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1See Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon from the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation of Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation, 83 FR 3126 (January 23, 

2018) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the 

Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated 

January 23, 2018 (Tolling Memorandum). 

Accordingly, all deadlines in this segment of the 

proceeding have been extended by 3 days. 

3Note that the revised deadline reflects a full 

postponement to 190 days after the date on which 

this investigation was initiated, in addition to the 

3-day extension due to closure of the Federal 

Government. See Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon 

from the People’s Republic of China: Postponement 

of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigation, 83 FR 13256 (March 28, 2018). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Antidumping 

Duty Investigation of Certain Plastic Decorative 

Ribbon from the People’s Republic of China’’ 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated 

concurrently with and hereby adopted by this 

notice. 

5See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

6See Initiation Notice, 83 FR at 3126. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Plastic Decorative 

Ribbon from the People’s Republic of China: Scope 

Comments Preliminary Decision Memorandum’’ 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum), dated 

concurrently with and hereby adopted by this 

notice. 

8See 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 

addition, aluminum can stock has a lubricant 

applied to the flat surfaces of the can stock 

to facilitate its movement through machines 

used in the manufacture of beverage cans. 

Aluminum can stock is properly classified 

under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheadings 

7606.12.3045 and 7606.12.3055. 

Where the nominal and actual 

measurements vary, a product is within the 

scope if application of either the nominal or 

actual measurement would place it within 

the scope based on the definitions set for the 

above. 

Common alloy sheet is currently 

classifiable under HTSUS subheadings 

7606.11.3060, 7606.11.6000, 7606.12.3090, 

7606.12.6000, 7606.91.3090, 7606.91.6080, 

7606.92.3090, and 7606.92.6080. Further, 

merchandise that falls within the scope of 

this investigation may also be entered into 

the United States under HTSUS subheadings 

7606.11.3030, 7606.12.3030, 7606.91.3060, 

7606.91.6040, 7606.92.3060, 7606.92.6040, 

7607.11.9090. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the scope of this investigation 

is dispositive. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–075] 

Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that certain plastic decorative ribbon 

(plastic ribbon) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) is being, or is 

likely to be, sold in the United States at 

less than fair value (LTFV), for the 

period of investigation (POI) April 1, 

2017, through September 30, 2017. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable August 8, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy Decker, Lauren Caserta, or Caitlin 

Monks, 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) 482–0196, 

(202) 482–4737, or (202) 482–2670, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce published the notice of 

initiation of this investigation on 

January 23, 2018.1 Commerce exercised 

its discretion to toll deadlines affected 

by the closure of the Federal 

Government from January 20 through 

22, 2018.2 Subsequently, Commerce 

postponed the deadline for the 

preliminary determination to July 30, 

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 

included 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 https://

access.trade.gov, and 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 found at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum and 

the electronic version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum are identical in 

content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is plastic ribbon from 

China. For a full description of the 

scope of this investigation, see the 

‘‘Scope of the Investigation’’ in 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

the 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. 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.7 In 

response to the submitted comments, 

Commerce is preliminarily modifying 

the scope language as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice to exclude certain 

shredded plastic film/strip and to clarify 

‘‘exclusion (4).’’ See ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigation’’ in Appendix I, which 

includes the additional clarifying 

language. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Export prices have been 

calculated in accordance with section 

772(a) of the Act. Because China is a 

non-market economy within the 

meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, 

we calculated normal value (NV) in 

accordance with section 773(c) of the 

Act. In addition, Commerce has 

preliminarily relied upon facts available 

under section 776(a)(1) of the Act, 

including the use of an adverse 

inference under section 776(b) of the 

Act, for determining the antidumping 

margin for one producer and exporter 

combination, as well as for the Chinawide entity. For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

preliminary conclusions, see the 

Preliminary 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. Policy 

Bulletin 05.1 describes this practice.8


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Bulletin 05.1), available on Commerce’s website at 

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

9See Memorandum to the File, ‘‘Antidumping 

Duty Investigation of Plastic Decorative Ribbon 

from the People’s Republic of China: Respondent 

Selection’’ (March 1, 2018). 

10See 19 CFR 351.309(c)–(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following weighted-average 

dumping margins exist: 

Exporter Producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Ningbo Junlong Craft Gift Co., Ltd ............................................. Ningbo Junlong Craft Gift Co., Ltd ............................................ 45.16 

Dongguan Mei Song Plastic Industry Co., Ltd ........................... Dongguan Mei Song Plastic Industry Co., Ltd .......................... 50.93 

Ricai Film Artwork Materials Co., Ltd ......................................... Dongguan Ricai Plastic Technology Co., Ltd ............................ * 370.04 

Sun Rich (Asia) Ltd ..................................................................... Kai Feng Decoration (Hui Zhou) Co., Ltd .................................. 48.05 

Sun Rich (Asia) Ltd ..................................................................... Sheng Yi Decoration (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd .............................. 48.05 

Joynice Gifts & Crafts Co., Ltd ................................................... Joynice Gifts & Crafts Co., Ltd .................................................. 48.05 

Chiapton Gifts Decorative Limited .............................................. Nan Mei (Huizhou) Ribbon Art Factory Ltd ............................... 48.05 

