[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 235 (Monday, December 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78825-78827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26831]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-916]


Laminated Woven Sacks From the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order; 
2018-2019

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that the 20 
companies subject to the administrative review of the antidumping duty 
(AD) order on laminated woven sacks (LWS) from the

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People's Republic of China (China) are part of the China-wide entity 
because none of the companies filed a separate rate application (SRA) 
or separate rate certification (SRC). The period of review (POR) is 
August 1, 2018 through July 31, 2019.

DATES: Applicable December 7, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicolas Mayora, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3053.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 17, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
the administrative review of the AD order on LWS from China, wherein we 
preliminary determined that the 20 companies subject to the review are 
part of the China-wide entity because none of the companies filed an 
SRA or SRC.\1\ We invited parties to submit comments on the Preliminary 
Results. No party submitted comments. Accordingly, the final results 
remain unchanged from the Preliminary Results.
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    \1\ See Laminated Woven Sacks from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2018-2019, 85 FR 21388 (April 17, 2020) (Preliminary 
Results).
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    On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative 
reviews by 50 days.\2\ On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines 
in administrative reviews by an additional 60 days.\3\ The deadline for 
the final results of this review is now December 3, 2020.
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    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to 
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is laminated woven sacks. 
Laminated woven sacks are bags or sacks consisting of one or more plies 
of fabric consisting of woven polypropylene strip and/or woven 
polyethylene strip, regardless of the width of the strip; with or 
without an extrusion coating of polypropylene and/or polyethylene on 
one or both sides of the fabric; laminated by any method either to an 
exterior ply of plastic film such as biaxially-oriented polypropylene 
(BOPP) or to an exterior ply of paper that is suitable for high quality 
print graphics; \4\ printed with three colors or more in register; with 
or without lining; whether or not closed on one end; whether or not in 
roll form (including sheets, lay-flat tubing, and sleeves); with or 
without handles; with or without special closing features; not 
exceeding one kilogram in weight. Laminated woven sacks are typically 
used for retail packaging of consumer goods such as pet foods and bird 
seed.
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    \4\ ``Paper suitable for high quality print graphics,'' as used 
herein, means paper having an ISO brightness of 82 or higher and a 
Sheffield Smoothness of 250 or less. Coated free sheet is an example 
of a paper suitable for high quality print graphics.
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    Effective July 1, 2007, laminated woven sacks are classifiable 
under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
subheadings 6305.33.0050 and 6305.33.0080. Laminated woven sacks were 
previously classifiable under HTSUS subheading 6305.33.0020. Laminated 
woven sacks are also classifiable under HTSUS 6305.33.0040. If entered 
with plastic coating on both sides of the fabric consisting of woven 
polypropylene strip and/or woven polyethylene strip, laminated woven 
sacks may be classifiable under HTSUS subheadings 3923.21.0080, 
3923.21.0095, and 3923.29.0000. If entered not closed on one end or in 
roll form (including sheets, lay-flat tubing, and sleeves), laminated 
woven sacks may be classifiable under other HTSUS subheadings including 
3917.39.0050, 3921.90.1100, 3921.90.1500, and 5903.90.2500. If the 
polypropylene strips and/or polyethylene strips making up the fabric 
measure more than 5 millimeters in width, laminated woven sacks may be 
classifiable under other HTSUS subheadings including 4601.99.0500, 
4601.99.9000, and 4602.90.0000. Although HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
scope of the order is dispositive.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), and 19 CFR 351.213.

Final Results of Review

    Commerce preliminary determined that none of the 20 companies 
subject to this review demonstrated eligibility for separate rate 
status. Thus, each company was found to be part of the China-wide 
entity.\5\ A list of these companies is in the attached appendix.
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    \5\ See Preliminary Results, 85 FR at 21389.
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    As noted above, no interested party submitted comments on 
Commerce's preliminary findings. As such, we made no changes from the 
Preliminary Results. Therefore, as a result of this review, we continue 
to treat all 20 companies subject to this review as part of the China-
wide entity. The weighted average dumping margin for the China-wide 
entity is 91.73 percent.\6\
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    \6\ See Laminated Woven Sacks from the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony with Final 
Determination Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, 
81 FR 23457 (April 21, 2016); see also Notice of Antidumping Duty 
Order: Laminated Woven Sacks from the People's Republic of China, 73 
FR 45941 (August 7, 2008); Implementation of Determinations Under 
Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act: Certain New 
Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires; Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel 
Pipe; Laminated Woven Sacks; and Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and 
Tube from the People's Republic of China, 77 FR 52683 (August 30, 
2012).
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Assessment

    Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b). These final results of review remain 
unchanged from the Preliminary Results. We will instruct CBP to apply 
the China-wide entity ad valorem assessment rate of 91.73 percent to 
all entries of subject merchandise during the POR that were exported by 
the companies identified in the appendix to this notice. Commerce 
intends to issue assessment instructions 15 days after the publication 
date of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of LWS from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of 
this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 
Act: (1) For previously-investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-
Chinese companies not under review in this segment that received a 
separate rate in prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the 
most recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which the company 
participated; (2) for all Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that 
have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit 
rate will be that established for the China-wide entity, which is 91.73 
percent; and (3) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise 
which have not received

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their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to 
the Chinese exporter that supplied that non-Chinese exporter with the 
subject merchandise. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final 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 review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under the APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. 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 the 
term of an APO is a violation subject sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: November 30, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Companies Covered by This Review

1. Cangnan Color Make The Bag
2. Changle Baodu Plastic Co., Ltd.
3. First Way (H.K.) Limited
4. Han Shing Chemical Co., Ltd.
5. Jiangsu Hotson Plastics Co., Ltd.
6. Ningbo Yong Feng Packaging Co., Ltd.
7. Polywell Industrial Co.
8. Polywell Plastic Product Factory
9. Shandong Longxing Plastic Products Company Ltd.
10. Shandong Qikai Plastics Product Co., Ltd.
11. Shandong Qilu Plastic Fabric Group, Ltd.
12. Shandong Shouguang Jianyuan Chun Co., Ltd.
13. Shandong Youlian Co., Ltd.
14. Wenzhou Hotson Plastics Co., Ltd.
15. Zibo Aifudi Plastic Packaging Co., Ltd.
16. Zibo Linzi Luitong Plastic Fabric Co., Ltd.
17. Zibo Linzi Qitianli Plastic Fabric Co., Ltd.
18. Zibo Linzi Shuaiqiang Plastics Co., Ltd.
19. Zibo Linzi Worun Packing Product Co., Ltd.
20. Zibo Qigao Plastic Cement Co., Ltd.

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