10536 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 33 / Monday, February 22, 2021 / Notices 

1See Twist Ties from the People’s Republic of 

China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 85 FR 79468 

(December 10, 2020) (Preliminary Determination), 

and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Twist Ties from the People’s Republic of 

China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 85 FR 79468 

(December 10, 2020) (Preliminary Determination), 

and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum (PDM). 

3See Kyoei’s Letter, ‘‘Twist Ties from the 

People’s Republic of China: Kyoei’s Case Brief,’’ 

dated January 11, 2021. 

4See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Twist Ties from China; Preliminary 

Determination—Petitioner’s Rebuttal Case Brief,’’ 

dated January 19, 2021. 

CFR part 325. OTEA is issuing this 

notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(a), 

which requires the Secretary of 

Commerce to publish a summary of the 

application in the Federal Register, 

identifying the applicant and each 

member and summarizing the proposed 

export conduct. 

Request for Public Comments 

Interested parties may submit written 

comments relevant to the determination 

whether a Certificate should be issued. 

If the comments include any privileged 

or confidential business information, it 

must be clearly marked and a 

nonconfidential version of the 

comments (identified as such) should be 

included. Any comments not marked as 

privileged or confidential business 

information will be deemed to be 

nonconfidential. 

Written comments should be sent to 

ETCA@trade.gov. An original and five 

(5) copies, plus two (2) copies of the 

nonconfidential version, should also be 

submitted no later than 20 days after the 

date of this notice to: Office of Trade 

and Economic Analysis, International 

Trade Administration, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, Room 21028, Washington, 

DC 20230. 

Information submitted by any person 

is exempt from disclosure under the 

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 

552). However, nonconfidential versions 

of the comments will be made available 

to the applicant if necessary for 

determining whether or not to issue the 

Certificate. Comments should refer to 

this application as ‘‘Export Trade 

Certificate of Review, application 

number 19–1A001.’’ 

A summary of the application and 

addendum follows. 

Summary of the Application 

Applicant: National Pecan Shellers 

Association, 3200 Windy Hill Rd. SE, 

Suite 600W, Atlanta, GA 30339. 

Contact: Russell A. Lemieux, Senior 

Vice President of The Kellen Company, 

Telephone: (678) 303–3041. 

Application No.: 19–1A001. 

Date Deemed Submitted: February 8, 

2021. 

Summary: National Pecan Shellers 

Association seeks to amend its 

Certificate as follows: 

1. Add the following entities as new 

exporting Members of the Certificate 

within the meaning of section 325.2(l) of 

the Regulations (15 CFR 325.2(l)): 

a. Easterlin Pecan Co, Montezuma, 

Georgia 

b. La Nogalera USA Inc., El Paso, Texas 

2. Add the following entities as new 

non-exporting Members of the 

Certificate within the meaning of 

section 325.2(l) of the Regulations (15 

CFR 325.2(l)): 

a. Pecan Export Trade Council, Atlanta, 

Georgia 

b. The Kellen Company, Atlanta, 

Georgia 

3. Change the name of the following 

Member of the Certificate: 

a. San Saba Pecan, LP changes to Chase 

Pecan, LP 

4. Correct the name of the following 

Member of the Certificate: 

a. Diamond Food, LLC changes to 

Diamond Foods, LLC 

Summary of the Addendum 

On November 12, 2019, the Notice of 

Issuance of an Export Trade Certificate 

of Review to National Pecan Shellers 

Association was published to the 

Federal Register (84 FR 61019). That 

notice referenced, but did not include, 

Attachment A for the list of Members 

protected by the Certificate. Attachment 

A is provided below. 

Attachment A 

Members (within the meaning of 

section 325.2(l) of the Regulations): 

• Arnco, Inc. dba Carter Pecan, Panama 

City Beach, Florida 

• Chase Farms, LLC, Artesia, New 

Mexico 

• Diamond Food, LLC, Stockton, 

California 

• Green Valley Company, Sauharita, 

Arizona 

• Hudson Pecan Co., Inc., Ocilla, 

Georgia 

• Lamar Pecan Company, Hawkinsville, 

Georgia 

• Navarro Pecan Company, Corsicana, 

Texas 

• Pecan Grove Farms, Dallas, Texas 

• San Saba Pecan, LP, San Saba, Texas 

• South Georgia Pecan Company, 

Valdosta, Georgia 

Dated: February 17, 2021. 

Joseph Flynn, 

Director, Office of Trade and Economic 

Analysis, International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03492 Filed 2–19–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–131] 

Twist Ties From the People’s Republic 

of China: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines twist ties from 

the People’s Republic of China (China) 

are being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation is 

October 1, 2019, through March 31, 

2020. 

