Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 175 / Monday, September 10, 2018 / Notices 45611 

1See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires from the People’s Republic of China: 

Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty 

Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and 

Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 80 

FR 47902 (August 10, 2015) (CVD Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 

48051 (October 16, 2017) (Initiation Notice). The 

Initiation Notice inadvertently omitted an exporter 

from the review, which was corrected in a 

subsequent publication. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 1329 (January 11, 

2018). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the 

Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated 

January 23, 2018 (Tolling Memorandum). All 

deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have 

been extended by three days. 

Exporter Producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit 

rate 

(percent) 

Changshu Changsheng Aluminium Products Co., Ltd Changshu Changsheng Aluminium Products Co., Ltd 32.79 32.51 

Cosco (J.M) Aluminium Co., Ltd .................................. Cosco (J.M) Aluminium Co., Ltd./Jiangmen Qunxing 

Hardware Diecasting Co., Ltd.

32.79 32.51 

First Union Property Limited ......................................... Top-Wok Metal Co., Ltd ............................................... 32.79 32.51 

Foshan Jinlan Non-ferrous Metal Product Co. Ltd ...... Foshan Jinlan Aluminium Co. Ltd ................................ 32.79 32.51

Foshan Sanshui Fenglu Aluminium Co., Ltd ............... Foshan Sanshui Fenglu Aluminium Co., Ltd ............... 32.79 32.51 

Guangdong Hao Mei Aluminium Co., Ltd .................... Guangdong Hao Mei Aluminium Co., Ltd .................... 32.79 32.51 

Guangdong Weiye Aluminium Factory Co., Ltd ........... Guangdong Weiye Aluminium Factory Co., Ltd ........... 32.79 32.51 

Guangdong Xingfa Aluminium Co., Ltd ........................ Guangdong Xingfa Aluminium Co., Ltd ........................ 32.79 32.51 

Hanwood Enterprises Limited ...................................... Pingguo Aluminium Company Limited ......................... 32.79 32.51 

Honsense Development Company ............................... Kanal Precision Aluminium Product Co., Ltd ............... 32.79 32.51

Innovative Aluminium (Hong Kong) Limited ................. Taishan Golden Gain Aluminium Products Limited ..... 32.79 32.51 

Jiangyin Trust International Inc .................................... Jiangyin Xinhong Doors and Windows Co., Ltd .......... 32.79 32.51 

Longkou Donghai Trade Co., Ltd ................................. Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co., Ltd ....................... 32.79 32.51 

Ningbo Yili Import and Export Co., Ltd ........................ Zhejiang Anji Xinxiang Aluminum Co., Ltd ................... 32.79 32.51 

North China Aluminum Co., Ltd ................................... North China Aluminum Co., Ltd ................................... 32.79 32.51 

PanAsia Aluminium (China) Limited ............................. PanAsia Aluminium (China) Limited ............................. 32.79 32.51 

Pingguo Asia Aluminum Co., Ltd ................................. Pingguo Asia Aluminum Co., Ltd ................................. 32.79 32.51 

Popular Plastics Co., Ltd .............................................. Hoi Tat Plastic Mould & Metal Factory ........................ 32.79 32.51 

Tai-Ao Aluminium (Taishan) Co., Ltd ........................... Tai-Ao Aluminium (Taishan) Co., Ltd ........................... 32.79 32.51 

Tianjin Ruixin Electric Heat Transmission Technology 

Co., Ltd.

Tianjin Ruixin Electric Heat Transmission Technology 

Co., Ltd.

32.79 32.51 

Zhejiang Yongkang Listar Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd Zhejiang Yongkang Listar Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd 32.79 32.51 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

changed circumstances review, and 

apply to all shipments of the subject 

merchandise from China entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date, as provided for by 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(7): For the 21 producers and/ 

or exporters listed above that received a 

separate rate in the LTFV investigation 

and continue to retain that separate rate, 

the cash deposit rate will be the 

producer/exporter-specific rate listed 

above. These deposit requirements, 

when imposed, shall remain in effect 

until further notice. 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice of final results in accordance 

with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) and 

(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(e) and 

351.221(c)(3). 

Dated: September 4, 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. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–017] 

Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires From the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Results 

of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review and Rescission, in Part; 2016 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that certain producers and exporters of 

passenger vehicle and light truck tires 

(passenger tires) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) received 

countervailable subsidies during the 

period of review (POR) January 1, 2016, 

through December 31, 2016. 

DATES: Applicable September 10, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Huston, 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) 482–4261. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 10, 2015, Commerce 

issued a countervailing duty (CVD) 

order on passenger tires from China.1

Several interested parties requested that 

Commerce conduct an administrative 

review of the CVD Order, and on 

October 16, 2017, Commerce published 

in the Federal Register a notice of 

initiation of an administrative review of 

the CVD Order for 42 producers/ 

exporters for the POR.2 Commerce 

exercised its discretion to toll all 

deadlines affected by the closure of the 

Federal Government from January 20 

through 22, 2018.3

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the order are 

certain passenger vehicle and light truck 

tires from China. A full description of 

the scope of the order is contained in 


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4See ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 

Results of the Administrative Review of the 

Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Passenger 

Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s 

Republic of China; 2016,’’ dated concurrently with 

this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum) 

and hereby adopted by this notice. 

