[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 87 (Thursday, May 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24884-24885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10707]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-913]


Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the People's 
Republic of China: Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding, in 
part, the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires (OTR Tires) from the People's 
Republic of China (PRC) for the period December 17, 2007 through 
December 31, 2008, with respect to the following two companies:
    1. Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., Ltd. (Zhongce)
    2. Tianjin United Tire & Rubber International Co., Ltd. (TUTRIC)
    This partial rescission is based on withdrawals by GPX 
International Tire Corporation (GPX), Zhongce, and TUTRIC of their 
requests for review.

DATES: Effective Date: May 6, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Huston, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4261.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on OTR Tires 
from the PRC. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 
74 FR 45179 (September 1, 2009). GPX timely requested an administrative 
review of the countervailing duty order on OTR Tires from the PRC for 
the period December 17, 2007 through December 31, 2008 for several 
companies, including TUTRIC. In addition, the Department received 
timely requests from Zhongce and TUTRIC. These two companies only 
requested reviews of themselves.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended, (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), the Department 
published a notice initiating an administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 74 FR 54956 (October 26, 2009).
    On December 30, 2009, the Department rescinded the review with 
respect to the following six companies, pursuant to a timely withdrawal 
by GPX of its request for reviews of these companies: Aeolus Tyre Co. 
Ltd., Guizhou Tire Co. Ltd., Jiangsu Feichi Co., Ltd., Shandong Huitong 
Tyre Co., Ltd., Tianjin Wanda Tyre Co., Ltd., and Triangle Tyre Co., 
Ltd. See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From the People's 
Republic of China: Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review, 75 FR 846 (December 30, 2009). On November 20, 
2009, GPX withdrew its request for review of Zhongce and TUTRIC, and on 
January 4, 2010 and January 12, 2010, respectively, Zhongce and TUTRIC 
withdrew their requests for review.

Rescission, in Part, of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

    The Department's regulations provide that the Department will 
rescind an administrative review if the party that requested the review 
withdraws its request for review within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation. See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). 
Zhongce, the only party that self-requested a review, timely withdrew 
its request within the 90-day deadline. In addition, GPX and TUTRIC, 
the only parties that requested a review of TUTRIC, each timely 
withdrew their requests regarding TUTRIC within the 90-day deadline. 
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department is 
rescinding this administrative review of the countervailing duty order 
with respect to Zhongce and TUTRIC. This administrative review will 
continue with respect to Hebei Starbright Tire Co.

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Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. For 
Zhongce and TUTRIC, countervailing duties shall be assessed at rates 
equal to the cash deposit or bonding rate of the estimated 
countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from 
warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). 
The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
Timely written notification of the return/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 which 
is subject to sanction.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: April 29, 2010.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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