Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015, 26954-26955 [2018-12483]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 112 / Monday, June 11, 2018 / Notices
Dated: June 4, 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Particular Market Situation
5. Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
6. Comparisons to Normal Value
7. Product Comparisons
8. Date of Sale
9. Export Price
10. Normal Value
11. Currency Conversion
12. Recommendation
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
chloro isos, which are derivatives are
cyanuric acid, described as chlorinated
s-triazine triones.8 Chloro isos are
currently classifiable under subheadings
2933.69.6015, 2933.69.6021,
2933.69.6050, 3808.50.4000,
3808.94.5000, and 3808.99.9500 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes; the
written product description of the scope
of the order is dispositive.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–991]
Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the
People’s Republic of China: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2015
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) has completed
its administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
(chloro isos) from the People’s Republic
of China (China) for the January 1, 2015,
through December 31, 2015, period of
review (POR), and determines that
countervailable subsidies are being
provided to producers and exporters of
chloro isos. The final net subsidy rates
are listed below in ‘‘Final Results of
Administrative Review.’’
DATES: Applicable June 11, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christian Llinas or Omar Qureshi, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone
202.482.4877 or 202.482.5307,
respectively.
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AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 13, 2014, Commerce
published the CVD Order on chloro isos
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from China.1 On December 4, 2017,
Commerce published the Preliminary
Results of this administrative review in
the Federal Register.2 We invited
interested parties to comment on the
Preliminary Results. On January 16,
2018, we received case briefs from the
petitioners,3 the Government of China
(GOC), and from the mandatory
respondents, Heze Huayi 4 and
Kangtai.5 6 On January 29, 2018, we
received rebuttal briefs from the
petitioners, the GOC, and from the
mandatory respondents, Heze Huayi
and Kangtai.7
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the parties’ briefs
are listed in the Appendix to this notice
and addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. The Issues and
1 See Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People’s
Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 79
FR 67424 (November 13, 2014).
2 See Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People’s
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015,
82 FR 57209 (December 4, 2017) and accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum (Preliminary
Results).
3 Bio-Lab, Inc., Clearon Corporation, and
Occidental Chemical Corporation (collectively, ‘‘the
petitioners’’).
4 Heze Huayi Chemical Co., Ltd. (Heze Huayi).
5 Juancheng Kangtai Chemical Co., Ltd. (Kangtai).
6 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Case Brief of Bio-Lab,
Inc., Clearon Corp. and Occidental Chemical
Corporation,’’ dated January 16, 2018; GOC’s Letter,
‘‘GOC Administrative Case Brief: Second
Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the
People’s Republic of China (C–570–991),’’ dated
January 16, 2018; and Heze Huayi and Kangtai’s
Letter, ‘‘Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the
People’s Republic of China: Case Brief,’’ dated
January 16, 2018.
7 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Rebuttal Brief of BioLab, Inc., Clearon Corp. and Occidental Chemical
Corporation.’’ dated January 29, 2018; GOC’s Letter,
‘‘GOC Administrative Rebuttal Brief: Second
Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the
People’s Republic of China (C–570–991),’’ dated
January 29, 2018; Heze Huayi and Kangtai’s Letter,
‘‘Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People’s
Republic of China: Rebuttal Brief,’’ dated January
29, 2018.
8 For a complete description of the Scope of the
Order, see Preliminary Results.
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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
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn. The signed Issues and Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
version 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 a change to Heze Huayi’s
countervailable subsidy rate to account
for transpositional errors made in Heze
Huayi’s calculations. We made no
changes from the Preliminary Results.
Methodology
The Department conducted this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). For each of the
subsidy programs found
countervailable, we find that there is a
subsidy, i.e., a government-provided
financial contribution that gives rise to
a benefit to the recipient, and that the
subsidy is specific.9 The Issues and
Decision Memorandum contains a full
description of the methodology
underlying the Department’s
conclusions, including any
determination that relied upon the use
of adverse facts available pursuant to
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
Final Results of Review
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5), we determine the
following net subsidy rates for the 2015
administrative review:
Company
Hebei Jiheng Chemical Co., Ltd
Heze Huayi Chemical Co., Ltd ...
Juancheng Kangtai Chemical
Co., Ltd ...................................
