[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77653-77656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30660]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-831]


Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary 
Results and Partial Rescission of the 18th Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2011-2012

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting the 18th 
administrative review (AR) of the antidumping duty order on fresh 
garlic from the People's Republic of China (PRC) covering the period of 
review (POR) November 1, 2011, through October 31, 2012.\1\ The 
mandatory respondents in this review are: Hebei Golden Bird Trading 
Co., Ltd. (Golden Bird) and Shenzhen Xinboda Industrial Co., Ltd. 
(Xinboda). The Department has preliminarily determined that, during the 
POR, the respondents in this proceeding have made sales of subject 
merchandise at less than normal value (NV). The Department is also 
preliminarily determining that 13 companies made no shipments.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 77 FR 
77017 (December 31, 2012) (Initiation Notice).

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DATES: Effective Date: December 24, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Czajkowski or Lingjun Wang, 
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) 482-1395 or (202) 482-2316, respectively.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order includes all grades of garlic, 
whole or separated into constituent cloves. Fresh garlic that are 
subject to the order are currently classified under the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 0703.20.0010, 
0703.20.0020, 0703.20.0090, 0710.80.7060, 0710.80.9750, 0711.90.6000, 
and 2005.90.9700. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written product description, 
available in Antidumping Duty Order: Fresh Garlic from the People's 
Republic of China, 59 FR 59209 (November 16, 1994), remains 
dispositive. For a full description of the scope of the order, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\
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    \2\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations to 
Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance regarding ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the 2011-2012 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China,'' dated 
concurrently with these results and hereby adopted by this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    On December 31, 2012, the Department initiated this administrative 
review with respect to 139 companies.\3\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an administrative review, in 
whole or in part, if a party who requested the review withdraws the 
request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of 
initiation of the requested review. The Department is rescinding this 
review for Jinxiang Jinma Fruits Vegetables Products Co., Ltd. and 
Zhengzhou Harmoni Spice Co., Ltd., as: (1) Parties have timely 
withdrawn all review requests with respect to these companies; and (2) 
these companies have separate rates from a prior completed segment of 
this proceeding. For these companies, antidumping duties shall be 
assessed at rates equal to

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the rates of the cash deposits 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).
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    \3\ See Initiation Notice, 77 FR at 77020-77022.
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    The Department also received timely withdrawal requests for 94 
other companies listed in the Initiation Notice. However, we are not 
rescinding the reviews for these companies at this time because they do 
not have a separate rate, and therefore, each currently remains part of 
the PRC-wide entity.\4\ The PRC-wide entity is currently subject to 
this administrative review.
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    \4\ These 94 companies are included in the PRC-wide entity list 
at Appendix II.
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    Thirteen companies listed in Appendix I timely filed ``no 
shipment'' certifications stating that they had no entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR. Based on the certifications by these 
companies, and our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
information, we preliminarily determine that the companies listed in 
Appendix I did not have any reviewable transactions during the POR. In 
addition, the Department finds that, consistent with its refinement to 
its assessment practice in non-market economy (NME) cases, further 
discussed below, it is appropriate not to rescind the review, in part, 
in these circumstances, but to complete the review with respect to 
these 13 companies, and to issue appropriate instructions to CBP based 
on the final results of the review.\5\
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    \5\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011); see also 
``Assessment Rates'' section below.
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PRC-Wide Entity

