[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84865-84867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24749]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

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


Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbons From China: Continuation of 
Antidumping Duty Order and Countervailing Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) 
that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order and countervailing 
duty (CVD) order on certain plastic decorative ribbon (plastic ribbon) 
from China would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of 
dumping, and countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an 
industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of 
continuation of these AD and CVD orders.

DATES: Applicable September 11, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Keith, 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) 482-0264.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 22, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
AD and CVD orders on plastic ribbon from China.\1\ On February 1, 2024, 
the ITC instituted,\2\ and Commerce initiated,\3\ the first sunset 
review of the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act). As a result of its review, Commerce 
determined that revocation of the Orders would likely lead to the 
continuation or recurrence of dumping and countervailable subsidies, 
and therefore, notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins of 
dumping and subsidy rates likely to prevail should the Orders be 
revoked.\4\
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    \1\  See Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon from the People's 
Republic of China: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty 
Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and Countervailing Duty 
Order, 84 FR 10786 (March 22, 2019).
    \2\ See Plastic Decorative Ribbon from China; Institution of 
Five-Year Reviews, 89 FR 6540 (February 1, 2024).
    \3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 6499 
(February 1, 2024).
    \4\ See Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon from the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order, 89 FR 48376 (June 6, 2024), and accompanying 
Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM); see also Certain Plastic 
Decorative Ribbon From the People's Republic of China: Final Results 
of Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the Countervailing Duty Order, 
89 FR 48554 (June 7, 2024), and accompanying IDM.
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    On September 11, 2024, the ITC published its determination, 
pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, that revocation of 
the Orders would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material 
injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably 
foreseeable time.\5\
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    \5\ See Plastic Decorative Ribbon from China, 89 FR 73719 
(September 11, 2024).
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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by the Orders is certain plastic decorative 
ribbon from China. For a complete description of the scope of the 
Orders, see the appendix to this notice.

Continuation of the Orders

    As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that 
revocation of the Orders would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping, countervailable subsidies, and material injury 
to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of 
the Act, Commerce hereby orders the continuation of the Orders. U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect AD and CVD cash 
deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all imports of 
subject merchandise.
    The effective date of the continuation of the Orders will be 
September 11, 2024.\6\ Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to initiate the next five-year 
reviews of the Orders not later than 30 days prior to fifth anniversary 
of the date of the last determination by the ITC.
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    \6\ Id.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
an APO of

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their responsibility concerning the return or destruction 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 or 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance 
with sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and published in 
accordance with section 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).

    Dated: October 18, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by these orders 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, but 
disregarding any features that measure 4 inches or less in width, 
such as tapering or cutting at the ends or in a bow knot, provided 
that aggregate length of such features comprises no more than 20% of 
the length of the ribbon. Subject merchandise includes but is 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 egg-shaped configuration; made into bows, bow-like items, or 
other shapes or configurations; 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 non-plastic materials, including, without 
limitation, substrates made, in whole or in part, of fabric.
    The ribbons subject to these orders 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 ``pre-notched'' 
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 these orders; the ``other products'' (i.e., 
the other, non-subject merchandise included in the ensemble) are not 
covered by the scope of these orders.
    Excluded from the scope of these orders 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, made of fabric, or covered by any other 
decorative coating such as glitter (whether of plastic or non-
plastic materials), 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; (9) cords, 
i.e., multiple strands of materials that have been braided, gimped 
or twisted together; and (10) 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 these orders excludes 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.
    The scope of these orders excludes plastic garlands and plastic 
tinsel garlands, imported in lengths of not less than three (3) 
feet. The longitudinal base of these garlands may be made of wire or 
non-wire material, and these garlands may include plastic die-cut 
pieces. Also excluded are items made of plastic garland and/or 
plastic tinsel where the items do not have a tab or other means for 
attaching the item to an object using adhesives. This exclusion does 
not apply to plastic garland bows, plastic tinsel bows, or other 
bow-like products made of plastic garland or plastic tinsel.
    The scope of these orders excludes ribbons made exclusively of 
fabric formed by weaving or knitting threads together, or by 
matting, condensing or pressing fibers together to create felt 
fabric, regardless of thread or fiber composition, including without 
limitation, fabric ribbons of polyester, nylon, acrylic or terylene 
threads or fibers. This exclusion does not apply to plastic ribbons 
that are flocked.
    The scope of these orders excludes ribbons having a width of 
less than three (3) mm when incorporated by weaving into mesh 
material (whether flat or tubular) or fabric ribbon (meaning ribbon 
formed by weaving all or any of the following: Man-made fibers, 
natural fibers, metal threads and/or metalized yarns), in each case 
only where the mesh material or fabric ribbon is imported in the 
form of a decorative bow or a decorative bow-like item.
    Further, excluded from the scope of the antidumping duty order 
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 these orders 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 
these orders 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;

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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 these orders is dispositive.

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