Subsidy
rate
(percent)
25.19
2.84
1.53
Assessment Rates
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce intends to
issue assessment instructions to U.S.
9 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15
days after the date of publication of
these final results of review, to liquidate
shipments of subject merchandise
produced and/or exported by the
companies listed above, entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after January 1,
2015, through December 31, 2015, at the
ad valorem rates listed above.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Cash Deposit Instructions
AGENCY:
In accordance with section 751(a)(1)
of the Act, Commerce intends to instruct
CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties in the
amounts shown for each of the
respective companies listed above.
These cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing these
final results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: June 5, 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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Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Final
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. List of Interested Party Comments
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
VI. Subsidies Valuation Information
VII. Benchmarks
VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Adverse Inferences
IX. Programs Determined to Be
Countervailable
X. Programs Determined Not to Confer
Measurable Benefits
XI. Programs Determined Not to Be Used
During the POR
XII. Analysis of Comments
XIII. Conclusion
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International Trade Administration
[A–588–869]
Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated FlatRolled Steel Products From Japan:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2016–
2017
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that sales of subject merchandise by
Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd. (Toyo Kohan) and
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metals
Corporation (NSSMC) were made at less
than normal value during the period of
review (POR) May 1, 2016, through
April 30, 2017. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable June 11, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Moses Song, AD/CVD Operations, Office
VI, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5041.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 1, 2017, Commerce published
a notice of opportunity to request an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain
nickel-plated, flat-rolled steel from
Japan.1 On May 22, 2017, Toyo Kohan
requested that Commerce conduct an
administrative review of its sales to the
United States during the POR.2 On May
30, 2017, the petitioner, Thomas Steel
Strip Corporation (Thomas Steel or the
petitioner), requested that Commerce
conduct administrative reviews of Toyo
Kohan and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo
Metal Corporation (NSSMC).3 On July 6,
2017, in response to these timely
requests, and in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 82 FR 20315
(May 1, 2017).
2 See Letter from Toyo Kohan to Commerce
regarding ‘‘Toyo Kohan’s Request for Antidumping
Administrative Review, Diffusion-Annealed NickelPlated Flat-Rolled Steel Products from Japan,’’
dated May 22, 2017.
3 See Letter from Thomas Steel to Commerce
regarding ‘‘Diffusion-Annealed Nickel-Plated FlatRolled Steel from Japan: Request for Third
Administrative Review of Antidumping Order,’’
dated May 30, 2017.
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notice of initiation of an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on certain nickel-plated, flat-rolled steel
from Japan with respect to both Toyo
Kohan and NSSMC.4
Commerce exercised its discretion to
toll all deadlines affected by the closure
of the Federal Government from January
20 through 22, 2018. The revised
deadline for the preliminary results of
this review is June 4, 2018.5
Scope of the Order
The diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated
flat-rolled steel products included in
this order are flat-rolled, cold-reduced
steel products, regardless of chemistry;
whether or not in coils; either plated or
coated with nickel or nickel-based
alloys and subsequently annealed (i.e.,
‘‘diffusion-annealed’’); whether or not
painted, varnished or coated with
plastics or other metallic or nonmetallic
substances; and less than or equal to 2.0
mm in nominal thickness. For purposes
of this order, ‘‘nickel-based alloys’’
include all nickel alloys with other
metals in which nickel accounts for at
least 80 percent of the alloy by volume.
Imports of merchandise included in
the scope of this order are classified
primarily under Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheadings 7212.50.0000 and
7210.90.6000, but may also be classified
under HTSUS subheadings
7210.70.6090, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, 7219.90.0020,
7219.90.0025, 7219.90.0060,
7219.90.0080, 7220.90.0010,
7220.90.0015, 7225.99.0090, or
7226.99.0180. The foregoing HTSUS
subheadings are provided only for
convenience and customs purposes. The
written description of the scope of this
order is dispositive.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(2) of
the Act. For Toyo Kohan, export price
is calculated in accordance with section
772 of the Act. Normal value is
calculated in accordance with section
773 of the Act. For a full description of
the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the memorandum from
4 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR
31292, 31294 (July 6, 2017) (Initiation Notice).
