[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 69 (Thursday, April 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19922-19925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07489]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-844]


Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From Taiwan: Preliminary 
Determination of No Shipments and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that 
four companies made no shipments of subject merchandise. Further, we 
are rescinding the review with respect to Maple Ribbon Co., Ltd. (Maple 
Ribbon). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results.


DATES: Applicable April 9, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Bauer or David Crespo, 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) 482-3860 or (202) 482-3693, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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Background

    On September 3, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty (AD) order on narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge 
(NWR) from Taiwan for the September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019 
period of review (POR).\1\ On September 25, 2019, Commerce received a 
timely request, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), from Berwick Offray LLC and its wholly-
owned subsidiary Lion Ribbon Company, LLC (the petitioner) to conduct 
an administrative review of the AD order on NWR from Taiwan 
manufactured and/or exported by five companies: Banduoo Ltd. (Banduoo), 
Fujian Rongshu Industry Co., Ltd. (Fujian Rongshu), Maple Ribbon, Roung 
Shu Industry Corporation (Roung Shu), and Xiamen Yi-He Textile Co., 
Ltd. (Xiamen Yi-He).\2\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 45949 (September 3, 2019).
    \2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven 
Selvedge from Taiwan/Petitioner's Request for Administrative 
Review,'' dated September 25, 2019.
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    In November 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation of an administrative review of the AD order on NWR 
from Taiwan with respect to these five companies.\3\ Also in November 
2019, we received timely submissions from Banduoo, Fujian Rongshu, 
Roung Shu, and Xiamen Yi-He notifying Commerce that they did not export 
or sell subject merchandise to the United States during the POR.\4\
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    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 61011 (November 12, 2019).
    \4\ See Banduoo's Letter, ``Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven 
Selvedge from Taiwan: No Shipment Letter,'' dated November 22, 2019 
(Banduoo No Shipment Letter); Fujian Rongshu's Letter, ``Narrow 
Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from Taiwan: No Shipment Letter,'' 
dated November 22, 2019 (Fujian Rongshu No Shipment Letter); Roung 
Shu's Letter, ``Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from 
Taiwan: No Shipment Letter,'' dated November 22, 2019 (Roung Shu No 
Shipment Letter); and Xiamen Yi-He's Letter, ``Narrow Woven Ribbons 
with Woven Selvedge from Taiwan: No Shipment Letter,'' dated 
November 22, 2019 (Xiamen Yi-He No Shipment Letter).
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    In March 2020, we confirmed Banduoo's, Fujian Roung Shu's, Roung 
Shu's, and Xiamen Yi-He's no shipment claims with U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP).\5\ In December 2019, we selected Maple Ribbon 
as a mandatory respondent in this review and issued an AD questionnaire 
to it.\6\ However, in January 2020, the petitioner timely withdrew its 
request for an administrative review with respect to Maple Ribbon.\7\
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge 
from Taiwan (A-583-844),'' dated March 12, 2020 (No Shipments 
Inquiry Response).
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated December 11, 
2019; and Commerce's Letter, ``Antidumping Duty Questionnaire,'' 
dated December 11, 2019.
    \7\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven 
Selvedge from Taiwan/Petitioner's Withdrawal Of Request For 
Administrative Review Of Maple Ribbon Co., Ltd.,'' dated January 22, 
2020 (Petitioner Withdrawal Request).
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Scope of the Order

