[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60356-60362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25414]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') has received 
requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders and findings with August anniversary dates. 
In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating 
those administrative reviews.

DATES: Effective date: October 6, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Waters, Office of AD/CVD

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Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 
(202) 482-4735.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(b), for administrative reviews of various antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders and findings with August anniversary dates.
    All deadlines for the submission of various types of information, 
certifications, or comments or actions by the Department discussed 
below refer to the number of calendar days from the applicable starting 
time.

Notice of No Sales

    If a producer or exporter named in this notice of initiation had no 
exports, sales, or entries during the period of review (``POR''), it 
must notify the Department within 30 days of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register. All submissions must be filed electronically 
at http://access.trade.gov in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303.\1\ Such 
submissions are subject to verification in accordance with section 
782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). Further, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(1)(i), a copy must be served on every 
party on the Department's service list.
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    \1\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order 
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011).
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Respondent Selection

    In the event the Department limits the number of respondents for 
individual examination for administrative reviews initiated pursuant to 
requests made for the orders identified below, the Department intends 
to select respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') data for U.S. imports during the period of review. We intend 
to place the CBP data on the record within five days of publication of 
the initiation notice and to make our decision regarding respondent 
selection within 30 days of publication of the initiation Federal 
Register notice. Comments regarding the CBP data and respondent 
selection should be submitted seven days after the placement of the CBP 
data on the record of this review. Parties wishing to submit rebuttal 
comments should submit those comments five days after the deadline for 
the initial comments.
    In the event the Department decides it is necessary to limit 
individual examination of respondents and conduct respondent selection 
under section 777A(c)(2) of the Act:
    In general, the Department has found that determinations concerning 
whether particular companies should be ``collapsed'' (i.e., treated as 
a single entity for purposes of calculating antidumping duty rates) 
require a substantial amount of detailed information and analysis, 
which often require follow-up questions and analysis. Accordingly, the 
Department will not conduct collapsing analyses at the respondent 
selection phase of this review and will not collapse companies at the 
respondent selection phase unless there has been a determination to 
collapse certain companies in a previous segment of this antidumping 
proceeding (i.e., investigation, administrative review, new shipper 
review or changed circumstances review). For any company subject to 
this review, if the Department determined, or continued to treat, that 
company as collapsed with others, the Department will assume that such 
companies continue to operate in the same manner and will collapse them 
for respondent selection purposes. Otherwise, the Department will not 
collapse companies for purposes of respondent selection. Parties are 
requested to (a) identify which companies subject to review previously 
were collapsed, and (b) provide a citation to the proceeding in which 
they were collapsed. Further, if companies are requested to complete 
the Quantity and Value (``Q&V'') Questionnaire for purposes of 
respondent selection, in general each company must report volume and 
value data separately for itself. Parties should not include data for 
any other party, even if they believe they should be treated as a 
single entity with that other party. If a company was collapsed with 
another company or companies in the most recently completed segment of 
this proceeding where the Department considered collapsing that entity, 
complete Q&V data for that collapsed entity must be submitted.

Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a party that has requested a 
review may withdraw that request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The 
regulation provides that the Department may extend this time if it is 
reasonable to do so. In order to provide parties additional certainty 
with respect to when the Department will exercise its discretion to 
extend this 90-day deadline, interested parties are advised that the 
Department does not intend to extend the 90-day deadline unless the 
requestor demonstrates that an extraordinary circumstance has prevented 
it from submitting a timely withdrawal request. Determinations by the 
Department to extend the 90-day deadline will be made on a case-by-case 
basis.

