[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44281-44283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18192]


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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: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2017

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that countervailable subsidies have been provided to producers and 
exporters of narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge (ribbons) from 
the People's Republic of China (China). The period of review (POR) is 
January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017. Interested parties are 
invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective August 23, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce published the notice of initiation of this administrative 
review

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on November 15, 2018.\1\ 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 28, 
2019.\2\ In June 2019, Commerce extended the deadline for the 
preliminary results of this administrative review until August 9, 
2019.\3\ For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\4\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 57411 (November 15, 2018).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``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.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge 
from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for 
Preliminary Results of the 2017 Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review,'' dated June 14, 2019.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of 2017 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 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are narrow woven ribbons with 
woven selvedge from China. For a complete description of the scope of 
this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\
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    \5\ Id.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this countervailing duty (CVD) review in 
accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act). For each of the subsidy programs found 
countervailable, Commerce preliminarily determines that there is a 
subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an ``authority'' that gives 
rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 
specific.\6\
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    \6\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
preliminary conclusions, including our reliance, in part, on adverse 
facts available pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\ The Preliminary 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://access.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in the Central 
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. 
In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/summary/prc/prc-fr.htm. The signed and electronic versions of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \7\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be found in Appendix I to this notice.
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Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the 
following estimated countervailable subsidy rate exists:

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                                                                Subsidy
                           Company                               rate
                                                               (percent)
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Yama Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd..............................       31.57
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis 
performed in connection with these preliminary results to interested 
parties within five days of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register.\8\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Verification

    As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce intends to 
verify the information relied upon in making its final results.

Public Comment

    Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven 
days after the date on which Commerce issues the verification report in 
this proceeding.\9\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case 
briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline for 
filing case briefs.\10\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal 
briefs in this administrative review are encouraged to submit with each 
argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the 
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\11\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, limited to issues 
raised in the case and rebuttal briefs, must do so within 30 days of 
publication of these preliminary results by submitting a written 
request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, using Enforcement and Compliance's ACCESS 
system.\12\ Requests should contain the party's name, address, and 
telephone number, the number of participants, whether any participant 
is a foreign national, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a 
request for a hearing is made, we will inform parties of the scheduled 
date for the hearing which will be held at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time 
and date to be determined.\13\ Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing.
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, we intend to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of our analysis of the issues raised by 
the parties in their comments, within 120 days after issuance of these 
preliminary results.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. We intend to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the 
final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also intends 
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties in the amount indicated 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 review. For 
all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to collect cash deposits 
of estimated countervailing duties at the most recent company-specific 
or all-others rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. These 
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).


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

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Diversification of China's Economy
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
VI. Subsidies Valuation
VII. Interest Rate Benchmarks, Discount Rates, and Inputs
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Conclusion

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