Request for Applicants for the Appointment to the United States-India CEO Forum, 15360-15361 [2018-07236]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–20–2018]
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Foreign-Trade Zone 158—Vicksburg,
Mississippi; Application for Production
Authority; MTD Consumer Group Inc.,
(Textile Grass-Catcher Bags), Verona,
Mississippi
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by
the Greater Mississippi Foreign-Trade
Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 158,
requesting production authority on
behalf of MTD Consumer Group Inc.
(MTD) located in Verona, Mississippi.
The application conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.23) was
docketed on April 4, 2018.
The MTD facility (over 1,000
employees) is located within Site 17 of
FTZ 158. The facility is used for the
production of walk-behind lawn
mowers using textile grass-catcher bags.
In 2016, MTD requested FTZ production
authority in a notification proceeding
(15 CFR 400.22 and 400.37). After an
initial review, the requested production
authority was approved subject to a
restriction requiring that textile grasscatcher bags be admitted in domestic/
duty-paid status (Doc. B–65–2016, 82
FR 6489, January 19, 2017). This
pending application seeks authority to
use foreign-status textile grass-catcher
bags in the production of walk-behind
mowers. As requested, production
under FTZ procedures could exempt
MTD from customs duty payments on
the textile grass-catcher bags used in
export production. The company
estimates that less than ten percent of
MTD’s walk-behind lawn mowers are
exported. On its domestic sales, MTD
would be able to choose the duty rate
during customs entry procedures that
applies to walk-behind lawn mowers
(duty-free) for the textile grass-catcher
bags (duty rate 3.8%). MTD would be
able to avoid duty on textile grasscatcher bags which become scrap/waste.
Customs duties also could possibly be
deferred or reduced on foreign-status
production equipment. The request
indicates that the savings from FTZ
procedures would help improve the
plant’s international competitiveness.
In accordance with the FTZ Board’s
regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman of the
FTZ Staff is designated examiner to
evaluate and analyze the facts and
information presented in the application
and case record and to report findings
and recommendations to the FTZ Board.
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
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addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive
Secretary at the address below. The
closing period for their receipt is June
11, 2018. Rebuttal comments in
response to material submitted during
the foregoing period may be submitted
during the subsequent 15-day period to
June 25, 2018.
A copy of the application will be
available for public inspection at the
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ
Board’s website, which is accessible via
www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact
Elizabeth Whiteman at
elizabeth.whiteman@trade.gov or 202–
482–0473.
Dated: April 4, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Request for Applicants for the
Appointment to the United States-India
CEO Forum
International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces
membership opportunities for
appointment, or reappointment, as U.S.
representatives to the U.S.-India CEO
Forum.
SUMMARY:
Applications should be received
no later than May 25, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Please send requests for
consideration to Noor Sclafani at the
Office of South Asia, U.S. Department of
Commerce, either by email at
noor.sclafani@trade.gov or by mail to
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Room 2310,
Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Noor Sclafani, International Trade
Specialist, Office of South Asia, U.S.
Department of Commerce, telephone:
(202) 482–1421.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Established in 2005, the U.S.-India CEO
Forum, brings together leaders of the
respective business communities of the
United States and India to discuss
issues of mutual interest, particularly
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ways to strengthen the economic and
commercial ties between the two
countries, and to communicate their
joint recommendations to the U.S. and
Indian governments.
The Forum will have U.S. and Indian
private and public sector co-chairs. The
Secretary of Commerce will serve as the
U.S. Government chair. Other senior
U.S. Government officials may also
participate in the Forum. The Forum
will also include U.S. and Indian
private sector members, who will be
divided into two sections. The U.S.
Section will consist of up to 20
members representing the views and
interests of the private sector business
community in the United States. Each
government will appoint the members
to its respective Section. The Secretary
of Commerce will appoint the U.S.
Section and the U.S. Section’s private
sector co-chair. The Forum will allow
private sector members to develop and
provide recommendations to the two
governments and their senior officials
that reflect private sector views, needs,
concerns, and suggestions about the
creation of an environment in which
their respective private sectors can
partner, thrive, and enhance bilateral
commercial ties to expand trade and
economic links between the United
States and India. The Forum will work
in tandem with, and provide input to,
the government-to-government U.S.India Commercial Dialogue.
U.S. industry candidates are currently
being sought for membership. Each
candidate must be the Chief Executive
Officer or President (or have a
comparable level of responsibility) of a
U.S.-owned or controlled company that
is incorporated in and has its main
headquarters located in the United
States and is currently conducting
business in both countries. Candidates
must be U.S. citizens or otherwise
legally authorized to work in the United
States and be able to travel to India and
locations in the United States to attend
Forum meetings as well as U.S. Section
meetings. The candidate may not be a
registered foreign agent under the
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938,
as amended.
