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7See Keri Wood Initiation Request at Exhibit 1; 

see also Simite Wooden Initiation Request at 

Exhibit Req-1. 

8See January 15, 2016, Memoranda to the File, 

regarding ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Data’’ for Keri Wood and Simite Wooden; see also 

Memorandum to the File entitled, ‘‘Initiation of 

Antidumping New Shipper Review of Multilayered 

Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China: 

Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd. (‘‘Keri Wood Initiation 

Checklist’’) dated concurrently with this notice; 

Memorandum to the File entitled, ‘‘Initiation of 

Antidumping New Shipper Review of Multilayered 

Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China: 

Zhejiang Simite Wooden Co., Ltd.’’ (‘‘Simite 

Wooden Initiation Checklist’’) dated concurrently 

with this notice. As noted in the Simite Wooden 

Initiation Checklist, the Department is seeking 

additional information regarding the entry forming 

the basis for Simite Wooden’s new shipper review. 

9See Keri Wood Initiation Checklist; see also 

Simite Wooden Initiation Checklist. 10See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act. 

1For a full description of the scope, see Decision 

Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy 

Continued 

the multilayered wood flooring was first 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption; (2) the volume of its 

first shipment; and (3) the date of its 

first sale to an unaffiliated customer in 

the United States.7

The Department conducted U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) 

database queries and confirmed that 

Keri Wood and Simite Wooden’s 

shipments of subject merchandise had 

entered the United States for 

consumption and that liquidation of 

such entries had been properly 

suspended for antidumping duties. The 

Department also confirmed by 

examining CBP data that Keri Wood and 

Simite Wooden entries were made 

during the POR specified by the 

Department’s regulations.8

Period of Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.214(g)(1)(i)(A), the POR for the new 

shipper reviews of Keri Wood and 

Simite Wooden is December 1, 2014, 

through November 30, 2015. 

Initiation of New Shipper Reviews 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b), and the 

information on the record, the 

Department finds that the requests 

submitted by Keri Wood and Simite 

Wooden meet the threshold 

requirements for initiation of new 

shipper reviews for the shipments of 

multilayered wood flooring from the 

PRC produced and exported by these 

companies.9 However, if the 

information supplied by Keri Wood and 

Simite Wooden is later found to be 

incorrect or insufficient during the 

course of this proceeding, the 

Department may rescind the review or 

apply adverse facts available pursuant 

to section 776 of the Act, depending 

upon the facts on record. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), 

the Department will publish the notice 

of initiation of a new shipper review no 

later than the last day of the month 

following the anniversary or semiannual 

anniversary month of the order. The 

Department intends to issue the 

preliminary results of these new shipper 

reviews no later than 180 days from the 

date of initiation, and the final results 

no later than 90 days from the issuance 

of the preliminary results.10

It is the Department’s usual practice, 

in cases involving non-market 

economies, to require that a company 

seeking to establish eligibility for an AD 

rate separate from the country-wide rate 

provide evidence of de jure and de facto 

absence of government control over the 

company’s export activities. 

Accordingly, the Department will issue 

questionnaires to Keri Wood and Simite 

Wooden which will include a section 

requesting information with regard to 

these companies’ export activities for 

separate rates purposes. The review of 

each exporter will proceed if the 

response provides sufficient indication 

that it is not subject to either de jure or 

de facto government control with 

respect to its export of subject 

merchandise. 

We will instruct CBP to allow, at the 

option of the importer, the posting of a 

bond or security in lieu of a cash 

deposit for each entry of the subject 

merchandise from Keri Wood and 

Simite Wooden, in accordance with 

section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.214(e). Because Keri Wood 

and Simite Wooden claimed that they 

produced and exported the subject 

merchandise, the Department will apply 

the bonding privilege only for subject 

merchandise that the respondent both 

produced and exported. To assist in its 

analysis of the bona fides of Keri Wood 

and Simite Wooden sales, upon 

initiation of this new shipper review, 

the Department will require Keri Wood 

and Simite Wooden to submit on an 

ongoing basis complete transaction 

information concerning any sales of 

subject merchandise to the United 

States that were made subsequent to the 

POR. 

Interested parties requiring access to 

proprietary information in these new 

shipper reviews should submit 

applications for disclosure under 

administrative protective order in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 19 

CFR 351.306. 

This initiation and notice are in 

accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(1)(i). 

Dated: January 21, 2016. 

Gary Taverman, 

Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–905] 

Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From 

the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Results of the Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2013–2014 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the ‘‘Department’’) has conducted an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on certain 

polyester staple fiber from the People’s 

Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’), for the 

period of review (‘‘POR’’), June 1, 2013, 

to May 31, 2014. On July 22, 2015, the 

Department published the preliminary 

results of this review, and received no 

comments from interested parties. 

