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1See 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) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Twist Ties 

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

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

3See 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). 

Comment 3: Coal Tar Surrogate Value 

Comment 4: Anthracite Coal Surrogate 

Value 

Comment 5: Selection of Surrogate 

Financial Statements 

Comment 6: Ocean Freight Surrogate Value 

Comment 7: Hydrochloric Acid Surrogate 

Value 

Comment 8: Carbonized Material Surrogate 

Value 

Comment 9: Liquid Caustic Soda Surrogate 

Value 

Comment 10: Steam Surrogate Value 

Comment 11: Whether to Use the Most 

Comparable CONNUM When Calculating 

the Factors of Production for Carbon 

Activated’s Uncooperative and Excluded 

Suppliers 

VI. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

Companies Not Eligible for a Separate Rate 

and Treated as Part of the China-Wide Entity 

1. AM Global Shipping Lines Co., Ltd. 

2. Apex Maritime (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. 

3. Beijing Kang Jie Kong International Cargo 

Agent Co Ltd. 

4. Bengbu Modern Environmental Co., Ltd. 

5. Brilliant Logistics Group Inc. 

6. China Combi Works Oy Ltd 

7. China International Freight Co., Ltd. 

8. Cohesion Freight (HK) Ltd. 

9. Datong Municipal Yunguang 

10. De Well Container Shipping Corp. 

11. Derun Charcoal Carbon Co., Ltd. 

12. Endurance Cargo Management Co., Ltd. 

13. Envitek (China) Ltd. 

14. Excel Shipping Co., Ltd. 

15. Fujian Xinsen Carbon Co., Ltd. 

16. Fuzhou Yihuan Carbon Co., Ltd. 

17. Fuzhou Yuemengfeng Trade Co., Ltd. 

18. Gongyi City Bei Shan Kou Water 

Purification Materials Factory 

19. Guangdong Hanyan Activated Carbon 

Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 

20. Guangzhou Four E’S Scientific Co., Ltd. 

21. Hangzhou Hengxing Activated Carbon 

22. Henan Dailygreen Trading Co., Ltd. 

23. Honour Lane Shipping Ltd. 

24. Ingevity Corp. 

25. Ingevity Performance Materials 

26. Jiangsu Kejing Carbon Fiber Co., Ltd. 

27. Jiangxi Yuanli Huaiyushan Active Carbon 

28. Jilin Bright Future Chemicals Co. 

29. King Freight International Corp. 

30. M Chemical Company, Inc. 

31. Meadwestvaco Trading (Shanghai) 

32. Muk Chi Trade Co., Ltd. 

33. Nanping Yuanli Active Carbon Co. 

34. Pacific Star Express (China) Company 

Ltd. 

35. Panalpina World Transport (Prc) Ltd. 

36. Pingdingshan Green Forest Activated 

Carbon Factory 

37. Pingdingshan Lvlin Activated Carbon Co., 

Ltd. 

38. Pudong Prime International Logistics 

39. Safround Logistics Co. 

40. Seatrade International Transportation 

41. Shanghai Caleb Industrial Co. Ltd. 

42. Shanghai Express Global International 

43. Shanghai Line Feng Int’l Transportation 

44. Shanghai Pudong International 

Transportation 

45. Shanghai Sunson Activated Carbon 

46. Shanghai Xinjinhu Activated Carbon 

47. Shanxi DMD Corp. 

48. Shanxi Industry Technology Trading 

(ITT) 

49. Shanxi Tianxi Purification Filter 

50. Shenzhen Calux Purification 

51. Shijiazhuang Tangju Trading Co. 

52. Sinoacarbon International Trading Co., 

Ltd. 

53. T.H.I. Group (Shanghai) Ltd. 

54. Tancarb Activated Carbon Co. 

55. The Ultimate Solid Logistics Ltd 

56. Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd 

57. Translink Shipping Inc. 

58. Trans-Power International Logistics Co., 

Ltd. 

