[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27090-27091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12283]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-917]


Laminated Woven Sacks From the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of the Second Expedited Five-Year (Sunset) Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of 
the countervailing duty (CVD) order on laminated woven sacks from the 
People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to the 
continuation or recurrence of net countervailable subsidies at the 
rates in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable June 11, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Dunne or Jacqueline Arrowsmith, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-2328 
or (202) 482-5255, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 7, 2008, Commerce published the CVD Order on laminated 
woven sacks from China.\1\ On February 5, 2019, Commerce published the 
notice of initiation for the second sunset review of the CVD Order, 
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act).\2\ Subsequently, Commerce received a notice of intent to 
participate from the Laminated Woven Sacks Fair Trade Coalition and its 
individual members, Polytex Fibers Corporation and ProAmpac Holdings, 
Inc. (collectively, the domestic interested parties), within the 
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\
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    \1\ See Laminated Woven Sacks from the People's Republic of 
China: Countervailing Duty Order, 73 FR 45955 (August 7, 2008) (CVD 
Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 84 FR 1704 
(February 5, 2019).
    \3\ See Laminated Woven Sacks Fair Trade Coalition's (LWSFTC) 
Letter, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of Countervailing Duty Order 
on Laminated Woven Sacks from the People's Republic of China: 
Domestic Interested Parties Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated 
February 19, 2019.

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    Commerce received a complete substantive response to the notice of 
initiation from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day 
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\4\ Commerce received no 
substantive responses from the Government of China or any respondent 
interested party. As a result, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce is conducting an expedited (120-day) 
sunset review of the CVD Order.
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    \4\ See LWSFTC's Letter, ``Five Year (``Sunset'') Review of 
Countervailing Duty Order on Laminated Woven Sacks from the People's 
Republic of China: Domestic Interested Parties Substantive 
Response,'' dated March 7, 2019 (Domestic Interested Parties' March 
7, 2019, Response).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the CVD Order is laminated woven sacks. 
A full description of the scope of the CVD Order is contained in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this 
notice.\5\
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Laminated Woven Sacks from the People's 
Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with and adopted by this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum. The issues discussed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum include the likelihood of continuation or 
recurrence of a countervailable subsidy and the net countervailable 
subsidy likely to prevail if the CVD Order were revoked. A list of 
topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to 
this notice as an Appendix. 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://trade.gov/enforcement/ and in the Central Records Unit, Room B-
8024, in the Herbert C. Hoover 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 electronic versions of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Final Results of Review

    Pursuant to sections 752(b)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce 
determines that revocation of the CVD Order would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the 
following net countervailable subsidy rates:

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                                                               Net
                                                         countervailable
                Manufacturers/exporters                   subsidy rates
                                                            (percent)
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Zibo Aifudi Plastic Packaging Co., Ltd................           * 83.34
Han Shing Chemical Co., Ltd...........................          * 277.54
Ningbo Yong Feng packaging Co., Ltd...................          * 277.54
Shandong Shouguang Jianyuan Chun Co., Ltd./Shandong             * 406.62
 Longxing Plastic Products Company Ltd................
Shandong Qilu Plastic Fabric Group, Ltd...............          * 358.20
All others............................................          * 280.65
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* ad valorem.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
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 orders is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which 
is subject to sanction.
    Commerce is issuing and publishing these final results and this 
notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act.

    Dated: June 5, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues
V. Discussion of the Issues
    (1) Likelihood of Continuation of a Countervailable Subsidy
    (2) Net Countervailable Subsidy Likely to Prevail
    (3) Nature of the Subsidy

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