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1See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires From the People’s Republic of China: 

Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation, 79 FR 

42292 (July 21, 2014) (Initiation Notice). 2See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires From the People’s Republic of China: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determination of 

Antidumping Duty Investigation, 79 FR 61052 

(October 9, 2014). 

3See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain 

Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the 

People’s Republic of China: Amended Affirmative 

Preliminary Determination, 79 FR 78398 (December 

30, 2014) at Appendix-Scope of the Investigation. 

4See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 

‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 

Determination in the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires From the People’s Republic of China’’ 

(January 20, 2015) (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). A list of topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is found at 

Appendix II of this notice. 

5See 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 

Bulletin 05.1), available on the Department’s Web 

site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05- 

1.pdf. 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and the terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

These final results of administrative 

reviews are issued and published in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: January 21, 2015. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Company Abbreviations 

IV. Sales Below Cost in the Home Market 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

1. Application of an Alternative 

Comparison Methodology 

2. Resumption of the Review 

3. Adverse Facts Available 

4. Adverse-Facts-Available Rate 

VI. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2015–01481 Filed 1–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–016] 

Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires From the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value; Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances; In Part and 

Postponement of Final Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Department) preliminarily determines 

that certain Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires (passenger tires) from the 

People’s Republic of China (PRC) are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV), as provided in section 733(b) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act). The period of investigation (POI) 

is October 1, 2013, through March 31, 

2014. The estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins of sales at LTFV are 

shown in the ‘‘Preliminary 

Determination’’ section of this notice. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 27, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni 

Page, Lingjun Wang, or Jun Jack Zhao, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–1398, (202) 482–2316, or (202) 482– 

1396, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Department published the notice 

of initiation of this investigation on July 

21, 2014.1 Pursuant to section 

733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, on October 9, 

2014, the Department postponed this 

preliminary LTFV determination by a 

period of 50 days.2

Scope of the Investigation 

On December 30, 2014, the 

Department published an amended 

preliminary determination in the 

companion countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigation of passenger tires from the 

PRC, which contains an amended scope 

of this investigation.3 For a full 

description of the amended scope of this 

investigation, see ‘‘Scope of 

Investigation’’ at Appendix I of this 

notice. 

Methodology 

The Department conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. We calculated export 

prices and constructed export prices in 

accordance with section 772 of the Act. 

Because the PRC 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. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4

Combination Rates 

In the Initiation Notice, the 

Department stated that it would 

calculate combination rates for the 

respondents that are eligible for a 

separate rate in this investigation. Policy 

Bulletin 05.1 describes this practice.5

Preliminary Determination 

The Department preliminarily 

determines that the following weightedaverage dumping margins exist for the 

exporter-producer combinations listed 

below during the period October 1, 

2013, through March 31, 2014: 

Exporter(s) Producer(s) 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

GITI: 

Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd., Giti Tire (USA) Ltd., Giti 

Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd., Giti Tire (Fujian) Company 

Ltd., Giti Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd.

Giti Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd., Giti Tire (Fujian) Company 

Ltd., Giti Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd.

19.17 

Sailun Group: 

Sailun Group Co., Ltd., Sailun Tire International Corp., 

Shandong Jinyu Industrial Co., Ltd., Jinyu International 

Holding Co., Limited, Seatex International Inc., Dynamic 

Tire Corp., Husky Tire Corp., Seatex PTE. Ltd.

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Exporter(s) Producer(s) 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company ................................................ Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd., Cooper 

(Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd.

27.72 

Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd ........................... Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd .......................... 27.72 

Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd ................................................. Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd ................................................ 27.72 

Best Choice International Trade Co., Limited ............................ Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd., Shandong Haohua Tire Co., 

Ltd., Beijing Capital Tire Co., Ltd.

27.72 

Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire Co., Ltd ................................................ Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire Co., Ltd ............................................... 27.72 

Bridgestone Corporation ............................................................. Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire Co., Ltd ............................................... 27.72 

Cheng Shin Tire & Rubber (China) Co., Ltd .............................. Cheng Shin Tire & Rubber (China) Co., Ltd., Cheng Shin Tire 

& Rubber (Chongqing) Co., Ltd.

