................................................................................................................................
Koryo International Industrial Limited ..........................................................................................................................................
Kumho Tire Co., Inc ....................................................................................................................................................................
Qingdao Lakesea Tyre Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................
Liaoning Permanent Tyre Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................
Macho Tire Corporation Limited ..................................................................................................................................................
Maxon Int’l Co., Limited ...............................................................................................................................................................
Mayrun Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited ..............................................................................................................................................
Qingdao Nama Industrial Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Nankang (Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone) Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd ......................................................................................
Shandong New Continent Tire Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................
Qingdao Odyking Tyre Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
Prinx Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................
Riversun Industry Limited ............................................................................................................................................................
Roadclaw Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited ..........................................................................................................................................
Safe & Well (HK) International Trading Limited ..........................................................................................................................
Sailun Jinyu Group Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................
Sailun Jinyu Group (Hong Kong) Co., Limited ............................................................................................................................
Shandong Jinyu Industrial Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
Sailun Tire International Corp ......................................................................................................................................................
Seatex International Inc ...............................................................................................................................................................
Dynamic Tire Corp .......................................................................................................................................................................
Husky Tire Corp ...........................................................................................................................................................................
Shandong Province Sanli Tire Manufactured Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................
Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Shandong Yonking Rubber Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................
Shandong Shuangwang Rubber Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................
Shengtai Group Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................................
Techking Tires Limited ................................................................................................................................................................
Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................................
Tyrechamp Group Co., Limited ...................................................................................................................................................
Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Windforce Tyre Co., Limited ........................................................................................................................................................
Winrun Tyre Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................................
Shandong Yongtai Group Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
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Weighted-average
dumping margin
(percent)
Exporter
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Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................
Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................
Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department intends to disclose to
parties the calculations performed for
these preliminary results of review
within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). Interested parties may
submit case briefs no later than 30 days
after the date of publication of these
preliminary results of review.7 Rebuttal
briefs may be filed no later than five
days after case briefs are due, and may
respond only to arguments raised in the
case briefs.8 A table of contents, list of
authorities used, and an executive
summary of issues should accompany
any briefs submitted to the Department.
The summary should be limited to five
pages total, including footnotes.9
Interested parties who wish to request
a hearing 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.10 Requests should contain the
party’s name, address, and telephone
number, the number of participants in,
and a list of the issues to be discussed
at, the hearing. Oral arguments at the
hearing will be limited to issues raised
in the briefs. If a request for a hearing
is made, the Department intends to hold
the hearing at the U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at
a date and time to be determined.11
Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing
two days before the scheduled date of
the hearing.
All submissions, with limited
exceptions, must be filed electronically
using ACCESS.12 An electronically filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by the Department’s
electronic records system, ACCESS, by
5 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the due
date. Documents excepted from the
electronic submission requirements
must be filed manually (i.e., in paper
form) with the APO/Dockets Unit in
7 See
19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii).
19 CFR 351.309(d).
9 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
10 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
11 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
12 See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
8 See
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Room 18022 and stamped with the date
and time of receipt by 5 p.m. ET on the
due date.13
Unless otherwise extended, the
Department intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
which will include the results of its
analysis of issues raised in any briefs,
within 120 days of publication of these
preliminary results of review, pursuant
to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results of
this review, the Department will
determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review.14 The
Department intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the
publication date of the final results of
this review. For each individually
examined respondent in this review
whose weighted-average dumping
margin in the final results of review is
not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5
percent), the Department intends to
calculate importer-specific assessment
rates, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).15 Where the respondent
reported reliable entered values, the
Department intends to calculate
importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rates by aggregating the
amount of dumping calculated for all
U.S. sales to the importer, and dividing
this amount by the total entered value
of the sales to the importer.16 Where the
importer did not report entered values,
the Department intends to calculate an
importer-specific assessment rate by
dividing the amount of dumping for
reviewed sales to the importer by the
total sales quantity associated with
those transactions. Where an importerspecific ad valorem assessment rate is
not zero or de minimis, the Department
will instruct CBP to collect the
appropriate duties at the time of
13 See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing
requirements); Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR
39263 (July 6, 2011).
