[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11052-11053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05645]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-953]


Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review; 2016

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Yama 
Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd (Yama), an exporter/producer of narrow woven 
ribbons with woven selvedge from the People's Republic of China 
(China), received countervailable subsidies during the period of review 
(POR) January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016.

DATES: Applicable March 25, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terre Keaton Stefanova or Maria 
Tatarska 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) 482-1280 
or (202) 482-1562, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The events that occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary 
Results \1\ on October 10, 2018, are discussed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice.\2\
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    \1\ See Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Review; 2016, 83 FR 50891 (October 10, 2018) 
(Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of 2016 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Narrow Woven 
Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the People's Republic of China,'' 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues 
and Decision Memorandum).
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    Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by 
the partial federal government closure from December 22, 2018, through 
the resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.\3\ 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 administrative review is now 
March 19, 2019.
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    \3\ See memorandum to the Record from 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, ``Deadlines 
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated 
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding 
have been extended by 40 days.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is narrow woven ribbons with 
woven selvedge from China.\4\ The product is currently classified under 
the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
item numbers: 5806.32.1020, 5806.32.1030, 5806.32.1050, 5806.32.1060, 
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, 5907.00.80, 
5806.32.1080, 5810.92.9080, 5903.90.3090, and 6307.90.9889. Although 
the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written product description remains dispositive. A full description 
of the scope of the order is contained in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice.
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    \4\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
Preliminary Results and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in interested parties' briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum accompanying this notice. A list of 
the issues raised by interested parties and to which we responded in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided in the Appendix to this 
notice. 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 https://access.trade.gov and 
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 access directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on the comments received from the interested parties, we made 
no changes to our subsidy rate calculations. For a discussion of these 
issues, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of Administrative Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we calculated a 
countervailable subsidy rate for the producer/exporter under review to 
be as follows:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                        Company                             (percent)
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Yama Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd.........................           23.70
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Assessment Rates

    Consistent with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), we intend to issue assessment 
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after 
the date of publication of these final results of review. Commerce will 
instruct CBP to liquidate shipments of subject merchandise produced 
and/or exported by the company listed above, entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption, from January 1, 2016, through December 31, 
2016, at the ad valorem rate listed above.

Cash Deposit Instructions

    Commerce intends also to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of 
estimated countervailing duties in the amount shown above for Yama, 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, Commerce 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. Accordingly, the cash deposit requirements that will be 
applied to companies covered by this order, but not examined in this 
administrative review, are those established in the most recently 
completed segment of the proceeding for each company. These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
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 sanctionable 
violation.We are issuing and publishing these final results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.


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    Dated: March 20, 2019.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Use of Adverse Facts Available
IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
    A. Allocation Period
    B. Attribution of Subsidies
    C. Denominators
    D. Benchmarks and Discount Rates
V. Programs Determined To Be Countervailable
VI. Programs Determined To Be Not Countervailable
VII. Programs Determined Not To Provide Measurable Benefits During 
the POR
VIII. Programs Determined Not To Be Used During the POR
IX. Analysis of Comments
    Comment 1: The Application of Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to 
the Provision of Synthetic Yarn and Caustic Soda for Less-than-
Adequate Remuneration (LTAR) Programs
    Comment 2: The Application of AFA to the Provision of 
Electricity for LTAR Program
    Comment 3: The Application of AFA to the Export Buyer's Credit 
Program
    Comment 4: The Application of AFA to Yama Due to Non-Cooperation 
of the Government of China (GOC)
    Comment 5: Whether Programs Found To Be Countervailable Based on 
AFA Are Specific
X. Recommendation

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