[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53632-53635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21975]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

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


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

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (the 
ITC), the Department is issuing antidumping duty orders on narrow woven 
ribbons with woven selvedge (narrow woven ribbons) from Taiwan and the 
People's Republic of China (PRC). On August 25, 2010, the ITC notified 
the Department of its affirmative determination of threat of material 
injury to a U.S. industry.

DATES: Effective Date: September 1, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly Phelps (Taiwan), AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 2, or Karine Gziryan (PRC), AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0656 and (202) 482-4081, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 19, 2010, the Department published its affirmative final 
determinations of sales at less-than-fair-value in the antidumping duty 
investigations of narrow woven ribbons from Taiwan and the PRC. See 
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Narrow 
Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from Taiwan, 75 FR 41804 (July 19, 
2010) (Taiwan Final Determination); Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven 
Selvedge From the People's Republic of China: Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 75 FR 41808 (July 19, 2010) (PRC Final 
Determination).
    On August 25, 2010, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
determination pursuant to section 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), that an industry in the United States is threatened 
with material injury by reason of less-than-fair-value imports of 
narrow woven ribbons from Taiwan and the PRC. See section 
735(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act.

Scope of the Orders

    The scope of the orders covers 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-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 orders 
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-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-
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 subject to the orders include all narrow woven 
fabrics, tapes, and labels that fall within this written description of 
the scope of these antidumping duty orders.
    Excluded from the scope of the orders 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 Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States (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

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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
    (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 these orders 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 6307.90.9889. The HTSUS statistical categories and subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes; however, the written 
description of the merchandise covered by these orders is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Orders

    On August 25, 2010, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, 
the ITC notified the Department of its final determination that an 
industry in the United States is threatened with material injury within 
the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act by reason of less-
than-fair-value imports of narrow woven ribbons from Taiwan and the 
PRC. Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the 
Department will direct U.S. Customs Border and Protection (CBP) to 
assess, upon further instruction by the Department, antidumping duties 
equal to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise 
exceeds the U.S. price of the merchandise for all relevant entries of 
narrow woven ribbons from Taiwan and the PRC, except for imports of 
narrow woven ribbons from those combinations of producers and exporters 
identified below: \1\
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    \1\ We note that Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan 
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Ltd. (collectively, 
Shienq Huong) has not disclosed for the public record the name of a 
certain unaffiliated supplier. Therefore, upon public disclosure of 
this information to the Department, we will notify CBP that Shienq 
Huong's exports of merchandise produced by this unaffiliated company 
have a less-than-fair-value investigation margin of zero and thus 
are excluded from any order resulting from this investigation. Until 
and unless such public disclosure is made, we will notify CBP that 
all entries of merchandise produced by Shienq Huong's undisclosed 
unaffiliated supplier will be subject to the ``all others'' rate 
established in this proceeding. See Taiwan Final Determination, 75 
FR at 41807.

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                Exporter                             Producer
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                                 Taiwan
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Dear Year Brothers Manufacturing Co.,    Dear Year Brothers
 Ltd.                                     Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Dear Year Brothers Manufacturing Co.,    Fool Shing Enterprise Co., Ltd.
 Ltd.
Dear Year Brothers Manufacturing Co.,    Hong Tai Enterprise.
 Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Shienq Huong Enterprise Co.,
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty        Ltd./Hsien Chan Enterprise
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.                    Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts
                                          Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Boa Shun Enterprise Co., Ltd.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Chi Hua Textile Corporate Ltd.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Chieng Xin Enterprise Co., Ltd.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Ching Yu Weaving String Corp.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Done Hong Enterprise Co., Ltd.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Guang Xing Zhi Zao Enterprise
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty        Co., Ltd.
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Hang-Liang Company.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Hon Xin Co., Ltd.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Hong-Tai Company.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Hua Yi Enterprise Co., Ltd.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Hung Cheng Enterprises Co.,
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty        Ltd.
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Hung Ching Enterprise Co., Ltd.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  I Lai Enterprise Co., Ltd.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Ji Cheng Industry.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.