DATES: Applicable February 22, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex 

Wood, 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) 482–1959. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This final determination is made in 

accordance with section 735(a) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

On December 10, 2020, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

preliminary affirmative determination of 

sales at LTFV of twist ties from China.1

On December 10, 2020, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

preliminary affirmative determination of 

sales at LTFV in the antidumping duty 

(AD) investigation of twist ties from 

China.2 We invited interested parties to 

comment on the Preliminary 

Determination. On January 11, 2021, we 

received a case brief from Tianjin Kyoei 

Packaging Supplies Co., Ltd. (Kyoei).3

On January 19, 2021, we received a 

rebuttal brief from Bedford Industries, 

Inc. (the petitioner).4


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5See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Twist Ties from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations of Twist Ties 

from the People’s Republic of China: Scope 

Comments Decision Memorandum for the 

Preliminary Determinations,’’ dated November 23, 

2020 (Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

7See Preliminary Determination PDM at 9–13. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Twist Ties from the People’s 

Republic of China: Respondent Selection,’’ dated 

August 17, 2020; and Zhenjiang Hongda and 

Zhenjiang Zhonglian’s Letter, ‘‘Twist Ties from the 

People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of 

Zhenjiang Hongda and Zhenjiang Zhonglian from 

the Antidumping Duty Investigation and Counsel’s 

Certification of Compliance with the Terms of the 

APO,’’ dated August 24, 2020. 

9The China-wide entity includes those 

companies who did not submit a separate rate 

application, and those companies Commerce 

determined were ineligible to receive a separate 

rate. 

10See, e.g., Notice of Preliminary Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement 

of Final Determination: Purified Carboxymethyl 

Cellulose from Finland, 69 FR 77216 (December 27, 

2004), unchanged in Notice of Final Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Purified 

Carboxymethyl Cellulose from Finland, 70 FR 

28279 (May 17, 2005). 

11See Silicon Metal from Australia: Affirmative 

Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 

Value and Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances in Part, 83 FR 9839 (March 

8, 2018), and accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum (IDM) at Comment 1. 

12See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petition for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties on Twist Ties from China,’’ dated June 26, 

2020 (the Petition). 

13See, e.g., Sodium Gluconate, Gluconic Acid, 

and Derivative Products from the People’s Republic 

of China: Preliminary Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 31949 (July 10, 2018), 

and accompanying PDM, unchanged in Sodium 

Gluconate, Gluconic Acid, and Derivative Products 

from the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, 83 FR 47876 (September 21, 2018), and 

accompanying IDM; and Certain Hardwood 

Plywood Products from the People’s Republic of 

China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part, 82 FR 28629 (June 23, 

2017), and accompanying PDM at pages 31–32, 

revised in Certain Hardwood Plywood Products 

from the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part, 82 FR 53460 (November 16, 

2017) (calculating a higher rate than the highest 

Petition rate to apply as the AFA rate in the final 

determination)). 

14See Petition; and Twist Ties from the People’s 

Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-FairValue Investigation, 85 FR 45161 (July 27, 2020) 

(Initiation Notice), and accompanying Antidumping 

Duty Investigation Initiation Checklist. 

15See Kyoei’s Letter, ‘‘Twist Ties from the 

People’s Republic of China: Separate Rate 

Application,’’ dated September 2, 2020; and 

Rongfa’s Letter, ‘‘Rongfa Separate Rate Application: 

Antidumping Duty Investigation of Twist Ties from 

the People’s Republic of China (A–570–131),’’ dated 

September 2, 2020. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the Preliminary 

Determination, as well as a full 

discussion of the issues raised by parties 

for this final determination, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum.5 The 

Issues and 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 Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/. The signed and electronic versions 

of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are twist ties from China. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I to 

this notice. 

Scope Comments 

During the course of this and the 

concurrent countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigation, Commerce received scope 

comments from interested parties. 

Commerce issued a Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum to address these 

comments and invited parties to 

comment on this memorandum.6 No 

interested party submitted comments on 

the Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum. Therefore, for this final 

determination, the scope of this 

investigation remains unchanged from 

that published in the Preliminary 

Determination. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case brief 

submitted by Kyoei in this investigation 

are addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. A list of the issues 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is attached to this notice 

at Appendix II. 

China-Wide Entity 

For the reasons explained in the 

Preliminary Determination, we are 

continuing to find that the use of 

adverse facts available (AFA), pursuant 

to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, is 

appropriate and are applying a rate 

based entirely on AFA to the Chinawide entity. 7 The China-wide entity 

includes mandatory respondents 

Zhenjiang Hongda Commodity Co., Ltd. 

