[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7264-7266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01786]


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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: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that countervailable subsidies have been provided to producers and 
exporters of narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge (ribbons) from 
the People's Republic of China (China). The period of review (POR) is 
January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. Interested parties are 
invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable January 27, 2021.

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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

    Commerce published the notice of initiation of this administrative 
review on November 12, 2019.\1\ Commerce extended the deadline for the 
preliminary results of this administrative review until September 29, 
2020.\2\ On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in 
administrative reviews by 50 days.\3\ On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled 
all deadlines in administrative reviews by an additional 60 days.\4\ 
Therefore, the deadline for the preliminary results of this review is 
January 19, 2021. For a complete description of the events that 
followed the initiation of this administrative review, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 61011 (November 12, 2019).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge 
from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for 
Preliminary Results of the 2018 Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review,'' dated April 21, 2020.
    \3\ 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.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of 2018 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 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are narrow woven ribbons with 
woven selvedge from China. For a complete description of the scope of 
the order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
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    \6\ Id.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this countervailing duty (CVD) 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 
countervailable, Commerce preliminarily determines that there is a 
subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an ``authority'' that gives 
rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 
specific.\7\
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    \7\ 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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    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
preliminary conclusions, including our reliance, in part, on adverse 
facts available pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\ The Preliminary 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 
http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/summary/prc/prc-fr.htm. The signed and 
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.
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    \8\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be found in the appendix to this notice.
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Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the 
following estimated countervailable subsidy rate exists:

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                                                               Subsidy
                          Company                                rate
                                                              (percent)
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Yama Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd.............................       42.20
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis 
performed in connection with the preliminary results to interested 
parties within five days of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register.\9\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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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 publication of these preliminary results of review.\10\ 
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be 
submitted no later than seven days after the deadline for filing case 
briefs.\11\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
administrative review 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.\12\ Case and rebuttal briefs must be filed 
using ACCESS.\13\ An electronically filed document must be received 
successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the 
established deadline.\14\ Note that Commerce has temporarily modified 
certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business 
proprietary information.\15\
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b).
    \15\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, limited to issues 
raised in the case and rebuttal briefs, must do so within 30 days after 
the date of publication of these preliminary results by submitting a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, using Enforcement and 
Compliance's ACCESS system.\16\ 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, we will inform 
parties of the scheduled date for the hearing.\17\
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    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, we intend to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of our analysis of the issues raised by 
the parties in their case briefs, within 120 days after issuance of 
these preliminary results of this administrative review.

Assessment Rates

    Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall 
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no 
earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results 
of this review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at 
the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties 
to file a request for a statutory injunction has

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expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also intends 
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties in the amount indicated 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 review. For 
all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to collect cash deposits 
of estimated countervailing duties 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: January 19, 2021.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Diversification of China's Economy
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
VI. Subsidies Valuation
VII. Interest Rate Benchmarks, Discount Rates, Inputs, and 
Electricity Benchmarks
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Recommendation

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