[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 198 (Monday, October 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48061-48063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22329]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-844]


Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From Taiwan; Final 
Determination of No Shipments; 2015-2016

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

SUMMARY: On June 8, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the 2015-2016 administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on narrow woven ribbons with woven 
selvedge (NWR) from Taiwan. The period of review (POR) is September 1, 
2015, through August 31, 2016. We received no comments from interested 
parties. Therefore, the Department continues to find that Fujian 
Rongshu Industry Co., Ltd. (Fujian Rongshu), Roung Shu Industry 
Corporation (Roung Shu), and Xiamen Yi He Textile Co., Ltd. (Xiamen Yi 
He) had no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during 
the POR.

DATES: Applicable October 16, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Crespo, 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) 482-3693.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 8, 2017, the Department published the Preliminary Results 
in the Federal Register.\1\ After the Preliminary Results, we conducted 
verification of the no-shipment claim submitted by Roung Shu, in 
accordance with section

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782(i)(3) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ We 
invited interested parties to comment on the preliminary results of the 
review.\3\ The Department conducted this administrative review in 
accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act.
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    \1\ See Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From Taiwan; 
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments and Rescission, in Part, 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016, 82 FR 26664 
(June 8, 2017) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Verification of the Sales Response of 
Roung Shu Industry Corporation in the 2015-2016 Antidumping Duty 
Adminsitrative Review of Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge 
from Taiwan,'' dated September 21, 2017.
    \3\ See Preliminary Results, 82 FR at 26666.
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Scope of the Order

