Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2015-2016, 11690-11694 [2018-05376]
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of that information.8 Parties are hereby
reminded that revised certification
requirements are in effect for company/
government officials as well as their
representatives. All segments of any
antidumping duty or countervailing
duty proceedings initiated on or after
August 16, 2013, should use the formats
for the revised certifications provided at
the end of the Final Rule.9 Commerce
intends to reject factual submissions in
any proceeding segments if the
submitting party does not comply with
applicable revised certification
requirements.
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Extension of Time Limits Regulation
Parties may request an extension of
time limits before a time limit
established under Part 351 expires, or as
otherwise specified by the Secretary.
See 19 CFR 351.302. In general, an
extension request will be considered
untimely if it is filed after the time limit
established under Part 351 expires. For
submissions which are due from
multiple parties simultaneously, an
extension request will be considered
untimely if it is filed after 10:00 a.m. on
the due date. Examples include, but are
not limited to: (1) Case and rebuttal
briefs, filed pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309;
(2) factual information to value factors
under 19 CFR 351.408(c), or to measure
the adequacy of remuneration under 19
CFR 351.511(a)(2), filed pursuant to 19
CFR 351.301(c)(3) and rebuttal,
clarification and correction filed
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(iv); (3)
comments concerning the selection of a
surrogate country and surrogate values
and rebuttal; (4) comments concerning
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
data; and (5) quantity and value
questionnaires. Under certain
circumstances, Commerce may elect to
specify a different time limit by which
extension requests will be considered
untimely for submissions which are due
from multiple parties simultaneously. In
such a case, Commerce will inform
parties in the letter or memorandum
setting forth the deadline (including a
specified time) by which extension
requests must be filed to be considered
timely. This modification also requires
that an extension request must be made
in a separate, stand-alone submission,
and clarifies the circumstances under
which Commerce will grant untimelyfiled requests for the extension of time
8 See
section 782(b) of the Act.
Certification of Factual Information To
Import Administration During Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July
17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also the frequently asked
questions regarding the Final Rule, available at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_
info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf.
9 See
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limits. These modifications are effective
for all segments initiated on or after
October 21, 2013. Please review the
final rule, available at https://
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/
html/2013-22853.htm, prior to
submitting factual information in these
segments.
These initiations and this notice are
in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: March 12, 2018.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations performing the duties of Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–016]
Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light
Truck Tires From the People’s
Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Final Determination of No
Shipments; 2015–2016
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that Giti Tire
Global Trading Pte. Ltd. (Giti) and its
affiliates as well as Qingdao Sentury
Tire Co., Ltd. (Sentury) and its affiliates,
manufacturers/exporters of certain
passenger vehicle and light truck tires
(passenger tires) from the People’s
Republic of China (China), sold subject
merchandise in the United States at
prices below normal value (NV) during
the period of review (POR) January 27,
2015, through July 31, 2016.
DATES: Applicable March 16, 2018.
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:
AGENCY:
Background
Commerce published the preliminary
results of this administrative review of
passenger tires from China on
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September 7, 2017.1 We verified
Sentury and its U.S. affiliate from
December 11 through 15, 2017, and
December 20 through 22, 2017. We
invited interested parties to comment on
the Preliminary Results. On January 3,
2017, Commerce postponed the final
results of review until March 6, 2018.
Between February 5 and 12, 2018,
Commerce received timely filed briefs
and rebuttal briefs from various
interested parties. Based on an analysis
of the comments received, Commerce
has made changes to the weightedaverage dumping margins determined
for respondents. The weighted-average
dumping margins are listed in the
‘‘Final Results of Administrative
Review’’ section below.
Commerce exercised its discretion to
toll all deadlines affected by the closure
of the Federal Government from January
20 through 22, 2018. If the new deadline
falls on a non-business day, in
accordance with Commerce’s practice,
the deadline will become the next
business day. The revised deadline for
the final results of this review is now
March 9, 2018.2
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.3 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,
1 See 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, 82 FR 42281, (September 7, 2017) and
accompanying preliminary decision memorandum
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum) (Preliminary
Results).
