29096 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 121 / Friday, June 22, 2018 / Notices 

1See Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon from the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigation, 83 FR 3114 

(January 23, 2018) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the 

Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated 

January 23, 2018. All deadlines in this segment of 

the proceeding have been extended by three days. 

3See Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon from the 

People’s Republic of China: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation, 83 FR 10677 (March 12, 2018). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Plastic 

Decorative Ribbon from the People’s Republic of 

China,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

5See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

6See Initiation Notice. 

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 the terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination and this notice are 

issued and published pursuant to 

sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.210(c). 

Dated: June 18, 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. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is synthetic staple fibers, not 

carded or combed, specifically bi-component 

polyester fibers having a polyester fiber 

component that melts at a lower temperature 

than the other polyester fiber component 

(low melt PSF). The scope includes bicomponent polyester staple fibers of any 

denier or cut length. The subject 

merchandise may be coated, usually with a 

finish or dye, or not coated. 

Low melt PSF is classifiable under the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) subheading 5503.20.0015. 

Although the HTSUS subheading is provided 

for convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of the 

merchandise under the investigation is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Critical Circumstances 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Margin Calculations 

VI. Discussion of the Issues 

Huvis 

1. Major Input Rule 

2. U.S. Bank Charges 

3. Duty Drawback for Huvis 

4. Critical Circumstances 

5. Corrections Found at Verification 

TCK 

6. Denier Range Reporting 

7. U.S. Destination Reporting 

8. TCK’s Unpaid Sales 

9. Duty Drawback Adjustment for TCK 

10. General and Administrative (G&A) 

Expense Rate for TCK 

11. Financial Expense Rate 

12. TCK’s Affiliated Party Inputs 

13. Selling, General and Administrative 

(SG&A) Expense Rate for Toray 

International 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–076] 

Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon 

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 

certain plastic decorative ribbon from 

the People’s Republic of China (China). 

The period of investigation is January 1, 

2016, through December 31, 2016. 

DATES: Applicable June 22, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maliha Khan or Nancy Decker, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

202–482–0895 or 202–482–0196, 

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 published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on January 23, 2018.1 Commerce 

exercised its discretion to toll all 

deadlines affected by the closure of the 

Federal Government from January 20 

through January 22, 2018.2 On March 

12, 2018, Commerce postponed the 

deadline for the preliminary 

determination of the investigation to the 

full 130 days permitted under section 

703(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(b)(2), and the revised deadline 

is now May 29, 2018.3

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 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, and is available to all 

parties in the Central Records Unit, 

Room B8024 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. 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. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are certain plastic 

decorative ribbon 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,5 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).6 Certain interested 

parties commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. Commerce is currently 

evaluating the scope comments filed by 

the interested parties. Commerce 

intends to issue its preliminary decision 

regarding the scope of the AD and CVD 

investigations in the preliminary 

determination of the companion AD 

investigation, which is currently due no 

later than July 30, 2018, unless 

postponed. The preliminary scope 

decision will be placed on the record of 

both the AD and CVD investigations, 

and interested parties will have the 

opportunity to comment prior to the 

final CVD determination. 

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 


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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 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

confers a benefit on the recipient, and 

that the subsidy is specific.7 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our preliminary conclusions, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

In making these findings, we relied, in 

part, on facts available and, because one 

or more respondents did not act to the 

best of their ability to respond to our 

requests for information, we 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. 

Preliminary Determination and 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(A) of the Act, Commerce 

established rates for Joynice Gifts & 

Crafts Co., Ltd. (Joynice) and Seng San 

Enterprises Co., Ltd. (Seng Sen) (the two 

individually investigated exporters/ 

producers of the subject merchandise 

that participated in this investigation), 

and for Santa’s Collection Shaoxing Co., 

Ltd. (which is assigned a rate based on 

AFA) as well as an all-others rate. 

In accordance with sections 

703(d)(1)(A) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, 

for companies not individually 

investigated, Commerce applies an ‘‘allothers’’ rate. The all-others rate is 

normally calculated by weight averaging 

the subsidy rates of the companies 

selected for individual examination 

with those companies’ export sales of 

the subject merchandise to the United 

States, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates calculated for the 

exporters and producers individually 

investigated, and any rates determined 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated individual countervailable 

subsidy rates for Joynice and Seng Sen 

that are not zero, de minimis, or based 

entirely on facts otherwise available. 