14 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
15 See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of
the Weighted Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012) (Final Modification).
16 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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liquidation. Where either the
respondent’s weighted average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis, or an
importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rate is zero or de minimis,
the Department will instruct CBP to
liquidate appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.17
Pursuant to Departmental practice, for
entries that were not reported in the
U.S. sales database submitted by an
exporter individually examined during
this review, the Department will
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at
the rate for the PRC-wide entity.18
Additionally, if the Department
determines that an exporter under
review had no shipments of the subject
merchandise, any suspended entries
that entered under that exporter’s CBP
case number will be liquidated at the
rate for the PRC-wide entity.
We are rescinding this review for
Cooper. Our normal practice is to
instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties at the rates equal to the cash
deposit of estimated antidumping duties
required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse for
consumption, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). However, Cooper’s
entries during the POR are subject to an
injunction. We intend to issue the
appropriate liquidation instructions
once the injunction on Cooper’s POR
entries has been lifted.
In accordance with section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final results
of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on
POR entries, and for future deposits of
estimated antidumping duties, where
applicable.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The Department will instruct CBP to
require a cash deposit for antidumping
duties equal to the weighted-average
amount by which NV exceeds U.S.
price. The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for shipments of
the subject merchandise from the PRC
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
17 See
Final Modification, 77 FR at 8103.
Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), for a full discussion
of this practice.
18 See
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for consumption on or after the
publication date of this notice, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act: (1) For the exporters listed above,
the cash deposit rate will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this
review (except, if the rate is de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.5 percent), then the cash
deposit rate will be zero for that
exporter), adjusted, where appropriate,
for export subsidies and domestic
subsidies passed through; (2) 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 recently completed segment of this
proceeding; (3) 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
rate for the PRC-wide entity (i.e., 76.46
percent) 19 and (4) for all non-PRC
exporters of subject merchandise that
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 and/or
countervailing 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
and/or countervailing duties has
occurred, and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping
duties and/or an increase in the amount
of antidumping duties by the amount of
the countervailing duties.
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Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).
19 See
17:42 Sep 06, 2017
Appendix 1
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
4. Scope of the Order
5. Discussion of the Methodology
6. Conclusion
Appendix 2
List of Companies Not Receiving Separate
Rate Status
1. American Pacific Industries, Inc.
2. BC Tyre Group Limited
3. Best Choice International Trade Co.,
Limited
4. Cheng Shin Tire & Rubber (China) Co., Ltd.
5. Guangzhou Pearl River Rubber Tyre Ltd.
6. Haohua Orient International Trade Ltd.
7. Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co., Ltd.
8. Hong Kong Tri-Ace Tire Co., Limited
9. Hwa Fong Rubber (Hong Kong) Ltd.
10. ITG Voma Corporation
11. Nankang (Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone)
Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.
12. Nankang International Co., Ltd.
13. Nankang Rubber Tire Corp., Ltd.
14. Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd.
15. Qingdao Goalstar Tire Co., Ltd.
16. Qingdao Nexen Tire Corporation
17. Qingdao Qianzhen Tyre Co., Ltd.
18. Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd.
19. Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd.
20. Shandong Changhong Rubber Tech
21. Shandong Good Forged Alum Wheel
22. Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd.
23. Shandong Haolong Rubber Tire Co., Ltd.
24. Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd.
25. Shandong Sangong Rubber Co., Ltd.
26. Shandong Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd.20
27. Shangong Ogreen International Trade Co.,
Ltd.