2 See Memorandum for The Record from
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, performing the nonexclusive functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance,
‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government’’ (Tolling Memorandum),
dated January 23, 2018. All deadlines in this
segment of the proceeding have been extended by
3 days.
3 For a complete description of the scope of the
order, see ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light
Truck Tires from the People’s Republic of China:
Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final
Results of the 2015–2016 Antidumping
Administrative Review,’’ (dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice) (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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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.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs are addressed in the
accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum.4 The issues are
identified in Appendix I to this notice.
The Issues and Decision Memorandum
is a public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov and in the
Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the
main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the internet at https://trade.gov/
enforcement/frn/. The signed
Issues and Decision Memorandum and
electronic versions of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Affiliation and Single Entity
Determination
In the Preliminary Results Commerce
continued to find, based on its finding
in the investigation of this proceeding,
that Giti, Giti Tire (USA) Ltd. (Giti
USA); Giti Radial Tire (Anhui)
Company Ltd. (Giti Radial Anhui); Giti
Tire (Fujian) Company Ltd. (Giti
Fujian); and Giti Tire (Hualin) Company
Ltd. (Giti Hualin) are affiliated
exporters/manufacturers of subject
merchandise and should be treated as a
single entity (the Giti Entity) for
purposes of this review.5 No interested
party has disputed this treatment, and
so these findings remain unchanged for
these final results. Commerce stated in
the Preliminary Results that we would
analyze whether to collapse (i.e., treat as
a single entity) Giti with its other
affiliated producers Giti Tire Greatwall
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4 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
‘‘Scope of the Order’’ section.
5 See Preliminary Results PDM at 11–12.
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Company, Ltd. (Giti Greatwall), Giti Tire
(Anhui) Company, Ltd. (Giti Anhui),
Giti Tire (Yinchuan) Company, Ltd.
(Giti Yinchuan), and Giti Tire
(Chongqing) Company, Ltd. (Giti
Chongqing) after the preliminary
results.6 For these final results,
Commerce finds that Giti is also
affiliated with Giti Greatwall, Giti
Anhui, Giti Yinchuan, and Giti
Chongqing pursuant to section
771(33)(E) of the Act, and that the four
producers are affiliated with each other,
pursuant to section 771(33)(F) of the
Act. Additionally, Commerce finds that
it is appropriate to collapse these
entities with the Giti Entity, pursuant to
19 CFR 351.401(f). The proprietary
discussion of Commerce’s decision is
included in a separate memorandum.7
Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, Commerce
determined Highpoint Trading, Ltd.;
Federal Tire (Jiangxi), Ltd.; Federal
Corporation; Weihai Ping’an Tyre Co.,
Ltd.; Qingdao Free Trade Zone FullWorld 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.8 As we have not received any
information to contradict our
preliminary finding, we determine that
these entities did not have any
shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR. We will issue
appropriate instructions that are
consistent with our ‘‘automatic
assessment’’ clarification, for these final
results.9
Separate Rates
In the Preliminary Results, we found
that evidence provided by Giti, Sentury,
6 Id.
at 12.
Commerce Memorandum, ‘‘Administrative
Review of Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light
Truck Tires from the People’s Republic of China:
Collapsing of Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd. and
Affiliated Producers,’’ (dated concurrently with the
instant notice).
8 See Preliminary Results at 82 FR 42282.
9 See Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694, 65694–95 (October 24, 2011)
(Assessment Notice); see also ‘‘Assessment Rates’’
section of this notice.
7 See
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and 63 other exporters supported
finding an absence of both de jure and
de facto government control, and,
therefore, we preliminarily granted a
separate rate to each of these
companies.10 We received no
information since the issuance of the
Preliminary Results that provides a basis
for reconsidering these determinations
with respect to the separate rate status
of the 65 entities. Therefore, for the final
results, we continue to find that these
entities are eligible for separate rates.
