[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 165 (Wednesday, August 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51774-51775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21185]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-008]


Calcium Hypochlorite From the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review; 2014-2015

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

DATES: Effective date August 26, 2015.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') has received a 
timely request for a new shipper review (``NSR'') of the antidumping 
duty (``AD'') order on calcium hypochlorite from the People's Republic 
of China (``PRC''). The Department has determined that the request 
meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation. The 
period of review (``POR'') for this NSR is July 25, 2014, through June 
30, 2015.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The AD order on calcium hypochlorite was published in the Federal 
Register on January 30, 2015.\1\ On July 20, 2015, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), 
and 19 CFR 351.214(b), the Department received a NSR request from 
Haixing Jingmei Chemical Products Sales Co., Ltd. (``Haixing 
Jingmei'').\2\ Haixing Jingmei certified that it is the exporter of the 
subject merchandise upon which the request is based and that its 
affiliate, Haixing Eno Chemical Co., Ltd., is the producer of the 
subject merchandise.\3\
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    \1\ See Calcium Hypochlorite From the People's Republic of 
China: Antidumping Duty Order, 80 FR 5085 (January 30, 2015) 
(``Order'').
    \2\ See Letter from Haixing Jingmei, ``Entry of Appearance and 
Corrected Request for New Shipper Review: Calcium Hypochlorite from 
the People's Republic of China,'' dated July 20, 2015 (``NSR 
Request'').
    \3\ Id., at 2-3 and Exhibit 1.
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    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(ii), Haixing Jingmei certified that it did not export 
subject merchandise to the United States during the period of 
investigation (``POI'').\4\ Further, Haixing Eno Chemical Co., Ltd. 
certified that it is the producer of the subject merchandise upon which 
the request is based. In addition, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), 
Haixing Jingmei certified that, since the initiation of the 
investigation, it has never been affiliated with any PRC exporter or 
producer who exported subject merchandise to the United States during 
the POI, including those respondents not individually examined during 
the investigation.\5\ As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), 
Haixing Jingmei also certified that its export activities were not 
controlled by the government of the PRC.\6\
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    \4\ Id.
    \5\ Id.
    \6\ Id.
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    In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Haixing Jingmei submitted documentation 
establishing the following: (1) The date on which it first shipped 
subject merchandise for export to the United States; (2) the volume of 
its first shipment and subsequent shipments; and (3) the date of its 
first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United States.\7\
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    \7\ Id., at 3 and Exhibit 2; see also Letter from Haixing 
Jingmei, ``Calcium Hypochlorite from the People's Republic of China: 
Response to Pre-Initiation Question,'' dated July 24, 2015.
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    Finally, the Department conducted a U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (``CBP'') database query and confirmed the price, quantity, 
date of sale, and date of entry of Haixing Jingmei's sales.\8\
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    \8\ The Department will place the results of the completed CBP 
database query along with Haixing Jingmei's entry documents on the 
record after the publication of this notice.
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Initiation of New Shipper Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.214(b), and 
19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), and based on the evidence provided by Haixing 
Jingmei, we find that its request meets the threshold requirements for 
initiation of the NSR for shipments of calcium hypochlorite from the 
PRC produced by Haixing Eno Chemical Co., Ltd. and exported by Haixing 
Jingmei.\9\ The POR is July 25, 2014, through June 30, 2015.\10\ If the 
information supplied by Haixing Jingmei is found to be incorrect or 
insufficient during the course of this proceeding, the Department may 
rescind the review for Haixing Jingmei or apply facts available 
pursuant to section 776 of the Act, depending on the facts on record.
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    \9\ See ``Memorandum to the File, from Irene Gorelik, Senior 
Analyst, ``Calcium Hypochlorite from the People's Republic of China: 
New Shipper Initiation Checklist,'' dated concurrently with this 
notice and herein incorporated by reference.
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(ii)(B).
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    Absent a determination that the new shipper review is 
extraordinarily complicated, the Department intends to issue the 
preliminary results of this NSR within 180 days from the date of 
initiation and the final results within 90 days after the date on which 
the preliminary results are issued.\11\
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    \11\ See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(i).
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    It is the Department's usual practice, in cases involving non-
market economies (``NMEs''), to require that a company seeking to 
establish eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the 
NME entity-wide rate provide evidence of de jure and de facto absence 
of government control over the company's export activities. 
Accordingly, we will issue questionnaires to Haixing Jingmei that will 
include a section requesting information concerning its eligibility for 
a separate rate. The NSR will proceed if the responses provide 
sufficient indication that Haixing Jingmei is not subject to either de 
jure or de facto government control with respect to its exports of 
subject merchandise.
    We will instruct CBP to allow, at the option of the importer, the 
posting, until the completion of this review, of a bond or security in 
lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the subject merchandise from 
the requesting companies in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because Haixing Jingmei certified 
that its affiliate Haixing Eno Chemical Co., Ltd. produced the subject 
merchandise which Haixing Jingmei exported, the

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sales of which are the basis for the NSR request, we will instruct CBP 
to permit the use of a bond only for subject merchandise which Haixing 
Eno Chemical Co., Ltd produced and Haixing Jingmei exported.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
this NSR should submit applications for disclosure under administrative 
protective order, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 19 CFR 351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.214, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: August 19, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-21185 Filed 8-25-15; 8:45 am]
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