[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56860-56861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22477]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-863]


Honey From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012

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

SUMMARY: On June 28, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the 
``Department'') published the Preliminary Results \1\ of the 2011-2012 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on honey from the 
People's Republic of China (``PRC''). The period of review (``POR'') is 
December 1, 2011, through November 30, 2012. We gave interested parties 
an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results, but we received 
none. The final weighted-average dumping margin for the PRC-wide entity 
is listed in the ``Final Results of Review'' section below.
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    \1\ See Honey From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary 
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2011-2012, 78 FR 38941 (June 28, 2013), and accompanying 
Decision Memorandum (``Preliminary Results'').

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DATES: Effective Date: September 16, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emeka Chukwudebe, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On June 28, 2013, the Department published the Preliminary Results. 
We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results, 
but we received none. The Department has conducted this administrative 
review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act'').

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are natural honey, artificial 
honey containing more than 50 percent natural honey by weight, 
preparations of natural honey containing more than 50 percent natural 
honey by weight and flavored honey. The subject merchandise includes 
all grades and colors of honey whether in liquid, creamed, comb, cut 
comb, or chunk form, and whether packaged for retail or in bulk form.
    The merchandise subject to the order is currently classifiable 
under subheadings 0409.00.00, 1702.90.90, 2106.90.99, 0409.00.0010, 
0409.00.0035, 0409.00.0005, 0409.00.0045, 0409.00.0056, and 
0409.00.0065 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(``HTSUS''). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the Department's written description 
of the merchandise under the order is dispositive.
    Also included in the scope are blends of honey and rice syrup, 
regardless of the percentage of honey contained in the blend.

PRC-Wide Entity

    In the Preliminary Results, the Department determined that 66 
companies \2\ failed to demonstrate their eligibility for a separate 
rate and were considered part of the PRC-wide entity.\3\ After issuing 
the Preliminary Results, the Department did not receive any comments 
from interested parties. Because nothing has changed with respect to 
these companies since the Preliminary Results, we continue to find them 
to be part of the PRC-wide entity.
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    \2\ See Appendix.
    \3\ See Preliminary Results, and accompanying Decision 
Memorandum at 3 where the Department stated that while American 
Honey Producers Association and Sioux Honey Association 
(``Petitioners'') withdrew their requests for review for 62 
additional companies, those companies remain under review as part of 
the PRC-wide entity and the Department will make a determination 
with respect to the PRC-wide entity in the preliminary results and 
the final results.
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    Additionally, we also stated that if our preliminary decision with 
respect to the U.S. importer Milky Way International Trading Co. (dba 
MW Polar Foods) (``Milky Way'') remains unchanged for the final 
results, we would refer the issue of Milky Way importing type 3 entries 
of subject merchandise as type 1 entries (i.e., not subject to 
antidumping tariffs) to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'').\4\ Because nothing has changed with respect to Milky Way, we 
intend to refer this issue to CBP upon issuance of these final results.
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    \4\ See id.
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Final Results of Review

    The Department has made no changes to the Preliminary Results. As a 
result of our review, we determine that the following dumping margin 
exists for the period December 1, 2011, through November 30, 2012:

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                                                               Margin
                         Exporter                           (dollars per
                                                              kilogram)
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PRC-wide entity (which includes the companies listed in           $2.63
 Appendix 1)..............................................
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Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), the Department has determined, and CBP shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise 
and deposits of estimated duties, where applicable, in accordance with 
the final results of this review. The Department intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of 
these final results of review. 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. In addition, if the 
Department determines that an exporter under review had no shipments of 
the subject merchandise, any suspended entries that entered under that 
exporter's case number (i.e., at that exporter's rate) will be 
liquidated at the NME-wide rate.\6\
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    \5\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
    \6\ See id.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments

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of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For 
previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not 
listed above that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the most recent 
period; (2) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not 
been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate 
will be the PRC-wide rate of $2.63 per kilogram; and (3) 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 
exporters that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Notifications