In addition, Commerce inadvertently
listed Haohua Orient International
Trade Ltd. and Nankang (Zhangjiagang
Free Trade Zone) Rubber Industrial Co.,
Ltd as both qualifying for and not
qualifying for separate rate status.11 We
clarify that we find both companies are
eligible for separate rates and Appendix
II below has been corrected for these
final results.
Further, Commerce continues to find
that the remaining entities listed as not
qualifying for separate rates have failed
to demonstrate an absence of de jure
and/or de facto government control,
and, thus, are not eligible for separate
rates. A list of entities that are not
entitled to separate rate status for this
administrative review are included in
Appendix II of this notice.
Adjustments for Export Subsidies and
Double-Remedies
Pursuant to section 772(c)(1)(C) of the
Act, Commerce has granted an export
subsidy adjustment to Giti and Sentury.
In addition, pursuant to sections
777A(f)(1)(A)–(C) of the Act, Commerce
has granted a double-remedy adjustment
to Giti and Sentury for these final
results. The antidumping duty rate
assigned to the non-examined exporters
which qualify for a separate rate reflects
the export subsidy and double-remedy
adjustments granted to the mandatory
respondents.
Final Results of Review
Commerce finds that the following
weighted-average dumping margins
exist for the POR:
10 Id. at 42283–42284; see also Preliminary
Results PDM at Appendix 1.
11 See Preliminary Results at 82 FR 42283–42284
and Appendix 1; see also Preliminary Results PDM
at Appendices 1 and 2.
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Weighted-average
dumping margin
(percent)
Exporter
Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd./Giti Tire (USA) Ltd./Giti Radial Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd./ 12 Giti Tire (Fujian) Company Ltd./Giti Tire (Hualin)
Company Ltd./Giti Tire Greatwall Company, Ltd./Giti Tire (Anhui) Company, Ltd./Giti Tire (Yinchuan) Company, Ltd./Giti Tire (Chongqing)
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 ...............................................................................................................................................................................
Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................................................
Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................................................
Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
Commerce has determined, and CBP
12 In the Preliminary Results, Commerce
inadvertently listed ‘‘Giti Radial Tire (Anhui)
Company Ltd.’’ as ‘‘Giti Tire (Anhui) Company
Ltd.’’ The name is corrected for these final results.
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shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise, where applicable, in
accordance with the final results of this
review. Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the date of publication of these
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final results of review.13 For each
individually examined respondent in
this review whose weighted-average
dumping margin is not zero or de
minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent),
Commerce calculated importer-specific
assessment rates, in accordance with 19
13 See
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19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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CFR 351.212(b)(1).14 Where the
respondent reported reliable entered
values, Commerce calculated importerspecific 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.15 Where the importer did not
report entered values, Commerce
calculated 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, Commerce 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,
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.16 We intend to
instruct CBP to liquidate entries
containing subject merchandise
exported by the PRC-wide entity at the
PRC-wide rate.
Pursuant to Commerce practice, for
entries that were not reported in the
U.S. sales database submitted by an
exporter individually examined during
this review, Commerce will instruct
CBP to liquidate such entries at the rate
for the PRC-wide entity.17 Additionally,
if Commerce 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.
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.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce 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
14 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).
15 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
16 See Final Modification, 77 FR at 8103.
17 See Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), for a full discussion
of this practice.
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requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for shipments of
the subject merchandise from China
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
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
China and non-China 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 China 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 China-wide entity (i.e., 76.46
percent) 18 and (4) for all non-China
exporters of subject merchandise that
have not received their own rate, the
cash deposit rate will be the rate
applicable to the China exporter that
supplied that non-China exporter. These
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a 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
Commerce’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.
Notifications to Interested Parties
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of return or
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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.
We are issuing and publishing these
results of review in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act.
Dated: March 9, 2018.
