[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 52 (Friday, March 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11685-11690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05372]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has received requests to 
conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders and findings with January anniversary dates. 
In accordance with Commerce's regulations, we are initiating those 
administrative reviews.

DATES: Applicable March 16, 2018.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Brown, Office of AD/CVD 
Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
4735.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Commerce has received timely requests, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(b), for administrative reviews of various antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders and findings with January anniversary dates.
    All deadlines for the submission of various types of information, 
certifications, or comments or actions by Commerce discussed below 
refer to the number of calendar days from the applicable starting time.

Notice of No Sales

    If a producer or exporter named in this notice of initiation had no 
exports, sales, or entries during the period of review (POR), it must 
notify Commerce within 30 days of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register. All submissions must be filed electronically at 
http://access.trade.gov in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303.\1\ Such 
submissions are subject to verification in accordance with section 
782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Further, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(1)(i), a copy must be served on every 
party on Commerce's service list.
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    \1\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order 
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011).
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Respondent Selection

    In the event Commerce limits the number of respondents for 
individual examination for administrative reviews initiated pursuant to 
requests made for the orders identified below, except for the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom 
furniture from the People's Republic of China (China), Commerce intends 
to select respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
data for U.S. imports during the period of review. We intend to place 
the CBP data on the record within five days of publication of the 
initiation notice and to make our decision regarding respondent 
selection within 30 days of publication of the initiation Federal 
Register notice. Comments regarding the CBP data and respondent 
selection should be submitted seven days after the placement of the CBP 
data on the record of this review. Parties wishing to submit rebuttal 
comments should submit those comments five days after the deadline for 
the initial comments.
    In the event Commerce decides it is necessary to limit individual 
examination of respondents and conduct respondent selection under 
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act:
    In general, Commerce has found that determinations concerning 
whether particular companies should be ``collapsed'' (e.g., treated as 
a single entity for purposes of calculating antidumping duty rates) 
require a substantial amount of detailed information and analysis, 
which often require follow-up questions and analysis. Accordingly, 
Commerce will not conduct collapsing analyses at the respondent 
selection phase of this review and will not collapse companies at the 
respondent selection phase unless there has been a determination to 
collapse certain companies in a previous segment of this antidumping 
proceeding (e.g., investigation, administrative review, new shipper 
review or changed circumstances review). For any company subject to 
this review, if Commerce determined, or continued to treat, that 
company as collapsed with others, Commerce will assume that such 
companies continue to operate in the same manner and will collapse them 
for respondent selection purposes. Otherwise, Commerce will not 
collapse companies for purposes of respondent selection. Parties are 
requested to (a) identify which companies subject to review previously 
were collapsed, and (b) provide a citation to the proceeding in which 
they were collapsed. Further, if companies are requested to complete 
the Quantity and Value (Q&V) Questionnaire for purposes of respondent 
selection, in general each company must report volume and value data 
separately for itself. Parties should not include data for any other 
party, even if they believe they should be treated as a single entity 
with that other party. If a company was collapsed with another company 
or companies in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding 
where Commerce considered collapsing that entity, complete Q&V data for 
that collapsed entity must be submitted.

Respondent Selection--Wooden Bedroom Furniture From China

    In the event that Commerce limits the number of respondents for 
individual examination in the antidumping duty administrative review of 
wooden bedroom furniture from China, for the purposes of this segment 
of the proceeding, i.e., the 2017 review period, Commerce intends to 
select respondents based on volume data contained in responses to a Q&V 
questionnaire. All parties are hereby notified that they must timely 
respond to the Q&V questionnaire. Commerce's Q&V questionnaire along 
with certain additional questions will be available in a document 
package on Commerce's website at http://enforcement.trade.gov/download/prc-wbf/index.html on the date this notice is published. The responses 
to the Q&V questionnaire should be filed with the respondents' Separate 
Rate Application or Separate Rate Certification (see the `Separate 
Rates' section below) and their response to the additional questions 
and must be received by Commerce by no later than 30 days after 
publication of this notice. Please be advised that due to the time 
constraints imposed by the statutory and regulatory deadlines for 
antidumping duty administrative reviews, Commerce does not intend to 
grant any extensions for the submission of responses to the Q&V 
questionnaire.

Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a party that has requested a 
review may withdraw that request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The 
regulation provides that Commerce may extend this time if it is 
reasonable to do so. In order to provide parties additional certainty 
with respect to when Commerce will exercise its discretion to extend 
this 90-day deadline, interested parties are advised that Commerce does 
not intend to extend the 90-day deadline unless the requestor 
demonstrates that an extraordinary circumstance has prevented it from 
submitting a timely withdrawal request. Determinations by Commerce to 
extend the 90-day deadline will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Separate Rates

    In proceedings involving non-market economy (NME) countries, 
Commerce begins with a rebuttable presumption that all companies within 
the country are subject to government control and, thus, should be 
assigned a single antidumping duty deposit rate. It is Commerce's 
policy to assign all exporters of merchandise subject to an 
administrative review in an NME country this single rate unless an 
exporter can demonstrate that it is sufficiently independent so as to 
be entitled to a separate rate.
    To establish whether a firm is sufficiently independent from

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government control of its export activities to be entitled to a 
separate rate, Commerce analyzes each entity exporting the subject 
merchandise. In accordance with the separate rates criteria, Commerce 
assigns separate rates to companies in NME cases only if respondents 
can demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto government 
control over export activities.
    All firms listed below that wish to qualify for separate rate 
status in the administrative reviews involving NME countries must 
complete, as appropriate, either a separate rate application or 
certification, as described below. In addition, all firms that wish to 
qualify for separate-rate status in the antidumping duty administrative 
review of wooden bedroom furniture from China must complete, as 
appropriate, either a separate-rate certification or application, as 
described below, and respond to the additional questions and the Q&V 
questionnaire on Commerce's website at https://enforcement.trade.gov/download/prc-wbf/index.html. For these administrative reviews, in order 
to demonstrate separate rate eligibility, Commerce requires entities 
for whom a review was requested, that were assigned a separate rate in 
the most recent segment of this proceeding in which they participated, 
to certify that they continue to meet the criteria for obtaining a 
separate rate. The Separate Rate Certification form will be available 
on Commerce's website at http://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme-sep-rate.html on the date of publication of this Federal Register notice. 
In responding to the certification, please follow the ``Instructions 
for Filing the Certification'' in the Separate Rate Certification. 
Separate Rate Certifications are due to Commerce no later than 30 
calendar days after publication of this Federal Register notice. For 
the antidumping duty administrative review of wooden bedroom furniture 
from China, Separate Rate Certifications, as well as a response to the 
Q&V questionnaire and the additional questions in the document package, 
are due to Commerce no later than 30 calendar days after publication of 
this Federal Register notice. The deadline and requirement for 
submitting a Certification applies equally to NME-owned firms, wholly 
foreign-owned firms, and foreign sellers who purchase and export 
subject merchandise to the United States.
    Entities that currently do not have a separate rate from a 
completed segment of the proceeding \2\ should timely file a Separate 
Rate Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate in this 
proceeding. In addition, companies that received a separate rate in a 
completed segment of the proceeding that have subsequently made 
changes, including, but not limited to, changes to corporate structure, 
acquisitions of new companies or facilities, or changes to their 
official company name,\3\ should timely file a Separate Rate 
Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate in this 
proceeding. The Separate Rate Status Application will be available on 
Commerce's website at http://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme-sep-rate.html on the date of publication of this Federal Register notice. 
In responding to the Separate Rate Status Application, refer to the 
instructions contained in the application. Separate Rate Status 
Applications are due to Commerce no later than 30 calendar days of 
publication of this Federal Register notice. For the antidumping duty 
administrative review of wooden bedroom furniture from China, Separate 
Rate Status Applications, as well as a response to the Q&V 
questionnaire and the additional questions in the document package, are 
due to Commerce no later than 30 calendar days after publication of 
this Federal Register notice. The deadline and requirement for 
submitting a Separate Rate Status Application applies equally to NME-
owned firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign sellers that 
purchase and export subject merchandise to the United States.
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    \2\ Such entities include entities that have not participated in 
the proceeding, entities that were preliminarily granted a separate 
rate in any currently incomplete segment of the proceeding (e.g., an 
ongoing administrative review, new shipper review, etc.) and 
entities that lost their separate rate in the most recently 
completed segment of the proceeding in which they participated.
    \3\ Only changes to the official company name, rather than trade 
names, need to be addressed via a Separate Rate Application. 
Information regarding new trade names may be submitted via a 
Separate Rate Certification.
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    For exporters and producers who submit a separate-rate status 
application or certification and subsequently are selected as mandatory 
respondents, these exporters and producers will no longer be eligible 
for separate rate status unless they respond to all parts of the 
questionnaire as mandatory respondents.
    Furthermore, this notice constitutes public notification to all 
firms for which an antidumping duty administrative review of wooden 
bedroom furniture from China has been requested, and that are seeking 
separate rate status in the review, that they must submit a timely 
separate rate application or certification (as appropriate) as 
described above, and a timely response to the Q&V questionnaire and the 
additional questions in the document package on Commerce's website in 
order to receive consideration for separate-rate status. In other 
words, Commerce will not give consideration to any timely separate rate 
certification or application made by parties who failed to respond in a 
timely manner to the Q&V questionnaire and the additional questions. 
All information submitted by respondents in the antidumping duty 
administrative review of wooden bedroom furniture from China is subject 
to verification. As noted above, the separate rate certification, the 
separate rate application, the Q&V questionnaire, and the additional 
questions will be available on Commerce's website on the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

