3112 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 15 / Tuesday, January 23, 2018 / Notices 

1See 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). 

2See Letter from Prime Time, ‘‘Certain Cased 

Pencils from the People’s Republic of China: Case 

Brief Prime Time Commerce LLC,’’ dated October 

16, 2017. 

3See 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,’’ 

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ID number. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

make comments during the open period 

at the end of the meetings. Members of 

the public may also submit written 

comments; the comments must be 

received in the Regional Programs Unit 

within 30 days following the meeting. 

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Commission on Civil Rights, 300 North 

Los Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los 

Angeles, CA 90012. They may be faxed 

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emailed Ana Victoria Fortes at afortes@

usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Regional Programs Unit at (213) 894– 

3437. 

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email or street address. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome 

II. Approval of Minutes From Previous 

Meeting 

III. Discuss Briefing Agenda 

IV. Public Comment 

V. Next Steps 

VI. Adjournment 

Dated: January 18, 2018. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[S–147–2017] 

Approval of Subzone Status; Plaza 

Warehousing & Realty Corporation; 

Caguas, Puerto Rico 

On September 20, 2017, the Executive 

Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Board docketed an application 

submitted by the Puerto Rico Trade and 

Export Company, grantee of FTZ 61, 

requesting subzone status subject to the 

existing activation limit of FTZ 61, on 

behalf of Plaza Warehousing & Realty 

Corporation, in Caguas, Puerto Rico. 

The application was processed in 

accordance with the FTZ Act and 

Regulations, including notice in the 

Federal Register inviting public 

comment (82 FR 44558, September 25, 

2017). The FTZ staff examiner reviewed 

the application and determined that it 

meets the criteria for approval. 

Pursuant to the authority delegated to 

the FTZ Board’s Executive Secretary (15 

CFR Sec. 400.36(f)), the application to 

establish Subzone 61T was approved on 

January 18, 2018, subject to the FTZ Act 

and the Board’s regulations, including 

Section 400.13, and further subject to 

FTZ 61’s 1,821.07-acre activation limit. 

Dated: January 18, 2018. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Acting Executive Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

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. 

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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dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this 

notice. (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

4 Id. 

5See Preliminary Results, 82 FR 43330, and 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 4. 

6See Non-Market Economy Antidumping 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 

FR 65694 (October 24, 2011) (Assessment Notice); 

see also ‘‘Assessment Rates’’ section below. 

7See Preliminary Results, 82 FR at 43330–43331, 

and Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5–6. 

8See 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). 

9For a full discussion of this practice see 

Assessment Notice. 

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. 

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

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. 

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 Chinawide 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. 

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

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 Chinawide 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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3114 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 15 / Tuesday, January 23, 2018 / Notices 

1See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce ‘‘Plastic 

Decorative Ribbon from the People’s Republic of 

China: Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duties’’ (December 27, 2017) 

(the Petition). 

2See Volume I of the Petition, at 3 and Exhibit 

I–3. 

3See Letters from Commerce, to the petitioner, 

dated January 2, 2018. 

4See Letter from the petitioner, ‘‘Certain Plastic 

Decorative Ribbon from the People’s Republic of 

China: Response to Commerce’s January 2, 2018 

Supplemental Questions Regarding Volumes I and 

III of the Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duties’’ dated January 4, 2018 

(General Issues and China CVD Supplement). 

5See the ‘‘Determination of Industry Support for 

the Petitions’’ section, below. 

6See Volume I of the Petition at 5–6; see also 

General Issues and China CVD Supplement at 

Exhibit COM-Supp-2. 

7See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

8See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ‘‘factual 

information’’). 

9See 19 CFR 351.303(b). 