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 I
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues:
Comment 1: Whether To Apply Adverse
Facts Available (AFA) to Sentury
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should
Grant Sentury a Double-Remedies
Adjustment
Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should
Revise how It Implements Any DoubleRemedy Adjustment
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should
Revise Its Calculation of the
Irrecoverable Value Added Tax (VAT)
Adjustment to U.S. Price
Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should
Correct Sentury’s Reporting of Early
Payments (EARLPYU)
Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should
Re-Calculate Giti’s Market Economy
Purchase (MEP) Values and Volumes
Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should
Change the Thai Harmonized Tariff
Schedule (HTS) Codes Used for Two Giti
Compound Rubber Inputs
Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should
Re-Calculate Certain Surrogate Values
Used for Giti in the Preliminary Results
Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should
Correct Giti’s Packing Labor Calculation
Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should
Value Truck Freight Based on the World
Bank’s Doing Business Report
Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should
Grant Separate Rate Status to Shandong
Hongsheng Rubber Co. Ltd. (Hongsheng),
Qingdao Yongdao, International Trade
Co. Ltd. (Yongdao), and Poplar Tire
International Co. Ltd. (Poplar)
Comment 12: Whether Commerce Should
Grant Separate Rate Status to Shandong
Yongtai Group Co., Ltd. (Yongtai Group)
and Shandong Yongtai Chemical Co.,
Ltd. (Yongtai Chemical)
Comment 13: Whether Commerce Should
Grant Separate Rate Status to Pirelli Tyre
Co., Ltd. (Pirelli)
V. Conclusion
Appendix II
List of Companies Not Receiving Separate
Rate Status
1. American Pacific Industries, Inc.
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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. Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co., Ltd.
7. Hong Kong Tri-Ace Tire Co., Limited
8. Hwa Fong Rubber (Hong Kong) Ltd.
9. ITG Voma Corporation
10. Nankang International Co., Ltd.
11. Nankang Rubber Tire Corp., Ltd.
12. Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd.
13. Qingdao Goalstar Tire Co., Ltd.
14. Qingdao Nexen Tire Corporation
15. Qingdao Qianzhen Tyre Co., Ltd.
16. Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd.
17. Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd.
18. Shandong Changhong Rubber Tech
19. Shandong Good Forged Alum Wheel
20. Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd.
21. Shandong Haolong Rubber Tire Co., Ltd.
22. Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd.
23. Shandong Sangong Rubber Co., Ltd.
24. Shangong Ogreen International Trade Co.,
Ltd.
25. Shifeng Juxing Tire Co., Ltd.
26. Southeast Mariner International Co., Ltd.
27. Toyo Tire (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd.
28. Wanli Group Trade Limited
29. Xiamen Sunrise Wheel Group Co., Ltd.
30. Xiamen Topu Import
31. Zhejiang Jingu Company Limited
32. Zhejiang Qingda Rubber Co., Ltd.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–017]
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck
Tires From the People’s Republic of
China: Final Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review; 2014–
2015
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that the
mandatory respondents GITI Tire Global
Trading Pte. Ltd./GITI Tire (USA) Ltd./
GITI Radial Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd.
(GITI Anhui Radial)/GITI Tire (Fujian)
Company Ltd (GITI Fujian)/GITI Tire
(Hualin) Company Ltd. (GITI Hualin)
(collectively, GITI) and Cooper
(Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd. (Cooper),
exporters of passenger vehicle and light
truck tires from the People’s Republic of
China (China) received countervailable
subsidies during the period of review
(POR) December 1, 2014, through
December 31, 2015. We also find that
Zhongce Rubber Group Company
Limited (Zhongce) received
countervailable subsidies during the
POR, based on adverse facts available.
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DATES:
Applicable March 16, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Huston, 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) 482–4261.
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary
Results of this administrative review in
the Federal Register on September 7,
2017.1 On September 22, 2017, United
Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber,
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied
Industrial and Service Workers
International Union, AFL–CIO, CLC (the
petitioner) submitted comments
regarding alleged deficiencies in the
record. In response to the petitioner’s
deficiency comments letter, on
September 28, 2017, Commerce issued
supplemental questionnaires to GITI
and Cooper. GITI and Cooper submitted
timely responses to the September 28,
2017, supplemental questionnaires on
October 13, 2017.
