[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7816-7817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3132]


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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: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding 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 January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2009, 
with respect to the one remaining respondent company: Tianjin United 
Tire & Rubber International Co., Ltd. (TUTRIC). This rescission is 
based on the timely withdrawal by TUTRIC on January 25, 2011, of its 
request for a review. Since TUTRIC was the only remaining respondent 
company subject to review, this notice also serves to rescind the 
entire administrative review.

DATES: Effective Date: February 11, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Halle or 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) 482-0176 or (202) 
482-4261, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    On September 1, 2010, 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, 75 FR 53635 (September 1, 2010). TUTRIC timely 
requested an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
OTR Tires from the PRC for the period January 1, 2009, through December 
31, 2009. In addition, the Department received timely requests from 
eight other parties: Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Hengda 
Tyres Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Sinorient International Ltd.; Qingdao Qizhou 
Rubber Co., Ltd.; Techking Tires Limited; Qingda Etyre International 
Trade Co., Ltd.; Wengdeng Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd.; and Guizhou Tyre Co., 
Ltd., along with its affiliates, Guizhou Advanced Rubber Co., Ltd., and 
Guizhou Tyre Import and Export Corporation (collectively, Guizhou 
Tyre). No other party requested a review of these parties. 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, 75 FR 66349, 66351 (October 28, 2010).
    On November 30, 2010, the Department rescinded the review with 
respect to Guizhou Tyre, pursuant to a timely withdrawal of its request 
for review. See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From the 
People's Republic of China: Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review, 75 FR 74003 (November 30, 2010). On December 10, 
2010, the Department rescinded the review with respect to: Shandong 
Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Hengda Tyres Co., Ltd.; Qingdao 
Sinorient International Ltd.; Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd.; Techking 
Tires Limited; Qingda Etyre International Trade Co., Ltd.; and Wengdeng 
Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd., pursuant to timely withdrawals of their 
requests for review. See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From 
the People's Republic of China: Rescission, in Part, of Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 76956 (December 10, 2010).

Rescission 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). 
TUTRIC timely withdrew its request on January 25, 2011, within the 90-
day deadline. Therefore, as no other party requested a review of 
TUTRIC, and as we have already rescinded the review of all other 
parties initially subject to this segment of the proceeding, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department is fully 
rescinding this administrative review of the countervailing duty order.

Assessment

    Entries exported by TUTRIC are subject to the injunction issued by 
the U.S. Court of International Trade pursuant to ongoing litigation. 
Once the injunction is lifted, the Department will instruct U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection to assess countervailing duties on all 
appropriate entries. For 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).

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (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: February 7, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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