Rubber Bands From Thailand and the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing Duty Investigations, 15789-15790 [2018-07588]
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in accordance with section 772(c)(1)(C)
of the Act.
Final Results of the Review
Commerce determines that, for the
period of December 1, 2015, through
November 30, 2016, the following
dumping margin exists:
Exporter/producer
Dumping
margin
(percent)
Rate adjusted
for export
subsidies
(percent)
Pidilite Industries Limited .........................................................................................................................................
66.59
49.57
VI. Conclusion
Assessment Rates
Notification to Importers
Commerce shall determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review.9 For entries
of the subject merchandise from Pidilite,
we will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties at the adjusted rate
of 49.57 percent.
We intend to issue instructions to
CBP 15 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review.
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this POR. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in the
Secretary’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of doubled antidumping duties.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective upon publication of the
notice of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments
of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date of the final results, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The
cash deposit rate for Pidilite will be the
rate established in the final results of
this review; (2) for previously reviewed
or investigated companies not
participating in this review, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published for the
most recently-completed segment of this
proceeding in which the company was
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, a prior review,
or the less-than-fair value (LTFV)
investigation, but the manufacturer is,
the cash deposit rate will be the rate
established for the most recentlycompleted segment of this proceeding
for the manufacturer of subject
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other manufacturers or
exporters will continue to be 27.48
percent, the all-others rate established
in the LTFV investigation.10 These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
9 See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b).
10 See Order.
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Administrative Protective Order
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.305(a)(3), this notice also serves as
a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
return or destruction of proprietary
information disclosed under the APO,
which continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return or destruction
of APO materials or conversion to
judicial protective order is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and terms of an APO is a
violation subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.213(h).
Dated: April 6, 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—List of Topics Discussed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Affiliation
IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available With
Adverse Inferences
V. Analysis of Comments
Comment 1: Whether Pidilite and Its U.S.
Customer Are Affiliated
Comment 2: Whether To Continue To
Apply AFA to Pidilite for the Final
Results
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–549–836, C–570–070]
Rubber Bands From Thailand and the
People’s Republic of China:
Postponement of Preliminary
Determinations in the Countervailing
Duty Investigations
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
DATES:
Applicable April 12, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shanah Lee at (202) 482–6386
(Thailand) and Kristen Johnson at (202)
482–4793 (the People’s Republic of
China), AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 20, 2018, the Department
of Commerce (Commerce) initiated
countervailing duty (CVD)
investigations on rubber bands from
Thailand and the People’s Republic of
China.1 Currently, the preliminary
determinations of these investigations
are due no later than April 26, 2018.
1 See Rubber Bands from Thailand, the People’s
Republic of China, and Sri Lanka: Initiation of
Countervailing Duty Investigations, 83 FR 8429
(February 27, 2018). Pursuant to section 703(a)(1) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, the
countervailing duty investigation on rubber bands
from Sri Lanka was terminated following the
International Trade Commission’s determination
that imports of rubber bands from Sri Lanka that are
alleged to be sold at less than fair value and
subsidized by the government of Sri Lanka are
negligible. See Rubber Bands from China, Sri
Lanka, and Thailand; Determinations, 83 FR 12594
(March 22, 2018).
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Postponement of Preliminary
Determinations
Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act) requires
Commerce to issue the preliminary
determination in a CVD investigation
within 65 days after the date on which
Commerce initiated the investigation.
However, section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act
permits Commerce to postpone the
preliminary determination until no later
than 130 days after the date on which
Commerce initiated the investigation if
a petitioner makes a timely request for
a postponement. Under 19 CFR
351.205(e), a petitioner must submit a
request for postponement 25 days or
more before the scheduled date of the
preliminary determination and must
state the reason for the request.
Commerce will grant the request unless
it finds compelling reasons to deny the
request.2
On March 27, 2018, Alliance Rubber
Co. (the petitioner) submitted a timely
request, pursuant to section 703(c)(1)(A)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e), to
postpone fully the preliminary
determinations.3 The petitioner stated
that the purpose of its request is to
provide Commerce with adequate time
to analyze fully ‘questionnaire
responses to determine the extent to
which countervailable subsidies are
used by the respondents.4
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.205(e), the petitioner stated the
reason for requesting a postponement of
the preliminary determinations and the
record does not present any compelling
reasons to deny the request. Therefore,
in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A)
of the Act, Commerce is postponing the
deadline for the preliminary
determinations to July 2, 2018.5 In
accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the
deadline for the final determinations of
these investigations will continue to be
75 days after the date of the preliminary
determinations, unless postponed at a
later date.
This notice is issued and published
pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
2 See
19 CFR 351.205(e).
Letter from the petitioner, ‘‘Petitioner’s
Request for Postponement of the Preliminary
Determinations,’’ dated March 27, 2018.
4 Id. at 2.
5 The actual deadline is June 30, 2018, which is
a Saturday. Commerce’s practice dictates that where
a deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday,
the appropriate deadline is the next business day.
See Notice of Clarification: Application of ‘‘Next
Business Day’’ Rule for Administrative
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act
of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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Dated: April 6, 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–065]
Countervailing Duty Investigation of
Stainless Steel Flanges From the
People’s Republic of China: Final
Affirmative Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies are being
provided to producers/exporters of
stainless steel flanges from the People’s
Republic of China (China). The period
of investigation is January 1, 2016,
through December 31, 2016.