We invited interested parties to
comment on the Preliminary Results. On
November 22, 2017, we received case
briefs from the following interested
parties: Cooper; GITI; the petitioner; and
the Government of China (GOC). On
December 4, 2017, the Commerce
received timely rebuttal comments from
GITI, and on December 5, 2017, we
received timely rebuttal comments from
Cooper, the petitioner and the GOC. On
December 13, 2017, Commerce rejected
the case brief submitted by GITI because
we determined the brief contained
untimely new factual information. GITI
timely resubmitted its case brief on
December 15, 2017.
On December 8, 2017, in accordance
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act,
Commerce extended the period for
issuing the final results of this review by
60 days, to March 6, 2018.2 Commerce
exercised its discretion to toll all
deadlines affected by the closure of the
Federal Government from January 20
through 22, 2018. If the new deadline
falls on a non-business day, in
accordance with Commerce’s practice,
the deadline will become the next
business day. The revised deadline for
1 See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck
Tires from the People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review and Rescission, in Part;
2014–2015, 82 FR 42287 (September 7, 2017)
(Preliminary Results).
2 See Commerce Memorandum, ‘‘Administrative
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the
People’s Republic of China: Extension of Deadline
for Final Results,’’ (December 8, 2017).
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the final results of this review is now
March 9, 2018.3
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
certain passenger vehicle and light truck
tires from China. A full description of
the scope of the order is contained in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.4
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in interested parties’
briefs are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum accompanying
this notice. A list of the issues raised by
interested parties and to which we
responded in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum is provided in Appendix
I to this notice. The Issues and Decision
Memorandum is a public document and
is on file electronically via Enforcement
and Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov and in the
Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the
main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be access directly at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The
signed and electronic versions of the
Issues and Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on case briefs, rebuttal briefs,
and all supporting documentation, we
made changes from the Preliminary
Results. Commerce has adjusted the
AFA rate applied to Zhongce, modified
its attribution of subsidies received by
various Cooper affiliates to Cooper,
adjusted the denominators for both
respondents, adjusted the synthetic
rubber and butadiene benchmarks for
GITI, adjusted the inland freight rates
used to construct the benchmark for
carbon black for both respondents, and
corrected various ministerial errors for
both respondents.
3 See Memorandum for The Record from
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, performing the nonexclusive functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance,
‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government’’ (Tolling Memorandum),
dated January 23, 2018. All deadlines in this
segment of the proceeding have been extended by
3 days.
4 See ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Final
Results of the Administrative Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Passenger
Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s
Republic of China; 2014–2015,’’ dated concurrently
with this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum)
and hereby adopted by this notice.
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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: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2015-2016
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Giti
Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd. (Giti) and its affiliates as well as
Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd. (Sentury) and its affiliates,
manufacturers/exporters of certain passenger vehicle and light truck
tires (passenger tires) from the People's Republic of China (China),
sold subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal
value (NV) during the period of review (POR) January 27, 2015, through
July 31, 2016.
DATES: Applicable March 16, 2018.
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:
Background
Commerce published the preliminary results of this administrative
review of passenger tires from China on September 7, 2017.\1\ We
verified Sentury and its U.S. affiliate from December 11 through 15,
2017, and December 20 through 22, 2017. We invited interested parties
to comment on the Preliminary Results. On January 3, 2017, Commerce
postponed the final results of review until March 6, 2018. Between
February 5 and 12, 2018, Commerce received timely filed briefs and
rebuttal briefs from various interested parties. Based on an analysis
of the comments received, Commerce has made changes to the weighted-
average dumping margins determined for respondents. The weighted-
average dumping margins are listed in the ``Final Results of
Administrative Review'' section below.
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\1\ See 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, 82 FR 42281, (September 7, 2017)
and accompanying preliminary decision memorandum (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum) (Preliminary Results).
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Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by
the closure of the Federal Government from January 20 through 22, 2018.
If the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with
Commerce's practice, the deadline will become the next business day.
The revised deadline for the final results of this review is now March
9, 2018.\2\
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\2\ See Memorandum for The Record from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of
the Federal Government'' (Tolling Memorandum), dated January 23,
2018. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been
extended by 3 days.
