[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60627-60628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25571]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-844]


Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from Taiwan; Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on narrow woven 
ribbons with woven selvedge from Taiwan. The review covers two 
producers/exporters of the subject merchandise. The Department selected 
one mandatory respondent for individual examination, Roung Shu Industry 
Corporation (Roung Shu). The POR is September 1, 2013, through August 
31, 2014. We preliminarily determine that sales of subject merchandise 
to the United States have been made at prices below normal value (NV). 
We invite all interested parties to comment on these preliminary 
results.

DATES: Effective date: October 7, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Crespo or Alice Maldonado, AD/
CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3693 and (202) 482-4682, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to this order covers narrow woven ribbons 
with woven selvedge.\1\ The merchandise subject to this order is 
classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) statistical categories 5806.32.1020; 5806.32.1030; 5806.32.1050 
and 5806.32.1060. Subject merchandise also may enter under subheadings 
5806.31.00; 5806.32.20; 5806.39.20; 5806.39.30; 5808.90.00; 5810.91.00; 
5810.99.90; 5903.90.10; 5903.90.25; 5907.00.60; and 5907.00.80 and 
under statistical categories 5806.32.1080; 5810.92.9080; 5903.90.3090; 
and 6307.90.9889. The HTSUS statistical categories and subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes; however, the written 
description of the merchandise covered by this order is dispositive.
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    \1\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Narrow Woven 
Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from Taiwan,'' from Gary Taverman, 
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with this notice.
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price 
is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. NV is 
calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the 
topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as 
an Appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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 it 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 Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://trade.gov/enforcement. 
The signed and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Rate for Non-Selected Companies

    The statute and the Department's regulations do not address what 
rate to apply to respondents not selected for individual examination 
when the Department limits its examination in an administrative review 
pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, the Department 
looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for 
calculating the all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when 
calculating the rate for non-selected respondents that are not examined 
individually in an administrative review. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the 
Act states that the all-others rate should be calculated by averaging 
the weighted-average dumping margins for individually-examined 
respondents, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, or based 
entirely on facts available. Section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act provides 
that, where all rates are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts 
available, the Department may use ``any reasonable method'' for 
assigning a rate to non-examined respondents.
    For these preliminary results, we calculated a zero margin for 
Roung Shu. Therefore, we preliminarily determine that, consistent with 
section 735(c)(5)(B), we will assign A-Madeus Textile Ltd. (A-Madeus), 
the respondent not selected for individual examination, the most recent 
above de minimis margin calculated for a mandatory respondent, which is 
from the previous administrative review. As discussed in the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, this is consistent with the 
Department's practice and the documented history of dumping in this 
case since the imposition of the order. Using this method, we are 
preliminarily assigning a margin of 30.64 percent to A-Madeus for these 
preliminary results.\2\
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    \2\ This margin is from the 2012-2013 administrative review. See 
Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From Taiwan; Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 80 FR 19635 
(April 13, 2015).
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Preliminary Results of the Review

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist:

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                                                              Dumping
                    Producer/exporter                         margin
                                                             (percent)
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Roung Shu Industry Corporation (Roung Shu)..............            0.00
A-Madeus Textile Ltd. (A-Madeus)........................           30.64
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within 
five

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days after the date of publication of this notice.\3\ Interested 
parties may submit case briefs to the Department no later than 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited 
to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than five 
days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\4\ Parties who submit 
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to 
submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief 
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\5\ Case and 
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\6\
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via 
ACCESS. An electronically-filed document must be received successfully 
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time within 30 
days after the date of publication of this notice.\7\ Hearing requests 
should contain: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; 
(2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to issues 
raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will 
be notified of the time and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.\8\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \8\ Id.
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    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of the 
issues raised in any written briefs, no later than 120 days after the 
date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h), unless this deadline is extended.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.\9\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review if any importer-specific 
assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review is above 
de minimis. Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping 
margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific rate is zero or 
de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries 
without regard to antidumping duties. For the company which was not 
selected for individual review (i.e., A-Madeus), we will assign an 
assessment rate based on the methodology described in the ``Rate for 
Non-Selected Companies'' section, above. The final results of this 
review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on 
entries of merchandise covered by the final results of this review and 
for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.\10\
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    \10\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate 
for each specific company listed above will be equal to the dumping 
margins established in the final results of this administrative review, 
unless the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis 
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash 
deposit rate will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by 
manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a 
prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to 
be the company-specific rate published for the most recently completed 
segment; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or 
the original investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate established for the most recently completed 
segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash 
deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to 
be 4.37 percent, the all-others rate determined in the less-than-fair-
value investigation.\11\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \11\ See Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From Taiwan 
and the People's Republic of China: Amended Antidumping Duty Orders, 
75 FR 56982, 56985 (Sept. 17, 2010).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 30, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Discussion of the Methodology
    a. Normal Value Comparisons
    b. Determination of Comparison Method
    c. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis
    d. Product Comparisons
    e. Date of Sale
    f. Export Price
    g. Normal Value
    i. Home Market Viability
    ii. Level of Trade
    iii. Cost of Production Analysis
    iv. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market 
Prices
    v. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Constructed Value
    h. Currency Conversion
    i. Rate for Non-Selected Companies
5. Recommendation
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