[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 74003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30147]


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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: Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding, in 
part, the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires (OTR Tires) from the People's 
Republic of China (PRC) for the period January 1, 2009, through 
December 31, 2009, with respect to Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd., Guizhou 
Advanced Rubber Co., Ltd., and Guizhou Tyre Import and Export 
Corporation (collectively, Guizhou Tyre). This partial rescission is 
based on the withdrawal by Guizhou Tyre of its request for a review.

DATES: Effective Date: November 30, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Halle, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0176.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on OTR Tires 
from the PRC. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 
75 FR 53635 (September 1, 2010). Guizhou Tyre timely requested an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on OTR Tires 
from the PRC for the period January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2009. 
In addition, the Department received timely requests from eight other 
companies: Tianjin United Tire and Rubber International Co., Ltd. 
(TUTRIC); Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Hengda Tyres Co., 
Ltd.; Qingdao Sinorient International Ltd.; Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., 
Ltd.; Techking Tires Limited; Qingda Etyre International Trade Co., 
Ltd.; and Wengdeng Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd. These eight companies only 
requested reviews of themselves. In accordance with section 751(a)(1) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i), the Department published a notice initiating an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order. See Initiation 
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 75 FR 
66349 (October 28, 2010).

Rescission, in Part, of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

    The Department's regulations provide that the Department will 
rescind an administrative review if the party that requested the review 
withdraws its request for review within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation. See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). 
Guizhou Tyre timely withdrew its request within the 90-day deadline. 
Therefore, as no other party requested a review of Guizhou Tyre, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department is rescinding this 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order with respect to 
Guizhou Tyre. The Department will choose mandatory respondents from the 
remaining eight companies for which a review was requested: TUTRIC; 
Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Hengda Tyres Co., Ltd.; 
Qingdao Sinorient International Ltd.; Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd.; 
Techking Tires Limited; Qingda Etyre International Trade Co., Ltd.; and 
Wengdeng Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd.

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. For 
Guizhou Tyre, countervailing duties shall be assessed at rates equal to 
the cash deposit or bonding rate of the estimated countervailing duties 
required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department 
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 
days after publication of this notice.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition 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/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.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: November 23, 2010.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-30147 Filed 11-29-10; 8:45 am]
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