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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.\3\
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,
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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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\3\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see
``Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People's
Republic of China: Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final
Results of the 2015-2016 Antidumping Administrative Review,'' (dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice) (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in
the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\ The issues are
identified in Appendix I to this notice. The Issues and Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://access.trade.gov and in the Central Records
Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly on the internet at https://trade.gov/enforcement/frn/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
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\4\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at ``Scope of the Order''
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Affiliation and Single Entity Determination
In the Preliminary Results Commerce continued to find, based on its
finding in the investigation of this proceeding, that Giti, Giti Tire
(USA) Ltd. (Giti USA); Giti Radial Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd. (Giti
Radial Anhui); Giti Tire (Fujian) Company Ltd. (Giti Fujian); and Giti
Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd. (Giti Hualin) are affiliated exporters/
manufacturers of subject merchandise and should be treated as a single
entity (the Giti Entity) for purposes of this review.\5\ No interested
party has disputed this treatment, and so these findings remain
unchanged for these final results. Commerce stated in the Preliminary
Results that we would analyze whether to collapse (i.e., treat as a
single entity) Giti with its other affiliated producers Giti Tire
Greatwall Company, Ltd. (Giti Greatwall), Giti Tire (Anhui) Company,
Ltd. (Giti Anhui), Giti Tire (Yinchuan) Company, Ltd. (Giti Yinchuan),
and Giti Tire (Chongqing) Company, Ltd. (Giti Chongqing) after the
preliminary results.\6\ For these final results, Commerce finds that
Giti is also affiliated with Giti Greatwall, Giti Anhui, Giti Yinchuan,
and Giti Chongqing pursuant to section 771(33)(E) of the Act, and that
the four producers are affiliated with each other, pursuant to section
771(33)(F) of the Act. Additionally, Commerce finds that it is
appropriate to collapse these entities with the Giti Entity, pursuant
to 19 CFR 351.401(f). The proprietary discussion of Commerce's decision
is included in a separate memorandum.\7\
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\5\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 11-12.
\6\ Id. at 12.
\7\ See Commerce Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of Certain
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People's Republic
of China: Collapsing of Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd. and
Affiliated Producers,'' (dated concurrently with the instant
notice).
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Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined 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.\8\ As we have not received any information to
contradict our preliminary finding, we determine that these entities
did not have any shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. We
will issue appropriate instructions that are consistent with our
``automatic assessment'' clarification, for these final results.\9\
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\8\ See Preliminary Results at 82 FR 42282.
\9\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011)
(Assessment Notice); see also ``Assessment Rates'' section of this
notice.
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Separate Rates
In the Preliminary Results, we found that evidence provided by
Giti, Sentury, and 63 other exporters supported finding an absence of
both de jure and de facto government control, and, therefore, we
preliminarily granted a separate rate to each of these companies.\10\
We received no information since the issuance of the Preliminary
Results that provides a basis for reconsidering these determinations
with respect to the separate rate status of the 65 entities. Therefore,
for the final results, we continue to find that these entities are
eligible for separate rates.
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\10\ Id. at 42283-42284; see also Preliminary Results PDM at
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In addition, Commerce inadvertently listed Haohua Orient
International Trade Ltd. and Nankang (Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone)
Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd as both qualifying for and not qualifying
for separate rate status.\11\ We clarify that we find both companies
are eligible for separate rates and Appendix II below has been
corrected for these final results.
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\11\ See Preliminary Results at 82 FR 42283-42284 and Appendix
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Further, Commerce continues to find that the remaining entities
listed as not qualifying for separate rates have failed to demonstrate
an absence of de jure and/or de facto government control, and, thus,
are not eligible for separate rates. A list of entities that are not
entitled to separate rate status for this administrative review are
included in Appendix II of this notice.
Adjustments for Export Subsidies and Double-Remedies
Pursuant to section 772(c)(1)(C) of the Act, Commerce has granted
an export subsidy adjustment to Giti and Sentury. In addition, pursuant
to sections 777A(f)(1)(A)-(C) of the Act, Commerce has granted a
double-remedy adjustment to Giti and Sentury for these final results.