Separate Rates

    In proceedings involving non-market economy (``NME'') countries, 
the Department begins with a rebuttable presumption that all companies 
within the country are subject to government control and, thus, should 
be assigned a single antidumping duty deposit rate. It is the 
Department's policy to assign all exporters of merchandise subject to 
an administrative review in an NME country this single rate unless an 
exporter can demonstrate that it is sufficiently independent so as to 
be entitled to a separate rate.
    To establish whether a firm is sufficiently independent from 
government control of its export activities to be entitled to a 
separate rate, the Department analyzes each entity exporting the 
subject merchandise under a test arising from the Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers from the People's Republic 
of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991), as amplified by Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from 
the People's Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994). In 
accordance with the separate rates criteria, the Department assigns 
separate rates to companies in NME cases only if respondents can 
demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto government control 
over export activities.
    All firms listed below that wish to qualify for separate rate 
status in the administrative reviews involving NME countries must 
complete, as appropriate, either a separate rate application or 
certification, as described below. For these administrative reviews, in 
order to demonstrate separate rate eligibility, the Department requires 
entities for whom a review was requested, that were assigned a separate 
rate in the most recent segment of this proceeding in which they 
participated, to certify that they continue to meet the criteria for 
obtaining a separate rate. The Separate Rate Certification form will be 
available on the Department's Web site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme-sep-rate.html on the date of publication of this Federal 
Register notice. In responding to the

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certification, please follow the ``Instructions for Filing the 
Certification'' in the Separate Rate Certification. Separate Rate 
Certifications are due to the Department no later than 30 calendar days 
after publication of this Federal Register notice. The deadline and 
requirement for submitting a Certification applies equally to NME-owned 
firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign sellers who purchase and 
export subject merchandise to the United States.
    Entities that currently do not have a separate rate from a 
completed segment of the proceeding \2\ should timely file a Separate 
Rate Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate in this 
proceeding. In addition, companies that received a separate rate in a 
completed segment of the proceeding that have subsequently made 
changes, including, but not limited to, changes to corporate structure, 
acquisitions of new companies or facilities, or changes to their 
official company name,\3\ should timely file a Separate Rate 
Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate in this 
proceeding. The Separate Rate Status Application will be available on 
the Department's Web site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme-sep-rate.html on the date of publication of this Federal Register notice. 
In responding to the Separate Rate Status Application, refer to the 
instructions contained in the application. Separate Rate Status 
Applications are due to the Department no later than 30 calendar days 
of publication of this Federal Register notice. The deadline and 
requirement for submitting a Separate Rate Status Application applies 
equally to NME-owned firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign 
sellers that purchase and export subject merchandise to the United 
States.
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    \2\ Such entities include entities that have not participated in 
the proceeding, entities that were preliminarily granted a separate 
rate in any currently incomplete segment of the proceeding (e.g., an 
ongoing administrative review, new shipper review, etc.) and 
entities that lost their separate rate in the most recently 
completed segment of the proceeding in which they participated.
    \3\ Only changes to the official company name, rather than trade 
names, need to be addressed via a Separate Rate Application. 
Information regarding new trade names may be submitted via a 
Separate Rate Certification.
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    For exporters and producers who submit a separate-rate status 
application or certification and subsequently are selected as mandatory 
respondents, these exporters and producers will no longer be eligible 
for separate rate status unless they respond to all parts of the 
questionnaire as mandatory respondents.
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    \4\ In the July initiation notice published on September 2, 
2015, 80 FR 53106 (July Initiation notice), we inadvertently listed 
two of MCC EuroChem's production subsidiaries, OJSC Nevinnomyssky 
Azot & OJSC NAK Azot, as separate companies. In this notice, we are 
hereby correcting the error to list only MCC EuroChem. Moreover 
because the request for review from the petitioner, the Ad Hoc 
Committee of Domestic Nitrogen Producers, and its individual 
members, CF Industries, Inc. and PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P. 
misspelled the production subsidiary as OJSC Nevinnomysskiy Azot 
instead of OJSC Nevinnomyssky Azot, the July Initiation notice 
contained an incorrect spelling.
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Initiation Of Reviews

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating 
administrative reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing 
duty orders and findings. We intend to issue the final results of these 
reviews not later than August 31, 2016.

