[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32169-32170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14610]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-842]


Large Residential Washers From Mexico: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On March 6, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the third administrative review of 
the antidumping duty (AD) order on large residential washers (LRWs) 
from Mexico. The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2015, to January 
31, 2016. Based on our analysis of the comments received and our 
verification findings, we made certain changes in the margin 
calculations. Therefore, the final results differ from the preliminary 
results. The final weighted-average dumping margin for the respondent, 
Electrolux Home Products Corp. N.V. and Electrolux Home Products de 
Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (collectively, Electrolux \1\), is listed below in 
the section entitled ``Final Results of the Review.''
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    \1\ We inadvertently included Electrolux Home Products, Inc. as 
a producer/exporter of subject merchandise in our preliminary 
results. See Large Residential Washers from Mexico: Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016, 82 
FR 12538 (March 6, 2017) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Results Decision Memorandum (PDM) at 1. However, 
Electrolux Home Products, Inc. is the U.S. affiliate of Electrolux.

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DATES: Effective July 12, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Belliveau or Rebecca Janz, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4952 or (202) 482-2972, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The review covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise: 
Electrolux. On March 6, 2017, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results.\2\ In April 2017, the Department verified the sales data 
reported by Electrolux, in accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \2\ See Preliminary Results.
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    In May 2017, we received case briefs from Whirlpool Corporation 
(the petitioner) and Electrolux. In June 2017, we received a rebuttal 
brief from the petitioner.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are all large residential washers 
and certain subassemblies thereof from Mexico. The products are 
currently classifiable under subheadings 8450.20.0040 and 8450.20.0080 
of the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States (HTSUS). Products 
subject to this order may also enter under HTSUS subheadings 
8450.11.0040, 8450.11.0080, 8450.90.2000, and 8450.90.6000. Although 
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the merchandise subject to this 
scope is dispositive.\3\
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    \3\ A full description of the scope of the order is contained in 
Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Large Residential 
Washers from Mexico,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Issues 
and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs by parties are listed in the 
Appendix to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum. Parties can find a complete discussion of these issues and 
the corresponding recommendations in this public memorandum, which 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; the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is also 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 Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly 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.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on comments received from interested parties regarding our 
Preliminary Results and our findings at verification, we made certain 
changes to the preliminary calculation of weighted-average dumping 
margin calculations for Electrolux.

Final Results of the Review

    We are assigning the following weighted-average dumping margin to 
Electrolux:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Manufacturer/exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Electrolux Home Products Corp. NV/Electrolux Home Products          3.67
 de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.....................................
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    We intend to disclose the calculations performed within five days 
of the date of publication of this notice to parties in this proceeding 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Duty Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), the

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Department has determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the 
final results of this review. The Department intends to issue 
appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 41 days after 
publication of the final results of this administrative review.
    For Electrolux, the Department calculated an ad valorem importer-
specific assessment rate equal to the total amount of dumping 
calculated for the importer's examined sales and the total entered 
value of those sales. Where an importer-specific assessment rate is 
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), the Department will 
instruct CBP to liquidate these entries without regard to antidumping 
duties pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
    The Department's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to 
entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Electrolux, 
for which the company did not know that its merchandise was destined 
for the United States.\4\ In such instances, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate established in the 
less-than fair-value (LTFV) investigation (i.e., 36.52 percent),\5\ if 
there is no rate for the intermediary company(ies) involved in the 
transaction.
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    \4\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) for a 
full discussion of this practice.
    \5\ See Large Residential Washers From Mexico and the Republic 
of Korea: Antidumping Duty Orders, 78 FR 11148 (February 15, 2013).
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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 Electrolux will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
established in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for 
merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this 
administrative 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, a prior review, or the original 
LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will 
be the rate established for the most recently-completed segment of this 
proceeding for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash 
deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to 
be 36.52 percent, the all-others rate determined in the LTFV 
investigation.\6\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \6\ Id.
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Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties

    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 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 Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with 
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 351.221(b)(5) of the 
Department's regulations.

    Dated: July 5, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

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

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Margin Calculations
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1. The Department's Use of Zeroing
    Comment 2. Methodological Issues in the Differential Pricing 
Analysis
    Comment 3. Calculation Errors in Electrolux's Margin Program
VI. Recommendation

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