The antidumping duty rate assigned to the non-examined exporters which
qualify for a separate rate reflects the export subsidy and double-
remedy adjustments granted to the mandatory respondents.
Final Results of Review
Commerce finds 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) 1.50
Ltd./Giti Radial Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd./ \12\
Giti Tire (Fujian) Company Ltd./Giti Tire (Hualin)
Company Ltd./Giti Tire Greatwall Company, Ltd./Giti
Tire (Anhui) Company, Ltd./Giti Tire (Yinchuan)
Company, Ltd./Giti Tire (Chongqing) Company, Ltd...
Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd/Sentury Tire USA Inc./ 4.41
Sentury (Hong Kong) Trading Co., Limited...........
Actyon Tyre Resources Co., Limited.................. 2.96
Shandong Anchi Tyres Co., Ltd....................... 2.96
Briway Tire Co., Ltd................................ 2.96
Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co., Ltd................... 2.96
Qingdao Crown Chemical Co., Ltd..................... 2.96
Crown International Corporation..................... 2.96
Qingzhou Detai International Trading Co., Ltd....... 2.96
Shandong Duratti Rubber Corporation Co. Ltd......... 2.96
Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd..................... 2.96
Fleming Limited..................................... 2.96
Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Corp., Ltd..................... 2.96
Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Tech Corp., Ltd................ 2.96
Guangrao Taihua International Trade Co., Ltd........ 2.96
Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd........... 2.96
Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd......................... 2.96
Haohua Orient International Trade Ltd............... 2.96
Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd....... 2.96
Hongkong Tiancheng Investment & Trading Co., Limited 2.96
Hongtyre Group Co................................... 2.96
Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd....................... 2.96
Jinyu International Holding Co., Limited............ 2.96
Qingdao Jinhaoyang International Co., Ltd........... 2.96
Jilin Jixing Tire Co., Ltd.......................... 2.96
Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd....................... 2.96
Qingdao Keter International Co., Limited............ 2.96
Koryo International Industrial Limited.............. 2.96
Kumho Tire Co., Inc................................. 2.96
Qingdao Lakesea Tyre Co., Ltd....................... 2.96
Liaoning Permanent Tyre Co., Ltd.................... 2.96
Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd.................... 2.96
Macho Tire Corporation Limited...................... 2.96
Maxon Int'l Co., Limited............................ 2.96
Mayrun Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited..................... 2.96
Qingdao Nama Industrial Co., Ltd.................... 2.96
Nankang (Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone) Rubber 2.96
Industrial Co., Ltd................................
Shandong New Continent Tire Co., Ltd................ 2.96
Qingdao Odyking Tyre Co., Ltd....................... 2.96
Prinx Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd............ 2.96
Riversun Industry Limited........................... 2.96
Roadclaw Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited................... 2.96
Safe & Well (HK) International Trading Limited...... 2.96
Sailun Jinyu Group Co., Ltd......................... 2.96
Sailun Jinyu Group (Hong Kong) Co., Limited......... 2.96
Shandong Jinyu Industrial Co., Ltd.................. 2.96
Sailun Tire International Corp...................... 2.96
Seatex International Inc............................ 2.96
Dynamic Tire Corp................................... 2.96
Husky Tire Corp..................................... 2.96
Shandong Province Sanli Tire Manufactured Co., Ltd.. 2.96
Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd..................... 2.96
Shandong Yonking Rubber Co., Ltd.................... 2.96
Shandong Shuangwang Rubber Co., Ltd................. 2.96
Shengtai Group Co., Ltd............................. 2.96
Techking Tires Limited.............................. 2.96
Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd.............................. 2.96
Tyrechamp Group Co., Limited........................ 2.96
Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd................... 2.96
Windforce Tyre Co., Limited......................... 2.96
Winrun Tyre Co., Ltd................................ 2.96
Shandong Yongtai Group Co., Ltd..................... 2.96
Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd..................... 2.96
Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd.................... 2.96
Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd........................... 2.96
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\12\ In the Preliminary Results, Commerce inadvertently listed
``Giti Radial Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd.'' as ``Giti Tire (Anhui)
Company Ltd.'' The name is corrected for these final results.
