[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 223 (Monday, November 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58229-58231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25144]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-904]


Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China: 
Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-
2017

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On October 22, 2018, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published in the Federal Register the final results of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain 
activated carbon from the People's Republic of China (China). Commerce 
is amending the final results of the administrative review to correct 
ministerial errors.

DATES: Applicable November 19, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Anwesen or Jinny Ahn, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0131 
or (202) 482-0339, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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    On October 22, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
final results of the administrative review of certain activated carbon 
from China.\1\ On October 23, 2018, Datong Juqiang submitted timely 
ministerial error allegations regarding the Final Results. In addition, 
Tianjin Channel Filters Co., Ltd. (TCF), Jilin Bright Future Chemicals 
Co. Ltd (Jilin Bright Future), Datong Municipal Yunguang Activated 
Carbon Co., Ltd. (Datong Yunguang), Shanxi Industry Technology Trading 
Co., Ltd. (SITT), and Shanxi Dapu International Trade Co., Ltd. (Shanxi 
Dapu) (collectively, No Shipment Companies) submitted timely 
ministerial error allegations regarding the Final Results.
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    \1\ See Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2016-2017, 83 FR 53214 (October 22, 2018) (Final Results) and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Legal Framework

    A ministerial error, as defined in section 751(h) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), includes ``errors in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type 
of unintentional error which the administering authority considers 
ministerial.'' \2\ With respect to final results, 19 CFR 351.224(e) 
provides that Commerce ``will analyze any comments received and, if 
appropriate, correct any ministerial error by amending . . . the final 
results of review. . . .''
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    \2\ See also 19 CFR 351.224(f).
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Ministerial Errors

A. No Shipment Companies

    The No Shipment Companies allege that, in Appendix II of the Final 
Results, Commerce erroneously listed TCF, Jilin Bright Future, Datong 
Yunguang, SITT, and Shanxi Dapu as companies not eligible for a 
separate rate and, therefore, part of the China-Wide entity. With 
regard to the No Shipment Companies' allegation, we agree that the 
inclusion of their names in Appendix II of the Final Results 
constitutes a ministerial error. In the Final Results, we determined 
that these companies made no shipments of subject merchandise during 
the period of review, based on their respective certifications of no 
shipments and our inquiry with CBP. Thus, the inclusion of these 
companies in Appendix II of the Final Results, which identified the 
companies that were not eligible for a separate rate and would be 
treated as part of the China-wide entity, was an unintentional error, 
and constitutes a ministerial error within the meaning of section 
751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f), which warrants a correction. 
Consequently, we revised Appendix II to remove TCF, Jilin Bright 
Future, Datong Yunguang, SITT, and Shanxi Dapu from the list of 
companies not eligible for a separate rate as part of the China-Wide 
entity.

B. Carbon Activated Tianjin Co., Ltd.

    In reviewing the ministerial error allegations in the Final 
Results, we noted that we inadvertently we applied the margin 
corresponding to the incorrect comparison method, inconsistent with the 
results of our differential pricing test and analysis. This error 
resulted in assigning the incorrect weighted-average dumping margin to 
Carbon Activated Tianjin Co., Ltd. (Carbon Activated). In the Final 
Results, we inadvertently listed a dumping margin calculated based on 
the average-to-transaction (A-T) comparison method, which resulted in a 
$0.45/kilogram weighted-average dumping margin.\3\ However, we should 
have listed the dumping margin calculated using the mixed alternative 
methodology (i.e., average-to-average and A-T method),\4\ which results 
in a weighted-average dumping margin of $0.23/kilogram. We find that 
our application of the margin corresponding to the A-T comparison 
method is an unintentional error constituting a ministerial error 
within the meaning of section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f), 
and warranting correction.\5\ Consequently, as explained in the 
Ministerial Error Memorandum, we are amending the final weighted-
average dumping margin for Carbon Activated pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.224(e) to reflect the correct methodology and weighted-average 
dumping margin.
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    \3\ See Final Results, 83 FR at 53214. See also Memorandum, 
``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Activated Carbon 
from the People's Republic of China: Final Results Calculation 
Memorandum for Carbon Activated'' at 3.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results Calculation Memorandum for Carbon Activated'' dated October 
16, 2018 (Carbon Activated's Final Calculation Memorandum), at 3-4.
    \5\ See Ministerial Error Memorandum; see also Carbon 
Activated's Final Calculation Memorandum at 3-4.
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    Furthermore, in the Final Results, we assigned to the non-
individually examined companies that qualified for a separate rate 
(Separate Rate Companies), the weighted-average dumping margin 
calculated for Carbon Activated.\6\ Consistent with our practice, 
because we are amending Carbon Activated's final weighted-average 
dumping margin to reflect the correct differential pricing methodology, 
we are also amending the separate rate assigned to the Separate Rate 
Companies.
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    \6\ See Final Results, 83 FR at 53214.
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Revisions Not Covered by Section 751(h) of the Act

