[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70917-70918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28552]


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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: Notice of Decision of the Court of International 
Trade Not in Harmony and Notice of Amended Final Determination

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On October 30, 2013, the United States Court of International 
Trade (CIT) entered final judgment sustaining a remand redetermination 
of the Department of Commerce (Department) relating to the 
countervailing duty (CVD) investigation on certain new pneumatic off-
the-road tires (OTR tires) from the People's Republic of China.\1\ 
Consistent with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for 
the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 
(Fed. Cir. 1990) (Timken), as clarified by Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. 
Coalition v. United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond 
Sawblades), the Department is notifying the public that the final CIT 
judgment in this case is not in harmony with the Department's final 
affirmative determination in the CVD investigation of OTR tires from 
the PRC and is amending its final determination with respect to the 
total net countervailable subsidy rate calculated for Tianjin United 
Tire & Rubber International Co., Ltd. (TUTRIC).
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    \1\ See GPX Int'l Tire Corp. v. United States, Consol. Ct. No. 
08-00285, Slip Op. 13-132 (Ct. Int'l Trade Oct. 30, 2013) (GPX 
VIII).

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DATES: Effective Date: November 9, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jun Jack Zhao, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
1396.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In July 2008, the Department published a 
final determination in which it found that countervailable subsidies 
are being provided to producers/exporters of OTR tires from the PRC.\2\ 
As part of the Final Determination, the Department calculated a CVD 
rate for TUTRIC of 6.85 percent.\3\ A summary of that determination and 
resulting domestic litigation can be found in Certain New Pneumatic 
Off-the-Road Tires From the People's Republic of China: Notice of 
Decision of the Court of International Trade Not in Harmony, 75 FR 
62505 (October 12, 2010) (2010 Timken Notice).
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    \2\ See Certain New Pneumatic Off-The-Road-Tires From the 
People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 
Determination and Final Negative Determination of Critical 
Circumstances, 73 FR 40480 (July 15, 2008) (Final Determination).
    \3\ Id., 73 FR 40483.
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    In May 2012, the CAFC vacated and remanded the earlier final 
judgment of the CIT referenced in the 2010 Timken Notice.\4\ The CIT 
subsequently ordered the Department to reconsider several 
methodological and calculation issues from the Final Determination.\5\ 
On remand, the Department recalculated the subsidy rate for TUTRIC's 
debt forgiveness as well as its total countervailable subsidy rate.\6\ 
The CIT sustained the Department's Remand Redetermination in GPX VIII.
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    \4\ See GPX Int'l Tire Corp. v. United States, 678 F.3d 1308 
(Fed. Cir. 2012).
    \5\ See GPX Int'l Tire Corp. v. United States, 893 F. Supp. 2d 
1296 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2013).
    \6\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Remand, CIT 
Consol. Court No. 08-00285 (April 16, 2013) (Remand 
Redetermination).
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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken, as clarified by Diamond Sawblades, the 
CAFC held that, pursuant to section 516A(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act), the Department must publish a notice of a court 
decision that is not ``in harmony'' with a Department determination and 
must suspend liquidation of entries pending a ``conclusive'' court 
decision. The CIT's October 30, 2013, judgment in GPX VIII constitutes 
a final decision of that court that is not in harmony with the 
Department's final determination. This notice is published in 
fulfillment of the publication requirements of Timken. Accordingly, the 
Department will continue the suspension of liquidation of the subject 
merchandise pending expiration of the period of appeal or, if appealed, 
pending a final and conclusive court decision. Since the Final 
Determination, the Department has established a new cash deposit rate

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for TUTRIC.\7\ Therefore, this amended final determination does not 
change TUTRIC's cash deposit rate.
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    \7\ See Implementation of Determinations Under Section 129 of 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act: Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road 
Tires; Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe; Laminated Woven 
Sacks; and Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From the People's 
Republic of China, 77 FR 52683 (August 30, 2012).
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Amended Final Determination

    Because there is now a final CIT judgment with respect to the Final 
Determination, the revised total net countervailable subsidy rate for 
TUTRIC is 3.93 percent.\8\
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    \8\ Total net countervailable subsidy rates for other 
respondents identified in the Final Determination remain unchanged. 
See Final Determination, 73 FR 40483.
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    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(e)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: November 20, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013-28552 Filed 11-26-13; 8:45 am]
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