[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82-83]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31794]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-831]


Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review; 2015-2016

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is initiating a 
new shipper review (NSR) with respect to Zhengzhou Yudi Shengjin 
Agricultural Trade Co. Ltd. (``Zhengzhou Yudi'') in the context of the 
antidumping duty order on Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of 
China (PRC). The period of review (POR) is November 1, 2015, through 
October 31, 2016.

DATES: Effective January 3, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chien-Min Yang, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Department published the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic 
from the PRC in the Federal Register on November 16, 1994.\1\ On 
November 15, 2016, the Department received a timely request for a NSR 
from Zhengzhou Yudi.\2\ Zhengzhou Yudi certified that it is the 
exporter and producer of the fresh garlic upon which the request for a 
NSR is based.\3\ Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), Zhengzhou Yudi certified that it did not 
export fresh garlic for sale to the United States during the period of 
investigation (POI).\4\ Moreover, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), 
Zhengzhou Yudi certified that, since the investigation was initiated, 
it never has been affiliated with any exporter or producer who exported 
the subject merchandise to the United States during the POI, including 
those not individually examined during the investigation.\5\ Further, 
as required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), it certified that its 
export activities are not controlled by the central government of the 
PRC.\6\ Zhengzhou Yudi also certified it had no shipments of subject 
merchandise subsequent to the POR.\7\
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    \1\ See Antidumping Duty Order: Fresh Garlic from the People's 
Republic of China, 59 FR 59209 (November 16, 1994).
    \2\ See Zhengzhou Yudi's request for a NSR dated November 15, 
2016.
    \3\ Id. at 1 and at Exhibit 1.
    \4\ Id. at Exhibit 1.
    \5\ Id.
    \6\ Id.
    \7\ Id. at page 3-4.
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    In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Zhengzhou Yudi submitted documentation 
establishing the following: (1) The date of its first sale to an 
unaffiliated customer in the United States; (2) the date on which the 
fresh garlic was first entered; and (3) the volume of that shipment.\8\
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    \8\ Id. at Exhibit 2.
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    The Department queried the database of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) in an attempt to confirm that the shipment reported by 
Zhengzhou Yudi had entered the United States for consumption and that 
liquidation had been properly suspended for antidumping duties. The 
information which the Department examined was consistent with that 
provided by Zhengzhou Yudi in its request.\9\
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    \9\ See Memorandum to the File from Chien-Min Yang, ``New 
Shipper Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Fresh Garlic from 
the People's Republic of China: Customs Entries from November 1, 
2015, to October 31, 2016,'' dated December 16, 2016.
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Period of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(c), an exporter or producer may request 
a NSR within one year of the date on which its subject merchandise was 
first entered. Moreover, 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1) states that if the 
request for the review is made during the twelve-month period ending 
with the end of the anniversary month, the Secretary will initiate a 
NSR in the calendar month immediately following the anniversary month. 
Further, 19 CFR 315.214(g)(1)(i)(A) states that if the NSR was 
initiated in the month immediately following the anniversary month, the 
POR will be twelve-month period immediately preceding the anniversary 
month. Zhengzhou Yudi made the request for a NSR, that included all 
documents and information required by the statute and regulations, 
within one year of the date on which its fresh garlic first entered. 
Its request was filed in November, which is the anniversary month of 
the order. Therefore, the POR is November 1, 2015, through October 31, 
2016.\10\
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A).
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Initiation of New Shipper Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b), 
and the information on the record, the Department finds that Zhengzhou 
Yudi's request meets the threshold requirements for initiation of a NSR 
for shipments of fresh garlic from the PRC produced and exported by 
Zhengzhou Yudi, and, therefore, is initiating a NSR of Zhengzhou Yudi. 
Absent a determination that the new shipper review is extraordinarily 
complicated, the Department intends to issue the preliminary results 
within 180 days after the date on which this review is initiated and 
the final results within 90 days after the date on which we issue the 
preliminary results.\11\ If the information supplied by Zhengzhou Yudi 
is found to be incorrect or insufficient during the course of this 
proceeding, the Department may rescind the review for Zhengzhou Yudi or 
apply facts available pursuant to section 776 of the Act, depending on 
the facts on the record.
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    \11\ See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
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    It is the Department's usual practice in cases involving non-market 
economies to require that a company seeking to establish eligibility 
for an antidumping duty rate separate from the country-wide rate (i.e., 
a separate rate) provide evidence of de jure and de facto absence of 
government control over the company's export activities.\12\ 
Accordingly, the Department will issue questionnaires to Zhengzhou 
Yudi, which will include a section requesting

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information with regard to its export activities for the purpose of 
establishing its eligibility for a separate rate. The review will 
proceed if the responses provide sufficient indication that Zhengzhou 
Yudi is not subject to either de jure or de facto government control 
with respect to its exports of fresh garlic from the PRC.
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    \12\ See Import Administration Policy Bulletin, Number: 05.1. 
(http://ia.ita.doc.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf).
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    On February 24, 2016, the President signed into law the ``Trade 
Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015,'' H.R. 644, which made 
several amendments to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act. We will conduct 
this new shipper review in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the 
Act, as amended by the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 
2015.\13\
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    \13\ The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 
removed from section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act the provision directing 
the Department to instruct Customs and Border Protection to allow an 
importer the option of posting a bond or security in lieu of a cash 
deposit during the pendency of a new shipper review.
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    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
this proceeding should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: December 27, 2016.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2016-31794 Filed 12-30-16; 8:45 am]
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