5See 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. 

6A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be found as an 

appendix to this notice. 

7The petitioner in this review is the United Steel, 

Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, 

Allied Industrial and Service Workers International 

Union, AFL–CIO, CLC (USW). See Letter from 

USW, ‘‘Administrative Review of the 

Countervailing Duty Order on Passenger Vehicle 

and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic 

of China (C–570–017) (01/01/16–12/31/16): 

Petitioner’s Withdrawal of Review Request,’’ dated 

December 13, 2017. 

8See Letter from ITG Voma Corporation, 

‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from 

People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request 

for Administrative Review,’’ dated December 28, 

2017; and Letter from American Pacific Industries, 

Inc., ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from 

People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request 

for Administrative Review,’’ dated January 5, 2018. 9See Letter from Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Co., 

Ltd., ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires from the People’s Republic of China: 

Yokohama Withdrawal of Request for 

Administrative Review,’’ dated November 14, 2017; 

Letter from Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co., Ltd., 

‘‘Passenger Vehicles and Light Truck Tires from the 

People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request 

for Administrative Review (01/01/16–12/31/16),’’ 

dated January 12, 2018; Letter from Shandong 

Changhong Rubber Technology Co. Ltd., ‘‘Passenger 

Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s 

Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request for 

Administrative Review,’’ dated December 28, 2017; 

Letter from Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., 

Ltd., ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from 

the People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of 

Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated 

December 28, 2017; Letter from Shandong Zhongyi 

Rubber Co., Ltd, ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle and 

Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic of 

China-Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 

Review,’’ dated January 14, 2018; and Letter from 

Shengtai Group Co., Ltd., ‘‘Certain Passenger 

Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s 

Republic of China-Withdrawal of Request for 

Administrative Review,’’ dated January 14, 2018. 

10See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

11See 19 CFR 351.309(c)–(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.4

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this CVD 

review in accordance with section 

751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). For each of the 

subsidy programs found 

countervailable, we determine that there 

is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

confers a benefit to the recipient, and 

that the subsidy is specific.5 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our preliminary conclusions, 

including our reliance, in part, on 

adverse facts available pursuant to 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.6 A list of topics included 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

I of 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 on the internet at 

http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/ 

index.html. The signed Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum and the 

electronic versions of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum are identical in 

content. 

Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if the parties that requested a 

review withdraw the request within 90 

days of the date of publication of the 

notice of initiation. The petitioner 

timely withdrew its request for a review 

of Zhongce Rubber Group Company 

Limited.7 Two other U.S. importers, ITG 

Voma Corporation and American Pacific 

Industries, Inc., also timely withdrew 

their requests for a review of Shandong 

Guofeng Rubber Plastic Co., Ltd/ 

Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics.8

Additionally, Hangzhou Yokohama Tire 

Co., Ltd., Kumho Tire Co., Inc., 

Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co., Ltd., 

Shandong Changhong Rubber 

Technology Co., Ltd., Shandong 

Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd., 

Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., and 

Shengtai Group Co., Ltd., timely 

withdrew their requests for review.9 No 

other party requested a review of these 

producers/exporters. Therefore, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce is rescinding this review of 

the CVD order on passenger tires from 

China with respect to these companies. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine the 

countervailable subsidy rates to be: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., 

Ltd. (Cooper) ..................... 23.68 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

Qingdao Sentury Tire Co. 

Ltd. (Sentury) .................... 26.83 

Non-Selected Companies 

Under Review ................... 24.71 

Preliminary Rate for the Non-Selected 

Companies Under Review 

The statute and the Commerce’s 

regulations do not directly address the 

establishment of rates to be applied to 

companies not selected for individual 

examination where Commerce limits its 

examination in an administrative review 

pursuant to section 777A(e)(2) of the 

Act. However, Commerce normally 

determines the rates for non-selected 

companies in reviews in a manner that 

is consistent with section 705(c)(5) of 

the Act, which provides instructions for 

calculating the all-others rate in an 

investigation. 

Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act 

instructs Commerce as a general rule to 

calculate an all others rate using the 

weighted average of the subsidy rates 

established for the producers/exporters 

individually examined, excluding any 

zero, de minimis, or rates based entirely 

on facts available. In this review, the 

preliminary subsidy rates calculated for 

Cooper and Sentury and their crossowned affiliates are above de minimis 

and are not based entirely on facts 

available. Therefore, for the companies 

for which a review was requested that 

were not selected as mandatory 

company respondents and for which we 

did not receive a timely request for 

withdrawal of review, and which we are 

not finding to be cross-owned with the 

mandatory company respondents, we 

are preliminarily basing the subsidy rate 

on the subsidy rate calculated for 

Cooper and Sentury. For a list of these 

non-selected companies, please see 

Appendix II to this notice. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with this 

preliminary determination within five 

days of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register.10 Interested parties 

may submit case and rebuttal briefs, as 

well as request a hearing.11 Interested 

parties may submit written comments 

(case briefs) within 30 days of 

publication of the preliminary results 

and rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs) 

within five days after the time limit for 


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12See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii) and 351.309(d)(l). 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2). 