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             Antidumping Duty Proceedings
 
MALAYSIA: Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags, A-557-813     8/1/14-7/31/15
    Euro SME Sdn Bhd
MEXICO: Light Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube, A-201-    8/1/14-7/31/15
 836.................................................
    Perfiles y Herrajes LM, S.A. de C.V.
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Large Power Transformers, A-580-       8/1/14-7/31/15
 867.................................................
    Iljin
    Iljin Electric Co., Ltd.
    Hyosung Corporation
    Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    LSIS Co., Ltd.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Solid Urea \4\, A-821-801........     7/1/14-6/30/15
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM: Frozen Fish Fillets, A-    8/1/14-7/31/15
 552-801.............................................
    An Giang Agriculture and Foods Import-Export
     Joint Stock Company (AFIEX)
    An Giang Fisheries Import and Export Joint Stock
     Company (also known as Agifish or AnGiang
     Fisheries Import and Export)
    An My Fish Joint Stock Company (also known as
     Anmyfish or Anmyfishco)
    An Phat Seafood Co. Ltd.
    An Phu Seafood Corp. (also known as ASEAFOOD)
    Anvifish Co., Ltd.
    Anvifish Joint Stock Company (ANVIFISH)
    Asia Commerce Fisheries Joint Stock Company (also
     known as Acomfish JSC or Acomfish)
    Asia Pangasius Company Limited
    Basa Joint Stock Company (BASACO)
    Bien Dong Seafood Company Ltd., (Bien Dong
     Seafood)
    Binh An Seafood Joint Stock Co.
    Bentre Aquaproduct Import & Export Joint Company
     (also known as Bentre Aquaproduct or Ben Tre
     Aquaproduct Import and Export Joint Stock
     Company or Aquatex Bentre)
    Bentre Forestry and Aquaproduct Import Export
     Joint Stock Company (also known as Ben Tre
     Forestry and Aquaproduct Import-Export Company
     or Ben Tre Forestry Aquaproduct Import-Export
     Company or Ben Tre Frozen Aquaproduct Export
     Company or Faquimex)
    C.P. Vietnam Corporation
    Cadovimex II Seafood Import-Export and Processing
     Joint Stock Company (also known as CADOVIMEX II
     or)
    Cafatex Corporation (CAFATEX) as CADOVIMEX II
     Seafood Import-Export)
    Can Tho Animal Fishery Products Processing Export
     Enterprise (also known as Cafatex)
    Can Tho Import-Export Seafood Joint Stock Company