5 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-991]
Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has completed its
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on (chloro
isos) from the People's Republic of China (China) for the January 1,
2015, through December 31, 2015, period of review (POR), and determines
that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and
exporters of chloro isos. The final net subsidy rates are listed below
in ``Final Results of Administrative Review.''
DATES: Applicable June 11, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christian Llinas or Omar Qureshi, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 202.482.4877 or
202.482.5307, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 13, 2014, Commerce published the CVD Order on chloro
isos from China.\1\ On December 4, 2017, Commerce published the
Preliminary Results of this administrative review in the Federal
Register.\2\ We invited interested parties to comment on the
Preliminary Results. On January 16, 2018, we received case briefs from
the petitioners,\3\ the Government of China (GOC), and from the
mandatory respondents, Heze Huayi \4\ and Kangtai.5 6 On
January 29, 2018, we received rebuttal briefs from the petitioners, the
GOC, and from the mandatory respondents, Heze Huayi and Kangtai.\7\
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\1\ See Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People's Republic of
China: Countervailing Duty Order, 79 FR 67424 (November 13, 2014).
\2\ See Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2015, 82 FR 57209 (December 4, 2017) and accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum (Preliminary Results).
\3\ Bio-Lab, Inc., Clearon Corporation, and Occidental Chemical
Corporation (collectively, ``the petitioners'').
\4\ Heze Huayi Chemical Co., Ltd. (Heze Huayi).
\5\ Juancheng Kangtai Chemical Co., Ltd. (Kangtai).
\6\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Case Brief of Bio-Lab, Inc.,
Clearon Corp. and Occidental Chemical Corporation,'' dated January
16, 2018; GOC's Letter, ``GOC Administrative Case Brief: Second
Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on
Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People's Republic of China (C-
570-991),'' dated January 16, 2018; and Heze Huayi and Kangtai's
Letter, ``Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People's Republic of
China: Case Brief,'' dated January 16, 2018.
\7\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief of Bio-Lab, Inc.,
Clearon Corp. and Occidental Chemical Corporation.'' dated January
29, 2018; GOC's Letter, ``GOC Administrative Rebuttal Brief: Second
Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on
Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People's Republic of China (C-
570-991),'' dated January 29, 2018; Heze Huayi and Kangtai's Letter,
``Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People's Republic of China:
Rebuttal Brief,'' dated January 29, 2018.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are chloro isos, which are
derivatives are cyanuric acid, described as chlorinated s-triazine
triones.\8\ Chloro isos are currently classifiable under subheadings
2933.69.6015, 2933.69.6021, 2933.69.6050, 3808.50.4000, 3808.94.5000,
and 3808.99.9500 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes; the written product description of the scope of the order is
dispositive.
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\8\ For a complete description of the Scope of the Order, see
Preliminary Results.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the parties' briefs are listed in the Appendix
to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 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 Commerce building.
In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum
can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn. The
signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the electronic version 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 a change to Heze Huayi's countervailable subsidy
rate to account for transpositional errors made in Heze Huayi's
calculations. We made no changes from the Preliminary Results.
Methodology
The Department conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we find that there is a
subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial contribution that gives
rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is
specific.\9\ The Issues and Decision Memorandum contains a full
description of the methodology underlying the Department's conclusions,
including any determination that relied upon the use of adverse facts
available pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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\9\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Final Results of Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we determine the following
net subsidy rates for the 2015 administrative review:
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Subsidy
Company rate
(percent)
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Hebei Jiheng Chemical Co., Ltd.............................. 25.19
Heze Huayi Chemical Co., Ltd................................ 2.84
Juancheng Kangtai Chemical Co., Ltd......................... 1.53
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Assessment Rates
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to U.S.
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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after the date of
publication of these final results of review, to liquidate shipments of
subject merchandise produced and/or exported by the companies listed
above, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015, at the ad valorem
rates listed above.
Cash Deposit Instructions
In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in the amounts shown for each of the respective companies listed
above. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 sanctionable
violation.
We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: June 5, 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 Final Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. List of Interested Party Comments
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
VI. Subsidies Valuation Information
VII. Benchmarks
VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
IX. Programs Determined to Be Countervailable
X. Programs Determined Not to Confer Measurable Benefits
XI. Programs Determined Not to Be Used During the POR
XII. Analysis of Comments
XIII. Conclusion
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