    Of the remaining companies subject to these preliminary results, 20 
are not eligible for separate rate status or rescission as they did not 
submit separate rate applications or certifications.\6\ As a result, 
these 20 companies are under review as part of the PRC-wide entity. For 
our determination with respect to the PRC-wide entity, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \6\ See Appendix II.
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Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export prices 
have been calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Because 
the PRC is an NME within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, NV 
has been calculated in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
    The Preliminary Decision Memorandum provides a full description of 
the methodology underlying our conclusions. The Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance'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 
Department's Central Records Unit, 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://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department has determined that the following preliminary 
dumping margins exist for the period November 1, 2011, through October 
31, 2012:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                        Exporters                             margin
                                                           (dollars per
                                                             kilogram)
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Hebei Golden Bird Trading Co., Ltd......................           $1.17
Shenzhen Xinboda Industrial Co., Ltd....................            1.76
Qingdao Xintianfeng Foods Co., Ltd......................            1.47
Shenzhen Bainong Co., Ltd...............................            1.47
Chengwu County Yuanxiang Industry & Commerce Co., Ltd...            1.47
Yantai Jinyan Trading, Inc..............................            1.47
Jinxiang Merry Vegetable Co., Ltd.......................            1.47
Cangshan Qingshui Vegetable Foods Co., Ltd..............            1.47
Jining Yifa Garlic Produce Co., Ltd.....................            1.47
Jinan Farmlady Trading Co., Ltd.........................            1.47
Weifang Hongqiao International Logistics Co., Ltd.......            1.47
PRC-Wide Rate...........................................            4.71
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department will disclose calculations performed for these 
preliminary results to interested parties within ten days of the date 
of publication of this notice.\7\ We will notify interested parties of 
the schedule for submitting case briefs and rebuttal briefs, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(c) and 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1), 
respectively. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must be 
limited to issues raised in the case briefs. Parties who submit 
arguments are requested to submit with the argument: (1) A statement of 
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and, (3) a table of 
authorities.
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, or participate if 
one is requested, must electronically submit a request using IA ACCESS 
to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. 
Department of Commerce. The Department must receive the electronically-
filed document, successfully in its entirety, by 5 p.m. Eastern 
Standard Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\8\ Interested parties should include in the requests: the 
party's name, address, telephone number, the number of participants, 
and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is 
made, the Department will inform the parties of the scheduled date, 
time and location of the hearing.\9\ Parties should confirm by 
telephone or electronic mail, the date, time, and location.
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, the Department will issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the 
issues raised by the parties in their comments, within 120 days after 
issuance of these preliminary results.

Deadline for Submission of Publicly Available Surrogate Value 
Information

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3), the deadline for 
submission of publicly available information to value the factors of 
production under 19 CFR 351.408(c) is 20 days after the date of 
publication of these preliminary results. In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.301(c)(1), if an interested party submits factual information less 
than ten days before, on, or after (if the Department has extended the 
deadline), the applicable deadline for submission of such factual 
information, an interested party may submit factual information to 
rebut, clarify, or correct the factual information no later than ten 
days after such factual information is served on the interested party. 
However, the Department notes that 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1), permits new 
information only insofar as it rebuts, clarifies, or

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corrects information recently placed on the record.\10\ Furthermore, 
the Department generally will not accept business proprietary 
information in either the surrogate value submissions or the rebuttals 
thereto, as the regulation regarding the submission of surrogate values 
allows only for the submission of publicly available information.\11\
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    \10\ See, e.g., Glycine from the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Rescission, in Part, 72 FR 58809 (October 17, 2007) and accompanying 
Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2.
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3).
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Assessment Rates

    If these preliminary results of review are adopted in the final 
results, then the Department will determine, and CBP shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. 
The Department will direct CBP to assess importer-specific assessment 
rates based on the resulting per-unit (i.e., per kilogram) amount on 
each entry of the subject merchandise during the POR. The Department 
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the 
publication date of the final results of the review. In accordance with 
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), the Department calculated exporter/importer-
specific assessment rates for the merchandise subject to the review.
    Also, the Department recently announced a refinement to its 
assessment practice in NME cases. Pursuant to this refinement in 
practice, for merchandise that was not reported in the U.S. sales 
databases submitted by an exporter individually examined during this 
review, but that entered under the case number of that exporter (i.e., 
at the individually-examined exporter's cash deposit rate), 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 PRC-wide rate.\12\
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    \12\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market 
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements, when imposed, will apply 
to all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication of the final 
results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the exporters listed above, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established in these final results of 
review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, a zero cash deposit 
rate will be required for that company); (2) for previously 
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above 
that have separate rates (i.e., those companies with no shipments 
listed in Appendix I), the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
exporter-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) 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 $4.71 per kilogram; 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 requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary 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 double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in 
accordance with sections 751 and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: December 16, 2013.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Companies That Have Certified No Shipments