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    Cantho Import-Export Joint Stock Company
     (CASEAMEX)
    Cuu Long Fish Joint Stock Company (CL-Fish),
    Dai Thanh Seafoods Company Limited (DATHACO)
    East Sea Seafoods LLC (ESS)
    Europe Joint Stock Company
    Fatifish Company Limited (FATIFISH)
    GODACO Seafood Joint Stock Company (GODACO)
    Golden Quality Seafood Corporation (GOLDEN
     QUALITY)
    Green Farms Seafood Joint Stock Company (Green
     Farms)
    Hai Huong Seafood Joint Stock Company (also known
     as HHFish or HH Fish)
    Hiep Thanh Seafood Joint Stock Co.
    Hoa Phat Seafood Import-Export and Processing
     J.S.C. (HOPAFISH)
    Hoang Long Seafood Processing Co., Ltd. (HLS)
    Hung Vuong Corporation
    Hung Vuong Joint Stock Company
    Hung Vuong Mascato Company Limited
    Hung Vuong Seafood Joint Stock Company
    Hung Vuong-Sa Dec Co. Ltd.
    Hung Vuong-Vinh Long Co., Ltd.
    International Development & Investment
     Corporation (IDI)
    Lian Heng Investment Co., Ltd. (also known as
     Lian Heng)
    Lian Hengg Trading Co., Ltd. (also known as Lian
     Heng)
    Nam Phuong Seafood Company Ltd. (also known as
     Nam Phoung Seafood Company Ltd. or NAFISHCO)
    Nam Viet Company Ltd.
    Nam Viet Corporation (NAVICO)
    Ngoc Ha Co., Ltd. Food Processing and Trading
    Nha Trang Seafoods, Inc. (also known as Nha Trang
     Seafoods-F89 or Nha Trang Seafoods)
    NTACO Corporation (NTACO)
    NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock Company (NTSF)
    Quang Minh Seafood Co., Ltd.
    QVD Dong Thap Food Co., Ltd. (also known as Dong
     Thap)
    QVD Food Company, Ltd.
    Saigon-Mekong Fishery Co., Ltd. (also known as
     SAMEFICO)
    Seafood Joint Stock Company No. 4--Branch Dong
     Tam Fisheries Processing Company (DOTASEAFOODCO)
    Southern Fisheries Industries Company, Ltd. (also
     known as South Vina)
    Southern Fishery Industries Company, Ltd. (also
     known as South Vina)
    Sunrise Corporation
    TG Fishery Holdings Corporation (also known as
     TG)
    Thanh Hung Co., Ltd. (also known as Thanh Hung
     Frozen Seafood Processing Import Export Co.,
     Ltd. or Thanh Hung)
    Thien Ma Seafood Co., Ltd. (also known as
     THIMACO)
    Thien Ma Seafoods Co., Ltd. (also known as
     THIMACO)
    Thien Phat Seafood Co., Ltd.
    Thuan Hung Co.,Ltd. (also known at THUFICO)
    Thuan An Production Trading and Service Co., Ltd.
     (TAFISHCO)
    Thuan An Production Trading and Services Co.,
     Ltd. (TAFISHCO)
    Thuan Hung Co., Ltd. (also known as THUFICO)
    To Chau Joint Stock Company (TOCHAU)
    Viet Phu Foods and Fish Corporation (Viet Phu)
    Vinh Hoan Corporation (also known as Vinh Hoan)
    Vinh Long Import-Export Company (also known as
     Vinh Long or Imex Cuu Long)
    Vinh Quang Fisheries Corporation (also known as
     Vinh Quang)
    Vinh Quang Fisheries Joint-Stock Company
THAILAND: Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags, A-549-821     8/1/14-7/31/15
    2 P Work Co., Ltd.
    2PK Interplas Co., Ltd.
    Angkapol Plastech Co., Ltd.
    Asia Industry Co., Ltd.
    Asian Packaging Limited Partnership
    Bags and Gloves Co., Ltd.
    Completely Co., Ltd.
    C.P. Poly Industry Co., Ltd.
    CT Import-Export Co., Ltd.
    Dpac Inter. Corporation Co., Ltd.
    DTOP Co., Ltd.
    Ecoplas (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
    Elite Poly and Packaging Co., Ltd.
    Firstpack Co. Ltd.
    G.L.K. (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
    Green Smile Supply Co., Ltd.
    Hinwiset Packaging Limited Partnership
    K. International Packing Co., Ltd.
    King Bag Co., Ltd.
    King Pac Industrial Co., Ltd.