59. Triple Eagle Container Line 

60. U.S. United Logistics (Ningbo) Inc. 

61. Yusen Logistics Co., Ltd. 

62. Zhejiang Topc Chemical Industry 

63. Zhengzhou Zhulin Activated Carbon 

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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: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and/or exporters 

of twist ties from the People’s Republic 

of China (China). 

DATES: Applicable February 22, 2021. 

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 

The petitioner in this investigation is 

Bedford Industries, Inc. In addition to 

the Government of China (GOC), the 

mandatory respondents in this 

investigation are Zhenjiang Hongda 

Commodity Co. Ltd. (Zhenjiang Hongda) 

and Zhenjiang Zhonglian I/E Co., Ltd. 

(Zhenjiang Zhonglian). 

On December 1, 2020, Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination and aligned this final 

countervailing duty (CVD) 

determination with the final 

antidumping duty (AD) determination, 

in accordance with section 705(a)(1) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4)(i).1 A 

summary of the events that occurred 

since Commerce published the 

Preliminary Determination, as well as a 

full discussion of the issues raised by 

parties for this final determination, are 

discussed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.2 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/index.html. The signed and 

electronic versions of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum are identical in 

content. 

Period of Investigation 

The period of investigation is January 

1, 2019, through December 31, 2019. 

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 

During the course of this and the 

concurrent AD 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.3 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. 


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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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum at ‘‘Use 

of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences.’’ 

6See Preliminary Determination. 

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation and the issues raised in 

the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in 

this investigation are discussed in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. A 

list of the issues that parties raised is 

attached to this notice as Appendix II. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce 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.4 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our final determination, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

In making this final determination, 

Commerce is relying on facts otherwise 

available, including adverse facts 

available (AFA), pursuant to sections 

776(a) and (b) of the Act, due to 

respondents’ lack of participation in this 

investigation. For a full discussion of 

our application of AFA, see the 

Preliminary Determination.5

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our review and analysis of 

the comments received from parties, we 

made certain changes to Zhenjiang 

Hongda and Zhenjiang Zhonglian’s 

subsidy rate calculations. For a 

discussion of these changes, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

As discussed in the Preliminary 

Determination, Commerce based the 

selection of the all-others rate on the 

countervailable subsidy rate established 

for the mandatory respondents in 

accordance with section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) 

of the Act.6 We made no changes to the 

selection of this rate for this final 

determination. 

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated countervailable 

subsidy rates exist: 

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Dongguan Guanqiao Industrial Co., Ltd ...................... 111.96 

Foshan Shunde Ronggui 

Yingli Industrial Co., Ltd .... 111.96 

Yiwu Kurui Handicraft Co. 

Ltd ..................................... 111.96 

Zhenjiang Hongda Commodity Co. Ltd ................... 111.96 

Zhenjiang Zhonglian VE Co., 

Ltd ..................................... 111.96 

All Others .............................. 111.96 

Disclosure 

Normally, Commerce discloses its 

calculations performed in connection 

with the final 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 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. 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

As a result of our Preliminary 

Determination and pursuant to sections 

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

Commerce instructed 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 December 1, 

2020, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. 

If the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) issues a final 

affirmative injury determination, we 

will issue a CVD order and require a 

cash deposit of estimated countervailing 

duties for such entries of subject 

merchandise in the amounts indicated 

above. If the ITC determines that 

material injury, or threat of material 

injury, does not exist, this proceeding 

will be terminated and all estimated 

duties deposited or securities posted as 

a result of the suspension of liquidation 

will be refunded or canceled. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the ITC of our 

determination. Because the final 

determination in this proceeding is 

affirmative, in accordance with section 

705(b) 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 of 

twist ties from China no later than 45 

days after our final determination. If the 

ITC determines that material injury or 

threat of material injury does not exist, 

the proceeding will be terminated and 

all cash deposits will be refunded. If the 

ITC determines that such injury does 

exist, Commerce will issue a CVD order 

directing CBP to assess, upon further 

instruction by Commerce, 

countervailing duties on all imports of 

the subject merchandise 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 Order (APO) 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to the APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return/ 