    The scope of this order covers narrow woven ribbons with woven 
selvedge, in any length, but with a width (measured at the narrowest 
span of the ribbon) less than or equal to 12 centimeters, composed of, 
in whole or in part, man-made fibers (whether artificial or synthetic, 
including but not limited to nylon, polyester, rayon, polypropylene, 
and polyethylene teraphthalate), metal threads and/or metalized yarns, 
or any combination thereof. Narrow woven ribbons subject to the order 
may:
     Also include natural or other non-man-made fibers;
     be of any color, style, pattern, or weave construction, 
including but not limited to single faced satin, double-faced satin, 
grosgrain, sheer, taffeta, twill, jacquard, or a combination of two or 
more colors, styles, patterns, and/or weave constructions;
     have been subjected to, or composed of materials that have 
been subjected to, various treatments, including but not limited to 
dyeing, printing, foil stamping, embossing, flocking, coating, and/or 
sizing;
     have embellishments, including but not limited to 
appliqu[eacute], fringes, embroidery, buttons, glitter, sequins, 
laminates, and/or adhesive backing;
     have wire and/or monofilament in, on, or along the 
longitudinal edges of the ribbon;
     have ends of any shape or dimension, including but not 
limited to straight ends that are perpendicular to the longitudinal 
edges of the ribbon, tapered ends, flared ends or shaped ends, and the 
ends of such woven ribbons may or may not be hemmed;
     have longitudinal edges that are straight or of any shape, 
and the longitudinal edges of such woven ribbon may or may not be 
parallel to each other;
     consist of such ribbons affixed to like ribbon and/or cut-
edge woven ribbon, a configuration also known as an ``ornamental 
trimming;''
     be wound on spools; attached to a card; hanked (i.e., 
coiled or bundled); packaged in boxes, trays or bags; or configured as 
skeins, balls, bateaus or folds; and/or
     be included within a kit or set such as when packaged with 
other products, including but not limited to gift bags, gift boxes and/
or other types of ribbon.
    Narrow woven ribbons subject to the order include all narrow woven 
fabrics, tapes, and labels that fall within this written description of 
the scope of this antidumping duty order.
    Excluded from the scope of the order are the following:
    (1) Formed bows composed of narrow woven ribbons with woven 
selvedge;
    (2) ``pull-bows'' (i.e., an assemblage of ribbons connected to one 
another, folded flat and equipped with a means to form such ribbons 
into the shape of a bow by pulling on a length of material affixed to 
such assemblage) composed of narrow woven ribbons;
    (3) narrow woven ribbons comprised at least 20 percent by weight of 
elastomeric yarn (i.e., filament yarn, including monofilament, of 
synthetic textile material, other than textured yarn, which does not 
break on being extended to three times its original length and which 
returns, after being extended to twice its original length, within a 
period of five minutes, to a length not greater than one and a half 
times its original length as defined in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States (HTSUS), Section XI, Note 13) or rubber thread;
    (4) narrow woven ribbons of a kind used for the manufacture of 
typewriter or printer ribbons;
    (5) narrow woven labels and apparel tapes, cut-to-length or cut-to-
shape, having a length (when measured across the longest edge-to-edge 
span) not exceeding eight centimeters;
    (6) narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge attached to and 
forming the handle of a gift bag;
    (7) cut-edge narrow woven ribbons formed by cutting broad woven 
fabric into strips of ribbon, with or without treatments to prevent the 
longitudinal edges of the ribbon from fraying (such as by merrowing, 
lamination, sono-bonding, fusing, gumming or waxing), and with or 
without wire running lengthwise along the longitudinal edges of the 
ribbon;
    (8) narrow woven ribbons comprised at least 85 percent by weight of 
threads having a denier of 225 or higher;
    (9) narrow woven ribbons constructed from pile fabrics (i.e., 
fabrics with a surface effect formed by tufts or loops of yarn that 
stand up from the body of the fabric);
    (10) narrow woven ribbon affixed (including by tying) as a 
decorative detail to non-subject merchandise, such as a gift bag, gift 
box, gift tin, greeting card or plush toy, or affixed (including by 
tying) as a decorative detail to packaging containing non-subject 
merchandise;
    (11) narrow woven ribbon that is (a) affixed to non-subject 
merchandise as a working component of such non-subject merchandise, 
such as where narrow woven ribbon comprises an apparel trimming, book 
marker, bag cinch, or part of an identity card holder, or (b) affixed 
(including by tying) to non-subject merchandise as a working component 
that holds or packages such non-subject merchandise or attaches 
packaging or labeling to such non-subject merchandise, such as a 
``belly band'' around a pair of pajamas, a pair of socks or a blanket;
    (12) narrow woven ribbon(s) comprising a belt attached to and 
imported with an item of wearing apparel, whether or not such belt is 
removable from such item of wearing apparel; and
    (13) narrow woven ribbon(s) included with non-subject merchandise 
in kits, such as a holiday ornament craft kit or a scrapbook kit, in 
which the individual lengths of narrow woven ribbon(s) included in the 
kit are each no greater than eight inches, the aggregate amount of 
narrow woven ribbon(s) included in the kit does not exceed 48 linear 
inches, none of the narrow woven ribbon(s) included in the kit is on a 
spool, and the narrow woven ribbon(s) is only one of multiple items 
included in the kit.
    The merchandise subject to this order is classifiable under the 
HTSUS statistical categories 5806.32.1020; 5806.32.1030; 5806.32.1050; 
and 5806.32.1060. Subject merchandise also may enter under 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. The HTSUS statistical categories and subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes; however, the written 
description of the merchandise covered by this order is dispositive.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    As noted in the Preliminary Results, we preliminarily determined 
that Fujian Roungshu, Roung Shu, and Xiamen Yi He had no shipments of 
subject merchandise during the POR. Also in the Preliminary Results, 
the Department stated that, consistent with its practice, it would 
complete the review with respect to these companies and issue 
appropriate instructions to U.S.

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) based on the final results.\4\
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    \4\ See Preliminary Results, 82 FR at 26666.
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    After issuing the Preliminary Results, the Department received no 
comments from interested parties, and has not received any information 
that would cause it to alter its preliminary determination. Therefore, 
because the record indicates that these companies did not export 
subject merchandise to the United States, the Department continues to 
find that Fujian Roungshu, Roung Shu, and Xiamen Yi He had no shipments 
of subject merchandise during the POR. As the Department received no 
comments for consideration in these final results, the Department has 
not prepared an Issues and Decision Memorandum for this review.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), the 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 15 
days after publication of the final results of this administrative 
review. Additionally, because the Department determined that Fujian 
Roungshu, Roung Shu, and Xiamen Yi He had no shipments of subject 
merchandise during the POR, any suspended entries that entered under 
Fujian Roungshu, Roung Shu, or Xiamen Yi He's case number (i.e., at 
that exporter's rate) will be liquidated at the all-others rate if 
there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the 
transaction.\5\
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    \5\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proveedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final 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.

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).

    Dated: October 6, 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.
[FR Doc. 2017-22329 Filed 10-13-17; 8:45 am]
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