27.72 

Crown International Corporation ................................................. Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd., Shandong 

Haohua Tire Co., Ltd., Shandong Jinyu Industrial Co., Ltd., 

Doublestar-Dongfeng Tyre Co., Ltd., Shandong Yongshong 

Rubber Group Co., Ltd., Shengtai Group Co., Ltd., Qingdao 

.Doublestar Tire Industrial Co., Ltd., Shandong Yongtai 

Chemical Co., Ltd.

27.72 

Goodyear Dalian Tire Company Limited .................................... Goodyear Dalian Tire Company Limited ................................... 27.72 

Guangzhou Pearl River Rubber Tyre Ltd ................................... Guangzhou Pearl River Rubber Tyre Ltd .................................. 27.72 

Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd ...................................................... Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd ..................................................... 27.72 

Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co., Ltd .................................................... Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co., Ltd ................................................... 27.72 

Hong Kong Tiancheng Investment & Trading Co., Limited ........ Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd .............................................. 27.72 

Hong Kong Tri-Ace Tire Co., Limited ......................................... Shandong Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd., Doublestar Dongfeng 

Tyre Co., Ltd.

27.72 

Hwa Fong Rubber (Hong Kong) Ltd ........................................... Hwa Fong Rubber (Suzhou) Co., Ltd ........................................ 27.72 

Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd ................................................... Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd .................................................. 27.72 

Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd .................................................. Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd ................................................. 27.72 

Kumho Tire Co., Inc .................................................................... Kumho Tire (Tianjin) Co., Inc., Nanjing Kumho Tire Co., Ltd., 

Kumho Tire (Changchun) Co., Inc.

27.72 

Liaoning Permanent Tyre Co., Ltd ............................................. Liaoning Permanent Tyre Co., Ltd ............................................ 27.72 

Longkou Xinglong Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................. Longkou Xinglong Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................ 27.72 

Mayrun Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited ............................................. South China Tire &Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Haohua Tire 

Co., Ltd.

27.72 

Nankang (Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone) Rubber Industrial 

Co., Ltd.

Nankang (Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone) Rubber Industrial 

Co., Ltd.

27.72 

Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd ..................................................................... Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd .................................................................... 27.72 

Qingdao Nama Industrial Co., Ltd .............................................. Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd., Shandong 

Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Shandong 

Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Haohua Tire Co., 

Ltd., Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd., Shandong Zhongyi 

Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Yonking Rubber Co., Ltd., 

Shandong Hongsheng Rubber Technology Co., Ltd.

27.72 

Qingdao Au-Shine Group Co., Limited ....................................... Shandong Gulun Rubber Co., Ltd ............................................. 27.72 

Qingdao Crown Chemical Co., Ltd ............................................. Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd., Shandong 

Haohua Tire Co., Ltd., Shandong Jinyu Industrial Co., Ltd., 

Doublestar-Dongfeng Tyre Co., Ltd., Shandong Yongsheng 

Rubber Group Co., Ltd.

27.72 

Qingdao Free Trade Zone Full-World International Trading Co., 

Ltd.

Shandong Zhentai Group Co., Ltd., Longkou Xinglong Tyre 

Co., Ltd., Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co., Ltd.

27.72 

Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Tech Corp., Ltd ........................................ Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Tech Corp., Ltd ....................................... 27.72 

Qingdao Honghua Tyre Factory ................................................. Qingdao Honghua Tyre Factory ................................................ 27.72 

Qingdao Nexen Tire Corporation ................................................ Qingdao Nexen Tire Corporation ............................................... 27.72 

Qingdao Odyking Tyre Co., Ltd .................................................. Doublestar Dongfeng Tyre Co., Ltd., Shandong Fengyuan Tire 

Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd.

27.72 

Qingdao Qianzhen Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................ Qingdao Qianzhen Tyre Co., Ltd ............................................... 27.72 

Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................... Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd .................................................. 27.72 

Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd ............................................... Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd .............................................. 27.72 

Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd .................................................... Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd ................................................... 27.72 

Shandong Duratti Rubber Corporation Co., Ltd ......................... Shandong Duratti Rubber Corporation Co., Ltd ........................ 27.72 

Shandong Fengyuan Tire Manufacturing Co., Ltd ..................... Shandong Fengyuan Tire Manufacturing Co., Ltd .................... 27.72 

Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd ............................ Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd ........................... 27.72 

Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd ................................................. Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd ................................................ 27.72 