    The scope of this order covers narrow woven ribbons with woven 
selvedge, in any length, but with a width (measured at the narrowest 
span of the ribbon) less than or equal to 12 centimeters, composed of, 
in whole or in part, man-made fibers (whether artificial or synthetic, 
including but not limited to nylon, polyester, rayon, polypropylene, 
and polyethylene teraphthalate), metal threads and/or metalized yarns, 
or any combination thereof. Narrow woven ribbons subject to the order 
may:
     Also include natural or other non-man-made fibers;
     be of any color, style, pattern, or weave construction, 
including but not limited to single faced satin, double-faced satin, 
grosgrain, sheer, taffeta, twill, jacquard, or a combination of two or 
more colors, styles, patterns, and/or weave constructions;
     have been subjected to, or composed of materials that have 
been subjected to, various treatments, including but not limited to 
dyeing, printing, foil stamping, embossing, flocking, coating, and/or 
sizing;
     have embellishments, including but not limited to 
appliqu[eacute], fringes, embroidery, buttons, glitter, sequins, 
laminates, and/or adhesive backing;
     have wire and/or monofilament in, on, or along the 
longitudinal edges of the ribbon;
     have ends of any shape or dimension, including but not 
limited to straight ends that are perpendicular to the longitudinal 
edges of the ribbon, tapered ends, flared ends or shaped ends, and the 
ends of such woven ribbons may or may not be hemmed;
     have longitudinal edges that are straight or of any shape, 
and the longitudinal edges of such woven ribbon may or may not be 
parallel to each other;
     consist of such ribbons affixed to like ribbon and/or cut-
edge woven ribbon, a configuration also known as an ``ornamental 
trimming'';
     be wound on spools; attached to a card; hanked (i.e., 
coiled or bundled); packaged in boxes, trays or bags; or configured as 
skeins, balls, bateaus or folds; and/or
     be included within a kit or set such as when packaged with 
other products, including but not limited to gift bags, gift boxes and/
or other types of ribbon.
    Narrow woven ribbons subject to the order include all narrow woven 
fabrics, tapes, and labels that fall within this written description of 
the scope of this AD order.
    Excluded from the scope of the order are the following:
    (1) Formed bows composed of narrow woven ribbons with woven 
selvedge;
    (2) ``pull-bows'' (i.e., an assemblage of ribbons connected to one 
another, folded flat and equipped with a means to form such ribbons 
into the shape of a bow by pulling on a length of material affixed to 
such assemblage) composed of narrow woven ribbons;
    (3) narrow woven ribbons comprised at least 20 percent by weight of 
elastomeric yarn (i.e., filament yarn, including monofilament, of 
synthetic textile material, other than textured yarn, which does not 
break on being extended to three times its original length and which 
returns, after being extended to twice its original length, within a 
period of five minutes, to a length not greater than one and a half 
times its original length as defined in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States (HTSUS), Section XI, Note 13) or rubber thread;
    (4) narrow woven ribbons of a kind used for the manufacture of 
typewriter or printer ribbons;
    (5) narrow woven labels and apparel tapes, cut-to-length or cut-to-
shape, having a length (when measured across the longest edge-to-edge 
span) not exceeding eight centimeters;
    (6) narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge attached to and 
forming the handle of a gift bag;
    (7) cut-edge narrow woven ribbons formed by cutting broad woven 
fabric into strips of ribbon, with or without treatments to prevent the 
longitudinal edges of the ribbon from fraying (such as by merrowing, 
lamination, sono-bonding, fusing, gumming or waxing), and with or 
without wire running lengthwise along the longitudinal edges of the 
ribbon;
    (8) narrow woven ribbons comprised at least 85 percent by weight of 
threads having a denier of 225 or higher;
    (9) narrow woven ribbons constructed from pile fabrics (i.e., 
fabrics with a surface effect formed by tufts or loops of yarn that 
stand up from the body of the fabric);
    (10) narrow woven ribbon affixed (including by tying) as a 
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detail to non-subject merchandise, such as a gift bag, gift box, gift 
tin, greeting card or plush toy, or affixed (including by tying) as a 
decorative detail to packaging containing non-subject merchandise;
    (11) narrow woven ribbon that is (a) affixed to non-subject 
merchandise as a working component of such non-subject merchandise, 
such as where narrow woven ribbon comprises an apparel trimming, book 
marker, bag cinch, or part of an identity card holder, or (b) affixed 
(including by tying) to non-subject merchandise as a working component 
that holds or packages such non-subject merchandise or attaches 
packaging or labeling to such non-subject merchandise, such as a 
``belly band'' around a pair of pajamas, a pair of socks or a blanket;
    (12) narrow woven ribbon(s) comprising a belt attached to and 
imported with an item of wearing apparel, whether or not such belt is 
removable from such item of wearing apparel; and
    (13) narrow woven ribbon(s) included with non-subject merchandise 
in kits, such as a holiday ornament craft kit or a scrapbook kit, in 
which the individual lengths of narrow woven ribbon(s) included in the 
kit are each no greater than eight inches, the aggregate amount of 
narrow woven ribbon(s) included in the kit does not exceed 48 linear 
inches, none of the narrow woven ribbon(s) included in the kit is on a 
spool, and the narrow woven ribbon(s) is only one of multiple items 
included in the kit.
    The merchandise subject to this order is classifiable under the 
HTSUS statistical categories 5806.32.1020; 5806.32.1030; 5806.32.1050; 
and 5806.32.1060. Subject merchandise also may enter under subheadings 
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; and 5907.00.80 and 
under statistical categories 5806.32.1080; 5810.92.9080; 5903.90.3090; 
and 6307.90.9889. The HTSUS statistical categories and subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes; however, the written 
description of the merchandise covered by this order is dispositive.

