[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10653-10654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03738]


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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; 2017

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 (Ribbons) from the People's Republic of 
China (China), received countervailable subsidies during the period of 
review (POR) January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

DATES: Applicable February 25, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terre Keaton Stefanova or Ian Hamilton 
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) 
482-4798, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The events that occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary 
Results \1\ on August 23, 2019 are discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted 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; 2017, 84 FR 44281 (August 23, 2019) 
(Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final 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 (Issues 
and Decision Memorandum).
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    In October 2019, we verified Yama's questionnaire responses.\3\ On 
December 10, 2019, Commerce extended the deadline for the final results 
of this administrative review until February 19, 2020.\4\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``2017 Administrative Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Narrow Woven Ribbons from the People's 
Republic of China: Verification of the Questionnaire Responses of 
Yama Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd.,'' dated November 6, 2019.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Narrow Woven Ribbons from the People's 
Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for the Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated December 10, 
2019.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is narrow woven ribbons with 
woven selvedge from China.\5\ 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.
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    \5\ 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

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Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main 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

    While we made no changes to the Preliminary Results as a result of 
our analysis of the comments received from the interested parties, we 
made corrections to our subsidy rate calculations for certain 
programs.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Final Results Calculation Memorandum for 
Yama Ribbons,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice (Final Calculation Memorandum).
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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 as 
follows:

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                                                                Subsidy
                           Company                               rate
                                                               (percent)
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Yama Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd..............................       31.87
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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, on or after January 1, 2017 through 
December 31, 2017, 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.

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.

    Dated: February 19, 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. Use of Adverse Facts Available and Adverse Inferences
IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Programs Determined to be Countervailable
VI. Programs Determined not to Provide Measurable Benefits During 
the POR
VII. Programs Determined not to be Used During the POR
VIII. 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
    Comment 2: The Application of AFA to the Export Buyer's Credit 
Program
IX. Recommendation

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