[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36013-36014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14890]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-953]


Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2012

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on narrow woven 
ribbons with woven selvedge (ribbons) from the People's Republic of 
China (PRC). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2012, through 
December 31, 2012. We preliminarily find that Yangzhou Bestpak Gifts & 
Crafts Co., Ltd. (Bestpak) received countervailable subsidies during 
the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary 
results.

DATES: Effective: June 25, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Siepmann, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
7958.

Scope of the Order

    The scope of the order consists of ribbons. The merchandise subject 
to this order is classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (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. Although 
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description, available in Narrow Woven Ribbons 
with Woven Selvedge from the People's Republic of China: Countervailing 
Duty Order, 75 FR 53642 (September 1, 2010), remains dispositive.
    A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the 
memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, 
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Decision 
Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review: Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from 
the People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum), which is hereby adopted by this 
notice.
    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 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://www.trade.gov/enforcement/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

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Methodology

    The Department conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each 
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily 
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided 
financial contribution by an ``authority'' that gives rise to a benefit 
to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\1\
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    \1\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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    In making these findings, we relied on facts available and, because 
Bestpak and the Government of the PRC did not act to the best of their 
ability to respond to the Department's requests for information, we 
have drawn adverse inferences in selecting from among the facts 
otherwise available.\2\ For further information, see ``Use of Facts 
Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences'' in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \2\ See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated an 
individual subsidy rate for Bestpak for the period January 1, 2012, 
through December 31, 2012.
    We preliminarily find that the net subsidy rate for Bestpak is as 
follows:

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                                                           Net subsidy
                   Producer/exporter                      rate (percent)
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Yangzhou Bestpak Gifts & Crafts Co., Ltd...............           51.02
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    All calculations for the preliminary results of this review are 
contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum and have been thereby 
disclosed.\3\ Case briefs may be submitted to IA ACCESS by no later 
than 30 days after the day on which these preliminary results are 
published in the Federal Register.\4\ Rebuttal briefs, which must be 
limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted by no later 
than five days after the deadline for case briefs.\5\ Parties who 
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding should submit 
with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary 
of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\6\ The summary should 
be limited to five pages total, including footnotes.
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    \3\ 19 CFR 351.224(b) calls for the Department to disclose 
calculations performed in connection with the preliminary results of 
an administrative review within five days after the publication of 
the preliminary results.
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    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 Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce 
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\7\ 
Requests should contain the party's name, address, and 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 intends 
to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, on a date and at a time 
and location to be determined. Parties will be notified of the date, 
time and location of any hearing.
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    Parties are reminded that briefs and hearing requests must be filed 
electronically using IA ACCESS and that electronically filed documents 
must be received successfully in their entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time 
on the due date.
    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, the Department will issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including our analysis of and responses to 
issues raised by the parties in their comments, within 120 days after 
issuing these preliminary results.

Assessment Rates

    Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall 
determine, and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall 
assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by 
this review. We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    If the final results of this review are the same as these 
preliminary results, the Department also intends to instruct CBP to 
collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amount 
shown above for Bestpak. For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct 
CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties at the most recent company-specific or all-others rate 
applicable to the company. These cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.

    Dated: June 18, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

A. Background
B. Scope of the Order
C. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
D. Supporting Information for AFA Findings
E. Subsidy Rate Chart
F. Disclosure and Public Comment

[FR Doc. 2014-14890 Filed 6-24-14; 8:45 am]
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