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10North American Forest Products Ltd. is located 

in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Imports of 

softwood lumber produced and exported by North 

American Forest Products Ltd. of Saint-Quentin, 

New Brunswick, which is a separate entity, have 

been excluded from the CVD order. 

11 In the Expedited Review, Commerce found 

these companies to be cross-owned. See Certain 

Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final 

Results of Countervailing Duty Expedited Review, 

84 FR 32121, 32122 (July 5, 2019). 

12 In the underlying investigation, Commerce 

found the following companies to be cross-owned 

with Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd.: Tolko 

Industries Ltd. and Meadow Lake OSB Limited 

Partnership. See Certain Softwood Lumber Products 

from Canada: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, and Final Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, 82 FR 51814, 51816 

(November 8, 2017). 

1See Twist Ties from the People’s Republic of 

China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 85 FR 45188 (July 27, 2020) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Twist Ties from the People’s Republic of 

China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination 

of Antidumping Duty Investigation, 85 FR 54352 

(September 1, 2020). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Affirmative Preliminary Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Twist Ties 

from the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

• Magnum Forest Products, Ltd. 

• Maibec inc. 

• Manitou Forest Products Ltd. 

• Marwood Ltd. 

• Materiaux Blanchet Inc. 

• Matsqui Management and Consulting 

Services Ltd., dba Canadian Cedar Roofing 

Depot 

• Metrie Canada Ltd. 

• Mid Valley Lumber Specialties, Ltd. 

• Midway Lumber Mills Ltd. 

• Mill & Timber Products Ltd. 

• Millar Western Forest Products Ltd. 

• MP Atlantic Wood Ltd. 

• Multicedre ltee 

• Nakina Lumber Inc. 

• National Forest Products Ltd. 

• New Future Lumber Ltd. 

• Nicholson and Cates Ltd 

• Norsask Forest Products Limited 

Partnership 

• North American Forest Products Ltd.10

• North Enderby Timber Ltd. 

• Olympic Industries, Inc./Olympic 

Industries Inc-Reman Code/Olympic 

Industries ULC/Olympic Industries ULCReman/Olympic Industries ULC-Reman 

Code 

• Pacific Coast Cedar Products Ltd. 

• Pacific Pallet, Ltd. 

• Pacific Western Wood Works Ltd. 

• Parallel Wood Products Ltd. 

• Pat Power Forest Products Corporation 

• Phoenix Forest Products Inc. 

• Pine Ideas Ltd. 

• Pioneer Pallet & Lumber Ltd 

• Porcupine Wood Products Ltd. 

• Power Wood Corp. 

• Precision Cedar Products Corp. 

• Prendiville Industries Ltd. (aka Kenora 

Forest Products) 

• Produits Forestiers Mauricie 

• Produits Forestiers Petit Paris 

• Produits forestiers Temrex, s.e.c. 

• Produits Matra Inc. and Sechoirs de Beauce 

Inc.11

• Promobois G.D.S. inc. 

• Rayonier A.M. Canada GP 

• Rembos Inc. 

• Rene Bernard Inc. 

• Richard Lutes Cedar Inc. 

• Rielly Industrial Lumber Inc. 

• S & K Cedar Products Ltd. 

• S&R Sawmills Ltd 

• S&W Forest Products Ltd. 

• San Industries Ltd. 

• Sawarne Lumber Co. Ltd. 

• Scierie St-Michel inc. 

• Scierie West Brome Inc. 

• Scotsburn Lumber Co. Ltd. 

• Serpentine Cedar Ltd. 

• Serpentine Cedar Roofing Ltd. 

• Sexton Lumber Co. Ltd. 

• Sigurdson Forest Products Ltd. 

• Silvaris Corporation 

• Silver Creek Premium Products Ltd. 

• Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd. 

• Skana Forest Products Ltd. 

• Skeena Sawmills Ltd 

• Sound Spars Enterprise Ltd. 

• South Beach Trading Inc. 

• Specialiste du Bardeau de Cedre Inc 

• Spruceland Millworks Inc. 

• Surrey Cedar Ltd. 

• T.G. Wood Products, Ltd 

• Taan Forest Products 

• Taiga Building Products Ltd. 

• Tall Tree Lumber Company 

• Teal Cedar Products Ltd. 

• Tembec Inc. 

• Terminal Forest Products Ltd. 

• The Teal-Jones Group 

• The Wood Source Inc. 

• Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd.12

• Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. 

• Triad Forest Products Ltd. 