(Zhenjiang Hongda) and Zhenjiang 

Zhonglian I/E Co., Ltd. (Zhenjiang 

Zhonglian).8 These companies failed to 

respond to Commerce’s requests for 

information and withdrew from 

participation in this investigation. As 

these non-responsive companies did not 

demonstrate that they are eligible for 

separate rate status, Commerce 

continues to consider them to be part of 

the China-wide entity. Consequently, 

we continue to find that the China-wide 

entity, which includes these nonresponsive companies, withheld 

requested information, significantly 

impeded this proceeding, and failed to 

cooperate to the best of its ability. 

China-Wide Rate 

We continue to find that the use of 

AFA, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) 

of the Act, is warranted in determining 

the rate for the China-wide entity.9 In 

selecting the AFA rate for the Chinawide entity, Commerce’s practice is to 

select a rate that is sufficiently adverse 

to ensure that the uncooperative party 

does not obtain a more favorable result 

by failing to cooperate than if it had 

fully cooperated.10 Specifically, it is 

Commerce’s practice to select, as an 

AFA rate, the higher of: (a) the highest 

dumping margin alleged in the petition; 

or (b) the highest calculated dumping 

margin of any respondent in the 

investigation.11 There are no 

respondents for which we are 

calculating a separate dumping margin 

for the final determination. Therefore, 

the highest (and only) rate on the record 

of the proceeding is the rate found in 

the Petition,12 which is the only 

information reasonably at Commerce’s 

disposal to determine a rate that is 

sufficiently adverse to induce 

cooperation.13

Thus, as AFA, Commerce assigned to 

the China-wide entity the rate of 72.96 

percent, which is the sole dumping 

margin alleged in the Petition.14

Separate Rates 

For the final determination, we 

continue to find that the evidence 

placed on the record of this 

investigation by Kyoei and Rongfa 

Plastic Products Co., Ltd. (also known as 

Zhenjiang Rongfa Plastic Co., Ltd) 

(Rongfa) 15 demonstrates an absence of 

de jure and de facto government control. 

Accordingly, consistent with the 

Preliminary Determination, Commerce 

continues to assign Kyoei and Rongfa a 

separate rate, which is the petition rate 

because it is the only rate available on 

the record of this proceeding. For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying Commerce’s final 


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16See Initiation Notice, 85 FR at 45164. 17See Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy 

Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates 

Practice and Application of Combination Rates in 

Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market 

Economy Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005) (Policy 

Bulletin 05.1), available at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf. 

18The China-wide Entity includes Zhenjiang 

Hongda and Zhenjiang Zhonglian. 19The export subsidy rate determined in the final 

determination of the companion CVD investigation 

is 10.54 percent. See Twist Ties from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination (unpublished and dated 

concurrently with this memorandum); unchanged 

from Twist Ties From the People’s Republic of 

China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Alignment of Final 

Determination With Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 85 FR 77167 (December 1, 2020), 

and accompanying PDM at 13–14. 

determination, see the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. 

Combination Rates 

In the Initiation Notice, Commerce 

stated that it would calculate producer/ 

exporter combination rates for the 

respondents that are eligible for a 

separate rate in this investigation.16

Policy Bulletin 05.1 describes this 

practice.17 Accordingly, we have 

assigned combination rates to certain 

companies, as provided in the ‘‘Final 

Determination’’ section below. Because 

Commerce determined that the 

mandatory respondents originally 

selected are not eligible for separate rate 

status and, thus, should be considered 

part of the China-wide entity and 

assigned, as AFA, the petition rate to the 

China-wide entity, Commerce did not 

calculate producer/exporter 

combination rates for those respondents. 

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that twist ties 

from China are being, or are likely to be, 

sold in the United States at LTFV, and 

that the following dumping margins 

exist: 

Exporter Producer 

Estimated 

weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit rate 

(adjusted for 

subsidy offsets) 

(percent) 

Rongfa Plastic Products Co., Ltd. (also known 

as Zhenjiang Rongfa Plastic Co., Ltd).

Rongfa Plastic Products Co., Ltd. (also known 

as Zhenjiang Rongfa Plastic Co., Ltd).

72.96 62.42 

Tianjin Kyoei Packaging Supplies Co., Ltd ....... Tianjin Kyoei Packaging Supplies Co., Ltd. .... 72.96 62.42 

China-wide Entity 18 .......................................... .......................................................................... 72.96 62.42

Disclosure 

Normally, Commerce discloses to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with a final 

determination within five days of any 

public announcement or, if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of the notice 

of final determination in the Federal 

Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). However, because 

Commerce applied AFA to the Chinawide entity (which includes the 

companies subject to individual 

examination) in this investigation, in 

accordance with section 776 of the Act, 

and the applied AFA rate, as well as the 

separate rate, are based solely on the 

Petition, there are no calculations to 

disclose. 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will direct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) to continue to suspend 

liquidation of all entries of twist ties 

from China, as described in Appendix I 

of this notice, which were entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after December 10, 

2020, the date of publication in the 

Federal Register of the affirmative 

Preliminary Determination. 