Initiation of Reviews

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating 
administrative reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing 
duty orders and findings. We intend to issue the final results of these 
reviews not later than January 31, 2019.
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    \4\ The company name listed above was inadvertently misspelled 
in the initiation notice that published on January 11, 2018 (83 FR 
1329). The correct spelling of the company is listed in this notice.
    \5\ In the initiation notice that published on February 23, 2018 
(83 FR 8058) the company name listed above was incorrectly spelled 
as ``BDP Interntional, Inc.'' The company name listed above reflects 
the correct spelling.

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          Antidumping duty proceedings            Period to be reviewed
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INDIA: Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe,\4\ A-533-        5/10/16-10/31/17
 867...........................................
    Quality Stainless Pvt. Ltd.
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Welded Line Pipe, A-580-876.         12/1/16-11/30/17
    BDP International, Inc.\5\

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THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Potassium                1/1/17-12/31/17
 Permanganate, A-570-001.......................
    Chongqing Changyuan Group Limited.
    Pacific Accelerator Ltd.
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Wooden Bedroom           1/1/17-12/31/17
 Furniture, A-570-890..........................
    Decca Furniture Ltd.
    Dongguan Chengcheng Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Dongguan Kingstone Furniture Co., Ltd.,
     Kingstone Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Dongguan Mu Si Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Dongguan Nova Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Dongguan Singways Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Dongguan Sunrise Furniture Co., Ltd.,
     Taicang Sunrise Wood Industry Co., Ltd.,
     Taicang
    Fairmount Designs Furniture Co., Ltd.,
     Meizhou Sunrise Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Dongguan Sunrise Furniture Co., Taicang
     Sunrise Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
    Shanghai Sunrise Furniture Co. Ltd.,
     Fairmont Designs.
    Dongguan Sunshine Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Dongguan Yujia Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Dongguan Zhisheng Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Dorbest Ltd., Rui Feng Woodwork Co., Ltd.
     AKA Rui Feng Woodwork (Dongguan) Co.,
     Ltd., Rui Feng Lumber Development Co.,
     Ltd. AKA Rui Feng Lumber Development
     (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Dream Rooms Furniture (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Eurosa (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., Eurosa
     Furniture Co., (PTE) Ltd.
    Fleetwood Fine Furniture LP.
    Fortune Furniture Ltd., Dongguan Fortune
     Furniture Ltd.
    Fujian Lianfu Forestry Co., Ltd. (Aka
     Fujian Wonder Pacific, Inc.).
    Fuzhou Huan Mei Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Golden Well International (HK) Ltd.
    Guangdong New Four Seas Furniture
     Manufacturing Ltd.
    Guangzhou Lucky Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Guangzhou Maria Yee Furnishings Ltd., Pyla
     Hk Ltd., Maria Yee, Inc.
    Hang Hai Woodcrafts Art Factory.
    Jiangmen Kinwai Furniture Decoration Co.,
     Ltd.
    Jiangmen Kinwai International Furniture
     Co., Ltd.
    Jiangsu Dare Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Jiangsu Xiangsheng Bedtime Furniture Co.,
     Ltd.
    Jiangsu Yuexing Furniture Group Co., Ltd.
    Jiashan Zhenxuan Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Jiedong Lehouse Furniture Co., Ltd.
    King's Way Furniture Industries Co., Ltd.,
     Kingsyear Ltd.
    Kunshan Summit Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Nanhai Jiantai Woodwork Co., Ltd., Fortune
     Glory Industrial Ltd. (H.K. Ltd.).
    Nantong Wangzhuang Furniture Co. Ltd.
    Nantong Yangzi Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Nathan International Ltd., Nathan Rattan
     Factory.
    Perfect Line Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Putian Jinggong Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Qingdao Beiyuan Shengli Furniture Co.,
     Ltd., Qingdao Beiyuan Industry Trading
     Co., Ltd.
    Qingdao Liangmu Co., Ltd.
    Restonic (Dongguan) Furniture Ltd.,
     Restonic Far East (Samoa) Ltd.
    Rizhao Sanmu Woodworking Co., Ltd.
    Shanghai Jian Pu Export & Import Co., Ltd.
    Shanghai Maoji Imp and Exp Co., Ltd.
    Shenyang Shining Dongxing Furniture Co.,
     Ltd.
    Shenzhen Diamond Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Shenzhen Forest Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Shenzhen Jiafa High Grade Furniture Co.,
     Ltd., Golden Lion International Trading
     Ltd.
    Shenzhen New Fudu Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Shenzhen Wonderful Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Shenzhen Xingli Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Shing Mark Enterprise Co., Ltd., Carven
     Industries Ltd. (BVI), Carven Industries
     Ltd. (HK), Dongguan Zhenxin Furniture Co.,
     Ltd., Dongguan Yongpeng Furniture Co.,
     Ltd.
    Songgang Jasonwood Furniture Factory,
     Jasonwood Industrial Co., Ltd. S.A.
    Sunforce Furniture (Hui-Yang) Co., Ltd.,
     Sun Fung Wooden Factory, Sun Fung Company,
     Shin Feng Furniture Co., Ltd., Stupendous
     International Co., Ltd.
    Superwood Co., Ltd., Lianjiang Zongyu Art
     Products Co., Ltd.
    Techniwood Industries Ltd., Ningbo
     Furniture Industries Ltd., Ningbo Hengrun
     Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Tradewinds Furniture Ltd., Fortune Glory
     Industrial Ltd. (H.K. Ltd.).
    Tube-Smith Enterprise (Zhangzhou) Co.,
     Ltd., Tube-Smith Enterprise (Haimen) Co.,
     Ltd., Billonworth Enterprises Ltd.
    Weimei Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Wuxi Yushea Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Xiamen Yongquan Sci-Tech Development Co.,
     Ltd.
    Xilinmen Group Co. Ltd.
    Yeh Brothers World Trade Inc.
    Yihua Lifestyle Technology Co., Ltd.

