[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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