28. Shifeng Juxing Tire Co., Ltd.
29. Southeast Mariner International Co., Ltd.
30. Toyo Tire (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd.
31. Wanli Group Trade Limited
32. Xiamen Sunrise Wheel Group Co., Ltd.
33. Xiamen Topu Import
34. Zhejiang Jingu Company Limited
35. Zhejiang Qingda Rubber Co., Ltd.
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20 The review was initiated on Shandong Yongtai
Group Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Shandong
Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd.); however, the
Department only granted the company a separate
rate under its current name, Shandong Yongtai
Group Co., Ltd.
Order, 80 FR 47904.
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Dated: August 31, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations
performing the non-exclusive functions and
duties of the Assistant Secretary for
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–489–816]
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods
From Turkey: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2015–2016
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain oil
country tubular goods (OCTG) from
Turkey. The period of review (POR) is
September 1, 2015, through August 31,
2016. The review covers one producer/
exporter of the subject merchandise,
¨
Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S.
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(Toscelik). We preliminarily find that
Toscelik has not sold subject
merchandise at less than normal value.
We invite interested parties to comment
on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable September 7, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hermes Pinilla, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order
is certain OCTG. The merchandise
subject to the order is currently
classified in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
under item numbers: 7304.29.10.10,
7304.29.10.20, 7304.29.10.30,
7304.29.10.40, 7304.29.10.50,
7304.29.10.60, 7304.29.10.80,
7304.29.20.10, 7304.29.20.20,
7304.29.20.30, 7304.29.20.40,
7304.29.20.50, 7304.29.20.60,
7304.29.20.80, 7304.29.31.10,
7304.29.31.20, 7304.29.31.30,
7304.29.31.40, 7304.29.31.50,
7304.29.31.60, 7304.29.31.80,
7304.29.41.10, 7304.29.41.20,
7304.29.41.30, 7304.29.41.40,
7304.29.41.50, 7304.29.41.60,
7304.29.41.80, 7304.29.50.15,
7304.29.50.30, 7304.29.50.45,
7304.29.50.60, 7304.29.50.75,
7304.29.61.15, 7304.29.61.30,
7304.29.61.45, 7304.29.61.60,
7304.29.61.75, 7305.20.20.00,
7305.20.40.00, 7305.20.60.00,
7305.20.80.00, 7306.29.10.30,
7306.29.10.90, 7306.29.20.00,
7306.29.31.00, 7306.29.41.00,
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 172 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42281-42285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18979]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-016]
Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments, and
Rescission, in Part; 2015-2016
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain
passenger vehicle and light truck tires (passenger tires) from the
People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of review (POR) is January
27, 2015 through July 31, 2016. The administrative review covers 108
respondents, including four mandatory respondents: Giti Tire Global
Trading Pte. Ltd. (Giti), which we have preliminarily treated as a
single entity with four affiliated companies identified below, Qingdao
Sentury Tire Co., Ltd. (Sentury), which we have preliminarily treated
as a single entity with two affiliated companies identified below, Best
Choice International Trade Co., Limited (Best Choice), which withdrew
its participation from the administrative review and will be treated as
part of the PRC-wide entity, and Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd.
(Haohua), which withdrew its participation from the administrative
review and will be treated as part of the PRC-wide entity. The
Department preliminarily finds that Giti and Sentury sold subject
merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value (NV)
during the POR. In addition, we preliminarily determine that 65
companies/company groupings have established their eligibility for a
separate rate, and that ten companies under review made no shipments of
subject merchandise during the POR. Finally, we are rescinding this
administrative review with respect to Cooper Tire & Rubber Company/
Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd./Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co.,
Ltd. (collectively Cooper). Interested parties are invited to comment
on these preliminary results.
DATES: September 7, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Page, Lingjun Wang, or Jun 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-
1398, (202) 482-2316, or (202) 482-1396, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The scope of the order is passenger vehicle and light truck tires.
