[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 74 (Friday, April 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21208-21209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08894]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-822]


Helical Spring Lock Washers From the People's Republic of China: 
Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-
2013

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is amending the final 
results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain helical spring lock washers (HSLW) from the People's Republic 
of China (PRC) \1\ to correct a ministerial error. The period of review 
(POR) is October 1, 2012, through September 30, 2013.
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    \1\ See Helical Spring Lock Washers from the People's Republic 
of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2012-2013, 80 FR 13833 (March 17, 2015) (Final Results) and 
accompanying ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Helical Spring Lock 
Washers from the People's Republic of China; 2012-2013'' (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).

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DATES: Effective Date: April 17, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sergio Balbontin, 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 202-482-6478.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 9, 2015, the Department disclosed to interested parties 
its calculations for the Final Results.\2\ On March 16, 2015 we 
received a ministerial error allegation from Jiangsu RC Import & Export 
Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu RC).\3\
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    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Final Results of the Eighteenth 
Administrative Review of Helical Spring Lock Washers from the 
People's Republic of China: Analysis of the Preliminary Results 
Margin Calculation for Jiangsu RC Import & Export Co., Ltd.'' dated 
March 9, 2015 (Calculation Memorandum).
    \3\ See letter from Jiangsu RC, ``RC Final Results Ministerial 
Error Comments: Antidumping Duty Order on Helical Spring Lock 
Washers from the People's Republic of China'' dated March 16, 2015.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order are HSLWs. The product is 
currently classified under subheading 7318.21.0000, 7318.21.0030, and 
7318.21.0090 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written product description is dispositive. A 
full description of the scope of the order is

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contained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Ministerial Error

    Section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (Act), and 19 
CFR 351.224(f) define a ``ministerial error'' as an error ``in 
addition, subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical error 
resulting from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any 
similar type of unintentional error which the Secretary considers 
ministerial.'' We have analyzed Jiangsu RC's ministerial error comments 
and have determined, in accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.224(e), that we made ministerial errors in our calculations 
for the Final Results. For the Final Results, the Department identified 
and valued five labor inputs to use in calculating the surrogate value 
for Jiangsu RC.\5\ In calculating the surrogate value, the Department 
inadvertently double-counted two of these five labor inputs.\6\
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    \5\ See Calculation Memorandum at Attachment I.
    \6\ Id.
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    In accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), 
we are amending the Final Results. The revised weighted-average dumping 
margins are detailed below.

Amended Final Results of Review

    As a result of correcting this ministerial error, we determine that 
the following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the POR: \7\
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    \7\ See memoranda, ``Decision Memorandum for the Amended Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013'' and 
``Calculation Memorandum for the Amended Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013'' dated 
concurrently with this Notice.

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                          Exporter                              dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Jiangsu RC Import & Export Co., Ltd.........................      189.81
PRC-wide Rate...............................................      189.81
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Disclosure

    We will disclose the calculations performed for these amended final 
results to interested parties within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
the Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review. For customers or importers of Jiangsu RC for 
which we do not have entered value, we calculated customer-/importer-
specific antidumping duty assessment amounts based on the ratio of the 
total amount of dumping duties calculated for the examined sales of 
subject merchandise to the total sales quantity of those same sales. 
For customers or importers of Jiangsu RC for which we received entered-
value information, we have calculated customer/importer-specific 
antidumping duty assessment rates based on customer/importer-specific 
ad valorem rates in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    The Department announced a refinement to its assessment practice in 
NME cases. 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, including, in this case, 
Suzhou Guoxin Group Wang Shun Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd. (Guoxin) and 
Winnsen Industry Co., Ltd. (Winnsen), the Department will instruct CBP 
to liquidate such entries at the revised PRC-wide rate of 189.81 
percent.\8\ In addition, for companies for which the Department 
determined that the 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. We intend to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of these 
amended final results of review.
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    \8\ The Department determined that Guoxin is not eligible for a 
separate rate and that Winnsen, whose request for a review was 
timely withdrawn, had not been assigned a separate rate.
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Notification

    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 Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
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(a)(3). Timely 
written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    These amended final results of review are issued and published in 
accordance with section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930 Act and 19 CFR 
351.224(f).

    Dated: April 10, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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