    In its timely filed ministerial allegation letter, Datong Juqiang 
alleges that, in the Datong Juqiang-specific draft liquidation 
instructions, Commerce identified one importer/customer by its short 
name, not its full legal name. In the final Datong Juqiang-specific 
liquidation instructions, Datong Juqiang requests that Commerce 
identify the importer/customer by both its full legal name and short 
name. Datong Juqiang also requests that Commerce revise the instruction 
to include an additional customer reported by Datong Juqiang in its 
responses, to avoid any confusion with United States Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) when liquidating entries.
    We find that Datong Juqiang's alleged errors do not constitute a 
ministerial error within the meaning of section 751(h) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.224(f) because they are comments on the draft liquidation 
instructions, rather than allegations of error in the final results of 
this administrative review. Nevertheless, we have considerd Datong 
Juqiang's comment on the draft liquidation instructions and have 
revised Datong Juqiang's liquidation instruction to include both the 
full legal name and short name of one importer/customer as identified 
by Datong Juqiang. However, consistent with our practice, we decline to 
include the name of the additional customer reported by Datong Juqiang 
in its responses because this customer was not reported as importer of 
record, which is the information upon which importer-specific 
assessment and liquidation instructions are based, unless the importer 
of record is unknown. In this case, this additional customer was not 
reported as an importer of record.

Amended Final Results

    The amended weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:
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    \7\ In the second administrative review of the Order, Commerce 
determined that it would calculate per-unit weighted-average dumping 
margins and assessment rates for all future reviews. See Certain 
Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of China: Final Results 
and Partial Rescission of Second Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 75 FR 70208, 70211 (November 17, 2010) and accompanying IDM 
at Comment 3.
    \8\ There are no changes to the dumping margin for Datong 
Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
    \9\ In the third administrative review of the Order, Commerce 
found that Jacobi Carbons AB, Tianjin Jacobi International Trading 
Co. Ltd., and Jacobi Carbons Industry (Tianjin) are a single entity 
and, because there were no facts presented on the record of this 
review which would call into question our prior finding, we continue 
to treat these companies as part of a single entity for this 
administrative review, pursuant to sections 771(33)(E), (F), and (G) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.401(f). See Certain Activated Carbon from 
the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Partial Rescission 
of Third Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 67142, 67145 
n.25 (October 31, 2011); see also Preliminary Results, and 
accompanying PDM at n.26.

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                                                                Amended
                                                               weighted-
                                                                average
                          Exporter                              dumping
                                                                margins
                                                               (USD/kg)
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Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products Co., Ltd..........        0.23
Carbon Activated Tianjin Co., Ltd...........................        0.23
Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd \8\................        0.00
Jacobi Carbons AB \9\.......................................        0.23
Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.......        0.23
Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Co., Ltd....................        0.23
Ningxia Mineral & Chemical Limited..........................        0.23
Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd..........................        0.23
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    These amended final results are published in accordance with 
sections 751(h) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e) and (g).

    Dated: November 13, 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

Companies Not Eligible for a Separate Rate and To Be Treated as Part of 
China-Wide Entity

Company

1. Beijing Embrace Technology Co., Ltd.
2. Meadwestvaco (China) Holding Co., Ltd.
3. Ningxia Guanghua A/C Co., Ltd.
4. Ningxia Guanghua Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
5. Ningxia Guanghua Chemical Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
6. Ningxia Jirui Activated Carbon
7. Shanxi DMD Corporation
8. Tancarb Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
9. Tangshan Solid Carbon Co., Ltd.
10. Tianjin Jacobi International Trading Co., Ltd.
11. Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd.

[FR Doc. 2018-25144 Filed 11-16-18; 8:45 am]
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