    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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to the 
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). Timely notification of the 
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order 
is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the 
terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and this notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

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

Appendix

    The following companies are not eligible for separate rate 
status in this administrative review and are considered part of the 
PRC-wide Entity:

1. Ahcof Industrial Development Corp., Ltd.
2. Alfred L. Wolff (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
3. Anhui Changhao Import & Export Trading
4. Anhui Honghui Import & Export Trade Co., Ltd.
5. Anhui Cereals Oils and Foodstuffs I/E (Group) Corporation
6. Anhui Hundred Health Foods Co., Ltd.
7. Anhui Native Produce Imp & Exp Corp.
8. Anhui Time Tech Co., Ltd.
9. APM Global Logistics (Shanghai) Co.
10. Baiste Trading Co., Ltd.
11. Cheng Du Wai Yuan Bee Products Co., Ltd.
12. Chengdu Stone Dynasty Art Stone
13. Damco China Limited Qingdao Branch
14. Dongtai Peak Honey Industry Co., Ltd.
15. Eurasia Bee's Products Co., Ltd.
16. Feidong Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.
17. Fresh Honey Co., Ltd. (formerly Mgl. Yun Shen)
18. Golden Tadco Int'l
19. Hangzhou Golden Harvest Health Industry Co., Ltd.
20. Hangzhou Tienchu Miyuan Health Food Co., Ltd.
21. Haoliluck Co., Ltd.
22. Hengjide Healthy Products Co. Ltd.
23. Hubei Yusun Co., Ltd.
24. Inner Mongolia Altin Bee-Keeping
25. Inner Mongolia Youth Trade Development Co., Ltd.
26. Jiangsu Cereals, Oils Foodstuffs Import Export (Group) Corp.
27. Jiangsu Kanghong Natural Healthfoods Co., Ltd.
28. Jiangsu Light Industry Products Imp & Exp (Group) Corp.
29. Jilin Province Juhui Import
30. Maersk Logistics (China) Company Ltd.
31. Nefelon Limited Company
32. Ningbo Shengye Electric Appliance
33. Ningbo Shunkang Health Food Co., Ltd.
34. Ningxia Yuehai Trading Co., Ltd.
35. Product Source Marketing Ltd.
36. Qingdao Aolan Trade Co., Ltd.
37. QHD Sanhai Honey Co., Ltd.
38. Qinhuangdao Municipal Dafeng Industrial Co., Ltd.
39. Renaissance India Mannite
40. Shaanxi Youthsun Co., Ltd.
41. Shanghai Bloom International Trading Co., Ltd.
42. Shanghai Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.
43. Shanghai Hui Ai Mal Tose Co., Ltd.
44. Shanghai Luyuan Import & Export
45. Shine Bal Co., Ltd.
46. Sichuan-Dujiangyan Dubao Bee Industrial Co., Ltd.
47. Sichuan Hasten Imp Exp. Trading Co., Ltd.
48. Silverstream International Co., Ltd.
49. Sunnice Honey
50. Suzhou Aiyi IE Trading Co., Ltd.
51. Suzhou Shanding Honey Product Co. Ltd.
52. Tianjin Weigeda Trading Co., Ltd.
53. Wanxi Haohua Food Co., Ltd.
54. Wuhan Shino-Food Trade Co., Ltd.
55. Wuhu Anjie Food Co., Ltd.
56. Wuhu Deli Foods Co. Ltd.
57. Wuhu Fenglian Co., Ltd.
58. Wuhu Haoyikuai I & E Co.
59. Wuhu Haoyikuai Import & Export Co., Ltd.
60. Wuhu Haoyikuai Food Products Co., Ltd.
61. Wuhu Qinshi Tangye
62. Wuhu Qinshi Tangye Co., Ltd.
63. Wuhu Xinrui Bee-Product Co., Ltd.
64. Xinjiang Jinhui Food Co., Ltd.
65. Youngster International Trading Co., Ltd.
66. Zhejiang Willing Foreign Trading Co.

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