[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 178 (Tuesday, September 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55336-55337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23163]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-869]


Large Residential Washers From the Republic of Korea: Final 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013

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

SUMMARY: On March 11, 2015, the Department published the preliminary 
results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order 
on large residential washers from Korea.\1\ The

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review covers two producers/exporters of the subject merchandise, 
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung) and Daewoo Electronics 
Corporation (Daewoo). The period of review (POR) is June 5, 2012, 
through December 31, 2013. Based on an analysis of the comments 
received, the Department has not made changes to the subsidy rates 
calculated for Daewoo and Samsung in the Preliminary Results. The final 
subsidy rates are listed in the ``Final Results of Administrative 
Review'' section below.
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    \1\ See Large Residential Washers From the Republic of Korea: 
Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review; 2012-2013, 80 FR 12803 and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (PDM) (March 11, 2015) (Preliminary Results).

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DATES: Effective Date: September 15, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Page AD/CVD Operations, Office 
VII, Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-1398.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are all large residential washers 
and certain subassemblies thereof from Korea. The products are 
currently classifiable under subheadings 8450.20.0040 and 8450.20.0080 
of the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States (HTSUS). Products 
subject to this order may also enter under HTSUS subheadings 
8450.11.0040, 8450.11.0080, 8450.90.2000, and 8450.90.6000. Although 
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the merchandise subject to this 
scope is dispositive.\2\
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    \2\ For a full description of the scope, see the Department 
Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Large Residential 
Washers from the Republic of Korea'' (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum) (September 8, 2015).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    The issues raised by Whirlpool Corporation (Petitioner), the only 
interested party to submit comments, are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\3\ The issues are identified in the Appendix to 
this notice. The Issues and 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 is available to all parties in the Central Records 
Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed 
and electronic versions of the memorandum are identical in content.
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    \3\ Id.
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this countervailing duty 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 determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a 
financial contribution by an ``authority'' that confers a benefit to 
the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\4\ Additionally, for 
certain subsidy programs, we are relying on the facts available, with 
adverse inferences, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For 
further information, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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    \4\ 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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Final Results of Administrative Review

    As a result of this review, we determine the countervailable 
subsidy rates during the POR for the mandatory respondents to be:

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                                                                Subsidy
                           Company                               rate
                                                               (percent)
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd................................       34.77
Daewoo Electronics Corporation..............................       81.91
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Assessment and Cash Deposit Requirements

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), the Department intends to 
issue appropriate instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) 15 days after publication of the final results of this review. 
The Department will instruct CBP to liquidate shipments of subject 
merchandise produced and/or exported by Daewoo and Samsung, entered or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption from June 5, 2012, through 
December 31, 2013.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the Department also 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated CVDs, in 
the amounts shown above for each of the respective companies shown 
above, on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
final results of this review. For all non-reviewed firms, we will 
instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits at the most-recent 
company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, as 
appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
an 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), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
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.
    These final results are issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 8, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

APPENDIX I

Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Analysis of Comments
VII. Recommendation

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