Chiapton Gifts Decorative Limited .............................................. Shantou Longhu YingXin Art Craft Factory Co. Ltd .................. 48.05 

Colorart Plastic Ribbon Productions Limited .............................. Colorart Industrial Limited .......................................................... 48.05 

Zhejiang Shaoxing Royal Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd ........................ Santa’s Collection Shaoxing Co. Ltd ......................................... 48.05 

Zhejiang Shaoxing Royal Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd ........................ Zheijang Shaoxing Royal Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd ....................... 48.05 

Wingo Gift & Crafts (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd ................................... Wingo Gift & Crafts (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd .................................. 48.05 

Seng San Enterprises Co., Ltd ................................................... Xin Seng San Handicraft (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd ......................... 48.05 

Xiangxin Decoration Factory ....................................................... Xiangxin Decoration Factory ...................................................... 48.05 

Xinghui Packaging Co., Ltd ........................................................ Xinghui Packaging Co., Ltd ....................................................... 48.05 

Shenzhen SHS Technology R&D Co., Ltd ................................. Shenzhen SHS Technology R&D Co., Ltd ................................ 48.05 

China-Wide Entity * 370.04 

* Determined on the basis of adverse facts available. 

As detailed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum, because parties 

to whom we issued Q&V questionnaires 

did not provide timely quantity and 

value questionnaire responses or 

separate rate applications,9 the Chinawide entity also includes these nonresponsive companies. See Appendix III 

for a list of companies that did not 

respond to the quantity and value 

questionnaire. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, we will direct U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of all entries of plastic 

ribbon from China 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. 

Pursuant to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d), Commerce 

will instruct CBP to require a cash 

deposit equal to the weighted-average 

amount by which the NV 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 in the table; (2) for all 

combinations of Chinese exporters/ 

producers of merchandise under 

consideration that have not received 

their own separate rate above, the cashdeposit rate will be the cash deposit rate 

established for the China-wide entity, 

370.04 percent; and (3) for all nonChinese exporters of the merchandise 

under consideration which have not 

received their own separate rate above, 

the cash-deposit rate will be the cash 

deposit rate applicable to the Chinese 

exporter/producer combination that 

supplied that non-Chinese exporter. 

These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We will disclose the calculations 

performed to parties to this proceeding 

within five days of the date of 

announcement of this preliminary 

determination in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). Interested parties may 

submit case briefs, rebuttal briefs, and 

hearing requests.10 For a schedule of the 

deadlines for filing case briefs, rebuttal 

briefs, and hearing requests, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 

Section IX. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, we will notify the United States 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

our affirmative preliminary 

determination of sales at LTFV. If our 

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 our final determination whether 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: July 30, 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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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 which permits 

attachment to an 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. 

The scope of the investigation is not 

intended to include shredded plastic film or 

shredded plastic strip, in each case where the 

shred does not exceed 5 mm in width and 

does not exceed 18 inches in length, 

imported in bags. 

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. PERIOD OF INVESTIGATION 

IV. SCOPE COMMENTS 

V. SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION 

VI. DISCUSSION OF THE METHODOLOGY 

a. Non-Market Economy Country 

b. Surrogate Country and Surrogate Values 

Comments 

c. Separate Rates 

d. The China-wide Entity 

e. Application of Facts Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

f. Date of Sale 

g. Comparisons to Fair Value 

h. U.S. Price 

i. Normal Value 

j. Factor Valuation Methodology 

VII. CURRENCY CONVERSION 

VIII. ADJUSTMENT UNDER SECTION 

777A(F) OF THE ACT 

IX. DISCLOSURE AND PUBLIC COMMENT 

X. VERIFICATION 

XI. CONCLUSION 

Appendix III 

Unresponsive Companies 

1. Best Craftwork Products Co., Ltd. 

2. Billion Trend International Ltd. 

3. Dongguan Xinghui Packaging Co., Ltd. 

4. Fangtai Webbing Co. 

5. Foshan City Shunde District Fangtai 

Webbing Co., Ltd. 

6. Hangzhou Jiefa Materials Co., Ltd. 

7. Hangzhou Owner Party Co., Ltd. 

8. Jiaxing Kaiya Textile Co., Ltd. 

9. Long Fine Gift & Bags Factory 

10. Nan Mei Decorative Ribbons Co., Ltd. 

11. Ningbo Qianyi Color Ribbon Co., Ltd. 

12. Ningbo Sellers Union Co., Ltd. 

13. Qingdao Hileaders Co., Ltd. 

14. Shanghai Foreign Trade Enterprises 

Pudong Co., Ltd. 

15. Shenzhen Ao Wei Gift Co., Ltd. 

16. Shenzhen Gary Gifts Packing Co., Ltd. 

17. Shenzhen Guangyunda Technology Co., 

Ltd. 

18. True Color Gift Packing Co., Ltd. 

19. Wellmark Gift (Shenzhen) Co Ltd 

20. Wello Gift Co., Ltd. 

21. Xiamen Golden Grand Lucky Ribbon & 

Bow Co., Ltd. 

22. Xiamen Meisida Decorations Co., Ltd. 

23. Yangzhou Bestpak Gifts & Crafts Co., Ltd. 

24. Yiwu Eco-Tondo Artware Co., Ltd. 

25. Yongjiaxin Gifts & Crafts Factory 

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