Passenger vehicle and light truck tires are new pneumatic tires, of
rubber, with a passenger vehicle or light truck size designation.\1\
Merchandise covered by this order is classifiable under subheadings
4011.10.10.10, 4011.10.10.20, 4011.10.10.30, 4011.10.10.40,
4011.10.10.50, 4011.10.10.60, 4011.10.10.70, 4011.10.50.00,
4011.20.10.05, 4011.20.50.10, 4011.99.45.10, 4011.99.45.50,
4011.99.85.10, 4011.99.85.50, 8708.70.45.45, 8708.70.45.60,
8708.70.60.30, 8708.70.60.45, and 8708.70.60.60 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our
written description of the scope of the order is dispositive.
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\1\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see
``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review of Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light
Truck Tires from the People's Republic of China, Preliminary
Determination of No Shipments; and Rescission, in part; 2015-2016,''
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Based on an analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
information, and comments provided by interested parties, the
Department preliminarily determines that ten companies under review,
Highpoint Trading, Ltd., Federal Tire (Jiangxi), Ltd., Federal
Corporation, Weihai Ping'an Tyre Co., Ltd., Qingdao Free Trade Zone
Full-World International Trading Co., Ltd., Seatex PTE. Ltd., Wendeng
Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd., Shandong Hawk International Rubber Industry
Co., Ltd., Qingdao Honghua Tyre Factory (Honghua), and Zenith Holding
(HK) Limited each had no shipments during the POR. For additional
information regarding this determination, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Consistent with an announced refinement to its assessment practice
in non-market economy (NME) cases, the Department is not rescinding
this review, in part, but intends to complete the review with respect
to the companies for which it has preliminarily found no shipments and
issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of the
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\2\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011) and
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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.
The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy,
Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC
(the petitioner) and Cooper withdrew their requests for an
administrative review with respect to Cooper within 90 days of the
publication date of the notice of initiation. No other parties
requested an administrative review of the order with respect to Cooper.
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department is
rescinding this review of the AD order on passenger tires from the PRC
with respect to Cooper.
Preliminary Affiliation and Single Entity Determination
The Department continues to find that Giti and the following four
companies are affiliated pursuant to section 771(33)(E) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and should be treated as a single
entity pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f): Giti Tire (USA) Ltd. (Giti USA),
Giti Radial Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd. (Giti Anhui), Giti Tire (Fujian)
Company Ltd. (Giti Fujian), and Giti Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd. (Giti
Hualin) (collectively Giti). This preliminary finding is based on
record evidence showing that the facts and analysis relied upon by the
Department in the investigation of passenger tires from the PRC
continue to be applicable during the instant POR. For additional
information, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum at the ``Single Entity
Treatment'' section.
Based on information on the record of the instant review, the
Department preliminarily finds that Sentury, Sentury Tire USA Inc
(Sentury USA), and Sentury (Hong Kong) Trading Co., Limited (Sentury
HK) are affiliated pursuant to section 771(33)(E) of the Act, and
should be treated as a single entity pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f).\3\
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\3\ See the Preliminary Decision Memorandum at ``Single Entity
Treatment;'' see also Memorandum, ``Preliminary Analysis Memorandum
for Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd.'' (Sentury Preliminary Analysis
Memorandum) (August 31, 2017) at ``Single Entity Analysis'' section.
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Separate Rates
The Department preliminarily determines that the information placed
on the record by Giti and Sentury, as well as by the other companies
listed in the rate table in the ``Preliminary Results of Review''
section below, demonstrates that these companies are entitled to
separate rate status. The Department calculated weighted-average
dumping margins for Giti and Sentury, and consistent with our practice,
calculated a rate for the companies to which it granted separate rate
status, but which it did not individually examine, based on publicly
ranged sales values reported by Giti and Sentury.\4\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck
Tires from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Calculation
of the Margin for Respondents Not Selected for Individual
Examination,'' (August 31, 2016) (Preliminary Separate Rate
Calculation Memorandum); see also Preliminary Decision Memorandum at
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In addition, the Department preliminarily determines that certain
companies have not demonstrated their entitlement to separate rate
status because, (1) they withdrew their participation from the
administrative review; or (2) they did not rebut the presumption of de
jure or de facto government control of their operations. See Appendix 2
of this Federal Register notice for a complete list of companies not
receiving a separate rate. In addition, five companies: Poplar Tire
International Co. Ltd.; Qingdao Yongdao International Trade Co. Ltd.;
Shandong Hongsheng Rubber Co. Ltd.; Shandong Xinghongyuan Tyre Co. Ltd;
and Shanghai Durotyre International Trading Co. Ltd., filed separate
rate applications even though an administrative review was not
requested for or initiated on their behalf. Because these companies are
not subject to this review, the Department is not considering their
applications for separate-rate status.
