[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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