[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 97 (Monday, May 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23187-23188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10351]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-905]


Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2015-2016

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) conducted an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
polyester staple fiber from the People's Republic of China (PRC), for 
the period of review (POR), June 1, 2015, through May 31, 2016. On 
March 3, 2017, the Department published the preliminary results of this 
review, and received no comments from interested parties. As the 
Department continues to determine that the sole remaining mandatory 
respondent under review failed to establish its eligibility for a 
separate rate for the POR, and thus, is part of the PRC-wide entity, 
the final results do not differ from the preliminary results. The final 
dumping margin of sales at the PRC-Wide Entity rate is listed below in 
the ``Final Results'' section of this notice.

DATES: Effective May 22, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock or Courtney Canales, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1394 or (202) 
482-4997, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On March 3, 2017, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results.\1\ No party submitted comments on the Preliminary Results.
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    \1\ See Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016, 82 FR 12435 
(March 3, 2017) (Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain polyester staple 
fiber. The product is currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) numbers 5503.20.0045 and 
5503.20.0065. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of the order 
remains dispositive.\2\
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    \2\ For a full description of the scope, see Memorandum from 
James Maeder, Senior Director, Office I, AD/CVD Operations, to 
Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, entitled, ``Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from the 
People's Republic of China: Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the 2015-2016 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum) dated February 27, 2017.
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Final Results of Review

    As noted in the Preliminary Results, the sole mandatory respondent, 
Hangzhou Huachuang Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou Huachuang), did not respond to 
the antidumping questionnaire, and failed to establish its eligibility 
for a separate rate.\3\ As such, consistent with the Department's 
practice regarding conditional review of the PRC-wide entity, the 
Department determines that Hangzhou Huachuang remains part of the PRC-
wide entity.\4\ Under this practice, the PRC-wide entity will not be 
under review unless a party specifically requests, or the Department 
self-initiates, a review of the entity.\5\ Because no party requested a 
review of the PRC-wide entity, the entity is not under review and the 
entity's rate is not subject to change. Therefore, for these final 
results, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
liquidate Hangzhou Huachuang's entries at the rate previously 
established for the PRC-wide entity, which is 44.30 percent.
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    \3\ See Preliminary Results, 82 FR 12435.
    \4\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 2-4.
    \5\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963, 65970 (November 4, 
2013).
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    The final weighted-average dumping margin is as follows:

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                                                              Estimated
                                                              weighted-
                          Exporter                             average
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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PRC-Wide Entity \6\........................................       44.30
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Assessment Rates
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    \6\ The PRC-wide entity includes mandatory respondent, Hangzhou 
Huachuang.
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    Because Hangzhou Huachuang did not respond to the antidumping duty 
questionnaire, and is thus a part of the PRC-wide entity, we have not 
calculated any assessment (or cash deposit) rates in this review. The 
Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the publication date of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For previously 
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above 
that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
exporter-specific rate published for the most recent period; (2) for 
all PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not been found to 
be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-
Wide rate of 44.30 percent; and (3) for all non-PRC exporters of 
subject merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporters that 
supplied that non-PRC exporter. The deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.

Disclosure

    Because the Department determined that the sole remaining 
respondent under review, Hangzhou Huachuang, is part of the PRC-wide 
entity, and has been assigned the PRC-wide rate; no disclosure of 
calculations is necessary for these final results.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final 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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

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Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
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 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or 
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.
    We are issuing and publishing these final results of administrative 
review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: May 16, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-10351 Filed 5-19-17; 8:45 am]
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