[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40226-40227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17413]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-075, C-570-076]


Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon From the People's Republic of 
China: Postponement of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is postponing the 
deadline for issuing the final determination in the less than fair 
value (LTFV) investigation of certain plastic decorative ribbon from 
the People's Republic of China (China) until December 21, 2018, and is

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extending the provisional measures period from a four-month period to a 
period of not more than six months.

DATES: Applicable August 14, 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

    On January 23, 2018, Commerce initiated the LTFV investigation of 
imports of certain plastic decorative ribbon from China.\1\ The period 
of investigation is April 1, 2017, through September 31, 2017. On 
August 8, 2018, Commerce published its Preliminary Determination in the 
LTFV investigation.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon from the People's 
Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 
83 FR 3126 (January 23, 2018) (Initiation Notice).
    \2\ See Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value, 83 FR 39058 (August 8, 2018) (Preliminary 
Determination).
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Postponement of Final Determination

    Section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2) provide that a final determination may be 
postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the 
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an 
affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement 
is made by the exporters or producers who account for a significant 
proportion of exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a 
negative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is 
made by the petitioners. Further, 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) requires that 
such postponement requests by exporters be accompanied by a request for 
extension of provisional measures from a four-month period to a period 
of not more than six months, in accordance with section 733(d) of the 
Act.
    On July 19, 2018, Dongguan Mei Song Plastic Industry Co., Ltd. (Mei 
Song) and Ningbo Junlong Craft Gift Co., Ltd. (Junlong), two mandatory 
respondents that account for a ``significant portion'' of subject 
merchandise in the LTFV investigation, requested that Commerce fully 
extend the deadline for the final determination and extend the 
application of the provisional measures from a four-month period to a 
period of not more than six months.\3\
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    \3\ See Letter from Mei Song and Junlong, ``Certain Plastic 
Decorative Ribbon from the People's Republic of China--Request for 
Extension of Final Determination,'' dated July 19, 2018.
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    In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) The preliminary determination was 
affirmative; (2) the request was made by exporters who account for a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise from the 
country at issue; and (3) no compelling reasons for denial exist, 
Commerce is postponing the final determination of the investigation 
until no later than 135 days after the date of the publication of the 
relevant preliminary determination, and extending the provisional 
measures from a four-month period to a period of not more than six 
months. Accordingly, Commerce will issue its final determination in the 
LTFV investigation no later than December 21, 2018.\4\
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    \4\ The final determination of the accompanying countervailing 
duty (CVD) investigation has been previously aligned with the LTFV 
investigation. Thus, the deadline for issuing the final 
determination of the CVD investigation is also December 21, 2018. 
See 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, 83 FR 29096 (June 22, 2018).
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    This notice is issued and published pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(g).

    Dated: August 8, 2018.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2018-17413 Filed 8-13-18; 8:45 am]
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