[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29703-29704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12084]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-844]


Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From Taiwan: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on narrow woven 
ribbons with woven selvedge (narrow woven ribbons) from Taiwan. Two of 
the companies for which this administrative review was requested, 
Intercontinental Skyline and Pacific Imports, failed to respond to the 
Department's quantity and value questionnaire. As a result, we have 
preliminarily assigned these companies a margin based on adverse facts 
available (AFA). The period of review (POR) is September 1, 2011, 
through August 31, 2012.
    If these preliminary results are adopted in the final results of 
this review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.

DATES: Effective Date: May 21, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Crespo or Elizabeth Eastwood, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3693, or (202) 482-3874, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to this order covers narrow woven ribbons 
with woven selvedge.\1\ The merchandise subject to this order 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 this order is dispositive.
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    \1\ See the ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review on Narrow Woven Ribbons with 
Woven Selvedge from Taiwan,'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum) from 
Gary Taverman, Senior Advisor for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, dated concurrently with these results, for a 
complete description of the scope of the order.
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Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). In these 
preliminary results, we have relied on facts available and, because the 
respondents did not act to the best of their abilities to respond to 
the Department's request for information, we have drawn an adverse 
inference in selecting from among the facts otherwise available.\2\
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    \2\ See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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    Pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act, we are relying on 
information from the petition in order to ensure that the AFA rate is 
sufficiently adverse so as to induce cooperation. Accordingly, we have 
preliminarily determined to apply a 137.20 percent rate as AFA for 
Intercontinental Skyline and Pacific Imports. For a full description of 
the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice. The 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 
electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). 
IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov 
and in the Central Records Unit (CRU), room 7046 of the main Department 
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the 
Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic

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version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average 
dumping margins exist for the period September 1, 2011, through August 
31, 2012, as follows:

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                                                                 Percent
                     Manufacturer/exporter                       margin
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Intercontinental Skyline......................................    137.20
Pacific Imports...............................................    137.20
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Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case 
briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\3\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement 
of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.\4\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using IA 
ACCESS.\5\
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
filed electronically via IA ACCESS. An electronically filed document 
must be received successfully in its entirety by the Department's 
electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time 
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\6\ 
Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone 
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised 
in the respective case briefs. The Department intends to issue the 
final results of this administrative review, including the results of 
its analysis of issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 
days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine, 
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). The 
Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the date of publication of the final results of this review.
    Where assessments are based upon total facts available, including 
total AFA, we instruct CBP to assess duties at the AFA margin rate. If 
these preliminary results are unchanged in the final results, then the 
Department intends to instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on POR 
entries of the subject merchandise produced or exported by 
Intercontinental Skyline and Pacific Imports at the rate of 137.20 
percent of the entered value.\7\ The final results of this review shall 
be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of 
merchandise covered by the final results of this review and for future 
deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.\8\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \8\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates for 
Intercontinental Skyline and Pacific Imports will be those established 
in the final results of this review; (2) for previously reviewed or 
investigated companies not participating in this review, the cash 
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published 
for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered 
in this review, or the original less than fair value (LTFV) 
investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of 
the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 4.37 percent, the all-
others rate made effective by the LTFV investigation.\9\ These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \9\ 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).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 14, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-12084 Filed 5-20-13; 8:45 am]
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