International Trade Administration June 20, 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires (off road tires) from Sri Lanka and that critical circumstances exist. The period of investigation is January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

Consistent with the guidelines in OMB Circular A-25,\1\ federal agencies are responsible for conducting a biennial review of all programs to determine the types of activities subject to user fees and the basis upon which user fees are to be set. The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) is raising the fees for 2016 data for the monthly, quarterly and annual data from the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS)/I-92 Program, the I-94 International Arrivals Program, and the annual custom reports, data tables or files from the Survey of International Air Travelers Program. The NTTO has been providing this data for a fee for many years and has developed a subscriber base for each of these programs. The 2016 fee schedules for each program are available on the NTTO Web site. The fees collected for these reports go to pay ITA costs to develop the reports as well as to support research for the continuation and expansion of improvements to the data provided by the NTTO. The revised fee schedule is effective immediately upon publication of this Notice.

On December 7, 2015, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the 2013-2014 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on seamless refined copper pipe and tube from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ The period of review (``POR'') is November 1, 2013, through October 31, 2014. We invited parties to comment on our Preliminary Results. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made certain changes to the margin calculations for the mandatory respondent Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group, Inc., Hong Kong GD Trading Co., Ltd., and Golden Dragon Holding (Hong Kong) International, Ltd. and eight affiliated producers that comprise the GD Single Entity.\2\ The final weighted-average dumping margins for this review are listed in the ``Final Results'' section below.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) published the Preliminary Results of the 20th administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China (PRC) on December 7, 2015.\1\ We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results. Based upon our analysis of the comments and information received, we made changes to the margin calculation for these final results regarding one of the mandatory respondents, Shenzhen Xinboda Industrial Co., Ltd. (Xinboda). We also continue to find that the other mandatory respondents, Hebei Golden Bird Trading Co., Ltd. (Golden Bird) and Qingdao Tiantaixing Foods Co., Ltd. (QTF), withheld requested information, significantly impeded this administrative review, and did not cooperate to the best of their abilities. Accordingly, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), we continue to use adverse facts available (AFA) and find that neither Golden Bird nor QTF is eligible for separate rate status and thus, both companies are part of the PRC-wide entity. The final dumping margins are listed below in the ``Final Results of Administrative Review'' section of this notice. The period of review (POR) is November 1, 2013, through October 31, 2014.