The Department is treating the companies for which it did not grant
separate rate status as part of the PRC-wide entity. Because no party
requested a review of the PRC-wide entity, the entity is not under
review, and the entity's rate (i.e., 87.99 percent) \5\ is not subject
to change.\6\
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\5\ See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the
People's Republic of China: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping
Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and Amended Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing
Duty Order, 80 FR 47902, 47906 (August 10, 2015) (Order).
\6\ For additional information regarding the Department's
separate rate determinations, see the Preliminary Decision
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Methodology
The Department conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. The Department preliminarily determines that
Giti's and Sentury's reported U.S. sales were either export price (EP)
or constructed export price (CEP). We calculated EP and CEP sales in
accordance with section 772 of the Act. Given that the PRC is an NME
country, within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, the
Department calculated NV in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying the
preliminary results of this review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the
public via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is
available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and is
available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the
main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version
of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be found at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and the electronic versions of
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. A list of
topics
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included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is provided in Appendix
1 to this notice.
Adjustments for Countervailable Subsidies
The Department has preliminarily granted Giti and the separate rate
recipients an adjustment for countervailable domestic subsidies
pursuant to section 777A(f) of the Act. In addition, the Department
preliminarily finds that Sentury does not qualify for an adjustment for
countervailable domestic subsidies.
Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily determines that the following
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the POR:
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Weighted-average
Exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd./Giti Tire (USA) 13.39
Ltd./Giti Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd./Giti Tire
(Fujian) Company Ltd./Giti Tire (Hualin) Company
Ltd................................................
Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd./Sentury Tire USA Inc./ 11.28
Sentury (Hong Kong) Trading Co., Limited...........
Actyon Tyre Resources Co., Limited.................. 12.92
Shandong Anchi Tyres Co., Ltd....................... 12.92
Briway Tire Co., Ltd................................ 12.92
Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co., Ltd................... 12.92
Qingdao Crown Chemical Co., Ltd..................... 12.92
Crown International Corporation..................... 12.92
Qingzhou Detai International Trading Co., Ltd....... 12.92
Shandong Duratti Rubber Corporation Co. Ltd......... 12.92
Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd..................... 12.92
Fleming Limited..................................... 12.92
Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Corp., Ltd..................... 12.92
Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Tech Corp., Ltd................ 12.92
Guangrao Taihua International Trade Co., Ltd........ 12.92
Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd........... 12.92
Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd......................... 12.92
Haohua Orient International Trade Ltd............... 12.92
Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd....... 12.92
Hongkong Tiancheng Investment & Trading Co., Limited 12.92
Hongtyre Group Co................................... 12.92
Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd....................... 12.92
Jinyu International Holding Co., Limited............ 12.92
Qingdao Jinhaoyang International Co., Ltd........... 12.92
Jilin Jixing Tire Co., Ltd.......................... 12.92
Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd....................... 12.92
Qingdao Keter International Co., Limited............ 12.92
Koryo International Industrial Limited.............. 12.92
Kumho Tire Co., Inc................................. 12.92
Qingdao Lakesea Tyre Co., Ltd....................... 12.92
Liaoning Permanent Tyre Co., Ltd.................... 12.92
Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd.................... 12.92
Macho Tire Corporation Limited...................... 12.92
Maxon Int'l Co., Limited............................ 12.92
Mayrun Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited..................... 12.92
Qingdao Nama Industrial Co., Ltd.................... 12.92
Nankang (Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone) Rubber 12.92
Industrial Co., Ltd................................
