[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10790-10792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05428]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-844]
Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From Taiwan: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final
Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Ming Wei
Co., Ltd. (Ming Wei), the lone respondent in this administrative
review, made sales of certain narrow woven ribbon with woven selvedge
at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR)
September 1, 2016, through August 31, 2017.
DATES: Applicable March 22, 2019.
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
The review covers five producers/exporters of the subject
merchandise, Banduoo Ltd. (Banduoo), Fujian Rongshu Industry Co., Ltd.
(Fujian Rongshu), Ming Wei, Roung Shu Industry Corporation (Roung Shu),
and Xiamen Yi-He Textile Co., Ltd. (Xiamen Yi-He).
On October 9, 2018, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in
the Federal Register.\1\ Although we invited parties to comment on the
preliminary results of the review,\2\ no interested
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party submitted comments. Commerce conducted this administrative review
in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from Taiwan:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017, 83 FR 50637
(October 9, 2018) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Preliminary Results, 83 FR at 50638.
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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 explained in the Preliminary Results, we preliminarily
determined that Banduoo, Fujian Rongshu, Roung Shu, and Xiamen Yi-He
had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. Also, in the
Preliminary Results, Commerce stated that, consistent with its
practice, it would complete the review with respect to these companies
and issue appropriate instructions to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) based on the final results.\3\
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\3\ See Preliminary Results, 83 FR at 50638.
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After issuing the Preliminary Results, Commerce received no
comments from interested parties, and has not received any information
that would cause it to
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alter its preliminary determinations. Therefore, because the record
indicates that these companies did not export subject merchandise to
the United States, Commerce continues to find that Banduoo, Fujian
Rongshu, Roung Shu, and Xiamen Yi-He had no shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR. Commerce received no comments for
consideration in these final results.
Final Results of the Review
Because Commerce received no comments for consideration in these
final results, our determinations, as explained in the Preliminary
Results, remain unchanged. Accordingly, no decision memorandum
accompanies this Federal Register notice.\4\ As a result of this
review, we determine the dumping margin for Ming Wei for the period
September 1, 2016, through August 31, 2017, is as follows:
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\4\ For further details of the issues addressed in this
proceeding, see Preliminary Results and PDM.
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Dumping margin
Exporter/producer (percent)
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Ming Wei Co., Ltd...................................... 137.20
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Assessment Rates
In accordance with the final results of this review, Commerce has
determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b). Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15
days after the date of publication of these final results of review.
For Ming Wei, we will instruct CBP to apply an assessment rate to all
entries it produced and/or exported equal to the dumping margin
indicated above. Additionally, because Commerce determined that
Banduoo, Fujian Rongshu, Roung Shu, and Xiamen Yi-He had no shipments
of subject merchandise during the POR, any suspended entries that
entered under Banduoo, Fujian Rongshu, 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 Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results
of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Ming Wei will be the rate shown
above; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not
participating in this review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the company-specific rate published for the most recently-completed
segment; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
previous review, or the original less-than-fair value (LTFV)
investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be
the rate established for the most recent segment for the manufacturer
of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 4.37 percent, the all-
others rate made effective by the LTFV investigation.\6\ These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\6\ See Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from Taiwan and
the People's Republic of China: Amended Antidumping Duty Orders, 75
FR 56982, 56985 (September 17, 2010).
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as the only 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 Secretary'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.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and
351.221(b)(5).
Dated: March 18, 2019.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-05428 Filed 3-21-19; 8:45 am]
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