[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 47 (Friday, March 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10432-10433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04754]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-863]


Honey From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the 
Expedited Third Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce 
(Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty order on honey 
from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping at the level indicated in the 
``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable March 9, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian Hamilton, 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) 482-4798.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 1, 2017, Commerce published the notice of initiation of 
the third sunset review of the antidumping duty order on honey from the 
China, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act).\1\ On November 13, 2017, Commerce received a notice of 
intent to participate from American Honey Producers Association and the 
Sioux Honey Association (collectively, the petitioners) as domestic 
interested parties, within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i).\2\ The petitioners claimed interested party status 
under section 771(9)(E) of the Act, as a trade association whose 
members are engaged in the business of producing honey in the United 
States.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 82 FR 50612 
(November 1, 2017).
    \2\ See the petitioners' Letter, ``Honey from the People's 
Republic of China: Petitioners' Notice of Intent to Participate,'' 
dated November 13, 2017.
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    On December 1, 2017, we received a complete substantive response 
for the review from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day 
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\3\ We received no 
substantive responses from respondent interested parties with respect 
to the order covered by this sunset review, nor was a hearing 
requested. Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce is conducting an expedited (120-day) 
sunset review of this order.
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    \3\ The petitioners' Letter, ``Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Honey from the People's Republic of 
China--Petitioners' Substantive Response,'' dated December 1, 2017.
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    Commerce has exercised its discretion to toll deadlines for the 
duration of the closure of the Federal Government from January 20 
through 22, 2018. If the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in 
accordance with Commerce's practice, the deadline will become the next 
business day. The revised deadline for the final results of this sunset 
review is now March 5, 2018.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum for The Record from Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of 
the Federal Government'' (Tolling Memorandum), dated January 23, 
2018. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been 
extended by 3 days.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is honey. For a complete 
description of the scope of this order, see the accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\5\
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Expedited Third Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Orders on 
Honey from the People's Republic of China'' (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum), dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this review, including the likelihood of 
continuation or recurrence of dumping in the event of revocation and 
the magnitude of the margin likely to prevail if the order was revoked, 
are addressed in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum. The 
Issues and 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 
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 on the internet 
at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Final Result of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, we 
determine that revocation of the antidumping duty order on honey from 
China would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and 
that the magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail would be 
weighted-average dumping margins up to the following weighted-average 
dumping margin: 183.80.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
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. Timely 
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 results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.218.

    Dated: March 5, 2018.
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 Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping

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    2. Magnitude of the Margins Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Result of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation

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