[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3112-3114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01032]


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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 Administrative Review; 2015-2016

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

SUMMARY: On September 15, 2017, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cased 
pencils (pencils) from the People's Republic of China (China) for the 
period of review (POR) December 1, 2015, through November 30, 2016. We 
continue to find that Tianjin Tonghe Stationery Industrial Co. Ltd. 
(Tianjin Tonghe) and Ningbo Homey Union Co., Ltd. (Ningbo Homey) are 
not eligible for separate rates and, therefore, remain part of the 
China-wide entity. We also determine that the entity composed of Wah 
Yuen Stationery Co. Ltd. and Shandong Wah Yuen Stationery Co. Ltd. 
(collectively, the Wah Yuen entity) had no shipments during the POR.

DATES: Applicable January 23, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sergio Balbontin, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-6478.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On September 15, 2017, Commerce published the Preliminary 
Results.\1\ On October 16, 2017, Prime Time Commerce, LLC (Prime Time), 
an importer, submitted a case brief.\2\ We received no other interested 
party comments.
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    \1\ See Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments, and Rescission of 
Review, in Part; 2015-2016, 82 FR 43329 (September 15, 2017) 
(Preliminary Results) and accompanying Memorandum from James Maeder, 
Senior Director performing the duties of the Associate Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, to 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, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Preliminary 
Determination of No Shipments, and Partial Rescission: Certain Cased 
Pencils from the People's Republic of China; 2014-2015'' 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
    \2\ See Letter from Prime Time, ``Certain Cased Pencils from the 
People's Republic of China: Case Brief Prime Time Commerce LLC,'' 
dated October 16, 2017.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order includes certain cased pencils 
from China. The subject merchandise is currently classifiable under 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 
9609.10.00. Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written product description is dispositive. A 
full description of the scope of the order is contained in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \3\ See Memorandum from James Maeder, Senior Director performing 
the duties of the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 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, ``Issues and 
Decision Memorandum: Certain Cased Pencils from the People's 
Republic of China; 2015-2016,'' dated concurrently with and hereby 
adopted by this notice. (Issues and Decision Memorandum).

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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in Prime Time's case brief are addressed in the 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\ A list of these issues 
is attached to this notice as an Appendix. The Issues and 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 in the Central Records 
Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and 
electronic version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.
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    \4\ Id.
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Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined the Wah Yuen entity 
did not have any shipments of subject merchandise during the POR.\5\ As 
we have not received any information to contradict our preliminary 
finding, we determine that the Wah Yuen entity did not have any 
shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. We will issue 
appropriate instructions that are consistent with our ``automatic 
assessment'' clarification, for these final results.\6\
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    \5\ See Preliminary Results, 82 FR 43330, and Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum at 4.
    \6\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011) (Assessment 
Notice); see also ``Assessment Rates'' section below.
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Methodology

    Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). In the 
Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that Tianjin Tonghe and Ningbo 
Homey were ineligible for a separate rate and are part of the China-
wide entity, subject to the China-wide entity rate of 114.90 
percent.\7\ As we have not received any information since the issuance 
of the Preliminary Results that provides a basis for reconsidering this 
determination, we continue to find that Tianjin Tonghe and Ningbo Homey 
are ineligible for a separate rate.
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    \7\ See Preliminary Results, 82 FR at 43330-43331, and 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5-6.
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    As noted in the Preliminary Results, Commerce's policy regarding 
conditional review of the China-wide entity applies to this 
administrative review.\8\ Under this policy, the China-wide entity will 
not be under review unless a party specifically requests, or Commerce 
self-initiates, a review of the entity. Because no party requested a 
review of the China-wide entity, and we did not self-initiate a review, 
the entity is not under review and the entity's rate is not subject to 
change.
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    \8\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
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    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review. 
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after 
the date of publication of these final results of review. With regard 
to Tianjin Tonghe and Ningbo Homey, we will instruct CBP to apply an 
assessment rate of 114.19 percent of the entered value of subject 
merchandise during the POR which was exported by those companies.
    Additionally, consistent with its assessment practice in non-market 
economy (NME) cases, for the Wah Yuen entity which Commerce determined 
had no shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended entries made 
under that exporter's case number (i.e., at that exporter's rate) will 
be liquidated at the China-wide rate.\9\
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    \9\ For a full discussion of this practice see Assessment 
Notice.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of these final results of administrative review for 
shipments of the subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided by sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For companies which 
have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that established in 
these final results (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, then 
zero cash deposit will be required); (2) for previously investigated or 
reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters that received a separate 
rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all Chinese 
exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be 
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that for the 
China-wide entity; and (4) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject 
merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied 
that non-Chinese exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.

Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also serves as a reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
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. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: January 16, 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

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order

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4. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce Erred by Rejecting Prime Time's 
Information Submitted on Behalf of Ningbo Homey
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Calculate an Exporter/
Importer-Specific Margin for Prime Time
5. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2018-01032 Filed 1-22-18; 8:45 am]
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