[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 217 (Tuesday, November 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69638-69640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28664]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-984]


Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and 
Rescission in Part; 2012-2013

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has conducted an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on drawn 
stainless steel sinks (sinks) from the People's Republic of China 
(PRC). The period of review (POR) is August 6, 2012, through December 
31, 2013. On May 7, 2015, we published the preliminary results of this 
administrative review.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment on 
the Preliminary Results. After reviewing the comments received, we have 
made no changes to the Preliminary Results. As such, we continue to 
find that Guangdong Dongyuan Kitchenware Industrial Co., Ltd. 
(Dongyuan) received countervailable subsidies during the POR. We also 
find that Shunde Native Produce Import and Export Co., Ltd. of 
Guangdong (Native Produce) did not

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have any reviewable entries during the POR.
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    \1\ See Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks From the People's Republic 
of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review, Rescission in Part, and Intent to Rescind the Review in 
Part; 2012-2013, 80 FR 26226 (May 7, 2015) (Preliminary Results) and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

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DATES: Effective date: November 10, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Meek, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2778.

Scope of the Order

    Drawn stainless steel sinks are sinks with single or multiple drawn 
bowls, with or without drain boards, whether finished or unfinished, 
regardless of type of finish, gauge, or grade of sinks. The products 
covered by this order are currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under statistical reporting 
number 7324.10.0000. Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope 
of the order is dispositive.
    A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the 
memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Drawn Stainless Steel 
Sinks from the People's Republic of China'' dated concurrently with 
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum), which is hereby adopted 
by this notice. A list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum is provided as Appendix I 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 
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 on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs submitted by parties are 
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues 
which parties raised and to which we respond in the Issues and 
Decisions Memorandum is attached to this notice as Appendix I. The 
Department conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each 
program found countervailable, we determine that there is a subsidy, 
i.e., a government-provided financial contribution that gives rise to a 
benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\2\
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    \2\ 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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    In making these findings, we relied, in part, on facts available 
and, because we determine that the Government of the PRC did not act to 
the best of its ability to respond to the Department's requests for 
information, we applied an adverse inference in selecting from among 
the facts otherwise available.\3\ For a full description of the 
methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.
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    \3\ See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For further 
information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse 
Inferences'' in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Final Determination of No Shipments and Rescission of the Review in 
Part

    Based on our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
information and information provided by Native Produce, we determine 
that Native Produce did not have any reviewable entries during the POR. 
No evidence of shipments was placed on the record, therefore, pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we are rescinding the administrative review of 
this company. For additional information regarding this determination, 
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of the Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we calculated an 
individual subsidy rate for for 2012 and 2013, respectively, as set 
forth below.

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                                                     Subsidy    Subsidy
                                                       rate       rate
                      Company                       (percent)  (percent)
                                                       2013       2012
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Guangdong Dongyuan Kitchenware Industrial Co., Ltd       9.83       3.91
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Assessment Rates

    Consistent with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), we intend to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP fifteen days after the date of publication of these 
final results. The Department will instruct CBP to liquidate shipments 
of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by Guangdong Dongyuan 
Kitchenware Industrial Co., Ltd. entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption for the periods on or after August 6, 2012 through 
December 3, 2012, and on or after April 10, 2013, through December 31, 
2013. For entries made during the gap period \4\ (i.e, on or after 
December 4, 2012 through April 9, 2013), we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the entries without regard to countervailing duties pursuant 
to section 703(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \4\ The gap period represents the period of time after the 
expiration of the 120-day provisional measures period during the 
investigation, to the day prior to the publication in the Federal 
Register of the U.S. International Trade Commission's Final 
Determination. In this administrative review, the gap period is 
December 4, 2012, to April 9, 2013.
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    For the rescinded company, countervailing duties shall be assessed 
at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties 
required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, during the period on or after August 6, 2012, through 
December 3, 2012, and on or after April 10, 2013, through December 31, 
2013, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the Department 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties in the amount shown above for Dongyuan, as 
determined for 2013, 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 serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibilities 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply

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with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.

    Dated: November 3, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

Summary
    A. Background
    B. Scope of the Order
    C. Partial Rescission of the Administrative Review
    D. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
    E. Subsidy Valuation Information
    F. Analysis of Programs
    G. Analysis of Comments
Comment 1: Whether Dongyuan's Stainless Steel Supplier is an 
Authority
Comment 2: The Department's Refusal to Meet With Counsel for 
Dongyuan
Comment 3: The Department's Refusal to Permit the GOC to Submit 
Factual Information After the Preliminary Results
Comment 4: Whether the Stainless Steel Coil Industry in China is 
Distorted by Government Presence in the Market
Comment 5: Whether Working Capital Loans are a Part of the Policy 
Lending Program
    H. Recommendation

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