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    KPA Packing & Product Co., Ltd.
    Napa Plastic Co., Ltd.
    Naraipak Co., Ltd.
    NKD Intertrade Limited Partnership
    NNN Packaging Limited Partnership
    Northeast Pack Company Limited
    P.C.S. International Company Limited
    Pasiam Ltd., Partnership
    PMC Innopack Co., Ltd.
    Poly Plast (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
    Poly World Co., Ltd.
    PPN Plaspack Limited Partnership
    Prepack Thailand Co., Ltd.
    PSSP Plaspack Co., Ltd.
    SSGT Products Limited Partnership
    Super Grip Co., Ltd.
    T.P. Plaspack Co., Ltd.
    T.T.P. Packaging (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
    Thantawan Industry Public Co., Ltd.
    Triple B Pack Co., Ltd.
    Triyamook Vanich Limited Partnership
    Two Path Plaspack Co., Ltd.
    Udomrutpanich Limited Partnership
    Win Win and Pro Pack Co. Ltd.
    Winbest Industrial (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Certain Steel Nails,      8/1/14-7/31/15
 A-570-909...........................................
    Besco Machinery Industry (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.
    Cana (Tianjin) Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Certified Products International Inc.
    Chiieh Yung Metal Industrial Corporation
    China Staple Enterprise (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
    Dezhou Hualude Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
    Hebei Cangzhou New Century Foreign Trade Co. Ltd.
    Huanghu Jinhai Hardware Products Co. Ltd
    Huanghua Xiong Hua Hardware Product Co., Ltd.
    Huanghua Yufutai Hardware Products Limited
    Jining Huarong Hardware Products
    Liaocheng Minghui Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
    Mingguang Abundant Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
    Mingguang Ruifeng Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
    Nanjing Caiqing Hardware Co., Ltd.
    Nanjing Yuechang Hardware Co., Ltd.
    PT Enterprise Inc.
    Qingdao D&L Group, Ltd.
    Qingdao D&L Group Co., Ltd.
    SDC International Aust. PTY. Ltd.
    SDC International Australia (PTY) Ltd.
    Shandong Dinglong Import & Export Co., Ltd.
    Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware Group
    Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware Import & Export
     Co., Ltd.
    Shandong Qingyun Hongyi Hardware Products Co.,
     Ltd.
    Shanghai Curvet Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
    Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co., Ltd.
    Shanghai Yueda Fasterners Co., Ltd.
    Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd.
    Shanxi Pioneer Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Shanxi Tianli Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Shanxi Tianli Industries Co., Ltd.
    Shanxi Yuci Broad Wire Products Co., Ltd.
    S-Mart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Smart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Suntec Industries Co., Ltd.
    Suzhou Xingya Nail Co., Ltd.
    The Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening Systems
     Co., Ltd.
    Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Tianjin Hongli Qiangsheng Import and Export Co.,
     Ltd.
    Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd.
    Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry & Business
     Co.,Ltd.
    Tianjin Juxiang Metal Products Co.
    Tianjin Lianda Group Ltd.
    Tianjin Lianda Group Co., Ltd.
    Tianjin Universal Machinery Import & Export Corp.
    Tianjin Zhonglian Metals Ware Co., Ltd.

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    Xi'an Metals & Minerals Import & Export Co., Ltd.
    Zhejiang Gem-Chun Hardware Accessory Co., Ltd.
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Polyethylene Retail       8/1/14-7/31/15
 Carrier Bags, A-570-886.............................
    Dongguan Nozawa Plastics Products Co., Ltd. and
     United Power Packaging, Ltd. (collectively
     Nozawa)
UKRAINE: Silicomanganese, A-823-805..................     8/1/14-7/31/15
    JSC Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant
    JSC Zaporizhzhya Ferroalloy Plant
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Countervailing Duty Proceedings

    None.

Suspension Agreements

    None.

Duty Absorption Reviews

    During any administrative review covering all or part of a period 
falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of 
the publication of an antidumping duty order under 19 CFR 351.211 or a 
determination under 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4) to continue an order or 
suspended investigation (after sunset review), the Secretary, if 
requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will determine, 
consistent with FAG Italia v. United States, 291 F.3d 806 (Fed Cir. 
2002), as appropriate, whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by 
an exporter or producer subject to the review if the subject 
merchandise is sold in the United States through an importer that is 
affiliated with such exporter or producer. The request must include the 
name(s) of the exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested.

Gap Period Liquidation

    For the first administrative review of any order, there will be no 
assessment of antidumping or countervailing duties on entries of 
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption during the relevant provisional-measures ``gap'' period, of 
the order, if such a gap period is applicable to the POR.

Administrative Protective Orders and Letters of Appearance

    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. On 
January 22, 2008, the Department published Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Documents Submission Procedures; APO 
Procedures, 73 FR 3634 (January 22, 2008). Those procedures apply to 
administrative reviews included in this notice of initiation. Parties 
wishing to participate in any of these administrative reviews should 
ensure that they meet the requirements of these procedures (e.g., the 
filing of separate letters of appearance as discussed at 19 CFR 
351.103(d)).