Applications for membership in the
U.S. Section by eligible individuals will
be evaluated based on the following
criteria:
• A demonstrated commitment by the
individual’s company to the Indian
market either through exports or
investment.
• A demonstrated strong interest in
India and its economic development.
• The ability to offer a broad
perspective and business experience to
the discussions.
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• The ability to address cross-cutting
issues that affect the entire business
community.
• The ability to initiate and be
responsible for activities in which the
Forum will be active.
• If applicable, prior work by the
applicant on the U.S. Section of the
Forum.
The evaluation of applications for
membership in the U.S. Section will be
undertaken by a committee of staff from
multiple U.S. Government agencies. The
U.S. Section of the Forum should
include members who represent a
diversity of business sectors and
geographic locations. To the extent
possible, the U.S. Section should
include members from small, medium,
and large firms. The Secretary will
consider the same criteria when
appointing the U.S. private sector cochair.
U.S. Section members will receive no
compensation for their participation in
Forum-related activities. Individual
members will be responsible for all
travel and related expenses associated
with their participation, including
attendance at Forum and Section
meetings. The next Forum meeting will
be held in 2018. At that time, the U.S.
and Indian Sections will be expected to
offer recommendations to the U.S. and
Indian governments. Only appointed
members may participate in official
Forum meetings; substitutes and
alternates may not participate. U.S.
Section members will serve for two-year
terms but may be reappointed.
To be considered for membership in
the U.S. Section, please submit the
following information as instructed in
the ADDRESSES and DATES captions
above: Name and title of the individual
requesting consideration; name and
address of company’s headquarters;
location of incorporation; size of the
company; size of company’s export
trade, investment, and nature of
operations or interest in India; and a
brief statement describing the
candidate’s qualifications that should be
considered, including information about
the candidate’s ability to initiate and be
responsible for activities in which the
Forum will be active. Candidates that
have previously been members of the
U.S. Section need only provide a letter
expressing their interest in re-applying
and indicating any changes to the
application materials previously
supplied. All candidates will be notified
once selections have been made.
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Dated: April 3, 2018.
Valerie Dees,
Director of the Office of South Asia.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–552–821]
Certain Tool Chests and Cabinets
From the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that imports of
certain tool chests and cabinets (tool
chests) from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam (Vietnam) are being, or are
likely to be, sold in the United States at
less than fair value (LTFV). The final
dumping margin of sales at LTFV is
listed in the ‘‘Final Determination’’
section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable April 10, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dmitry Vladimirov, 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) 482–0665.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary
Determination in the LTFV investigation
of tool chests from Vietnam on
November 16, 2017.1 We invited parties
to comment on the Preliminary
Determination. For a complete
description of the events that followed
the Preliminary Determination, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted
by, this notice.2
1 See Certain Tool Chests and Cabinets from the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination
and Extension of Provisional Measures, 82 FR
53452 (November 16, 2017) (Preliminary
Determination).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Tool Chests and
Cabinets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value,’’ dated concurrently with and hereby
adopted by this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Period of Investigation
The period of investigation is October
1, 2016, through March 31, 2017.
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this
investigation are tool chests from
Vietnam. For a full description of the
scope of this investigation, see the
‘‘Scope of the Investigation’’ in
Appendix I of this notice.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs that were submitted by
parties in this investigation are
addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of issues raised is
attached to this notice as Appendix II.
The Issues and 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 to all
parties in Commerce’s 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://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
Verification
Because the sole mandatory
respondent in this investigation,
Clearwater Metal Single Entity 3
withdrew from the scheduled
verification, Commerce was unable to
conduct verification under section
782(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).
Vietnam-Wide Entity and Use of
Adverse Facts Available
Because Clearwater Metal Single
Entity prevented us from conducting
verification of its questionnaire
responses, including its claim that it is
a wholly foreign-owned company, we
find that Clearwater Metal Single Entity
is considered part of the Vietnam-wide
entity. We continue to find that the use
of facts available is warranted in
determining the dumping margin of the
Vietnam-wide entity, pursuant to
section 776(a)(1) and (a)(2)(A)–(C) of the
3 Commerce preliminarily determined that
Clearwater Metal VN JSC, Rabat Corporation, and
CSPS Co., Ltd., are a single entity (hereinafter,
Clearwater Metal Single Entity). See Preliminary
Determination, 82 FR at 53453 n.10; see also
Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Tool Chests and Cabinets
from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Collapsing
and Single Entity Treatment,’’ dated November 14,
2017. Nothing has changed for this final
determination, and therefore, we continue to treat
these companies as a single entity.