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Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise,
where applicable, in accordance with the final results of this review.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after
the date of publication of these final results of review.\13\ For each
individually examined respondent in this review whose weighted-average
dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent),
Commerce calculated importer-specific assessment rates, in accordance
with 19
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CFR 351.212(b)(1).\14\ Where the respondent reported reliable entered
values, Commerce calculated 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.\15\ Where the importer did not
report entered values, Commerce calculated 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, Commerce 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,
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.\16\ We intend to instruct CBP to
liquidate entries containing subject merchandise exported by the PRC-
wide entity at the PRC-wide rate.
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\14\ 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).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\16\ See Final Modification, 77 FR at 8103.
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Pursuant to Commerce practice, for entries that were not reported
in the U.S. sales database submitted by an exporter individually
examined during this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate
such entries at the rate for the PRC-wide entity.\17\ Additionally, if
Commerce 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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\17\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), for a full
discussion of this practice.
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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
Commerce 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 China entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, 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
China and non-China 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 China 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 China-wide entity (i.e., 76.46 percent)
\18\ and (4) for all non-China exporters of subject merchandise that
have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate applicable to the China exporter that supplied that non-China
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 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 Commerce'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.
Notifications to Interested Parties
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of return or 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.
We are issuing and publishing these results of review in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: March 9, 2018.
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 I
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues:
Comment 1: Whether To Apply Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to
Sentury
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Grant Sentury a Double-
Remedies Adjustment
Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Revise how It Implements Any
Double-Remedy Adjustment
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Revise Its Calculation of the
Irrecoverable Value Added Tax (VAT) Adjustment to U.S. Price
Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should Correct Sentury's Reporting
of Early Payments (EARLPYU)
Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should Re-Calculate Giti's Market
Economy Purchase (MEP) Values and Volumes
Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should Change the Thai Harmonized
Tariff Schedule (HTS) Codes Used for Two Giti Compound Rubber Inputs
Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should Re-Calculate Certain
Surrogate Values Used for Giti in the Preliminary Results
Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should Correct Giti's Packing Labor
Calculation
Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should Value Truck Freight Based on
the World Bank's Doing Business Report
Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should Grant Separate Rate Status
to Shandong Hongsheng Rubber Co. Ltd. (Hongsheng), Qingdao Yongdao,
International Trade Co. Ltd. (Yongdao), and Poplar Tire
International Co. Ltd. (Poplar)
Comment 12: Whether Commerce Should Grant Separate Rate Status
to Shandong Yongtai Group Co., Ltd. (Yongtai Group) and Shandong
Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd. (Yongtai Chemical)
Comment 13: Whether Commerce Should Grant Separate Rate Status
to Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd. (Pirelli)
V. Conclusion
Appendix II
List of Companies Not Receiving Separate Rate Status
1. American Pacific Industries, Inc.
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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. Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co., Ltd.
7. Hong Kong Tri-Ace Tire Co., Limited
8. Hwa Fong Rubber (Hong Kong) Ltd.
9. ITG Voma Corporation
10. Nankang International Co., Ltd.
11. Nankang Rubber Tire Corp., Ltd.
12. Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd.
13. Qingdao Goalstar Tire Co., Ltd.
14. Qingdao Nexen Tire Corporation
15. Qingdao Qianzhen Tyre Co., Ltd.
16. Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd.
17. Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd.
18. Shandong Changhong Rubber Tech
19. Shandong Good Forged Alum Wheel
20. Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd.
21. Shandong Haolong Rubber Tire Co., Ltd.
22. Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd.
23. Shandong Sangong Rubber Co., Ltd.
24. Shangong Ogreen International Trade Co., Ltd.
25. Shifeng Juxing Tire Co., Ltd.
26. Southeast Mariner International Co., Ltd.
27. Toyo Tire (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd.
28. Wanli Group Trade Limited
29. Xiamen Sunrise Wheel Group Co., Ltd.
30. Xiamen Topu Import
31. Zhejiang Jingu Company Limited
32. Zhejiang Qingda Rubber Co., Ltd.
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