• Twin Rivers Paper Co. Inc. 

• Tyee Timber Products Ltd. 

• Universal Lumber Sales Ltd. 

• Usine Sartigan Inc. 

• Vaagen Fibre Canada, ULC 

• Valley Cedar 2 ULC 

• Vancouver Island Shingle, Ltd. 

• Vancouver Specialty Cedar Products Ltd. 

• Visscher Lumber Inc 

• W.I. Woodtone Industries Inc. 

• Waldun Forest Product Sales Ltd. 

• Waldun Forest Products Ltd. 

• Watkins Sawmills Ltd. 

• West Bay Forest Products Ltd. 

• West Wind Hardwood Inc. 

• Western Forest Products Inc. 

• Western Lumber Sales Limited 

• Western Wood Preservers Ltd. 

• Weston Forest Products Inc. 

• Westrend Exteriors Inc. 

• Weyerhaeuser Co. 

• White River Forest Products L.P. 

• Winton Homes Ltd. 

• Woodline Forest Products Ltd. 

• Woodstock Forest Products 

• Woodtone Specialties Inc. 

• Yarrow Wood Ltd. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–132] 

Twist Ties From the People’s Republic 

of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Alignment of Final Determination With 

Final Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

twist ties from the People’s Republic of 

China (China). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2019 through 

December 31, 2019. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable December 1, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay 

Menon or Adam Simons, 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) 482–1993 or (202) 482–6172, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce initiated this 

investigation on July 16, 2020.1 On 

September 1, 2020, Commerce 

postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation and 

the revised deadline is November 23, 

2020.2 For a complete description of 

events following the initiation of this 

investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. 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 http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed and electronic versions of 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 


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4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations of Twist Ties 

from the People’s Republic of China: Scope 

Comments Decision Memorandum for the 

Preliminary Determination,’’ dated concurrently 

with this notice (Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum). 

7See 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. 

8See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

9See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Twist Ties from the 

People’s Republic of China: Request to Align Final 

Countervailing Duty Determination with the 

Companion Antidumping Duty Final 

Determination,’’ dated August 27, 2020. 

10See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is twist ties from China. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 Certain interested 

parties commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. 

For a summary of the product 

coverage comments and rebuttal 

responses submitted to the record for 

this preliminary determination, and 

accompanying discussion and analysis 

of all comments timely received, see the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum.6 Commerce is 

preliminarily modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice to exclude twist ties packaged 

with bags for sale together where the 

quantity of twist ties does not exceed 

twice the number of bags in each 

package. Commerce is also excluding 

twist ties that are part of the packaging 

of the imported product. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of 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

Commerce notes that, in making these 

findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that one 

or more respondents did not act to the 

best of their ability to respond to 

Commerce’s requests for information, it 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.8 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Alignment 

As noted in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(4), Commerce is aligning the 

final countervailing duty (CVD) 

determination in this investigation with 

the final determination in the 

companion antidumping duty (AD) 

investigation of twist ties from China 

based on a request made by the 

petitioner.9 Consequently, the final CVD 

determination will be issued on the 

same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

February 16, 2020, unless postponed. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

Pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of 

the Act, if the individual estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates 

established for all exporters and 

producers individually examined are 

zero, de minimis or determined based 

entirely on facts otherwise available, 

Commerce may use ‘‘any reasonable 

method’’ to establish the estimated 

subsidy rate for all-other producers or 

exporters. In this investigation, 

Commerce preliminarily determined the 

individually estimated subsidy rate for 

each of the individually examined 

respondents based entirely on facts 

available under section 776 of the Act. 

Consequently, pursuant to sections 

703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act, 

we established the all-others rate by 

applying the countervailable subsidy 

rate assigned to the mandatory 

respondents. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent) 

Dongguan Guanqiao Industrial 

Co., Ltd ................................... 122.5 

Foshan Shunde Ronggui Yingli 

Industrial Co., Ltd .................... 122.5 

Yiwu Kurui Handicraft Co. Ltd .... 122.5 

Zhenjiang Hongda Commodity 

Co. Ltd .................................... 122.5 

Zhenjiang Zhonglian I/E Co., Ltd 122.5 

All Others .................................... 122.5 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. 

Disclosure 

Normally, Commerce discloses its 

calculations performed in connection 

with the preliminary determination to 

interested parties within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of this notice 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

However, because Commerce 

preliminarily applied total AFA rates in 

the calculation of the benefit for the 

non-responsive companies, and the 

applied AFA rates are based on rates 

calculated in prior proceedings, there 

are no calculations to disclose. 