Because we do not have publicly ranged 

data from all company respondents with 

which to calculate the all-others rate 

using a weighted-average of the 

individual estimated subsidy rates, we 

calculated the all-others rate using a 

simple average of the individual 

estimated subsidy rates calculated for 

the examined respondents. 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Producer/exporter 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent) 

Joynice Gifts & Crafts Co., Ltd ..... 14.27 

Seng San Enterprises Co., Ltd .... 12.81 

Santa’s Collection Shaoxing Co., 

Ltd ............................................. 94.67 

All-Others ...................................... 13.54 

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 that were entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Furthermore, pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.205(d), Commerce will instruct 

CBP to require a cash deposit equal to 

the rates indicated above. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis to interested 

parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than five days after 

the deadline date for case briefs.9

Pursuant to 19 CFR 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. Commerce 

intends to set a separate briefing 

schedule pertaining to scope issues 

when it issues the preliminary scope 

memorandum in this investigation. 

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 the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, 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. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its determination. If Commerce’s final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will make its final determination before 

the later of 120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after Commerce’s final determination. 

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: May 29, 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. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is certain plastic decorative 

ribbon having a width (measured at the 

narrowest span of the ribbon) of less than or 

equal to four (4) inches in actual 

measurement, including but not limited to 

ribbon wound onto itself; a spool, a core or 

a tube (with or without flanges); attached to 

a card or strip; wound into a keg- or eggshaped configuration; made into bows, bowlike items, or other shapes or configurations; 


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1See Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the People’s 

Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-FairValue Investigation, 83 FR 8053 (February 23, 

2018). 

and whether or not packaged or labeled for 

retail sale. The subject merchandise is 

typically made of substrates of 

polypropylene, but may be made in whole or 

in part of any type of plastic, including 

without limitation, plastic derived from 

petroleum products and plastic derived from 

cellulose products. Unless the context 

otherwise clearly indicates, the word 

‘‘ribbon’’ used in the singular includes the 

plural and the plural ‘‘ribbons’’ includes the 

singular. 

The subject merchandise includes ribbons 

comprised of one or more layers of substrates 

made, in whole or in part, of plastics adhered 

to each other, regardless of the method used 

to adhere the layers together, including 

without limitation, ribbons comprised of 

layers of substrates adhered to each other 

through a lamination process. Subject 

merchandise also includes ribbons 

comprised of (a) one or more layers of 

substrates made, in whole or in part, of 

plastics adhered to (b) one or more layers of 

substrates made, in whole or in part, of nonplastic materials, including, without 

limitation, substrates made, in whole or in 

part, of fabric. 

The ribbons subject to this investigation 

may be of any color or combination of colors 

(including without limitation, ribbons that 

are transparent, translucent or opaque) and 

may or may not bear words or images, 

including without limitation, those of a 

holiday motif. The subject merchandise 

includes ribbons with embellishments and/or 

treatments, including, without limitation, 

ribbons that are printed, hot-stamped, coated, 

laminated, flocked, crimped, die-cut, 

embossed (or that otherwise have impressed 

designs, images, words or patterns), and 

ribbons with holographic, metallic, glitter or 

iridescent finishes. 

Subject merchandise includes ‘‘pull-bows’’ 

an assemblage of ribbons connected to one 

another, folded flat, and equipped with a 

means to form such ribbons into the shape 

of a bow by pulling on a length of material 

affixed to such assemblage, and ‘‘prenotched’’ bows, an assemblage of notched 

ribbon loops arranged one inside the other 

with the notches in alignment and affixed to 

each other where notched, and which the 

end user forms into a bow by separating and 

spreading the loops circularly around the 

notches, which form the center of the bow. 

