[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40462-40463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16080]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-953]


Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review; 2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Yama 
Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd. (Yama), an exporter/producer of narrow woven 
ribbons with woven selvedge (Ribbons) from the People's Republic of 
China (China), received countervailable subsidies during the period of 
review (POR) January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable July 28, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terre Keaton Stefanova or Amaris Wade, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1280 or (202) 
482-3874, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The events that occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary 
Results \1\ on January 27, 2021, are discussed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\2\
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    \1\ See Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Review; 2018, 86 FR 7264 (January 27, 2021) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of 2018 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Narrow Woven 
Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the People's Republic of China,'' 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues 
and Decision Memorandum).
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    On April 1, 2021, Commerce extended the deadline for the final 
results of this administrative review until July 23, 2021.\3\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for the Final 
Results of the 2018 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' 
dated April 1, 2021.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are narrow woven ribbons with 
woven selvedge from China. For a complete description of the scope of 
this administrative review, see the Preliminary Results PDM.\4\
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    \4\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 3-5.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in interested parties' briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum accompanying this notice. A list of 
the issues raised by interested parties and to which we responded in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided in the appendix to this 
notice. 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 https://access.trade.gov. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be access directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on the comments received from interested parties, we made no 
changes to our subsidy rate calculations in the Preliminary Results. 
For a discussion of these issues, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each 
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we find that there is a 
subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial contribution that gives 
rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 
specific.\5\ The Issues and Decision Memorandum contains a full 
description of the methodology underlying Commerce's conclusions, 
including any determination that relied upon the use of adverse facts 
available (AFA) pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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    \5\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Final Results of Administrative Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we calculated a 
countervailable subsidy rate for the producer/exporter under review for 
the period of January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018 as follows:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                        Company                             (percent)
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Yama Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd.........................           42.20
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Assessment Rates

    Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(2), upon

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completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall determine, and 
CBP shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review. Commerce intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review in the Federal 
Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of 
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to 
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request 
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of 
publication).

Cash Deposit Instructions

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties in the amount shown above for Yama, on shipments 
of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of 
this review. For all non-reviewed firms, Commerce will instruct CBP to 
continue to collect cash deposits at the most recent company-specific 
or all-others rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. 
Accordingly, the cash deposit requirements that will be applied to 
companies covered by this order, but not examined in this 
administrative review, are those established in the most recently 
completed segment of the proceeding for each company. These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: July 22, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Use of Adverse Facts Available
IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Programs Determined To Be Countervailable
VI. Programs Determined Not To Provide Measurable Benefits During 
the POR
VII. Programs Determined Not To Be Used During the POR
VIII. Analysis of Comments
    Comment 1: Application of Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to the 
Provision of Synthetic Yarn and Caustic Soda for Less-than-Adequate-
Remuneration (LTAR) Programs
    Comment 2: Application of AFA to the Provision of Electricity 
for LTAR Program
    Comment 3: Application of AFA to the Export Buyer's Credit 
Program
    Comment 4: Application of AFA to Other Subsidy Programs
IX. Recommendation

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