Shandong Haolong Rubber Tire Co., Ltd ................................... Shandong Haolong Rubber Tire Co., Ltd .................................. 27.72 

Shandong Hawk International Rubber Industry Co., Ltd ............ Shandong Hawk International Rubber Industry Co., Ltd ........... 27.72 

Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd ................... Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd .................. 27.72 

Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd ............................................... Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd .............................................. 27.72 

Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd .......................................... Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd ......................................... 27.72 

Shandong New Continent Tire Co., Ltd ..................................... Shandong New Continent Tire Co., Ltd .................................... 27.72 

Shandong Province Sanli Tire Manufactured Co., Ltd ............... Shandong Province Sanli Tire Manufactured Co., Ltd .............. 27.72 

Shandong Shuangwang Rubber Co., Ltd ................................... Shandong Shuangwang Rubber Co., Ltd .................................. 27.72 

Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd ........................................ Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd ....................................... 27.72 


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6See Letter from Petitioner to the Secretary of 

Commerce, ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires From the People’s Republic of China— 

Petitioner’s Critical Circumstances Allegation,’’ 

dated September 12, 2014. 

7See 19 CFR 351.309(c). 

8See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 9See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

Exporter(s) Producer(s) 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Shandong Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd ........................................ Shandong Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd ....................................... 27.72 

Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd ........................................... Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd .......................................... 27.72 

Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................ Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd., Laiwu Sunshine Tyre Co., 

Ltd.

27.72 

Shengtai Group Co., Ltd ............................................................. Shengtai Group Co., Ltd., Shandong Shengshitailai Rubber 

Technology Co., Ltd.

27.72 

Shifeng Juxing Tire Co., Ltd ....................................................... Shifeng Juxing Tire Co., Ltd ...................................................... 27.72 

Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd ............................................. Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd ............................................ 27.72 

Southeast Mariner International Co., Ltd .................................... Dongying Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Haohua Tire 

Co., Ltd.

27.72 

Techking Tires Limited ................................................................ Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd ......................................... 27.72 

Toyo Tire (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd ............................................. Toyo Tire (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd ............................................ 27.72 

Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................................. Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................................ 27.72 

Tyrechamp Group Co., Ltd ......................................................... Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd., Sichuan Tyre&Rubber Co., 

Ltd., Shandong Anchi Tyres Co., Ltd., Beijing Capital Tire 

Co. Ltd., Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd., Shandong 

Wosen Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Zhentai Group Co., 

Ltd., Shandong Yonking Rubber Co., Ltd., Qingdao 

Doublestar Tyre Industrial Co., Ltd., South China Tire & 

Rubber Co. Ltd., Anhui Heding Tire Technology Co., Ltd.

27.72 

Weihai Ping’an Tyre Co., Ltd ...................................................... Weihai Ping’an Tyre Co., Ltd ..................................................... 27.72 

Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd ............................................. Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd ............................................ 27.72 

Wendeng Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................ Wendeng Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd ............................................... 27.72 

Winrun Tyre Co., Ltd .................................................................. Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group Rubber Co. Ltd .............. 27.72 

Zenith Holdings (HK) Limited ...................................................... Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd .............................................. 27.72 

Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd ........................................................ Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd ....................................................... 27.72 

PRC-Wide Entity ......................................................................... .................................................................................................... 87.99 

As detailed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum, Yongsheng 

Rubber Group Co., Ltd. (Yongsheng), a 

mandatory respondent in this 

investigation, did not demonstrate that 

it is entitled to a separate rate. 

Accordingly, we consider Yongsheng to 

be part of the PRC-Wide Entity. 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Critical Circumstances, In Part 

On September 12, 2014, United Steel, 

Paper, and Forestry, Rubber, 

Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 

Industrial and Service Workers 

International Union, AFL–CIO, CLC 

(Petitioner), timely filed a critical 

circumstances allegation, pursuant to 

section 733(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.206, alleging that critical 

circumstances exist with respect to 

imports of passenger tires from the 

PRC.6 We preliminarily determine that 

critical circumstances do not exist for 

GITI and the Sailun Group, while they 

do exist for all non-individually 

investigated companies and the PRCwide entity. A discussion of our 

determination can be found in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 

the section, ‘‘Preliminary Determination 

of Critical Circumstances, In Part.’’ 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

The Department intends to disclose 

calculations performed for this 

preliminary determination to parties in 

this proceeding within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, through Enforcement and 

Compliance’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS, no later than seven days after 

the date on which the final verification 

report is issued in this proceeding.7

Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised 

in case briefs, may be submitted through 

ACCESS no later than five days after the 

deadline for case briefs.8 Pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties 

who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs 

in this proceeding 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. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, or to participate in a hearing if 

one is requested, must submit a written 

request to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, filed 

electronically through ACCESS. 