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. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 705(d) 

and 777(i) 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′ 


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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. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

IV. Analysis of Comments 

Comment 1: Countervailability of Currency 

Exchanges Involving the Allegedly 

Undervalued Renminbi (RMB) 

Comment 2: Export Buyer’s Credit Program 

Comment 3: Electricity for Less than 

Adequate Remuneration (LTAR) 

Comment 4: The Subsidy Rate Assigned to 

Tianjin Kyoei Packaging Supplies Co., 

Ltd. (Kyoei) 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Minority Business Development 

Agency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; National Minority Business 

Awards 

AGENCY: Minority Business 

Development Agency, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collection, Regular submission. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed, and continuing information 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. The National 

Minority Business Awards Program is a 

key element of Minority Enterprise 

Development Week and celebrates the 

outstanding achievements of minority 

entrepreneurs. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before April 23, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Minority Business Development Agency 

PRA Officer at PRAcomments@doc.gov. 

Please reference OMB Control Number 

0640–0025 in the subject line of your 

comments. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Antavia 

Grimsley, Management Analyst, 

Minority Business Development 

Agency, Room 5063, 1401 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone (202)482–7458, or 

AGrimsley1@mbda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Minority Business Development 

Agency (MBDA) is the only federal 

agency created exclusively to foster the 

growth and global competitiveness of 

minority-owned businesses in the 

United States. For this purpose, a 

minority owned business must be 

owned or controlled by one of the 

following persons or group of persons: 

African American, American Indian, 

Alaska Native, Asian, Hispanic, Native 

Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Asian 

Indian, and Hasidic Jew. MBDA 

provides management and technical 

assistance to large, medium, and small 

minority business enterprises through a 

network of business centers throughout 

the United States. 

Since 1983, every president has 

issued a Presidential Proclamation 

designating one week as National 

Minority Enterprise Development (MED) 

Week. MBDA recognizes the role that 

minority entrepreneurs play in building 

the Nation’s economy by honoring 

businesses that are making a significant 

contribution through the creation of 

jobs, products and services, in addition 

to supporting their local communities. 

The National Minority Business Awards 

Program is a key element of MED Week 

and celebrates the outstanding 

achievements of minority entrepreneurs. 

MBDA may make awards in the 

following categories: Minority 

Construction Firm of the Year, Minority 

Export Firm of the Year, Minority 

Manufacturing Firm of the Year, 

Minority E-Commerce Firm of the Year, 

Minority Emerging Technologies and 

Industries Firm of the Year, Minority 

Health Products and Services Firm of 

the Year, Minority Marketing and 

Communications Firm of the Year, Firm 

of the Year, Minority Veteran-Owned 

Firm of the Year, and Robert J. Brown 

Minority Business Enterprise of the 

Year. In addition, MBDA may recognize 

trailblazers and champions through the 

Access to Capital Award, Advocate of 

the Year Award, Distinguished Supplier 

Diversity Award, Abe Venable Legacy 

Award for Lifetime Achievement, and 

Ronald H. Brown Leadership Awards. 

All awards will be presented at a 

ceremony during National MED Week. 

Nominations for these awards are open 

to the public. MBDA must collect two 

types of information: (a) Information 

identifying the nominee and nominator, 

and (b) information explaining why the 

nominee should be given the award. 

The information will be used to 

determine those applicants best meeting 

the preannounced evaluation criterion. 

Use of a nomination form standardizes 

and limits the information collected as 

part of the nomination process. This 

makes the competition fair and eases the 

burden on applicants and reviewers. 

Participation in the National Minority 

Business Awards competition is 

voluntary and the awards are strictly 

honorary. 


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