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Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Le Quan Enterprise Co., Ltd.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Lei Di Si Corporation Ltd.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Oun Mao Co., Ltd.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Shang Yan Gong Ye She.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Sung-Chu Industry (a/k/a Qiao
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty        Zhi Industry).
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Wei Xin Enterprise Co., Ltd.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Xin Jia Enterprise Co., Ltd.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Yi Chang Corp.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Yi Cheng Gong Ye She.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Yi Long Enterprise Co., Ltd.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien  Zheng Chi Chi Corp.
 Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty
 Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
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Yama Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd.........  Yama Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd.
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    For all other manufacturers/exporters, pursuant to section 
736(b)(2) of the Act, duties shall be assessed on subject merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
date of publication of the ITC's notice of final determination, given 
that that determination is based on the threat of material injury, 
other than threat of material injury described in section 736(b)(1) of 
the Act. Section 736(b)(1) of the Act states that, ``{i{time} f the 
Commission, in its final determination under section 735(b), finds 
material injury or threat of material injury which, but for the 
suspension of liquidation under section 733(d)(2) would have led to a 
finding of material injury, then entries of the subject merchandise, 
the liquidation of which has been suspended under section 733(d)(2), 
shall be subject to the imposition of antidumping duties under section 
731.'' In addition, section 736(b)(2) of the Act requires CBP to 
release any bond or other security and refund any cash deposit made of 
estimated antidumping duties posted since the Department's preliminary 
antidumping duty determinations (i.e., February 18, 2010). See Narrow 
Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From Taiwan: Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of 
Final Determination, 75 FR 7236 (February 18, 2010); and Narrow Woven 
Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Postponement of Final Determination, 75 FR 7244 (February 18, 2010).
    Because the ITC's final determination is based on the threat of 
material injury and is not accompanied by a finding that injury would 
have resulted but for the imposition of suspension of liquidation of 
entries since the Department's preliminary determinations, section 
736(b)(2) of the Act is applicable. According to section 736(b)(2) of 
the Act, where the ITC finds threat of material injury, duties shall 
only be assessed on subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
ITC's notice of final determination. In addition, section 736(b)(2) of 
the Act requires CBP to refund any cash deposits or bonds of estimated 
antidumping duties posted since the preliminary antidumping 
determinations and prior to the ITC's notice of final determination.
    Therefore, on or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice 
of final determination in the Federal Register, except for imports of 
narrow woven ribbons from those combinations of producers and exporters 
identified above, CBP will require a cash deposit equal to the 
estimated dumping margins listed below, pursuant to section 736(a)(3) 
of the Act, at the same time that importers would normally deposit 
estimated duties on this merchandise. The ``All Others'' rate for 
Taiwan applies to all Taiwan producers or exporters not specifically 
listed and not specifically excluded. The PRC-wide rate applies to all 
PRC exporters of subject merchandise not specifically listed and not 
specifically excluded. The Department will also instruct CBP to 
terminate the suspension of liquidation for entries of narrow woven 
ribbons from Taiwan and the PRC entered or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption prior to August 25, 2010, and refund any cash deposits 
made and release any bonds posted between the publication of the 
Department's preliminary determinations on February 18, 2010, and the 
publication of the ITC's final determination.

Final Determination Margins

    The margins and cash deposit rates are as follows:

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                                                              Margin
                  Exporter or producer                       (percent)
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                                 Taiwan
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Roung Shu Industry Corporation..........................            4.37
All Others..............................................            4.37


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                                                              Margin
            Exporter                     Producer            (percent)
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                                   PRC
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Beauty Horn Investment Limited.  Tianjin Sun Ribbon Co.,          123.83
                                  Ltd.
Fujian Rongshu Industry Co.,     Fujian Rongshu Industry          123.83
 Ltd.                             Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Complacent Weaving     Guangzhou Complacent             123.83
 Co., Ltd.                        Weaving Co., Ltd.
Ningbo MH Industry Co., Ltd....  Hangzhou City Linghu             123.83
                                  Jiacheng Silk Ribbon
                                  Co., Ltd.
Ningbo V.K. Industry & Trading   Ningbo Yinzhou Jinfeng           123.83
 Co., Ltd.                        Knitting Factory.
Stribbons (Guangzhou) Ltd......  Stribbons (Guangzhou)            123.83
                                  Ltd.
Stribbons (Guangzhou) Ltd......  Stribbons (Nanyang) MNC          123.83
                                  Ltd.
Sun Rich (Asia) Limited........  Dongguan Yi Sheng                123.83
                                  Decoration Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Sun Ribbon Co., Ltd....  Tianjin Sun Ribbon Co.,          123.83
                                  Ltd.
Weifang Dongfang Ribbon Weaving  Weifang Dongfang Ribbon          123.83
 Co., Ltd.                        Weaving Co., Ltd.
Weifang Yu Yuan Textile Co.,     Weifang Yu Yuan Textile          123.83
 Ltd.                             Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Yi He Textile Co., Ltd..  Xiamen Yi He Textile             123.83
                                  Co., Ltd.
Yangzhou Bestpak Gifts & Crafts  Yangzhou Bestpak Gifts           123.83
 Co., Ltd.                        & Crafts Co., Ltd.
PRC-wide entity\2\.............  .......................          247.65
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    For the PRC separate rate respondents, we will instruct CBP to 
require an antidumping duty cash deposit or the posting of a bond for 
each entry equal to the margin indicated above, adjusted for the export 
subsidy rate determined in the CVD final determination (i.e., 
International Market Development Fund Grants for Small and Medium 
Enterprises). See PRC Final Determination, 75 FR at 41812. See also 
Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 75 FR 41801 
(July 19, 2010), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 
section I.D. The adjusted cash deposit rate for the separate rate 
respondents (as listed above in the ``Final Determination Margins'' 
section, above) is 123.44 percent. These suspension-of-liquidation 
instructions will remain in effect until further notice.
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    \2\ Ningbo Jintian Import & Export Co., Ltd., is included in the 
PRC-wide entity.
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to 
narrow woven ribbons from Taiwan and the PRC, pursuant to section 
736(a) of the Act. Interested parties may contact the Department's 
Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of the main Commerce Building, for 
copies of an updated list of antidumping duty orders currently in 
effect.
    These orders are issued and published in accordance with section 
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: August 30, 2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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