Electronically filed case briefs/written 

comments and hearing requests must be 

received successfully in their entirety by 

the Department’s electronic records 

system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time. Hearing requests must 

be received by the Department within 

30 days after the date of publication of 

this notice 9 and should contain the 

party’s name, address, and telephone 

number, the number of participants, and 

a list of the issues to be presented at the 

hearing. If a request for a hearing is 

made, the Department intends to hold 

the hearing at the U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at 

a time and location to be determined. 

Parties should confirm by telephone the 

date, time, and location of the hearing 

two days before the scheduled date. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, the Department will instruct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) to suspend liquidation of all 

entries of passenger tires from the PRC, 

as described in the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigation’’ at Appendix I, entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 


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10See Modification of Regulations Regarding the 

Practice of Accepting Bonds During the Provisional 

Measures Period in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042 

(October 3, 2011). 

11See section 772(c)(1)(C) of the Act; see also 

Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, and Negative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances: Certain Lined Paper Products from 

India, 71 FR 45012 (August 8, 2006), and 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 

Comment 1. 

12For further discussion, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum at the section, ‘‘Section 

777A(f) of the Act.’’ 

13See Countervailing Duty Investigation of 

Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires 

From the People’s Republic of China: Amended 

Affirmative Preliminary Determination, 79 FR 

78398 (December 30, 2014) and accompanying 

Allegation of Significant Ministerial Errors in the 

Preliminary Determination of the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation of Certain Passenger Vehicle and 

Light Truck Tires From the People’s Republic of 

China (PRC Tires Amended CVD Preliminary 

Determination); see also Memorandum to the File 

Re: Calculation of the All-Others Amended 

Preliminary Rate (December 19, 2014). 

14 Id. 

15See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 

‘‘Adjustment Under Section 777A(F) of the Act.’’ 

16 Id. 

17 Id. 

18See Letter from GITI to the Secretary of 

Commerce regarding ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires from the People’s Republic of China; 

Request for Extension of the Final Determination’’ 

(January 13, 2013). 

19See also 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2) and (e). 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Section 733(e)(2) of the Act provides 

that, given an affirmative determination 

of critical circumstances, any 

suspension of liquidation shall apply to 

unliquidated entries of merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the later of 

(a) the date which is 90 days before the 

date on which the suspension of 

liquidation was first ordered, or (b) the 

date on which notice of initiation of the 

investigation was published. As 

described above, we preliminarily find 

that critical circumstances exist for 

imports of passenger tires from the PRC 

produced or exported by the nonindividually investigated companies 

and the PRC-wide entity. Accordingly, 

for the non-individually investigated 

companies and the PRC-wide entity, in 

accordance with section 733(e)(2)(A) of 

the Act, the suspension of liquidation 

shall apply to unliquidated entries of 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date which is 90 days before 

the publication of this notice. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(d), the 

Department will instruct CBP to require 

a cash deposit 10 equal to the weightedaverage amount by which 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, adjusted 

where appropriate for export 

subsidies 11 and estimated domestic 

subsidy pass-through; 12 (2) for all 

combinations of PRC 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 PRC-wide entity, 

87.99 percent; and (3) for all non-PRC 

exporters of the merchandise under 

consideration which have not received 

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

applicable to the PRC exporter/producer 

combination that supplied that non-PRC 

exporter. The suspension of liquidation 

and cash deposit instructions will 

remain in effect until further notice. 