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    Because Banduoo, Fujian Rongshu, Roung Shu, and Xiamen Yi-He timely 
filed statements reporting that they made no shipments of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR,\8\ and we were able to 
confirm these claims with CBP,\9\ we preliminarily determine that these 
four companies had no shipments during the POR.
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    \8\ See Banduoo No Shipment Letter; Fujian Rongshu No Shipment 
Letter; Roung Shu No Shipment Letter; and Xiamen Yi-He No Shipment 
Letter.
    \9\ See No Shipments Inquiry Response.
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    Consistent with our practice, we are not preliminarily rescinding 
the review with respect to Banduoo, Fujian Rongshu, Roung Shu, and 
Xiamen Yi-He but, rather, we will complete the review with respect to 
these companies and issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the 
final results of this review.\10\
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    \10\ See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand; 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
Partial Rescission of Review, Preliminary Determination of No 
Shipments; 2012-2013, 79 FR 15951, 15952 (March 24, 2014), unchanged 
in Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Final Determination of No 
Shipments, and Partial Rescission of Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 51306 
(August 28, 2014).
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Rescission of Review, in Part

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. The 
petitioner's withdrawal of its request with respect to Maple Ribbon was 
submitted within the 90-day period, and thus is timely.\11\ Because the 
petitioner's withdrawal of its request with respect to Maple Ribbon for 
an AD administrative review is timely, and because no other party 
requested a review of this company, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this administrative review, in part, 
with respect to Maple Ribbon.
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    \11\ See Petitioner Withdrawal Request.
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Public Comment

    Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than 30 
days after the date of publication of this notice.\12\ Rebuttal briefs, 
limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be submitted no later 
than seven days after the deadline date for case briefs.\13\ Pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 
rebuttal briefs in this investigation 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. Case and rebuttal briefs 
should be filed electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (ACCESS) and must be received successfully in its entirety by 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time by ACCESS.\14\ ACCESS is available to registered 
users at https://access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the Central 
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. Note that 
Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for 
serving documents containing business proprietary information, until 
May 19, 2020, unless extended.\15\
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \13\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006, 17007 (March 26, 2020).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \15\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006 (March 26, 2020).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice. 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, 
Commerce intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time 
and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled 
date.
    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis of issues raised in any 
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication 
of this notice, unless otherwise extended.\16\
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    \16\ See Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Assessment Rates

    With respect to Maple Ribbon, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess 
antidumping duties at the cash deposit rate in effect on the date of 
entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). We intend to issue liquidation 
instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice.
    Further, if we continue to find, in the final results, that 
Banduoo, Fujian Rongshu, Roung Shu, and Xiamen Yi-He

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had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate any suspended entries that entered under 
their AD case numbers (i.e., at that exporter's rate), or at the all-
others rate, if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction. We intend to issue liquidation 
instructions for Banduoo, Fujian Rongshu, Roung Shu, and Xiamen Yi-He 
to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For merchandise 
exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but 
covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific rate published from the most 
recently completed segment; (2) if the exporter is not a firm covered 
in this review, or the original investigation, but the manufacturer is, 
the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most 
recently completed segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and 
(3) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be 4.37 percent, the all-others rate determined in the 
less-than-fair-value investigation.\17\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \17\ See Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge from Taiwan 
and the People's Republic of China: Amended Antidumping Duty Orders, 
75 FR 56982, 56985 (September 17, 2010).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled 
antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to parties subject to 
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/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, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: April 2, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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