[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7732-7733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02677]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-057]


Certain Tool Chests and Cabinets From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 
2017-2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has completed its 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain 
tool chests and cabinets (tool chests) from the People's Republic of 
China (China). The period of review (POR) is September 15, 2017 through 
December 31, 2018. We have determined that Zhongshan Geelong 
Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Geelong), the sole producer subject to this 
administrative review, received countervailable subsidies during the 
POR.

DATES: Applicable February 11, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer, 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) 482-0410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 9, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
this CVD administrative review in the Federal Register.\1\ For a 
description of the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, 
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Tool Chests and Cabinets from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 84 FR 54115 (October 9, 2019) 
(Preliminary Results) and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 
Certain Tool Chests and Cabinets from the People's Republic of 
China; 2017-2018,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \3\ Id.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    Only the Government of China (GOC) submitted a case brief in this 
proceeding, while Geelong submitted a letter in lieu of a case brief 
expressing agreement with the Preliminary Results.\4\ The issues raised 
by the GOC, and Commerce's analysis thereof, are identified in the 
Appendix to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\5\ The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document 
and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and CVD Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov; 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum is available to all parties in the 
Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly on the internet http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 
The signed and electronic versions of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \4\ See GOC's Letter, ``Certain Tool Chests and Cabinets from 
the People's Republic of China, Case No. C-570-057: Case Brief,'' 
dated November 8, 2019, see also Geelong's Letter, ``Administrative 
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Tool Chests and 
Cabinets from the People's Republic of China: Letter in Lieu of Case 
Brief,'' dated November 8, 2019.
    \5\ See GOC's Letter, ``Certain Tool Chests and Cabinets from 
the People's Republic of China, Case No. C-570-057: Case Brief,'' 
dated November 8, 2019, see also Geelong's Letter, ``Administrative 
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Tool Chests and 
Cabinets from the People's Republic of China: Letter in Lieu of Case 
Brief,'' dated November 8, 2019.
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Methodology

    We conducted this 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 to be countervailable during the POR, we find that there 
is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial contribution that 
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 
specific.\6\ For a full description of the methodology underlying our

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conclusions, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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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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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

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

Final Results of the Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we determine the following 
net countervailable subsidy rates for the sole respondent, Geelong, for 
the period September 15, 2017 through December 31, 2018:

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                                         Subsidy rate--   Subsidy rate--
                                         2017  (percent   2018  (percent
                Company                   ad valorem)      ad valorem)
 
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Zhongshan Geelong Manufacturing Co.               1.27             1.15
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Assessment Rates

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce intends to issue 
appropriate assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) 15 days after publication of these final results of 
review, to liquidate shipments of subject merchandise produced by and/
or exported by Geelong, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after September 15, 2017 through December 31, 2018, 
at the ad valorem rates listed above.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, we intend to 
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties in the amount shown above for Geelong for 2018 (i.e., 1.15 
percent ad valorem), 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, we 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. 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 an 
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 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 of review in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: February 5, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse 
Inferences
V. Subsidies Valuation Information
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Analysis of Comments
    Comment 1: Provision of Cold-Rolled Steel for Less Than Adequate 
Remuneration (LTAR)
    Comment 2: Provision of Electricity for LTAR
    Comment 3: Export Buyer's Credit (EBC Program)
    Comment 4: Other Subsidies
VIII. Recommendation

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