As stated previously, we will adjust 

cash deposit rates by the amount of 

export subsidies, where appropriate. In 

the companion CVD investigation, GITI 

received a calculated export subsidy 

rate of 0.45 percent while the all-others 

companies received a calculated export 

subsidy rate of 0.28 percent.13

Therefore, we will offset GITI’s cash 

deposit rate of 19.17 percent by 0.45 

percent, while the Sailun Group’s and 

the Separate Rate entities’ cash deposit 

rates of 36.26 percent and 27.72 percent, 

respectively, will be reduced by 0.28 

percent as these companies were 

considered ‘‘all-others’’ companies in 

the companion CVD case. Cooper Tire & 

Rubber Company, Cooper (Kunshan) 

Tire Co., Ltd., and Cooper Chengshan 

(Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd. (collectively, 

Cooper), did not receive a calculated 

export subsidy rate in the companion 

CVD investigation; therefore, we are not 

adjusting their cash deposit rate for 

export subsidies. Finally, we are not 

adjusting the cash deposit rate 

applicable to the PRC-wide entity for 

export subsidies.14

Pursuant to 777A(f) of the Act, we are 

also adjusting preliminary cash deposit 

rates for estimated domestic subsidy 

pass-through, where appropriate. We 

will adjust Cooper’s, the Sailun Group’s, 

and the Separate Rate recipients’ cash 

deposit rates by 6.97 percent to account 

for estimated domestic subsidy passthrough.15 We are not adjusting GITI’s 

rate for estimated domestic subsidy 

pass-through because GITI has not 

demonstrated eligibility for an 

adjustment.16 Finally, we are also not 

adjusting the PRC-wide entity rate for 

estimated domestic subsidy passthrough.17

Postponement of Final Determination 

Pursuant to request from the 

mandatory respondent GITI,18 we are 

postponing the final determination in 

accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of 

the Act. In addition, GITI requested to 

extend the application of the 

provisional measures prescribed under 

733(d) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(e)(2), from a four-month period 

to a six-month period. The suspension 

of liquidation described above will be 

extended accordingly. Accordingly, we 

intend to make our final determination 

no later than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination, pursuant to section 

735(a)(2) of the Act.19

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, we notified the ITC of our 

preliminary affirmative determination of 

sales at LTFV. Because the preliminary 

determination in this investigation is 

affirmative, section 735(b)(2) of the Act 

requires the ITC to make its final 

determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, threatened with 

material injury, or is materially 

retarded, by reason of imports of 

passenger tires from the PRC, or sales 

(or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation, of the merchandise under 

consideration before the later of 120 

days after the date of this preliminary 

determination or 45 days after our final 

determination. Because we are 

postponing the deadline for our final 

determination to 135 days from the date 

of publication of this preliminary 

determination, the ITC will make its 

final determination no later than 45 

days after our final determination. 

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: January 20, 2015. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation is passenger 

vehicle and light truck tires. Passenger 

vehicle and light truck tires are new 

pneumatic tires, of rubber, with a passenger 

vehicle or light truck size designation. Tires 

covered by this investigation may be tubetype, tubeless, radial, or non-radial, and they 

may be intended for sale to original 

equipment manufacturers or the replacement 

market. 

Subject tires have, at the time of 

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sidewall, certifying that the tire conforms to 

applicable motor vehicle safety standards. 

Subject tires may also have the following 

prefixes or suffix in their tire size 

designation, which also appears on the 

sidewall of the tire: 

Prefix designations: 

P—Identifies a tire intended primarily for 

service on passenger cars 

LT—Identifies a tire intended primarily for 

service on light trucks 

Suffix letter designations: 

LT—Identifies light truck tires for service on 

trucks, buses, trailers, and multipurpose 

passenger vehicles used in nominal 

highway service. 

All tires with a ‘‘P’’ or ‘‘LT’’ prefix, and all 

tires with an ‘‘LT’’ suffix in their sidewall 

markings are covered by this investigation 

regardless of their intended use. 

In addition, all tires that lack a ‘‘P’’ or ‘‘LT’’ 

prefix or suffix in their sidewall markings, as 

well as all tires that include any other prefix 

or suffix in their sidewall markings, are 

included in the scope, regardless of their 

intended use, as long as the tire is of a size 

that is among the numerical size designations 

listed in the passenger car section or light 

truck section of the Tire and Rim Association 

Year Book, as updated annually, unless the 

tire falls within one of the specific exclusions 

set out below. 

Passenger vehicle and light truck tires, 

whether or not attached to wheels or rims, 

are included in the scope. However, if a 

subject tire is imported attached to a wheel 

or rim, only the tire is covered by the scope. 

