[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 231 (Monday, December 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57209-57210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26065]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-991]


Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily 
determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to 
producers and exporters of chlorinated isocyanurates (chloro isos) from 
the People's Republic of China (the PRC). The period of review (POR) is 
January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015. The administrative review covers 
three producers/exporters: (1) Hebei Jiheng Chemical Co., Ltd. (Hebei 
Jiheng); (2) Heze Huayi Chemical Co., Ltd. (Huayi); and (3) Juancheng 
Kangtai Chemical Co., Ltd. (Kangtai). We preliminarily determine that 
these companies received countervailable subsidies during the POR 
related to certain programs. Interested parties are invited to comment 
on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable December 4, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock or Omar Qureshi, 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) 482-5307, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are chloro isos, which are 
derivatives are cyanuric acid, described as chlorinated s-triazine 
triones.\1\ Chloro isos are currently classifiable under subheadings 
2933.69.6015, 2933.69.6021, 2933.69.6050, 3808.50.4000, 3808.94.5000, 
and 3808.99.9500 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes; the written product description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.
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    \1\ For a complete description of the Scope of the Order, see 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Chlorinated 
Isocyanurates from the People's Republic of China: Decision 
Memorandum for the Preliminary Results, published concurrently with 
this notice.
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Methodology

    On November 13, 2014, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a countervailing duty (CVD) order on chloro isos from the 
PRC.\2\ The Department is conducting this administrative review in 
accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act). For each of the subsidy programs found 
countervailable, we preliminarily find that there is a subsidy (i.e., a 
financial contribution from an authority that gives rise to a benefit 
to the recipient), and that the subsidy is specific.\3\ In making this 
preliminary determination, the Department relied, in part, on facts 
otherwise available, with the application of adverse inferences.\4\ For 
further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse 
Inferences'' in the accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\ A 
list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
provided at the Appendix to this notice.
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    \2\ Id.
    \3\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
    \4\ See section 776(a) of the Act.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Chlorinated 
Isocyanurates from the People's Republic of China,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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    The Preliminary Decision 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 
is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of 
the main

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Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Preliminary Results of Review

    In accordance with section 703(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, we 
calculated an estimated individual countervailable subsidy rate for 
each producer/exporter of the subject merchandise individually 
investigated during the period of January 1, 2015, through December 31, 
2015. We preliminarily determine these rates to be:

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                                                                Subsidy
                           Company                               rate
                                                               (percent)
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Hebei Jiheng Chemical Co., Ltd..............................       25.18
Heze Huayi Chemical Co., Ltd................................        3.81
Juancheng Kangtai Chemical Co., Ltd.........................        1.53
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed to interested parties in this preliminary determination 
within five days of its public announcement, or if there is no public 
announcement, within five days of the date of this notice in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Case briefs or other written comments may be 
submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no 
later than 30 days after the date of publication of the preliminary 
determination. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case 
briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline 
date for case briefs.\6\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), 
parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this investigation 
are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the 
issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general 
filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce within 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain 
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of 
participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list 
of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, the 
Department intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time 
and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled 
date.
    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, we intend to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of our analysis of the issues raised by 
the parties in their comments, within 120 days after issuance of these 
preliminary results.

Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit Requirement

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily 
assigned subsidy rates in the amounts shown above for the producer/
exporters shown above. Upon issuance of the final results, the 
Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) shall assess, CVDs on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review. We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of review.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the Department also 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated CVDs, in 
the amounts shown above for each of the respective companies shown 
above, on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
final results of this review. For all non-reviewed firms, we will 
instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits at the most-recent 
company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, as 
appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
    These preliminary results are issued and published in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: November 27, 2017.
Carole Showers,
Executive Director, Office of Policy performing the duties of the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Application of CVD Law to Imports From the PRC
IV. Subsidies Valuation
V. Benchmarks
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Disclosure and Public Comment
IX. Conclusion

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