[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14919-14920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6456]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-912]


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

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

DATES: Effective Date: March 18, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raquel Silva or Frances Veith, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
6475 or (202) 482-4295, respectively.

Background

    On September 1, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain new 
pneumatic off-the-road tires (``OTR tires'') from the People's Republic 
of China (``PRC'') for the period of review (``POR'') September 1, 
2009, through August 31, 2010. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 75 FR 53635 (September 1, 2010). On September 
17, 2010, Mai Shandong Radial Tyre Co., Ltd. (``Mai Shandong'') an 
exporter of subject merchandise, requested that the Department conduct 
an administrative review of its exports to the United States during the 
POR. On September 27, 2010, Qingdao Free Trade Zone Full World 
International Trading Co., Ltd. (``Full World''), an exporter of 
subject merchandise, also requested a review of its own exports. On 
September 30, 2010, Bridgestone Americas, Inc. and Bridgestone Americas 
Tire Operations, LLC (collectively ``Bridgestone''), a domestic 
interested party to the proceeding, requested that the Department 
conduct an administrative review of OTR tire exports from the following 
entities: (1) Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., Ltd. (``Hangzhou Zhongce''), 
(2) Hebei Starbright Tire Co., Ltd. (``Starbright''), (3) KS Holding 
Limited/KS Resources Limited (``KS Holding''), (4) Laizhou Xiongying 
Rubber Industry Co., Ltd. (``Laizhou Xiongying''), (5) Qingdao Taifa 
Group Co., Ltd. (``Qingdao Taifa''), (6) Tianjin United Tire & Rubber 
International Co., Ltd. (``TUTRIC''), and (7) Weihai Zhongwei Rubber 
Co., Ltd. (``Weihai Zhongwei''). On September 30, 2011, Guizhou Tyre 
Co., Ltd., Guizhou Advance Rubber Co., Ltd. and Guizhou Tyre Import and 
Export Corporation (collectively, ``GTC'') requested an administrative 
review of its own OTR tire exports. The Department then published in 
the Federal Register the initiation notice for the antidumping duty 
administrative review of OTR tires from the PRC for the 2009-2010 POR. 
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 75 FR 66349 (October 28, 2010).

Partial Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The 
Secretary may also extend this time limit if the Secretary decides that 
it is reasonable to do so. On November 15, 2010, GTC timely withdrew 
its request for a review of its exports. On January 24, 2011, Full 
World timely withdrew its request for a review of its exports. On 
January 26, 2011, Bridgestone timely withdrew its request for review of 
Starbright, Hangzhou Zhongce, KS Holding, Laizhou Xiongying, and 
Qingdao Taifa.
    On February 17, 2011, Mai Shandong withdrew its request for a 
review of its exports. Although the deadline to withdraw requests for 
review was January 26, 2011, the Department notes that this 
administrative review remains in its early stages, and significant 
resources have not yet been expended on this review as a whole. 
Therefore, the Department is accepting Mai Shandong's withdrawal.
    Because no additional party requested a review of GTC, Starbright, 
Hangzhou Zhongce, KS Holding, Laizhou Xiongying, Qingdao Taifa, Full 
World, and Mai Shandong, the Department hereby rescinds the 
administrative review of OTR tires with respect to these entities in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). This administrative review will 
continue with respect to TUTRIC and Weihai Zhongwei because requests 
for review of these companies remain.

Assessment Rates

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For 
GTC, Starbright, KS Holding, Laizhou Xiongying, and Full World, which 
each had previously established eligibility for a separate rate, 
antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit 
of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(2). The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment 
instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice.
    Because Hangzhou Zhongce, Qingdao Taifa, and Mai Shandong remain 
part of the PRC entity, their respective entries may be under review in 
the ongoing administrative review. Accordingly, the Department will not 
order liquidation of entries for Hangzhou Zhongce, Qingdao Taifa, or 
Mai Shandong. The Department intends to issue assessment instructions 
for the PRC entity, which will cover any entries by Hangzhou Zhongce, 
Qingdao Taifa, and Mai Shandong, 15 days after publication of the final 
results of the ongoing administrative review.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under section 351.402(f) of the Department's regulations 
to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties 
prior to

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liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure 
to comply with this requirement could result in the Secretary's 
assumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and 
subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: March 14, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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