Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From the People's Republic of China and Taiwan: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders and Countervailing Duty Order, 15205-15207 [2022-05634]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15205-15207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05634]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-952, A-583-844, C-570-953]


Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From the People's 
Republic of China and Taiwan: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders 
and Countervailing Duty Order

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) that 
revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on narrow woven ribbons 
with woven selvedge (NWRs) from the People's Republic of China (China) 
and Taiwan and the countervailing duty (CVD) order on NWRs from China 
would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and net 
countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry in the 
United States, Commerce is publishing this notice of continuation of 
the AD orders and the CVD order.

DATES: Applicable March 10, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reginald Anadio or Thomas Martin, AD/
CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3166 or (202) 
482-3936, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 1, 2010, Commerce published in the Federal Register 
the AD orders on NWRs from China and Taiwan,\1\ and the CVD order on 
NWRs

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from China.\2\ On August 2, 2021, Commerce published the notice of 
initiation of the sunset reviews of the AD Orders and the CVD Order, 
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act).\3\ Commerce conducted expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of these 
orders, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
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    \1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Narrow Woven Ribbons 
With Woven Selvedge from Taiwan and the People's Republic of China: 
Antidumping Duty Orders, 75 FR 53632 (September 1, 2010), as amended 
in Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge from Taiwan and the 
People's Republic of China: Amended Antidumping Duty Orders, 75 FR 
56982 (September 17, 2010) (collectively, AD Orders).
    \2\ See Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge from the 
People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 75 FR 53642 
(September 1, 2010) (CVD Order).
    \3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 86 FR 41439 
(August 2, 2021).
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    As a result of its reviews, Commerce determined, pursuant to 
sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c) of the Act, that revocation of the AD 
Orders would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and 
that revocation of the CVD Order would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of countervailable subsidies.\4\ Commerce, therefore, 
notified the ITC of the magnitude of the dumping margins and net 
countervailable subsidy rates likely to prevail should the AD Orders 
and the CVD Order be revoked.\5\ On March 10, 2022, the ITC published 
its determination, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, that 
revocation of the AD Orders and the CVD Order would likely lead to 
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.\6\
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    \4\ See Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge from the 
People's Republic of China and Taiwan: Final Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Orders, 86 FR 63335 (November 16, 2021); see also 
Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge from the People's Republic 
of China: Final Results of the Expedited Second Five-Year Sunset 
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 86 FR 68637 (December 3, 
2021).
    \5\ Id.
    \6\ See Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge from China and 
Taiwan, Inv. No. 701-TA-467 and 731-TA-1164-1165 (Second Review), 87 
FR 13755 (March 10, 2022).
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Scope of the AD Orders and the CVD Order