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of 

the Act, upon the publication of this 

notice, Commerce will instruct CBP to 

require a cash deposit equal to the 

weighted-average amount by which 

normal value exceeds U.S. price as 

follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for the 

exporter/producer combination listed in 

the table above will be the rate 

identified for that combination; (2) for 

all combinations of producers/exporters 

of merchandise under consideration that 

have not received their own separate 

rate, the cash deposit rate will be the 

cash deposit rate established for the 

China-wide entity; and (3) for all nonChinese exporters of the merchandise 

under consideration which have not 

received their own separate rate, the 

cash deposit rate will be the cash 

deposit rate applicable to the Chinese 

exporter/producer combination that 

supplied that non-Chinese exporter. 

To determine the cash deposit rate, 

Commerce normally adjusts the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the amount of domestic 

subsidy pass-through and export 

subsidies determined in a companion 

CVD proceeding where appropriate. 

Accordingly, because Commerce made a 

final affirmative determination for 

export subsidies in the companion CVD 

investigation, we offset the calculated 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins by the appropriate export 

subsidy rates 19 as indicated in the 

above chart. These suspension-ofliquidation instructions will remain in 

effect until further notice. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the International 

Trade Commission (ITC) of the final 

affirmative determination of sales at 

LTFV. Because Commerce’s final 

determination is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the 

Act, the ITC will make its final 

determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports or 

sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation of twist ties from China, no 

later than 45 days after this final 

determination. If the ITC determines 

that such injury does not exist, this 

proceeding will be terminated and all 

cash deposits posted will be refunded. 

If the ITC determines that such injury 

does exist, Commerce will issue an 

antidumping duty order directing CBP 

to assess, upon further instruction by 

Commerce, antidumping duties on all 

imports of twist ties from China entered, 

or withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the effective 

date of the suspension of liquidation, as 

discussed above in the ‘‘Continuation of 

Suspension of Liquidation’’ section. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice will serve as a final 

reminder to the parties subject to 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

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1See Certain Activated Carbon from the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Intent to 

Rescind the Review, in Part, and Preliminary 

Determination of No Shipments; 2018–2019, 85 FR 

23947 (April 30, 2020) (Preliminary Results), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

(PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Activated Carbon 

from the People’s Republic of China: Issues and 

Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the 

Twelfth Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational 

Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24, 

2020; see also Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines 

for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Activated Carbon 

from the People’s Republic of China: Extension of 

Deadline for Final Results of Twelfth Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated November 25, 

2020. 

5See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain 

Activated Carbon from the People’s Republic of 

China, 72 FR 20988 (April 27, 2007) (Order). For 

a complete description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

disposition of propriety information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely written 

notification of 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 sanctionable 

violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 735(d) 

and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.210(c). 

Dated: February 16, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting 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 

investigation 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 Issues and Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary

II. Background

III. Scope of the Investigation

IV. Discussion of the Issues

Comment 1: Determining the Separate Rate

Comment 2: Respondent Selection

V. Recommendation

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–904] 

Certain Activated Carbon From the 

People’s Republic of China: Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review, Final 

Determination of No Shipments, and 

Final Rescission of Administrative 

Review, in Part; 2018–2019 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that Carbon 

Activated Tianjin Co., Ltd. (Carbon 

Activated) and Datong Juqiang 

Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. (Datong 

Juqiang) sold certain activated carbon 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(China) at less than normal value during 

the period of review (POR) April 1, 

2018, through March 31, 2019. 

DATES: Applicable February 22, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jinny Ahn or George Ayache, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–0339 or (202) 482–2623,

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce published the Preliminary 

Results 1 on April 30, 2020. For events 

subsequent to the Preliminary Results, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.2 On April 24 and July 

21, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines 

in administrative reviews by 50 and an 

additional 60 days, respectively.3 On 

November 25, 2020, Commerce 

extended the deadline of the final 

results this administrative review by 58 

days.4 The deadline for the final results 

of this review is now February 12, 2021. 

Scope of the Order 5

The merchandise subject to the Order 

is certain activated carbon. The 

products are currently classifiable under 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheading 

3802.1000. Although the HTSUS 

subheading is provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the scope of the Order 

remains dispositive. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

In the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, we addressed all issues 

raised in the interested parties’ case and 

rebuttal briefs. In Appendix I to this 

notice, we provided a list of the issues 

raised by the parties. The Issues and 

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 https:// 


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