[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19073-19074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08221]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-827]


Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Commerce.
SUMMARY: On February 26, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the notice of initiation and the preliminary 
results of the changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping 
duty order on certain cased pencils (pencils) from the People's 
Republic of China (PRC), in which the Department preliminarily 
determined that Beijing FILA Dixon Stationery Co., Ltd.\1\ (Beijing 
Dixon), as currently structured under its new business license, is the 
successor-in-interest to Beijing Dixon.\2\ For these final results, the 
Department continues to find that Beijing Dixon is the successor-in-
interest to Beijing Dixon as that entity existed at the time the 
Department revoked the order \3\ with respect to Beijing Dixon.\4\ 
Accordingly, the Revocation of the antidumping duty Order with respect 
to Beijing Dixon continues to apply to Beijing Dixon as currenly 
structured.
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    \1\ A/k/a Beijing Dixon Ticonderoga Stationery Company, Ltd., 
and Beijing Dixon Stationery Company.
    \2\ See Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 80 FR 10457 (February 26, 2015) 
(Preliminary Results) and accompanying memorandum, ``Antidumping 
Duty Order on Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of 
China: Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Changed Circumstances Review Requested by the Dixon Ticonderoga 
Companies'' dated February 18, 2015 (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
    \3\ See Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Cased Pencils from the 
People's Republic of China, 59 FR 66909 (December 28, 1994) (Order).
    \4\ See Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Determination To Revoke Order In Part; 2010-2011, 78 FR 42932 (July 
18, 2013) (Revocation) and accompanying issues and decision 
memorandum (IDM).

DATES: Effective: April 9, 2015.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sergio Balbontin, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6478.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On December 28, 1994, the Department published the Order on pencils 
from the PRC.\5\ On July 18, 2013, the Department revoked the Order on 
pencils from the PRC with respect to pencils exported by Beijing 
Dixon.\6\
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    \5\ See Order.
    \6\ See Revocation and accompanying IDM.
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    On November 27, 2014, Beijing Dixon requsted that the Department 
conduct a CCR pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act), 19 CFR 351.216(b), and 19 CFR 351.221, to 
determine whether it is the successor-in-interest to Beijing Dixon for 
purposes of the Order.\7\ On February 26, 2015, the Department 
concurrently initiated and published the Preliminary Results of the CCR 
of the antidumping duty Order on pencils exported by Beijing Dixon.\8\ 
We invited comments from interested parties, but no party commented on 
the Preliminary Results or requested a hearing. This CCR is being 
conducted in accordance with section pursuant to section 751(b) of the 
Act, 19 CFR 351.216, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3).
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    \7\ See letter from Beijing Dixon to the Department dated 
November 27, 2014, ``Request for Changed Circumstances Review 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.216 on behalf of Dixon Ticonderoga Company.''
    \8\ See Prelilminary Results and Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order includes pencils from the PRC. 
Pencils are currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (HTSUS) subheading 9609.1010. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written product description is dispositive.\9\
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    \9\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 4.
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Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    Because no interested parties submitted comments on the 
Department's Preliminary Results, and because there is no other 
information or evidence on the record that calls into question the 
Preliminary Results, the Department adopts the reasoning and findings 
of fact outlined in the Prelilminary Results and Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum, and determines that Beijing Dixon is the successor-in-
interest to Beijing Dixon at the time of the Revocation.\10\
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    \10\ See Preliminary Results, 80 FR at 10457.
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Application of the Revocation of the Order

    As explained in the Preliminary Resuts and the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum, the Revocation of the antidumping duty Order with respect 
to Beijing Dixon, as that entity existed at the time of Revocation, 
continues to apply to Beijing Dixon as currenly structured.

Instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    As a result of this determination, the Department finds that 
entries of subject merchandise exported by Beijing Dixon as currently 
structured should receive the same antidumping duty treatment with 
respect to cased pencils as its predecessor-in-interest. Accordingly, 
the Department will continue to instruct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection to liquidate entries for Beijing Dixon without regard to 
antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, 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. See 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Failure to comply with the 
regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation. See 19 
CFR part 354.
    These final results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.216(e).

     Dated: April 3, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-08221 Filed 4-8-15; 8:45 am]
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