1. Jinxiang Chengda Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
2. Foshan Fuyi Food Co., Ltd.
3. Heze Ever-Best International Trade Co., Ltd.
4. Zhengzhou Huachao Industrial, Co., Ltd.
5. Qingdao Maycarrier Import & Export Co., Ltd.
6. Jinxiang Merry Vegetable Co., Ltd.
7. Cangshan Qingshui Vegetable Foods Co., Ltd.
8. Qingdao Tiantaixing Foods Co., Ltd.
9. Qingdao Sea-line International Trading Co.
10. XuZhou Simple Garlic Industry Co., Ltd.
11. Jining Yongjia Trade Co. Ltd.
12. Jinxiang Yuanxin Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
13. Shandong Jinxiang Zhengyang Import & Export Co. Ltd.

Appendix II

List of Companies Subject to the PRC-Wide Rate

1. American Pioneer Shipping
2. Anhui Dongqian Foods Ltd.
3. Anqiu Friend Food Co., Ltd.
4. Anqiu Haoshun Trade Co., Ltd.
5. APM Global Logistics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
6. APS Qingdao
7. Chiping Shengkang Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
8. CMEC Engineering Machinery Import & Export Co., Ltd.
9. Dongying Shunyifa Chemical Co., Ltd.
10. Dynalink Systems Logistics (Qingdao) Inc.
11. Eimskip Logistics Inc.
12. Feicheng Acid Chemicals Co., Ltd.
13. Frog World Co., Ltd.
14. Golden Bridge International, Inc.
15. Guangxi Lin Si Fu Bang Trade Co., Ltd
16. Hangzhou Guanyu Foods Co., Ltd.
17. Henan Weite Industrial Co., Ltd.
18. Hongqiao International Logistics Co.
19. Intecs Logistics Service Co., Ltd.
20. IT Logistics Qingdao Branch
21. Jinan Solar Summit International Co., Ltd.
22. Jinan Yipin Corporation Ltd.
23. Jining De-Rain Trading Co., Ltd.
24. Jining Highton Trading Co., Ltd.
25. Jining Jiulong International Trading Co., Ltd.
26. Jining Tiankuang Trade Co., Ltd.
27. Jining Trans-High Trading Co., Ltd.
28. Jinxiang County Huaguang Food Import & Export Co., Ltd.
29. Jinxiang Dacheng Food Co., Ltd.
30. Jinxiang Dongyun Freezing Storage Co., Ltd. (a/k/a Jinxiang 
Eastward Shipping Import and Export Limited Company)
31. Jinxiang Dongyun Import & Export Co., Ltd.
32. Jinxiang Fengsheng Import & Export Co., Ltd.
33. Jinxiang Grand Agricultural Co., Ltd.
34. Jinxiang Hejia Co., Ltd.
35. Jinxiang Infarm Fruits & Vegetables Co., Ltd.
36. Jinxiang Meihua Garlic Produce Co., Ltd.
37. Jinxiang Shanyang Freezing Storage Co., Ltd.
38. Jinxiang Shenglong Trade Co., Ltd.
39. Jinxiang Tianheng Trade Co., Ltd.
40. Jinxiang Tianma Freezing Storage Co., Ltd.
41. Jinxiang Xian Baishite Trade Co., Ltd. (a/k/a Jinxiang Best 
Trade Co., Ltd.)
42. Juye Homestead Fruits and Vegetables Co., Ltd.
43. Kingwin Industrial Co., Ltd.
44. Laiwu Fukai Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
45. Laizhou Xubin Fruits and Vegetables
46. Linshu Dading Private Agricultural Products Co., Ltd.
47. Linyi City Hedong District Jiuli Foodstuff Co.
48. Linyi City Kangfa Foodstuff Drinkable Co., Ltd.
49. Linyi Katayama Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
50. Linyi Tianqin Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
51. Ningjin Ruifeng Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
52. Qingdao Apex Shipping Co., Ltd.
53. Qingdao BNP Co., Ltd.
54. Qingdao Cherry Leather Garment Co., Ltd.