Therefore, the final results do not differ 

from the preliminary results. The 

Department continues to determine that 

Zhaoqing Tifo New Fibre Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Zhaoqing Tifo’’) failed to establish its 

eligibility for a separate rate for the 

POR, and thus, is a part of the PRC-wide 

entity, and that Takayasu Industrial 

(Jiangyin) Co., Ltd. (‘‘Takayasu’’) had no 

reviewable entries during the POR. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 27, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Javier Barrientos, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce, 14th Street 

and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone, 

202.482.2243. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the order 

is certain polyester staple fiber. The 

product is currently classified under the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) numbers 

5503.20.0045 and 5503.20.0065. 

Although the HTSUS numbers are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of the order remains dispositive.1


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Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, ‘‘Preliminary Results of 2013–2014 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain 

Polyester Staple Fiber from the People’s Republic 

of China,’’ dated June 30, 2015 (‘‘Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum’’). 

2See Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 

the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 

2013–2014, 80 FR 43392 (July 22, 2015) 

(‘‘Preliminary Results’’). 

3See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary, through James Doyle, Office 

Director, from Javier Barrientos, Case Analyst, 

‘‘Polyester Staple Fiber from the People’s Republic 

of China: Extension of Deadline for the Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review,’’ dated November 17, 2015. 

4See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 4–5; 

see also Takayasu’s September 29, 2014 

submission. 

5See Non-Market Economy Antidumping 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 

FR 65694 (October 24, 2011) (‘‘NME Reseller 

Policy’’). 

6See, e.g., Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Results and Final 

Rescission, In Part, of Administrative Review and 

Final Results of New Shipper Review; 2013, 80 FR 

34619 (June 17, 2015). 

7See NME Reseller Policy. 

8See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 4. 

9See 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, 65970 (November 4, 2013). 

Background 

On July 22, 2015, the Department 

published the Preliminary Results of 

this administrative review.2 On 

November 17, 2015, we extended the 

final results to January 18, 2016.3 No 

party submitted comments on the 

Preliminary Results. 

Final Results of Review 

A. Takayasu 

As noted in the Preliminary Results, 

Takayasu submitted a no-shipment 

letter which stated that it only had one 

entry of subject merchandise during the 

POR, which was a sample sale.4 For 

these final results, because the record 

contains no evidence to the contrary, we 

continue to find Takayasu’s single entry 

constitutes a sample shipment that 

lacked consideration, and thus 

Takayasu did not have any reviewable 

transactions during the POR. 

Consistent with the Department’s 

assessment practice in non-market 

economy (‘‘NME’’) cases,5 where a 

respondent has no entries during the 

period of review, it is appropriate not to 

rescind the review in part in this 

circumstance but, rather, to complete 

the review with respect to that 

respondent and issue appropriate 

instructions to CBP based on the final 

results of the review.6 Accordingly, the 

Department has completed the review 

with respect to Takayasu and will issue 

appropriate instructions to CBP based 

on the final results of the review.7 For 

the final results, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate Takayasu’s sample entry 

without regard to antidumping duties. 

B. Zhaoqing Tifo 

As noted in the Preliminary Results, 

Zhaoqing Tifo did not respond to the 

antidumping duty questionnaire and 

failed to establish its eligibility for a 

separate rate.8 As such, consistent with 

the Department’s practice regarding 

conditional review of the PRC-wide 

entity,9 we determine that Zhaoqing 

Tifo remains part of the PRC-wide 

entity. Under this practice, the PRCwide entity will not be under review 

unless a party specifically requests, or 

the Department self-initiates, a review of 

the entity. Because no party requested a 

review of the PRC-wide entity, the 

entity is not under review and the 

entity’s rate is not subject to change. 

Therefore, for the final results, we will 

instruct CBP to liquidate Zhaoqing 

Tifo’s entries at the rate previously 

established for the PRC-wide entity, 

44.30 percent. 

Assessment Rates 

Because Takayasu was found to have 

no reviewable transactions, and because 

Zhaoqing Tifo did not respond to the 

antidumping duty questionnaire, and is 

thus a part of the PRC-wide entity, we 

have not calculated any assessment (or 

cash deposit) rates in this review. The 

Department intends to issue assessment 

instructions to CBP 15 days after the 

publication date of the final results of 

this review. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

review for shipments of the subject 

merchandise from the PRC entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the ‘‘Act’’): (1) For previously 

investigated or reviewed PRC and nonPRC exporters that received a separate 

rate in a prior completed segment of this 

proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the existing exporterspecific rate; (2) for all PRC 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 

PRC-wide entity, which is 44.30 

percent; and (3) for all non-PRC 

exporters of subject merchandise which 

have not received their own rate, the 

cash deposit rate will be the rate 

applicable to the PRC exporter that 

supplied that non-PRC exporter. 

These deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a final 

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 the POR. 

Failure to comply with this requirement 

could result in the Department’s 

presumption that reimbursement of 

antidumping duties occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of double 

antidumping duties. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Order 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of return/

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and the terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These final results are issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: January 15, 2016. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive 

License 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. Department of Commerce, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), intends to 


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