[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 138 (Thursday, July 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42932-42934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17160]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-827]


Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Determination To 
Revoke Order In Part; 2010-2011

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On January 11, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of the antidumping duty 
administrative review of certain cased pencils (pencils) from the 
People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of review (POR) is 
December 1, 2010, through November 30, 2011. The review covers one 
exporter of subject merchandise, Beijing Fila Dixon Stationery Company, 
Ltd. a/k/a Beijing Dixon Ticonderoga Stationery Company, Ltd., a/k/a 
Beijing Dixon Stationery Company, Ltd., and Dixon Ticonderoga Company 
(collectively, Dixon). For the final results, we find that Dixon did 
not make sales of the subject merchandise at less than normal value. 
Furthermore, the Department is revoking the antidumping duty order in 
part with respect to Dixon.

DATES: Effective Date: July 18, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolberg or Sergio Balbontin, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1785 
or (202) 482-6478, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 11, 2013, the Department published the preliminary 
results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
pencils from the PRC.\1\ On January 31, 2013, the Department received 
comments from Dixon concerning the Department's selection of the 
surrogate country and the surrogate values used in the Preliminary 
Results. The Department conducted verification of Dixon's sales and 
factors of production responses from April 8, 2013, through April 10,

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2013, in Beijing, PRC. We received a case brief from Dixon on June 3, 
2013, and held a hearing on June 20, 2013. We have conducted this 
administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
and Intent Not To Revoke Order In Part; 2010-2011, 78 FR 2363 
(January 11, 2013) (Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order includes certain cased pencils 
from the PRC. Certain cased pencils subject to the order are currently 
classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) subheading 9609.10.00. While the HTSUS subheading is provided 
for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
scope of the order is dispositive. A full description of the scope of 
the order is contained in the issues and decision memorandum.\2\
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    \2\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul 
Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, entitled 
``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Administrative Review of 
the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Cased Pencils from the 
People's Republic of China'' dated concurrently with this notice 
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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    The Issues and 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 is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 
of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia. The signed Issues and 
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in Dixon's case brief are addressed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues raised is attached to 
this notice as an Appendix.

Changes From the Preliminary Results

    Based on further information and comments received from Dixon, we 
have made certain revisions to the margin calculations for Dixon. 
Specifically, for the reasons explained in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum at Comment 1, regarding whether to use India or the 
Philippines instead of Thailand as the primary surrogate country, we 
have relied upon the Philippines as the primary surrogate country for 
valuing Dixon's factors of production for these final results.

Notice of Revocation of the Order, In Part

    As explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, Dixon has met 
the criteria described in 19 CFR 351.222(b)(1) and (2) for revocation 
of the order, in part, and has submitted the certifications and 
agreement for reinstatement described in 19 CFR 351.222(e)(1).\3\ 
Therefore, we determine that the order with respect to subject 
merchandise exported by Dixon should be revoked.
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    \3\ In May 2012, the Department amended its regulations to 
eliminate the provision for revocation of an antidumping or 
countervailing duty order with respect to individual exporters or 
producers based on those individual exporters or producers having 
received antidumping rates of zero for three consecutive years. See 
Modification to Regulation Concerning the Revocation of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 29875 (May 21, 2012). The 
Department's amendment applies to all reviews initiated on or after 
June 20, 2012. The instant review was initiated in January 2012.
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Final Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we determine that the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for Dixon for the period 
December 1, 2010, through November 30, 2011:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                          Exporter                              dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Beijing Fila Dixon Stationery Company, Ltd. a/k/a Beijing           0.00
 Dixon Ticonderoga Stationery Company, Ltd., a/k/a Beijing
 Dixon Stationery Company, Ltd..............................
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Assessment Rates

    In accordance with the Final Modification,\4\ the Department will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate entries 
for Dixon without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \4\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012) (Final Modification).
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    The Department recently announced a refinement to its assessment 
practice in non-market economy (NME) cases.\5\ Pursuant to this 
refinement in practice, for entries that were not reported in the U.S. 
sales databases submitted by companies individually examined during 
this review, the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries 
at the NME-wide rate.
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    \5\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of 
the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For Dixon, which is 
revoked from the order, no cash deposit will be required; (2) for 
previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not 
listed above that received a separate rate in a prior segment of this 
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing 
exporter-specific rate; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject 
merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, 
the cash deposit rate will be that for the PRC-wide entity; and (4) for 
all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not received 
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to 
the PRC exporter that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Disclosure

    We will disclose the calculations performed within five days of the 
date of publication of this notice to parties in this proceeding in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties. See 19 CFR 351.402(f)(3).

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary

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information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or 
conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. See 19 
CFR 351.305(a)(3). Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms 
of an APO is a sanctionable violation. See 19 CFR part 354.
    These final results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act.

    Dated: July 10, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

Comment 1: Whether to use India or the Philippines instead of 
Thailand as the primary surrogate country
Comment 2: Whether the antidumping duty order should be revoked as 
to Dixon
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