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55. Qingdao Chongzhi International Transportation Co., Ltd.
56. Qingdao Everfresh Trading Co., Ltd.
57. Qingdao Liang He International Trade Co., Ltd
58. Qingdao Lianghe International Trade Co., Ltd.
59. Qingdao Saturn International Trade Co., Ltd.
60. Qingdao Sino-World International Trading Co., Ltd.
61. Qingdao Winner Foods Co., Ltd.
62. Qingdao XinTian Feng Food Co., Ltd.
63. Qingdao Yuankang International
64. Qufu Dongbao Import & Export Trade Co., Ltd.
65. Rizhao Huasai Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
66. Samyoung America (Shanghai) Inc.
67. Shandong Chengshun Farm Produce Trading Co., Ltd.
68. Shandong Chenhe Intl Trading Co., Ltd.
69. Shandong China Bridge Imports
70. Shandong Dongsheng Eastsun Foods Co., Ltd.
71. Shandong Garlic Company
72. Shandong Longtai Fruits and Vegetables Co., Ltd.
73. Shandong Sanxing Food Co., Ltd.
74. Shandong Wonderland Organic Food Co., Ltd.
75. Shandong Xingda Foodstuffs Group Co., Ltd.
76. Shandong Yipin Agro (Group) Co., Ltd.
77. Shanghai Ever Rich Trade Company
78. Shanghai Goldenbridge International Co., Ltd.
79. Shanghai Great Harvest International Co., Ltd.
80. Shanghai LJ International Trading Co., Ltd.
81. Shanghai Medicines & Health Products Import/Export Co., Ltd.
82. Shanghai Yijia International Transportation Co., Ltd.
83. Shenzhen Fanhui Import & Export Co., Ltd.
84. Shenzhen Greening Trading Co., Ltd.
85. Shenzhen Xunong Trade Co., Ltd.
86. Sunny Import & Export Limited
87. T&S International, LLC.
88. Taian Eastsun Foods Co., Ltd.
89. Taian Fook Huat Tong Kee Pte. Ltd.
90. Taian Solar Summit Food Co., Ltd.
91. Taiyan Ziyang Food Co., Ltd.
92. Tianjin Spiceshi Co., Ltd.
93. U.S. United Logistics (Ningbo) Inc.
94. V.T. Impex (Shandong) Limited
95. Weifang Chenglong Import & Export Co., Ltd.
96. Weifang He Lu Food Import & Export Co., Ltd.
97. Weifang Hong Qiao International Logistics Co., Ltd.
98. Weifang Jinbao Agricultural Equipment Co., Ltd.
99. Weifang Naike Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
100. Weifang Shennong Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
101. Weihai Textile Group Import & Export Co., Ltd.
102. WSSF Corporation (Weifang)
103. Xiamen Huamin Import Export Company
104. Xiamen Keep Top Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd.
105. Xinjiang Top Agricultural Products Co., Ltd.
106. XuZhou Heiners Agricultural Co., Ltd.
107. Yishui Hengshun Food Co., Ltd.
108. You Shi Li International Trading Co., Ltd.
109. Zhangzhou Xiangcheng Rainbow Greenland Food Co., Ltd.
110. Zhengzhou Dadi Garlic Industry Co., Ltd.
111. Zhengzhou Xiwannian Food Co., Ltd.
112. Zhengzhou Xuri Import & Export Co., Ltd.
113. Zhengzhou Yuanli Trading Co., Ltd.
114. Zhong Lian Farming Product (Qingdao) Co., Ltd.

Appendix III

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

1. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
2. Non-Market Economy Country Status
3. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
4. Separate Rates
5. Separate Rate for Non-Selected Companies
6. PRC-Wide Entity
7. Surrogate Country
8. Date of Sale
9. Fair-Value Comparisons
10. U.S. Price
11. Normal Value
12. Currency Conversion

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