14See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

15See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

16See 19 CFR 351.310. 

17See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

filing case briefs.12 Rebuttal briefs must 

be limited to issues raised in the case 

briefs.13 Parties who submit case or 

rebuttal briefs are requested to submit 

with the argument: (1) A statement of 

the issue; (2) a brief summary of the 

argument; and (3) a table of 

authorities.14

Interested parties who wish to request 

a hearing must do so within 30 days of 

publication of these preliminary results 

by submitting a written request to the 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, using Enforcement and 

Compliance’s ACCESS system.15

Requests should contain the party’s 

name, address, and telephone number, 

the number of participants, and a list of 

the issues to be discussed. If a request 

for a hearing is made, we will inform 

parties of the scheduled date for the 

hearing which will be held at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, at a time and location to be 

determined.16 Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date, time, and location of 

the hearing. Issues addressed at the 

hearing will be limited to those raised 

in the briefs.17 All briefs and hearing 

requests must be filed electronically and 

received successfully in their entirety 

through ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on the due date. 

Unless the deadline is extended, 

pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Act, we intend to issue the final results 

of this administrative review, including 

the results of our analysis of the issues 

raised by the parties in their comments, 

within 120 days after issuance of these 

preliminary results. 

Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit 

Requirement 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily 

assigned subsidy rates in the amounts 

shown above for the producers/ 

exporters shown above. Upon issuance 

of the final results, Commerce shall 

determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

CVDs on all appropriate entries covered 

by this review. We intend to issue 

instructions to CBP 15 days after 

publication of the final results of 

review. For companies for which this 

review is rescinded, Commerce will 

instruct CBP to assess countervailing 

duties on all appropriate entries at a rate 

equal to the cash deposit of estimated 

countervailing duties required at the 

time of entry, or withdrawal from 

warehouse, for consumption, during the 

period January 1, 2016, through 

December 31, 2016, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce 

intends to issue appropriate assessment 

instructions directly to CBP 15 days 

after publication of this notice. 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 

Act, Commerce also intends to instruct 

CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated CVDs, in the amounts shown 

above for each of the respective 

companies shown above, on shipments 

of subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review. For all non-reviewed firms, we 

will instruct CBP to continue to collect 

cash deposits at the most-recent 

company-specific or all-others rate 

applicable to the company, as 

appropriate. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

These preliminary results are issued 

and published in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: August 31, 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 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Partial Rescission of Review 

IV. Non-Selected Companies Under Review 

V. Scope of the Order 

VI. Application of the Countervailing Duty 

Law to Imports From China 

VII. Diversification of China’s Economy 

VIII. Subsidies Valuation 

IX. Interest Rate Benchmarks, Discount Rates, 

Input, and Electricity Benchmarks 

X. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Application of Adverse Inferences 

XI. Analysis of Programs 

XII. Disclosure and Public Comment 

XIII. Conclusion 

Appendix II 

Non-Selected Companies Under Review 

1. Best Industries Ltd. 

2. BC Tyre Group Limited 

3. Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd. 

4. Crown International Corporation 

5. Dongying Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd. 

6. Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd. 

7. Hong Kong Tiancheng Investment & 

Trading Co., Limited 

8. Hongtyre Group Co. 

9. Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. 

10. Jiangsu Sanhe Aluminum 

11. Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd. 

12. Koryo International Industrial Limited 

13. Mayrun Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited 

14. Qingdao Jinhaoyang International Co., 

Ltd. 

15. Qingdao Nama Industrial Co., Ltd. 

16. Qingdao Odyking Tyre Co., Ltd. 

17. Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd. 

18. Roadclaw Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited 

19. Shandong Anchi Tyres Co., Ltd. 

20. Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd. 

21. Shandong Haolong Rubber Co., Ltd. 

22. Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology 

Co., Ltd. 

23. Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd. 

24. Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd. 

25. Shandong New Continent Tire Co., Ltd. 

26. Shandong Province Sanli Tire 

27. Shandong Province Sanli Tire 

Manufactured Co., Ltd. 

28. Shandong Shuangwang Rubber Co., Ltd. 

29. Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd. 

30. Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., 

Ltd. 

31. Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd. 

32. The Yokohama Rubber Company, Ltd. 

33. Tyrechamp Group Co., Limited 

34. Winrun Tyre Co., Ltd. 

35. Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG464 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Coastal Pelagic Species Management 

Team (CPSMT) will hold a meeting that 

is open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. 

on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, and 

continue at 8 a.m. on Thursday and 

Friday, September 27–28. The meeting 

will end each day at 5 p.m. or until 

business for the day has been 

completed. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Large Conference Room of the 

Pacific Council office in Portland, OR. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kerry Griffin, Pacific Council; 

telephone: (503) 820–2409. 


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