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 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–357–821 and C–560–831] 

Biodiesel From the Republic of 

Argentina and the Republic of 

Indonesia: Countervailing Duty Orders 

Correction 

In notice document 2017–28480, 

appearing on pages 522 through 523, in 

the issue of Thursday, January 4, 2018, 

make the following correction: 

The table, on page 522, in the third 

column, eleven lines from the top, 

should read as set forth below. 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent) 

Exporters/producers from Argentina: 

LDC Argentina S.A1 ............. 72.28 

Vicentin S.A.I.C 2 ................... 71.45 

All Others .............................. 71.87 

Exporters/Producers from Indonesia: 

Wilmar Trading Co., Ltd ........ 34.45 

PT Musim Mas ...................... 64.73 

All Others .............................. 38.95 

1 In the final determination, Commerce 

found the following companies to be crossowned with LDC Argentina S.A.: LDC Semillas 

S.A., Semillas del Rosario S.A. 2 In the final determination, Commerce 

found the following companies to be crossowned with Vicentin S.A.I.C.: Oleaginosa San 

Lorenzo S.A., Los Amores S.A. 

[FR Doc. C1–2017–28480 Filed 1–22–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1301–00–D 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–076] 

Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable January 23, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maliha Khan at (202) 482–0895, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petition 

On December 27, 2017, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

received a countervailing duty (CVD) 

Petition concerning imports of certain 

plastic decorative ribbon (plastic 

decorative ribbon) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China), filed in 

proper form on behalf of Berwick 

Offray, LLC (the petitioner).1 The CVD 

Petition was accompanied by an 

antidumping (AD) Petition concerning 

imports of plastic decorative ribbon 

from China. The petitioner is a domestic 

producer of plastic decorative ribbon.2

On January 2, 2018, Commerce 

requested supplemental information 

pertaining to certain areas of the 

Petition.3 The petitioner filed responses 

to these requests, including revised 

scope language, on January 5, 2018.4

In accordance with section 702(b)(1) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act), the petitioner alleges that the 

Government of China (GOC) is 

providing countervailable subsidies, 

within the meaning of sections 701 and 

771(5) of the Act, to imports of plastic 

decorative ribbon from China and that 

such imports are materially injuring, or 

threatening material injury to, the 

domestic industry producing plastic 

decorative ribbon in the United States. 

Also, consistent with section 702(b)(1) 

of the Act, the Petition is accompanied 

by information reasonably available to 

the petitioner supporting its allegations. 

Commerce finds that the petitioner 

filed this Petition on behalf of the 

domestic industry because the 

petitioner is an interested party as 

defined in section 771(9)(C) of the Act. 

Commerce also finds that the petitioner 

demonstrated sufficient industry 

support with respect to the initiation of 

the CVD investigation that the petitioner 

is requesting.5

Period of Investigation 

Because the Petition was filed on 

December 27, 2017, the period of 

investigation for this investigation is 

January 1, 2016, through December 31, 

2016. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are plastic decorative 

ribbon from China. For a full 

description of the scope of this 

investigation, see the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigation,’’ in the Appendix to this 

notice. 

Comments on Scope of the Investigation 

During our review of the Petition, 

Commerce issued questions to, and 

received responses from, the petitioner 

pertaining to the proposed scope to 

ensure that the scope language in the 

Petition would be an accurate reflection 

of the products for which the domestic 

industry is seeking relief.6

As discussed in the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations, we are setting 

aside a period for interested parties to 

raise issues regarding product coverage 

(scope).7 Commerce will consider all 

comments received from interested 

parties and, if necessary, will consult 

with interested parties prior to the 

issuance of the preliminary 

determination. If scope comments 

include factual information,8 all such 

factual information should be limited to 

public information. To facilitate 

preparation of its questionnaire, 

Commerce requests all interested parties 

to submit such comments by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time (ET) on Monday, February 

5, 2018, which is 20 calendar days from 

the signature date of this notice. Any 

rebuttal comments, which may include 

factual information, must be filed by 

5:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, February 15, 

2018, which is 10 calendar days from 

the initial comments deadline.9

Commerce requests that any factual 

information the parties consider 

relevant to the scope of the investigation 

be submitted during this time period. 

However, if a party subsequently finds 

that additional factual information 

pertaining to the scope of the 


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