    The merchandise covered by the scope of the AD Orders and CVD Order 
is narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge, in any length, but with a 
width (measured at the narrowest span of the ribbon) less than or equal 
to 12 centimeters, composed of, in whole or in part, man[hyphen]made 
fibers (whether artificial or synthetic, including but not limited to 
nylon, polyester, rayon, polypropylene, and polyethylene 
teraphthalate), metal threads and/or metalized yarns, or any 
combination thereof.
    Narrow woven ribbons subject to the AD Orders and CVD Order may:
     Also include natural or other non-man-made fibers;
     Be of any color, style, pattern, or weave construction, 
including but not limited to single[hyphen]faced satin, double-faced 
satin, grosgrain, sheer, taffeta, twill, jacquard, or a combination of 
two or more colors, styles, patterns, and/or weave constructions;
     Have been subjected to, or composed of materials that have 
been subjected to, various treatments, including but not limited to 
dyeing, printing, foil stamping, embossing, flocking, coating, and/or 
sizing;
     Have embellishments, including but not limited to 
appliqu[eacute], fringes, embroidery, buttons, glitter, sequins, 
laminates, and/or adhesive backing;
     Have wire and/or monofilament in, on, or along the 
longitudinal edges of the ribbon; Have ends of any shape or dimension, 
including but not limited to straight ends that are perpendicular to 
the longitudinal edges of the ribbon, tapered ends, flared ends or 
shaped ends, and the ends of such woven ribbons may or may not be 
hemmed;
     Have longitudinal edges that are straight or of any shape, 
and the longitudinal edges of such woven ribbon may or may not be 
parallel to each other;
     Consist of such ribbons affixed to like ribbon and/or 
cut[hyphen]edge woven ribbon, a configuration also known as an 
``ornamental trimming;''
     Be wound on spools; attached to a card; hanked (i.e., 
coiled or bundled); packaged in boxes, trays or bags; or configured as 
skeins, balls, bateaus or folds; and/or
     Be included within a kit or set such as when packaged with 
other products, including but not limited to gift bags, gift boxes and/
or other types of ribbon.
    Narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge subject to the AD Orders 
and CVD Order include all narrow woven fabrics, tapes, and labels that 
fall within this written description of the scope of the AS Orders and 
CVD Order.
    Excluded from the scope of the AD Orders and CVD Order are the 
following:
    (1) Formed bows composed of narrow woven ribbons with woven 
selvedge;
    (2) ``pull-bows'' (i.e., an assemblage of ribbons connected to one 
another, folded flat and equipped with a means to form such ribbons 
into the shape of a bow by pulling on a length of material affixed to 
such assemblage) composed of narrow woven ribbons;
    (3) narrow woven ribbons comprised at least 20 percent by weight of 
elastomeric yarn (i.e., filament yarn, including monofilament, of 
synthetic textile material, other than textured yarn, which does not 
break on being extended to three times its original length and which 
returns, after being extended to twice its original length, within a 
period of five minutes, to a length not greater than one and a half 
times its original length as defined in the (HTSUS, Section XI, Note 
13) or rubber thread;
    (4) narrow woven ribbons of a kind used for the manufacture of 
typewriter or printer ribbons;
    (5) narrow woven labels and apparel tapes, cut-to-length or cut-to-
shape, having a length (when measured across the longest edge-to-edge 
span) not exceeding eight centimeters;
    (6) narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge attached to and 
forming the handle of a gift bag;
    (7) cut-edge narrow woven ribbons formed by cutting broad woven 
fabric into strips of ribbon, with or without treatments to prevent the 
longitudinal edges of the ribbon from fraying (such as by merrowing, 
lamination, sono-bonding, fusing, gumming or waxing), and with or 
without wire running lengthwise along the longitudinal edges of the 
ribbon;
    (8) narrow woven ribbons comprised at least 85 percent by weight of 
threads having a denier of 225 or higher;
    (9) narrow woven ribbons constructed from pile fabrics (i.e., 
fabrics with a surface effect formed by tufts or loops of yarn that 
stand up from the body of the fabric);
    (10) narrow woven ribbon affixed (including by tying) as a 
decorative detail to non-subject merchandise, such as a gift bag, gift 
box, gift tin, greeting card or plush toy, or affixed (including by 
tying) as a decorative detail to packaging containing non-subject 
merchandise;
    (11) narrow woven ribbon that is (a) affixed to non-subject 
merchandise as a working component of such non-subject merchandise, 
such as where narrow woven ribbon comprises an apparel trimming, book 
marker, bag cinch, or part of an identity card holder, or (b) affixed 
(including by tying) to non-subject merchandise as a working component 
that holds or packages such non-subject merchandise or attaches 
packaging or labeling to such non-subject merchandise, such as a 
``belly band'' around a pair of pajamas, a pair of socks or a blanket;
    (12) narrow woven ribbon(s) comprising a belt attached to and 
imported with an item of wearing apparel, whether or not such belt is 
removable from such item of wearing apparel; and

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    (13) narrow woven ribbon(s) included with non-subject merchandise 
in kits, such as a holiday ornament craft kit or a scrapbook kit, in 
which the individual lengths of narrow woven ribbon(s) included in the 
kit are each no greater than eight inches, the aggregate amount of 
narrow woven ribbon(s) included in the kit does not exceed 48 linear 
inches, none of the narrow woven ribbon(s) included in the kit is on a 
spool, and the narrow woven ribbon(s) is only one of multiple items 
included in the kit.
    The merchandise subject to the AD Orders and CVD Order is 
classifiable under the HTSUS statistical categories 5806.32.1020; 
5806.32.1030; 5806.32.1050 and 5806.32.1060. Subject merchandise also 
may enter under subheadings 5806.31.00; 5806.32.20; 5806.39.20; 
5806.39.30; 5808.90.00; 5810.91.00; 5810.99.90; 5903.90.10; 5903.90.25; 
5907.00.60; and 5907.00.80 and under statistical categories 
5806.32.1080; 5810.92.9080; 5903.90.3090; and 6307.90.9891. The HTSUS 
statistical categories and subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes; however, the written description of the merchandise 
covered by the AD Orders and CVD Order is dispositive.

Continuation of the Orders

    As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that 
revocation of the AD Orders and the CVD Order would likely lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping, countervailable subsidies, and 
material injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to 
section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(a), Commerce hereby 
orders the continuation of the AD Orders and the CVD Order. U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect AD and CVD cash 
deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all imports of 
subject merchandise. The effective date of the continuation of the 
orders will be the date of publication in the Federal Register of this 
notice of continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to initiate the next sunset review 
of the AD Orders and the CVD Order not later than 30 days prior to the 
fifth anniversary of the effective date of continuation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance 
with sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and published pursuant to 
section 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).

    Dated: March 10, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-05634 Filed 3-16-22; 8:45 am]
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