Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 246 / Wednesday, December 26, 2018 / Notices 66243 

1See Certain New Pneumatic Off-The-Road Tires 

from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary 

Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review; 2016, 83 FR 32080 

(July 11, 2018) (Preliminary Results) and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

(PDM). 

2See PDM at 5–6. 

3For a full description of the scope of the order, 

see PDM. 

4See 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. 

5See Memorandum to Thomas Gilgunn, Program 

Manager, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations, Office VII, ‘‘Final Results of the 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 

Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the 

People’s Republic of China: Revised Rates for the 

Application of Adverse Facts Available for Tianjin 

Leviathan International Trade Co., Ltd.,’’ dated 

concurrently with this notice. 

Committee link. Records generated from 

this meeting may also be inspected and 

reproduced at the Regional Programs 

Unit, as they become available, both 

before and after the meeting. Persons 

interested in the work of this Committee 

are directed to the Commission’s 

website, http://www.usccr.gov, or may 

contact the Regional Programs Unit at 

the above email or street address. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome 

II. Approval of Minutes 

III. Discussion: Racial Trauma and Civil 

Rights 

IV. Public Comment 

V. Next Steps 

VI. Adjournment 

Dated: December 19, 2018. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–913] 

Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road 

Tires From the People’s Republic of 

China: Final Results of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review; 2016 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) finds that Tianjin Leviathan 

International Trade Co., Ltd. (Tianjin 

Leviathan) received countervailable 

subsidies during the period of review 

(POR) January 1, 2016, through 

December 31, 2016. 

DATES: Applicable December 26, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chien-Min Yang, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–5484. 

Background 

Commerce published the preliminary 

results of the administrative review of 

the countervailing duty order on certain 

new pneumatic off-the-road tires (OTR 

Tires) from China on July 11, 2018.1 The 

period of review (POR) is January 1, 

2016, through December 31, 2016. In the 

Preliminary Results, Commerce partially 

rescinded the administrative review 

with respect to two companies and 

preliminarily applied total adverse facts 

available (AFA) with regard to Tianjin 

Leviathan because it failed to submit a 

timely response to Commerce’s 

questionnaire.2 No interested party 

commented on Commerce’s preliminary 

results. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the scope are 

new pneumatic tires designed for offthe-road (OTR) and off-highway use. 

The subject merchandise is currently 

classifiable under Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States 

(‘‘HTSUS’’) subheadings: 4011.20.10.25, 

4011.20.10.35, 4011.20.50.30, 

4011.20.50.50, 4011.70.0010, 

4011.62.00.00, 4011.80.1020, 

4011.90.10, 4011.70.0050, 4011.80.1010, 

4011.80.1020, 4011.80.2010, 

4011.80.2020, 4011.80.8010, and 

4011.80.8020. While HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope is 

dispositive.3

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 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 

we found to be countervailable, we 

determined that there is a subsidy, i.e., 

a government-provided financial 

contribution that gives rise to a benefit 

to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 

specific.4

Final Results of Administrative Review 

Our determination to apply AFA in 

determining a net subsidy rate for 

Tianjin Leviathan remains unchanged 

for these final results. However, we have 

updated the AFA subsidy rates assigned 

to various programs, which results in an 

updated net subsidy rate of 129.72 

percent.5

Assessment and Cash Deposit 

Requirements 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(2), Commerce intends to 

issue appropriate instructions to U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 

days after publication of the final results 

of this review. Commerce will instruct 

CBP to liquidate shipments of subject 

merchandise produced and/or exported 

by the companies listed above, entered 

or withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption from January 1, 2016, 

through December 31, 2016, at the 

percent rates, as listed above for each of 

the respective companies, of the entered 

value. 

Commerce intends also to instruct 

CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties, in the 

amounts shown above for each of the 

respective companies shown above, 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, we 

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. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to an 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibilities concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under 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 terms of an APO is a 

violation which is subject to sanction. 

These final results are issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: December 14, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

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