Revised Factual Information Requirements

    On April 10, 2013, the Department published Definition of Factual 
Information and Time Limits for Submission of Factual Information: 
Final Rule, 78 FR 21246 (April 10, 2013), which modified two 
regulations related to antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings: 
The definition of factual information (19 CFR 351.102(b)(21)), and the 
time limits for the submission of factual information (19 CFR 351.301). 
The final rule identifies five categories of factual information in 19 
CFR 351.102(b)(21), which are summarized as follows: (i) Evidence 
submitted in response to questionnaires; (ii) evidence submitted in 
support of allegations; (iii) publicly available information to value 
factors under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the adequacy of 
remuneration under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence placed on the 
record by the Department; and (v) evidence other than factual 
information described in (i)-(iv). The final rule requires any party, 
when submitting factual information, to specify under which subsection 
of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the information is being submitted and, if the 
information is submitted to rebut, clarify, or correct factual 
information already on the record, to provide an explanation 
identifying the information already on the record that the factual 
information seeks to rebut, clarify, or correct. The final rule also 
modified 19 CFR 351.301 so that, rather than providing general time 
limits, there are specific time limits based on the type of factual 
information being submitted. These modifications are effective for all 
segments initiated on or after May 10, 2013. Please review the final 
rule, available at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/2013/1304frn/2013-08227.txt, prior to submitting factual information in this segment.
    Any party submitting factual information in an antidumping duty or 
countervailing duty proceeding must certify to the accuracy and 
completeness of that information.\5\ Parties are hereby reminded that 
revised certification requirements are in effect for company/government 
officials as well as their representatives. All segments of any 
antidumping duty or countervailing duty proceedings initiated on or 
after August 16, 2013, should use the formats for the revised 
certifications provided at the end of the Final Rule.\6\ The Department 
intends to reject factual submissions in any proceeding segments if the 
submitting party does not comply with applicable revised certification 
requirements.
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    \5\ See section 782(b) of the Act.
    \6\ See Certification of Factual Information To Import 
Administration During Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 17, 2013) (``Final Rule''); see also 
the frequently asked questions regarding the Final Rule, available 
at http://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf.
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Revised Extension of Time Limits Regulation

    On September 20, 2013, the Department modified its regulation 
concerning the extension of time limits for submissions in antidumping 
and countervailing duty proceedings: Final Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 
20, 2013). The modification clarifies that parties may request an 
extension of time limits before a time limit established under Part 351 
expires, or as otherwise specified by the Secretary. In general, an 
extension request will be considered untimely if it is filed after the 
time limit established under Part 351 expires. For submissions which 
are due from multiple parties simultaneously, an extension request will 
be considered untimely if it is filed after 10:00 a.m. on the due date. 
Examples include, but are not limited to: (1) Case and rebuttal briefs, 
filed pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309; (2) factual information to value 
factors under 19 CFR 351.408(c), or to measure the adequacy of 
remuneration under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2), filed pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.301(c)(3) and rebuttal,

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clarification and correction filed pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.301(c)(3)(iv); (3) comments concerning the selection of a surrogate 
country and surrogate values and rebuttal; (4) comments concerning U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection data; and (5) quantity and value 
questionnaires. Under certain circumstances, the Department may elect 
to specify a different time limit by which extension requests will be 
considered untimely for submissions which are due from multiple parties 
simultaneously. In such a case, the Department will inform parties in 
the letter or memorandum setting forth the deadline (including a 
specified time) by which extension requests must be filed to be 
considered timely. This modification also requires that an extension 
request must be made in a separate, stand-alone submission, and 
clarifies the circumstances under which the Department will grant 
untimely-filed requests for the extension of time limits. These 
modifications are effective for all segments initiated on or after 
October 21, 2013. Please review the final rule, available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013-22853.htm, prior to 
submitting factual information in these segments.
    These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: September 30, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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