Subject merchandise includes ribbons that 

are packaged with non-subject merchandise, 

including ensembles that include ribbons 

and other products, such as gift wrap, gift 

bags, gift tags and/or other gift packaging 

products. The ribbons are covered by the 

scope of this investigation; the ‘‘other 

products’’ (i.e., the other, non-subject 

merchandise included in the ensemble) are 

not covered by the scope of this 

investigation. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are the following: (1) Ribbons 

formed exclusively by weaving plastic 

threads together; (2) ribbons that have metal 

wire in, on, or along the entirety of each of 

the longitudinal edges of the ribbon; (3) 

ribbons with an adhesive coating covering 

the entire span between the longitudinal 

edges of the ribbon for the entire length of 

the ribbon; (4) ribbon formed into a bow 

without a tab or other means for attaching the 

bow to an object using adhesives, where the 

bow has: (a) An outer layer that is either 

flocked or made of fabric, and (b) a flexible 

metal wire at the base that is suitable for 

attaching the bow to a Christmas tree or other 

object by twist-tying; (5) elastic ribbons, 

meaning ribbons that elongate when 

stretched and return to their original 

dimension when the stretching load is 

removed; (6) ribbons affixed as a decorative 

detail to non-subject merchandise, such as a 

gift bag, gift box, gift tin, greeting card or 

plush toy, or affixed (including by tying) as 

a decorative detail to packaging containing 

non-subject merchandise; (7) ribbons that are 

(a) affixed to non-subject merchandise as a 

working component of such non-subject 

merchandise, such as where the ribbon 

comprises a book marker, bag cinch, or part 

of an identity card holder, or (b) affixed 

(including by tying) to non-subject 

merchandise as a working component that 

holds or packages such non-subject 

merchandise or attaches packaging or 

labeling to such non-subject merchandise, 

such as a ‘‘belly band’’ around a pair of 

pajamas, a pair of socks or a blanket; (8) 

imitation raffia made of plastics having a 

thickness not more than one (1) mil when 

measured in an unfolded/untwisted state; 

and (9) ribbons in the form of bows having 

a diameter of less than seven-eighths (7⁄8) of 

an inch, or having a diameter of more than 

16 inches, based on actual measurement. For 

purposes of this exclusion, the diameter of a 

bow is equal to the diameter of the smallest 

circular ring through which the bow will 

pass without compressing the bow. 

Further, excluded from the scope of the 

antidumping duty investigation are any 

products covered by the existing 

antidumping duty order on polyethylene 

terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET 

Film) from the People’s Republic of China 

(China). See Polyethylene Terephthalate 

Film, Sheet, and Strip from Brazil, the 

People’s Republic of China and the United 

Arab Emirates: Antidumping Duty Orders 

and Amended Final Determination of Sales 

at Less Than Fair Value for the United Arab 

Emirates, 73 FR 66595 (November 10, 2008). 

Merchandise covered by this investigation 

is currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

under subheadings 3920.20.0015 and 

3926.40.0010. 

Merchandise covered by this investigation 

also may enter under subheadings 

3920.10.0000; 3920.20.0055; 3920.30.0000; 

3920.43.5000; 3920.49.0000; 3920.62.0050; 

3920.62.0090; 3920.69.0000; 3921.90.1100; 

3921.90.1500; 3921.90.1910; 3921.90.1950; 

3921.90.4010; 3921.90.4090; 3926.90.9996; 

5404.90.0000; 9505.90.4000; 4601.99.9000; 

4602.90.0000; 5609.00.3000; 5609.00.4000; 

and 6307.90.9889. These HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes; the written 

description of the scope of this investigation 

is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope Comments 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Respondent Selection 

VI. Injury Test 

VII. Application of the CVD Law to Imports 

From China 

VIII. Diversification of China’s Economy 

IX. Subsidies Valuation 

X. Benchmarks 

XI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

XII. Analysis of Programs 

XIII. Calculation of the All-Others Rate 

XIV. ITC Notification 

XV. Disclosure and Public Comment 

XVI. Verification 

XVII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–079] 

Cast Iron Soil Pipe From the People’s 

Republic of China: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determination in the LessThan-Fair-Value Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable June 22, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Walker at (202) 482–0413, AD/CVD 

Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 15, 2018, the Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) initiated lessthan-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of 

imports of cast iron soil pipe from the 

People’s Republic of China (China).1

Currently, the preliminary 

determination is due no later than July 

5, 2018. 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations 

Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires 

Commerce to issue the preliminary 

determination in an LTFV investigation 


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