Specifically excluded from the scope of 

this investigation are the following types of 

tires: 

(1) Racing car tires; such tires do not bear 

the symbol ‘‘DOT’’ on the sidewall and may 

be marked with ‘‘ZR’’ in size designation; 

(2) new pneumatic tires, of rubber, of a size 

that is not listed in the passenger car section 

or light truck section of the Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book; 

(3) pneumatic tires, of rubber, that are not 

new, including recycled and retreaded tires; 

(4) non-pneumatic tires, such as solid 

rubber tires; 

(5) tires designed and marketed exclusively 

as temporary use spare tires for passenger 

vehicles which, in addition, exhibit each of 

the following physical characteristics: 

(a) the size designation and load index 

combination molded on the tire’s sidewall 

are listed in Table PCT–1B (‘‘T’’ Type Spare 

Tires for Temporary Use on Passenger 

Vehicles) of the Tire and Rim Association 

Year Book, 

(b) the designation ‘‘T’’ is molded into the 

tire’s sidewall as part of the size designation, 

and, 

(c) the tire’s speed rating is molded on the 

sidewall, indicating the rated speed in MPH 

or a letter rating as listed by Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, and the rated speed 

is 81 MPH or a ‘‘M’’ rating; 

(6) tires designed and marketed exclusively 

for specialty tire (ST) use which, in addition, 

exhibit each of the following physical 

characteristics:* 

(a) the size designation molded on the 

tire’s sidewall is listed in the ST sections of 

the Tire and Rim Association Year Book, 

(b) the designation ‘‘ST’’ is molded into the 

tire’s sidewall as part of the size designation, 

(c) the tire incorporates a warning, 

prominently molded on the sidewall, that the 

tire is ‘‘For Trailer Service Only’’ or ‘‘For 

Trailer Use Only’’, 

(d) the load index molded on the tire’s 

sidewall meets or exceeds those load indexes 

listed in the Tire and Rim Association Year 

Book for the relevant ST tire size, and 

(e) the tire’s speed rating is molded on the 

sidewall, indicating the rated speed in MPH 

or a letter rating as listed by TRA, and the 

rated speed does not exceed 81 MPH or an 

‘‘M’’ rating; 

(7) tires designed and marketed exclusively 

for off-road use and which, in addition, 

exhibit each of the following physical 

characteristics: 

(a) the size designation and load index 

combination molded on the tire’s sidewall 

are listed in the off-the-road, agricultural, 

industrial or ATV section of the Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, 

(b) in addition to any size designation 

markings, the tire incorporates a warning, 

prominently molded on the sidewall, that the 

tire is ‘‘Not For Highway Service’’ or ‘‘Not for 

Highway Use’’, 

(c) the tire’s speed rating is molded on the 

sidewall, indicating the rated speed in MPH 

or a letter rating as listed by the Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, and the rated speed 

does not exceed 55 MPH or a ‘‘G’’ rating, and 

(d) the tire features a recognizable off-road 

tread design. 

The products covered by the investigation 

are currently classified under the following 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) subheadings: 4011.10.10.10, 

4011.10.10.20, 4011.10.10.30, 4011.10.10.40, 

4011.10.10.50, 4011.10.10.60, 4011.10.10.70, 

4011.10.50.00, 4011.20.10.05, and 

4011.20.50.10. Tires meeting the scope 

description may also enter under the 

following HTSUS subheadings: 

4011.99.45.10, 4011.99.45.50, 4011.99.85.10, 

4011.99.85.50, 8708.70.45.45, 8708.70.45.60, 

8708.70.60.30, 8708.70.60.45, and 

8708.70.60.60. While HTSUS subheadings 

are provided for convenience and for 

customs purposes, the written description of 

the subject merchandise is dispositive. 

* We are currently suspending 

requirements (6)(d) and (e); therefore, tires 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption that meet exclusion 

requirements (6)(a)–(c) above are excluded 

from the scope of this investigation. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope Comments 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Single Entity Treatment 

VI. Discussion of the Methodology 

VII. Application of Facts Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VIII. Preliminary Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part 

IX. Adjustment Under Section 777A(F) of the 

Act 

X. Postponement of Final Determination 

XI. Verification 

XII. ITC Notification 

XIII. Conclusion 

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