Shandong New Continent Tire Co., Ltd................ 12.92
Qingdao Odyking Tyre Co., Ltd....................... 12.92
Prinx Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd............ 12.92
Riversun Industry Limited........................... 12.92
Roadclaw Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited................... 12.92
Safe & Well (HK) International Trading Limited...... 12.92
Sailun Jinyu Group Co., Ltd......................... 12.92
Sailun Jinyu Group (Hong Kong) Co., Limited......... 12.92
Shandong Jinyu Industrial Co., Ltd.................. 12.92
Sailun Tire International Corp...................... 12.92
Seatex International Inc............................ 12.92
Dynamic Tire Corp................................... 12.92
Husky Tire Corp..................................... 12.92
Shandong Province Sanli Tire Manufactured Co., Ltd.. 12.92
Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd..................... 12.92
Shandong Yonking Rubber Co., Ltd.................... 12.92
Shandong Shuangwang Rubber Co., Ltd................. 12.92
Shengtai Group Co., Ltd............................. 12.92
Techking Tires Limited.............................. 12.92
Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd.............................. 12.92
Tyrechamp Group Co., Limited........................ 12.92
Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd................... 12.92
Windforce Tyre Co., Limited......................... 12.92
Winrun Tyre Co., Ltd................................ 12.92
Shandong Yongtai Group Co., Ltd..................... 12.92
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Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd..................... 12.92
Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd.................... 12.92
Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd........................... 12.92
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Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department intends to disclose to parties the calculations
performed for these preliminary results of review within five days of
the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Interested parties may submit case
briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication of these
preliminary results of review.\7\ Rebuttal briefs may be filed no later
than five days after case briefs are due, and may respond only to
arguments raised in the case briefs.\8\ A table of contents, list of
authorities used, and an executive summary of issues should accompany
any briefs submitted to the Department. The summary should be limited
to five pages total, including footnotes.\9\
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing 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.\10\ Requests should contain the party's
name, address, and telephone number, the number of participants in, and
a list of the issues to be discussed at, the hearing. Oral arguments at
the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a
request for a hearing is made, the Department intends to hold the
hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a date and time to be
determined.\11\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date of the
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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All submissions, with limited exceptions, must be filed
electronically using ACCESS.\12\ An electronically filed document must
be received successfully in its entirety by the Department's electronic
records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the due date.
Documents excepted from the electronic submission requirements must be
filed manually (i.e., in paper form) with the APO/Dockets Unit in Room
18022 and stamped with the date and time of receipt by 5 p.m. ET on the
due date.\13\
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\12\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements);
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Electronic Filing
Procedures; Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 39263
(July 6, 2011).
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Unless otherwise extended, the Department intends to issue the
final results of this administrative review, which will include the
results of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days
of publication of these preliminary results of review, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results of this review, the Department
will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review.\14\ The Department intends
to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication
date of the final results of this review. For each individually
examined respondent in this review whose weighted-average dumping
margin in the final results of review is not zero or de minimis (i.e.,
less than 0.5 percent), the Department intends to calculate importer-
specific assessment rates, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\15\
Where the respondent reported reliable entered values, the Department
intends to calculate importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates by
aggregating the amount of dumping calculated for all U.S. sales to the
importer, and dividing this amount by the total entered value of the
sales to the importer.\16\ Where the importer did not report entered
values, the Department intends to calculate an importer-specific
assessment rate by dividing the amount of dumping for reviewed sales to
the importer by the total sales quantity associated with those
transactions. Where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is
not zero or de minimis, the Department will instruct CBP to collect the
appropriate duties at the time of liquidation. Where either the
respondent's weighted average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or
an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis,
the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.\17\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\15\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012)
(Final Modification).