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    Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd., Guangdong
     Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd.
    Zhangjiagang Daye Hotel Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Zhangjiagang Zheng Yan Decoration Co., Ltd.
    Zhangzhou Guohui Industrial & Trade Co.,
     Ltd.
    Zhejiang Tianyi Scientific & Educational
     Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Zhong Shan Fullwin Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Zhongshan Fookyik Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Zhongshan Golden King Furniture Industrial
     Co., Ltd.
    Zhoushan For-Strong Wood Co., Ltd.
 
        Countervailing Duty Proceedings
 
INDIA: Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe,\6\ C-533-        3/11/16-12/31/16
 868...........................................
    Hindustan Inox Ltd.
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Certain Oil              1/1/17-12/31/17
 Country Tubular Goods, C-570-944..............
    Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Company Limited.
    Doright Co., Ltd.
    DSC Pipes and Tubes Private Limited.
    Hainan Standard Stone Co., Ltd.
    Hengyang Hongda Special Steel Tube Co. Ltd.
    Hengyang Steel Tube Group International
     Trading Inc.
    Hubei Xingegang Steel Co., Ltd.
    Jiangsu Chengde Steel Tube Co., Ltd.
    Jiangyi City Changlongde.
    Shanghai Jianeng Luggage Co., Ltd.
    Tianjn Pipe International Economic &
     Trading Corporation.
    Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe Co., Ltd.
    Wuxi Zhenda Special Steel Tube
     Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Yangzhou Chengde Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.
    Yangzhou Lontrin Steel Tube Co., Ltd.
    Zhejiang Gross Seamless Tube Co., Ltd.
    Zhejiang Xinghe Group.
 