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Request for Applicants for the Appointment to the United States-
India CEO Forum
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces membership opportunities for
appointment, or reappointment, as U.S. representatives to the U.S.-
India CEO Forum.
DATES: Applications should be received no later than May 25, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Please send requests for consideration to Noor Sclafani at
the Office of South Asia, U.S. Department of Commerce, either by email
at [email protected] or by mail to U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Room 2310, Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Noor Sclafani, International Trade
Specialist, Office of South Asia, U.S. Department of Commerce,
telephone: (202) 482-1421.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Established in 2005, the U.S.-India CEO
Forum, brings together leaders of the respective business communities
of the United States and India to discuss issues of mutual interest,
particularly ways to strengthen the economic and commercial ties
between the two countries, and to communicate their joint
recommendations to the U.S. and Indian governments.
The Forum will have U.S. and Indian private and public sector co-
chairs. The Secretary of Commerce will serve as the U.S. Government
chair. Other senior U.S. Government officials may also participate in
the Forum. The Forum will also include U.S. and Indian private sector
members, who will be divided into two sections. The U.S. Section will
consist of up to 20 members representing the views and interests of the
private sector business community in the United States. Each government
will appoint the members to its respective Section. The Secretary of
Commerce will appoint the U.S. Section and the U.S. Section's private
sector co-chair. The Forum will allow private sector members to develop
and provide recommendations to the two governments and their senior
officials that reflect private sector views, needs, concerns, and
suggestions about the creation of an environment in which their
respective private sectors can partner, thrive, and enhance bilateral
commercial ties to expand trade and economic links between the United
States and India. The Forum will work in tandem with, and provide input
to, the government-to-government U.S.-India Commercial Dialogue.
U.S. industry candidates are currently being sought for membership.
Each candidate must be the Chief Executive Officer or President (or
have a comparable level of responsibility) of a U.S.-owned or
controlled company that is incorporated in and has its main
headquarters located in the United States and is currently conducting
business in both countries. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or
otherwise legally authorized to work in the United States and be able
to travel to India and locations in the United States to attend Forum
meetings as well as U.S. Section meetings. The candidate may not be a
registered foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of
1938, as amended.
Applications for membership in the U.S. Section by eligible
individuals will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
A demonstrated commitment by the individual's company to
the Indian market either through exports or investment.
A demonstrated strong interest in India and its economic
development.
The ability to offer a broad perspective and business
experience to the discussions.
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The ability to address cross-cutting issues that affect
the entire business community.
The ability to initiate and be responsible for activities
in which the Forum will be active.
If applicable, prior work by the applicant on the U.S.
Section of the Forum.
The evaluation of applications for membership in the U.S. Section
will be undertaken by a committee of staff from multiple U.S.
Government agencies. The U.S. Section of the Forum should include
members who represent a diversity of business sectors and geographic
locations. To the extent possible, the U.S. Section should include
members from small, medium, and large firms. The Secretary will
consider the same criteria when appointing the U.S. private sector co-
chair.
U.S. Section members will receive no compensation for their
participation in Forum-related activities. Individual members will be
responsible for all travel and related expenses associated with their
participation, including attendance at Forum and Section meetings. The
next Forum meeting will be held in 2018. At that time, the U.S. and
Indian Sections will be expected to offer recommendations to the U.S.
and Indian governments. Only appointed members may participate in
official Forum meetings; substitutes and alternates may not
participate. U.S. Section members will serve for two-year terms but may
be reappointed.
To be considered for membership in the U.S. Section, please submit
the following information as instructed in the ADDRESSES and DATES
captions above: Name and title of the individual requesting
consideration; name and address of company's headquarters; location of
incorporation; size of the company; size of company's export trade,
investment, and nature of operations or interest in India; and a brief
statement describing the candidate's qualifications that should be
considered, including information about the candidate's ability to
initiate and be responsible for activities in which the Forum will be
active. Candidates that have previously been members of the U.S.
Section need only provide a letter expressing their interest in re-
applying and indicating any changes to the application materials
previously supplied. All candidates will be notified once selections
have been made.
Dated: April 3, 2018.
Valerie Dees,
Director of the Office of South Asia.
[FR Doc. 2018-07236 Filed 4-9-18; 8:45 am]
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