Verification 

Because the examined respondents in 

this investigation did not provide 

information requested by Commerce 

and Commerce preliminarily determines 

each of the examined respondents to 

have been uncooperative, it will not 

conduct verification. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than 21 days after 

the date of publication of the 

preliminary determination. Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in case 

briefs, may be submitted no later than 

seven days after the deadline date for 

case briefs.10 Pursuant to 19 CFR 


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11See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 

1See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain 

Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam, 68 FR 47909 (August 12, 2003) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 84 

FR 52067 (October 1, 2019) (Notice of Initiation). 

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. 

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 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. 

Parties are reminded that briefs and 

hearing requests are to be filed 

electronically using ACCESS and that 

electronically filed documents must be 

received successfully in their entirety by 

5 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Note that Commerce has temporarily 

modified certain of its requirements for 

serving documents containing business 

proprietary information, until further 

notice.11

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, the 

ITC will determine before the later of 

120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after the final determination whether 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: November 23, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation consists of twist ties, which are 

thin, bendable ties for closing containers, 

such as bags, bundle items, or identifying 

objects. A twist tie in most circumstances is 

comprised of one or more metal wires 

encased in a covering material, which allows 

the tie to retain its shape and bind against 

itself. However, it is possible to make a twist 

tie with plastic and no metal wires. The 

metal wire that is generally used in a twist 

tie is stainless or galvanized steel and 

typically measures between the gauges of 19 

(.0410′′ diameter) and 31 (.0132′′) (American 

Standard Wire Gauge). A twist tie usually has 

a width between .075′′ and 1′′ in the crossmachine direction (width of the tie— 

measurement perpendicular with the wire); a 

thickness between .015′′ and .045′′ over the 

wire; and a thickness between .002′′ and 

.020′′ in areas without wire. The scope 

includes an all-plastic twist tie containing a 

plastic core as well as a plastic covering (the 

wing) over the core, just like paper and/or 

plastic in a metal tie. An all-plastic twist tie 

(without metal wire) would be of the same 

measurements as a twist tie containing one 

or more metal wires. Twist ties are 

commonly available individually in pre-cut 

lengths (‘‘singles’’), wound in large spools to 

be cut later by machine or hand, or in 

perforated sheets of spooled or single twist 

ties that are later slit by machine or by hand 

(‘‘gangs’’). 

The covering material of a twist tie may be 

paper (metallic or plain), or plastic, and can 

be dyed in a variety of colors with or without 

printing. A twist tie may have the same 

covering material on both sides or one side 

of paper and one side of plastic. When 

comprised of two sides of paper, the paper 

material is bound together with an adhesive 

or plastic. A twist tie may also have a tag or 

label attached to it or a pre-applied adhesive 

attached to it. 

Excluded from the scope of the order are 

twist ties packaged with bags for sale together 

where the quantity of twist ties does not 

exceed twice the number of bags in each 

package. Also excluded are twists ties that 

constitute part of the packaging of the 

imported product, for example, merchandise 

anchored/secured to a backing with twist ties 

in the retail package or a bag of bread that 

is closed with a twist tie. 

Twist ties are imported into the United 

States under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 

8309.90.0000 and 5609.00.3000. Subject 

merchandise may also enter under HTSUS 

subheadings 3920.51.5000, 3923.90.0080, 

3926.90.9990, 4811.59.6000, 4821.10.2000, 

4821.10.4000, 4821.90.2000, 4821.90.4000, 

and 4823.90.8600. These HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for reference only. 

The written description of the scope of the 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Investigation 

IV. Injury Test 

V. Diversification of China’s Economy 

VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–552–801] 

Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Continuation of Antidumping Duty 

Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of the 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that revocation of the antidumping duty 

(AD) order on certain frozen fish fillets 

(fish fillets) from the Socialist Republic 

of Vietnam (Vietnam) would likely lead 

to continuation or recurrence of 

dumping and material injury to an 

industry in the United States, 

Commerce is publishing a notice of 

continuation of the AD order. 

DATES: Applicable December 1, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Javier Barrientos, 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) 482–2243. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 12, 2003, Commerce 

published the AD order on fish fillets 

from Vietnam.1

On October 1, 2019, Commerce 

published the Notice of Initiation of the 

five-year review of the AD order on fish 

fillets from Vietnam, pursuant to section 

751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act).2 Commerce 


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