DATES: Applicable April 12, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Justin Neuman or Jerry Huang, AD/CVD
Operations, Office V, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone
(202) 482–0486 or (202) 482–4047,
respectively.
AGENCY:
Background
The Preliminary Determination in this
investigation was published on January
23, 2018.1 Commerce exercised its
discretion to toll all deadlines affected
by the closure of the Federal
Government from January 20 through
22, 2018. As a result, the revised
deadline for the final determination of
this investigation is now April 4, 2018.2
We invited interested parties to
comment on the Preliminary
Determination. However, we received
1 See Countervailing Duty Investigation of
Stainless Steel Flanges from the People’s Republic
of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination, 83
FR 3124 (January 23, 2018) (Preliminary
Determination).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘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 Investigation
The products covered by this
investigation are stainless steel flanges
from China. For a complete description
of the scope of this investigation, see the
Appendix to this notice.
Analysis of Subsidy Programs and
Comments Received
As noted above, we received no
comments pertaining to the Preliminary
Determination. As stated in the
Preliminary Determination, we found
that the mandatory respondents in these
investigations, Bothwell (Jiangyan) Steel
Fittings Co., Ltd.; Hydro Fluids Controls
Limited; Jiangyin Shengda Brite Line
Kasugai Flange Co., Ltd.; and Qingdao IFlow Co., Ltd.; did not cooperate to the
best of their abilities and, accordingly,
we determined it appropriate to apply
facts otherwise available with adverse
inferences, in accordance with section
776(a)–(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).3 For the purposes of
the final determination, Commerce has
made no changes to the Preliminary
Determination.
All-Others Rate
As discussed in the Preliminary
Determination, Commerce based the
selection of the ‘‘All-Others’’ rate on the
countervailable subsidy rate established
for the mandatory respondents in
accordance with section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii)
of the Act.4 We made no changes to the
selection of this rate for this final
determination.
Final Determination
Commerce determines that the
following estimated countervailable
subsidy rates exist:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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no comments from any interested
parties.
Company
Bothwell (Jiangyan) Steel Fittings Co., Ltd ...........................
Hydro-Fluids Controls Limited ....
Jiangyin Shengda Brite Line
Kasugai Flange Co., Ltd .........
Qingdao I-Flow Co., Ltd .............
All-Others ....................................
Subsidy
rate
(percent)
174.73
174.73
174.73
174.73
174.73
Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
As a result of our Preliminary
Determination and pursuant to section
703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act,
Commerce directed U.S. Customs and
3 See Preliminary Determination, 83 FR at 3124–
3125.
4 Id., 83 FR at 3125.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-549-836, C-570-070]
Rubber Bands From Thailand and the People's Republic of China:
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing Duty
Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable April 12, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shanah Lee at (202) 482-6386
(Thailand) and Kristen Johnson at (202) 482-4793 (the People's Republic
of China), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 20, 2018, the Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated countervailing duty (CVD) investigations on rubber bands from
Thailand and the People's Republic of China.\1\ Currently, the
preliminary determinations of these investigations are due no later
than April 26, 2018.
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\1\ See Rubber Bands from Thailand, the People's Republic of
China, and Sri Lanka: Initiation of Countervailing Duty
Investigations, 83 FR 8429 (February 27, 2018). Pursuant to section
703(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, the countervailing
duty investigation on rubber bands from Sri Lanka was terminated
following the International Trade Commission's determination that
imports of rubber bands from Sri Lanka that are alleged to be sold
at less than fair value and subsidized by the government of Sri
Lanka are negligible. See Rubber Bands from China, Sri Lanka, and
Thailand; Determinations, 83 FR 12594 (March 22, 2018).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations
Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act)
requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a CVD
investigation within 65 days after the date on which Commerce initiated
the investigation. However, section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act permits
Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no later than
130 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the investigation
if a petitioner makes a timely request for a postponement. Under 19 CFR
351.205(e), a petitioner must submit a request for postponement 25 days
or more before the scheduled date of the preliminary determination and
must state the reason for the request. Commerce will grant the request
unless it finds compelling reasons to deny the request.\2\
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\2\ See 19 CFR 351.205(e).
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On March 27, 2018, Alliance Rubber Co. (the petitioner) submitted a
timely request, pursuant to section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.205(e), to postpone fully the preliminary determinations.\3\ The
petitioner stated that the purpose of its request is to provide
Commerce with adequate time to analyze fully `questionnaire responses
to determine the extent to which countervailable subsidies are used by
the respondents.\4\
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\3\ See Letter from the petitioner, ``Petitioner's Request for
Postponement of the Preliminary Determinations,'' dated March 27,
2018.
\4\ Id. at 2.
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner stated the
reason for requesting a postponement of the preliminary determinations
and the record does not present any compelling reasons to deny the
request. Therefore, in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act,
Commerce is postponing the deadline for the preliminary determinations
to July 2, 2018.\5\ In accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final determinations of
these investigations will continue to be 75 days after the date of the
preliminary determinations, unless postponed at a later date.
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\5\ The actual deadline is June 30, 2018, which is a Saturday.
Commerce's practice dictates that where a deadline falls on a
weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate deadline is the next
business day. See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next
Business Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines
Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10,
2005).
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This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: April 6, 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.
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