[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66-67]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28327]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-900]
Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of
China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Final Results
of Review and Amended Final Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2014-2015
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On December 16, 2019, the United States Court of International
Trade (CIT) sustained the final remand redetermination pertaining to
the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on diamond
sawblades and parts thereof from the People's Republic of China
covering the period November 1, 2014 through October 31, 2015. The
Department of Commerce (Commerce) is notifying the public that the
CIT's final judgment in this case is not in harmony with the final
results of the administrative review and that Commerce is amending the
final results with respect to certain respondents eligible for separate
rates.
Applicable date: December 26, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun or Minoo Hatten, AD/CVD
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-5760 or (202) 482-1690,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 12, 2017, Commerce published the Final Results, in which we
accepted an alternative sales identification methodology for Bosun
Tools Co., Ltd. (Bosun), calculated a margin for Bosun, and assigned
the margin for Bosun to the non-selected separate rate respondents.\1\
On October 23, 2018, the CIT remanded the Final Results to Commerce to:
(1) Further clarify or reconsider Commerce's conclusion that Bosun
acted to the best of its ability in responding to Commerce's requests
for information; and (2) further explain Commerce's selection of
surrogate values for copper powder and copper iron clab.\2\
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\1\ See Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People's
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2014-2015, 82 FR 26912 (June 12, 2017) (Final Results).
\2\ See Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers' Coalition v. United
States, Court No. 17-00167, Slip Op. 18-146 (CIT Oct. 23, 2018).
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In the final remand redetermination, we found that Bosun had not
acted to the best of its ability in responding to our request for
information and determined Bosun's margin entirely on the basis of the
facts available with an adverse inference (AFA). Because we applied AFA
to Bosun, the issue concerning the surrogate value for copper power and
copper iron clab was moot.\3\ On December 16, 2019, the CIT sustained
our final remand redetermination in its entirety.\4\
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\3\ See Final Remand Redetermination dated April 17, 2019,
pursuant to Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers' Coalition v. United
States, Court No. 17-00167, Slip Op. 18-146 (CIT Oct. 23, 2018),
available at https://enforcement.trade.gov/remands/18-146.pdf.
\4\ See Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers' Coalition v. United
States, Court No. 17-00167, Slip Op. 19-157 (CIT Dec. 16, 2019).
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Timken Notice
In its decision in Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337, 341
(Fed. Cir. 1990) (Timken), as clarified by Diamond Sawblades Mfrs.
Coalition v. United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010), the United
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that, pursuant to
section 516A(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
Commerce must publish a notice of a court decision that is not ``in
harmony'' with a Commerce determination and must suspend liquidation of
entries pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. The CIT's December 16,
2019, final judgment sustaining the final remand redetermination
constitutes the CIT's final decision which is not ``in harmony'' with
the Final Results. This notice is published in fulfillment of the
publication requirements of Timken. Accordingly, Commerce will continue
the suspension of liquidation of the subject merchandise pending
expiration of the period to appeal or, if appealed, pending a final and
conclusive court decision.
Amended Final Results of Review
Because there is now a final court decision, Commerce is amending
the Final Results with respect to Bosun and
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the non-selected separate rate respondents as follows:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Bosun Tools Co., Ltd........................................ 82.05
Chengdu Huifeng Diamond Tools Co., Ltd \5\.................. 82.05
Danyang Hantronic Import & Export Co., Ltd.................. 82.05
Danyang Huachang Diamond Tools Manufacturing Co., Ltd....... 82.05
Danyang Like Tools Manufacturing Co., Ltd................... 82.05
Danyang NYCL Tools Manufacturing Co., Ltd................... 82.05
Danyang Weiwang Tools Manufacturing Co., Ltd................ 82.05
Guilin Tebon Superhard Material Co., Ltd.................... 82.05
Hangzhou Deer King Industrial and Trading Co., Ltd.......... 82.05
Hangzhou Kingburg Import & Export Co., Ltd.................. 82.05
Huzhou Gu's Import & Export Co., Ltd........................ 82.05
Jiangsu Inter-China Group Corporation....................... 82.05
Jiangsu Youhe Tool Manufacturer Co., Ltd.................... 82.05
Qingyuan Shangtai Diamond Tools Co., Ltd.................... 82.05
Quanzhou Zhongzhi Diamond Tool Co., Ltd..................... 82.05
Rizhao Hein Saw Co., Ltd.................................... 82.05
Saint-Gobain Abrasives (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.................. 82.05
Shanghai Jingquan Industrial Trade Co., Ltd................. 82.05
Sino Tools Co., Ltd......................................... 82.05
Weihai Xiangguang Mechanical Industrial Co., Ltd............ 82.05
Wuhan Wanbang Laser Diamond Tools Co., Ltd \6\.............. 82.05
Xiamen ZL Diamond Technology Co., Ltd....................... 82.05
Zhejiang Wanli Tools Group Co., Ltd......................... 82.05
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In the event the CIT's ruling is not appealed or, if appealed,
upheld by a final and conclusive court decision, Commerce will instruct
the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping
duties on unliquidated entries of subject merchandise based on the
revised rates listed above, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(2).
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\5\ See Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People's
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Review, 82 FR 60177 (December 19, 2017). In this
changed circumstances review, Commerce determined that Chengdu
Huifeng New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-
interest to Chengdu Huifeng Diamond Tools Co., Ltd.
\6\ Wuhan Wanbang Laser Diamond Tools Co., Ltd., is the
successor-in-interest to Wuhan Wanbang Laser Diamond Tools Co. See
Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances
Review, 81 FR 20618 (April 8, 2016).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
As the cash deposit rate for Danyang Hantronic Import & Export Co.,
Ltd., has not been subject to subsequent administrative reviews,
Commerce will issue revised cash deposit instructions to CBP adjusting
the rate from 6.19 percent to 82.05 percent, effective December 26,
2019. For all other respondents listed above, because the cash deposit
rates have been updated in subsequent administrative reviews,\7\ we
will not update their cash deposit rates as a result of these amended
final results.
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\7\ For Bosun, Danyang NYCL Tools Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,
Weihai Xiangguang Mechanical Industrial Co., Ltd., and Wuhan Wanbang
Laser Diamond Tools Co., Ltd., see Diamond Sawblades and Parts
Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016, 83 FR 17527,
17528 (April 20, 2018). For all other respondents listed above, see
Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2016-2017, 83 FR 39673, 39674, n.10 (August 10, 2018),
unchanged in Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People's
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2016-2017, 83 FR 64331 (December 14, 2018).
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
516A(e)(1), 751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 27, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-28327 Filed 12-31-19; 8:45 am]
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