[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33059-33061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15139]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-952]


Narrow Woven Ribbon With Woven Selvedge From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Administrative Review and 
Preliminary Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2015-2016

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on narrow woven 
ribbons with woven selvedge (woven ribbons) from the People's Republic 
of China (PRC) for the period of review (POR) September 1, 2015 through 
August 31, 2016. This review covers two PRC companies: Huzhou Kingdom 
Coating Industry Co., Ltd. (Huzhou Kingdom) and Huzhou Unifull Label 
Fabric Co., Ltd. (Huzhou Unifull). The Department preliminarily finds 
that neither Huzhou Unifull nor Huzhou Kingdom established eligibility 
for a separate rate, as Huzhou Unifull had no entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR and Huzhou Kingdom failed to participate in 
the proceeding. Furthermore, the Department is rescinding 
administrative review with respect to Huzhou BeiHeng Textile Co., Ltd. 
(Huzhou BeiHeng) and Huzhou Siny Label Material Co., Ltd. (Huzhou 
Siny). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results.

DATES: Applicable July 19, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aleksandras Nakutis, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement & Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3147.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On September 17, 2010, the Department published in the Federal 
Register an amended antidumping duty order on woven ribbons from the 
PRC.\1\ On September 8, 2016, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of 
the Order.\2\ On September 27, 2016, Avery Dennison Corporation (Avery 
Dennison) timely requested a review of four companies: Huzhou BeiHeng, 
Huzhou Siny, Huzhou Kingdom, and Huzhou Unifull.\3\ Additionally, on 
September 30, 2016, Berwick Offray LLC and its subsidiary Lion Ribbon 
Company, LLC (the petitioner) timely requested a review \4\ of the 
producer/exporter Yama Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd. (Yama Ribbons). 
However, the Department determined in the underlying investigation that 
merchandise produced and exported by Yama Ribbons is excluded from the 
antidumping duty order; as a result, the Department did not initiate an 
administrative review on Yama Ribbons.\5\ On November 9, 2016, the 
Department initiated a review of four companies: Huzhou BeiHeng, Huzhou 
Siny, Huzhou Kingdom, and Huzhou Unifull.\6\ On May 31, 2017, the 
Department extended the deadline for the preliminary results by a total 
of 26 days until June 28, 2017.\7\ On June 28, 2017, the Department 
extended the deadline for the preliminary results by an additional 14 
days until July 12, 2017.\8\
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    \1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Narrow Woven Ribbons 
With Woven Selvedge From Taiwan and the People's Republic of China: 
Antidumping Duty Orders, 75 FR 53632 (September 1, 2010), as amended 
in Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From Taiwan and the 
People's Republic of China: Amended Antidumping Duty Orders, 75 FR 
56982 (September 17, 2010) (Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 81 FR 62096 (September 8, 2016).
    \3\ See Letter from Avery Dennison to the Department, Re: 
``Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from China: Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated September 27, 2016.
    \4\ See Letter from petitioner to the Department, Re: ``Narrow 
Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the People's Republic of 
China/Petitioner's Request for Administrative Review,'' dated 
September 30, 2016.
    \5\ See Order, 75 FR 56982.
    \6\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 78778 (November 9, 2016) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \7\ See Memorandum from Aleksandras Nakutis to Gary Taverman, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, regarding ``Narrow Woven Ribbons with 
Woven Selvedge from the People's Republic of China: Extension of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' 
dated May 31, 2017.
    \8\ See Memorandum from Aleksandras Nakutis to Gary Taverman, 
regarding ``Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the 
People's Republic of China: Extension of Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated June 28, 2017.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are narrow woven ribbons with 
woven selvedge. The merchandise subject to the Order is classifiable 
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
subheadings 5806.32.1020; 5806.32.1030; 5806.32.1050 and 5806.32.1060. 
Subject merchandise also may enter under HTSUS 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. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written product description in 
the Order remains dispositive.\9\
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    \9\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, please 
see ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review: Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge 
from the People's Republic of China,'' from James Maeder, Senior 
Director performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 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 (``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)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For a 
full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. This 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 Preliminary Results Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The 
signed Preliminary Results Decision Memorandum and the electronic 
versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.

Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department preliminarily finds that both Huzhou Kingdom and 
Huzhou Unifull have failed to demonstrate eligibility for a separate 
rate and, therefore, they are considered part of the PRC-wide entity. 
The Department finds that Huzhou Kingdom did not submit a certification 
of no sales, a separate rate application, or a separate rate 
certification. With respect to Huzhou Unifull, the Department 
preliminary finds there are no reviewable entries during the POR and, 
thus, Huzhou Unifull has failed to demonstrate eligibility for a 
separate rate. Both Avery Dennison and Huzhou Unifull submitted the 
same CBP Form 7501 to indicate an entry of subject merchandise by 
Huzhou Unifull. However, after examination, the Department determines 
that the CBP Form 7501 does not correspond to a sale by Huzhou Unifull 
and as such, found there are no reviewable entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR.\10\
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    \10\ See Preliminary Decision Memo.
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Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested 
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. Huzhou 
BeiHeng and Huzhou Siny withdrew their respective requests for an 
administrative review within 90 days of the date of publication of 
Initiation Notice.\11\ Accordingly, the Department is rescinding this 
review with respect to Huzhou BeiHeng and Huzhou Siny, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).\12\
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    \11\ See letter from Avery Dennison to the Department, Re: 
``Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from China: Withdrawal 
from the Administrative Review,'' dated February 7, 2017.
    \12\ See Appendix. As stated in Change in Practice in NME 
Reviews, the Department no longer considers the non-market economy 
(NME) entity as an exporter conditionally subject to administrative 
reviews. 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 (November 4, 2013) 
(Change in Practice in NME Reviews). The PRC-wide entity is not 
subject to this administrative review because no interested party 
requested a review of the entity. See Initiation Notice, 81 FR at 
78778 (November 9, 2016).
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary 
results and may submit case briefs and/or written comments, filed 
electronically using ACCESS, within 30 days of the date of publication 
of this notice, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). Rebuttal briefs, 
limited to issues raised in the case briefs, will be due five days 
after the due date for case briefs, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d). 
Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are 
requested to submit with each argument a statement of the issue, a 
summary of the argument not to exceed five pages, and a table of 
statutes, regulations, and cases cited, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties, who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate in a hearing if one is requested, 
must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, filed 
electronically using ACCESS. Electronically filed case briefs/written 
comments and hearing requests must be received successfully in their 
entirety by the Department's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 
p.m. Eastern Standard Time, within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice.\13\ 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 those issues raised in the respective 
case briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be 
notified of the time and date of the hearing which will be held at the 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington 
DC 20230. Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), 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, not later than 120 days after the date of publication 
of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.\14\ The 
Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the publication date of the final results of this review. For the 
companies for which this review is rescinded, antidumping duties shall 
be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping 
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). The Department 
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 
days after publication of this notice.
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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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 entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 
Act: (1) For exports of merchandise exported by Huzhou Kingdom, the 
cash deposit rate is the PRC-wide rate of 247.26 percent; (2) for 
exports of merchandise exported by Huzhou Unifull, the cash deposit 
rate is the PRC-wide rate of 247.26; (3) for previously investigated or 
reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters which are not under review in this 
segment of the proceeding but which have separate rates, the cash 
deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published 
for the most recent period; (4) for all PRC exporters of subject 
merchandise that

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have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit 
rate will be the PRC-wide rate of 247.26 percent; and (5) 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 
exporter(s) that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    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: July 12, 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

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Results Decision Memorandum

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Methodology
Preliminary Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review
Companies That Did Not Establish Eligibility for a Separate Rate
Recommendation

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