             Suspension Agreements
 
    MEXICO: Sugar,\7\ C-201-846                          1/1/17-12/31/17
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Duty Absorption Reviews

    During any administrative review covering all or part of a period 
falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of 
the publication of an antidumping duty order under 19 CFR 351.211 or a 
determination under 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4) to continue an order or 
suspended investigation (after sunset review), the Secretary, if 
requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will determine 
whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by an exporter or 
producer subject to the review if the subject merchandise is sold in 
the United States through an importer that is affiliated with such 
exporter or producer. The request must include the name(s) of the 
exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested.
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    \6\ This company was inadvertently omitted from the initiation 
notice that published on January 11, 2018 (83 FR 1329). Further, the 
initiation notice that published on February 23, 2018 (83 FR 8058) 
incorrectly listed Quality Stainless Pvt. Ltd. under this case 
number.
    \7\ In the initiation notice that published on February 23, 2018 
(83 FR 8058) the POR for the above referenced case was incorrect. 
The period listed above is the correct POR for this case.
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Gap Period Liquidation

    For the first administrative review of any order, there will be no 
assessment of antidumping or countervailing duties on entries of 
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption during the relevant provisional-measures ``gap'' period, of 
the order, if such a gap period is applicable to the POR.

Administrative Protective Orders and Letters of Appearance

    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with the procedures 
outlined in Commerce's regulations at 19 CFR 351.305. Those procedures 
apply to administrative reviews included in this notice of initiation. 
Parties wishing to participate in any of these administrative reviews 
should ensure that they meet the requirements of these procedures 
(e.g., the filing of separate letters of appearance as discussed at 19 
CFR 351.103(d)).

Factual Information Requirements

    Commerce's regulations identify five categories of factual 
information in 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21), which are summarized as follows: 
(i) Evidence submitted in response to questionnaires; (ii) evidence 
submitted in support of allegations; (iii) publicly available 
information to value factors under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the 
adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence 
placed on the record by Commerce; and (v) evidence other than factual 
information described in (i)-(iv). These regulations require any party, 
when submitting factual information, to specify under which subsection 
of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the information is being submitted and, if the 
information is submitted to rebut, clarify, or correct factual 
information already on the record, to provide an explanation 
identifying the information already on the record that the factual 
information seeks to rebut, clarify, or correct. The regulations, at 19 
CFR 351.301, also provide specific time limits for such factual 
submissions based on the type of factual information being submitted. 
Please review the final rule, available at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/2013/1304frn/2013-08227.txt, prior to 
submitting factual information in this segment.
    Any party submitting factual information in an antidumping duty or 
countervailing duty proceeding must certify to the accuracy and 
completeness

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of that information.\8\ Parties are hereby reminded that revised 
certification requirements are in effect for company/government 
officials as well as their representatives. All segments of any 
antidumping duty or countervailing duty proceedings initiated on or 
after August 16, 2013, should use the formats for the revised 
certifications provided at the end of the Final Rule.\9\ Commerce 
intends to reject factual submissions in any proceeding segments if the 
submitting party does not comply with applicable revised certification 
requirements.
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    \8\ See section 782(b) of the Act.
    \9\ See Certification of Factual Information To Import 
Administration During Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also the 
frequently asked questions regarding the Final Rule, available at 
http://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf.
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Extension of Time Limits Regulation

    Parties may request an extension of time limits before a time limit 
established under Part 351 expires, or as otherwise specified by the 
Secretary. See 19 CFR 351.302. In general, an extension request will be 
considered untimely if it is filed after the time limit established 
under Part 351 expires. For submissions which are due from multiple 
parties simultaneously, an extension request will be considered 
untimely if it is filed after 10:00 a.m. on the due date. Examples 
include, but are not limited to: (1) Case and rebuttal briefs, filed 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309; (2) factual information to value factors 
under 19 CFR 351.408(c), or to measure the adequacy of remuneration 
under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2), filed pursuant to 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3) and 
rebuttal, clarification and correction filed pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.301(c)(3)(iv); (3) comments concerning the selection of a surrogate 
country and surrogate values and rebuttal; (4) comments concerning U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection data; and (5) quantity and value 
questionnaires. Under certain circumstances, Commerce may elect to 
specify a different time limit by which extension requests will be 
considered untimely for submissions which are due from multiple parties 
simultaneously. In such a case, Commerce will inform parties in the 
letter or memorandum setting forth the deadline (including a specified 
time) by which extension requests must be filed to be considered 
timely. This modification also requires that an extension request must 
be made in a separate, stand-alone submission, and clarifies the 
circumstances under which Commerce will grant untimely-filed requests 
for the extension of time limits. These modifications are effective for 
all segments initiated on or after October 21, 2013. Please review the 
final rule, available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013-22853.htm, prior to submitting factual information in these 
segments.
    These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: March 12, 2018.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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