[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27633-27635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11577]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-863]


Honey From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013

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

SUMMARY: On January 7, 2015, the Department of Commerce 
(``Department'') published the preliminary results of the twelfth 
administrative review, covering the period December 1, 2012, through 
November 30, 2013, of the antidumping duty order on honey from the 
People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ We gave interested parties an 
opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results. After analyzing 
interested parties' comments, we made no changes for the final results 
of review. The final antidumping duty margins for this review are 
listed in the ``Final Results of Review'' section below.
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    \1\ See Honey From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 80 FR 
862 (January 7, 2015) (``Preliminary Results'').

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DATES: Effective Date: May 14, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office V, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6905.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 7, 2015, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results of this administrative review and invited interested parties to 
submit comments on our findings. On February 5, 2015, the mandatory 
respondent, Kunshan Xinlong Food Co., Ltd. (``Kunshan Xinlong''), filed 
a case brief.\2\ On February 13, 2015, Petitioners \3\ filed a rebuttal 
brief. The Department did not hold a public hearing pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.310(d), as interested parties did not request one. We conducted 
this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act'').
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    \2\ We note that the case brief was timely filed on February 5, 
2015, despite the erroneous date noted on the cover letter of the 
case brief.
    \3\ Petitioners are: American Honey Producers Association and 
Sioux Honey Association.

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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by 
parties to this review are addressed in the ``Administrative Review of 
Honey from the People's Republic of China: Issues and Decision 
Memorandum for the Final Results'' (``Decision Memorandum''), dated 
concurrently with and hereby adopted by, this notice. A list of the 
issues which parties raised and to which we respond in the Decision 
Memorandum is attached to this notice as an Appendix. The Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (``ACCESS''). ACCESS is available 
to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and to all parties in 
the Central Records Unit (``CRU''), Room 7046 of the main Department of 
Commerce building. In addition, parties can obtain a complete version 
of the Decision Memorandum on the Internet at http://trade.gov/enforcement/frn/index.html. The signed Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic versions of the Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are natural honey, artificial 
honey containing more than 50 percent natural honey by weight, 
preparations of natural honey containing more than 50 percent natural 
honey by weight and flavored honey.\4\ The merchandise subject to the 
order is currently classifiable under subheadings 0409.00.00, 
1702.90.90 and 2106.90.99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (``HTSUS''). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes, the Department's written 
description of the merchandise is dispositive.\5\
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    \4\ See Decision Memorandum for a complete description of the 
Scope of the Order.
    \5\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order And Amendment To Final 
Determination: Honey from the People's Republic of China, 66 FR 
59026 (December 10, 2001).
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PRC-Wide Entity

    In the Preliminary Results, the Department indicated its intention 
to make a determination at the final results with respect to two 
companies for which the review was timely withdrawn: Fuzhou 
Shenglinmark Trade Co., Ltd., and Dongtai Peak Honey Industry Co., 
Ltd.\6\ In the Preliminary Results, we stated that ``because Fuzhou 
Shenglinmark Trade Co., Ltd. and Dongtai Peak were not eligible for 
separate-rate status at the initiation of the review, the Department's 
practice is to refrain from rescinding the review with respect to these 
two companies at this time . . . '' because ``while the request for 
review of these companies was timely withdrawn, we preliminarily 
determine that the companies remain part of the PRC-wide entity, which 
is under review for these preliminary results.'' \7\ We further stated 
that we ``will make a determination with respect to the PRC-wide entity 
at the conclusion of this review.'' \8\ Because there are no changes to 
the facts regarding these two companies since the Preliminary Results, 
we continue to find that Fuzhou Shenglinmark Trade Co., Ltd., and 
Dongtai Peak Honey Industry Co., Ltd. are part of the PRC-wide entity, 
which is under review.
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    \6\ See Preliminary Results, 80 FR at 862 and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at pages 1-2 and 3-4. See also 
Letter from Petitioners re: ``Partial Withdrawal of Request for 12th 
Administrative Review,'' dated February 28, 2014.
    \7\ See Preliminary Results, 80 FR at 862 and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at pages 3-4.
    \8\ Id.
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    As discussed in the Preliminary Results, the Department relied on 
facts available in making its preliminary determination with respect to 
Kunshan Xinlong, and treated it as part of the PRC-wide entity. We 
preliminarily drew an adverse inference in selecting from among the 
facts otherwise available. Because Kunshan Xinlong, as part of the PRC-
wide entity, withheld requested information, failed to provide 
information in a timely manner and in the form requested, and 
significantly impeded this proceeding, we continue to find that the 
PRC-wide entity failed to cooperate to the best of its ability and, 
accordingly, find it appropriate to assign it a margin based on adverse 
facts available (``AFA''). The Department's determination is in 
accordance with sections 776(a)(2)(A), (B), (C) and 776(b) of the 
Act.\9\ For a detailed discussion regarding Kunshan Xinlong, see 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \9\ See, e.g., Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the 
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 71 FR 69546 (December 1, 2006) and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 1. See also 
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Preliminary Results of the First Administrative Review and 
New Shipper Review, 72 FR 10689, 10692 (March 9, 2007) (decision to 
apply total AFA to the NME-wide entity) unchanged in Certain Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final 
Results of the First Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
First New Shipper Review, 72 FR 52052 (September 12, 2007).
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Final Results of Review

    As a result of this administrative review, the weighted-average 
dumping margin for the POR is as follows:

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                                                              Margin
                 Manufacturer/exporter                     (dollars per
                                                            kilogram)
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PRC-wide entity 10.....................................            2.63
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Assessment

    Consistent with these final results, and pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department will 
direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Consistent with AR5 
Final Results, we will direct CBP to assess importer-specific 
assessments rates based on the resulting per-unit (i.e., per kilogram) 
amount on each entry of the subject merchandise during the review 
period.\11\ The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to 
CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final results of this 
review.
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    \10\ The PRC-wide entity includes: Kunshan Xinlong Food Co., 
Ltd., Fuzhou Shenglinmark Trade Co., Ltd., and Dongtai Peak Honey 
Industry Co., Ltd.
    \11\ See Honey from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results and Rescission, In Part, of Aligned Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and New Shipper Review, 73 FR 424321 (July 21, 
2008) (``AR5 Final Results'').
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    For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales database 
submitted by an exporter individually examined during this review, the 
Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the PRC-wide 
rate. Additionally, 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 will be 
liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of these final results of administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the exporter 
listed above, the cash deposit rate will be established in the final 
results of this review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, 
i.e., less than 0.5 percent, no cash deposit will be required for that 
company); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC 
exporters not listed above that have separate rates, the cash

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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 $2.63 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 exporters that supplied that non-PRC 
exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a 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, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/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 violation which is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing this administrative review and notice 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

     Dated: May 7, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
    1. Scope of the Order
    2. Case Timeline
III. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether the Department's Rejection of Kunshan 
Xinlong's Post-Deadline Extension Requests Was Appropriate
    Comment 2: Whether the Department Properly Disallowed Kunshan 
Xinlong to Submit a Supplemental Section C Questionnaire Response
    Comment 3: Whether the Adverse Inference Is Appropriate
    Comment 4: Whether the AFA Rate Is Appropriate
IV. Recommendation

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