\16\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\17\ See Final Modification, 77 FR at 8103.
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Pursuant to Departmental practice, for entries that were not
reported in the U.S. sales database submitted by an exporter
individually examined during this review, the Department will instruct
CBP to liquidate such entries at the rate for the PRC-wide entity.\18\
Additionally, if the Department determines that an exporter under
review had no shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended
entries that entered under that exporter's CBP case number will be
liquidated at the rate for the PRC-wide entity.
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\18\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), for a full
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We are rescinding this review for Cooper. Our normal practice is to
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties at the rates equal to the
cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of
entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). However, Cooper's entries during the POR are
subject to an injunction. We intend to issue the appropriate
liquidation instructions once the injunction on Cooper's POR entries
has been lifted.
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on POR entries, and for future deposits of estimated
antidumping duties, where applicable.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The Department will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit for
antidumping duties equal to the weighted-average amount by which NV
exceeds U.S. price. The following cash deposit requirements will be
effective upon publication of the final results of this administrative
review for shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse,
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for consumption on or after the publication date of this notice, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the exporters
listed above, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin established in the final results of this review
(except, if the rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), then
the cash deposit rate will be zero for that exporter), adjusted, where
appropriate, for export subsidies and domestic subsidies passed
through; (2) 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 recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) 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 rate for
the PRC-wide entity (i.e., 76.46 percent) \19\ and (4) for all non-PRC
exporters of subject merchandise that 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.
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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 and/or countervailing
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 and/
or countervailing duties has occurred, and the subsequent assessment of
double antidumping duties and/or an increase in the amount of
antidumping duties by the amount of the countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: August 31, 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.
Appendix 1
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
4. Scope of the Order
5. Discussion of the Methodology
6. Conclusion
Appendix 2
List of Companies Not Receiving Separate Rate Status
1. American Pacific Industries, Inc.
2. BC Tyre Group Limited
3. Best Choice International Trade Co., Limited
4. Cheng Shin Tire & Rubber (China) Co., Ltd.
5. Guangzhou Pearl River Rubber Tyre Ltd.
6. Haohua Orient International Trade Ltd.
7. Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co., Ltd.
8. Hong Kong Tri-Ace Tire Co., Limited
9. Hwa Fong Rubber (Hong Kong) Ltd.
10. ITG Voma Corporation
11. Nankang (Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone) Rubber Industrial Co.,
Ltd.
12. Nankang International Co., Ltd.
13. Nankang Rubber Tire Corp., Ltd.
14. Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd.
15. Qingdao Goalstar Tire Co., Ltd.
16. Qingdao Nexen Tire Corporation
17. Qingdao Qianzhen Tyre Co., Ltd.
18. Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd.
19. Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd.
20. Shandong Changhong Rubber Tech
21. Shandong Good Forged Alum Wheel
22. Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd.
23. Shandong Haolong Rubber Tire Co., Ltd.
24. Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd.
25. Shandong Sangong Rubber Co., Ltd.
26. Shandong Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd.\20\
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\20\ The review was initiated on Shandong Yongtai Group Co.,
Ltd. (formerly known as Shandong Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd.);
however, the Department only granted the company a separate rate
under its current name, Shandong Yongtai Group Co., Ltd.
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27. Shangong Ogreen International Trade Co., Ltd.
28. Shifeng Juxing Tire Co., Ltd.
29. Southeast Mariner International Co., Ltd.
30. Toyo Tire (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd.
31. Wanli Group Trade Limited
32. Xiamen Sunrise Wheel Group Co., Ltd.
33. Xiamen Topu Import
34. Zhejiang Jingu Company Limited
35. Zhejiang Qingda Rubber Co., Ltd.
[FR Doc. 2017-18979 Filed 9-6-17; 8:45 am]
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