[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78795-78797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30755]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-827]


Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Partial Rescission; 2012-2013

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cased 
pencils (pencils) from the People's Republic of China (PRC).\1\ The 
period of review (POR) is December 1, 2012, through November 30, 2013. 
This review covers two exporters of subject merchandise, Shandong 
Rongxin Import & Export Co., Ltd. (Rongxin) and Shanghai Foreign Trade 
Co., Ltd. (SFTC).
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    \1\ See Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Cased Pencils From the 
People's Republic of China, 59 FR 66909 (December 28, 1994).
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    We preliminarily determine that Rongxin is not eligible for a 
separate rate, and, thus, remains part of the PRC-wide entity. In 
addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to SFTC. If these 
preliminary results are adopted in our final results of review, we will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise during the 
POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results.

DATES: Effective Date: December 31, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolberg, 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) 482-1785.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order includes certain cased pencils 
from the PRC. The subject merchandise is

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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. A full description of the scope of the 
order is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, dated 
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice.\2\
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    \2\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 
``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Partial Rescission: Certain Cased Pencils 
from the People's Republic of China; 2012-2013,'' dated concurrently 
with and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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Partial Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the Initiation Notice. On March 3, 2014, SFTC timely 
withdrew its request for a review of its exports.\3\ Accordingly, the 
Department is rescinding this administrative review with respect to 
SFTC.
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    \3\ See letter from SFTC, ``Withdrawal of Request: Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain 
Cased Pencils from the PRC,'' dated March 3, 2014.
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). However, 
as we have preliminarily determined that Rongxin is not eligible for a 
separate rate, the Department has not calculated a margin for these 
preliminary results. For a full description of the analysis underlying 
our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The 
Preliminary 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).\4\ 
ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and 
in the Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of the main Department of 
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.
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    \4\ On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and Compliance changed the 
name of Enforcement and Compliance's AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS) to AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (ACCESS). The Web site location was 
changed from http://iaaccess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov. 
The Final Rule changing the references to the Regulations can be 
found at 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014).
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Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist \5\:
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    \5\ As noted, Rongxin is not eligible for a separate rate.

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                                                       Weighted- average
                       Exporter                          dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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PRC-wide Rate........................................             114.90
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose to parties to this proceeding 
the preliminary separate rate analysis performed in reaching the 
preliminary results within five days of the date of publication of 
these preliminary results.\6\ Interested parties may submit case briefs 
no later than 30 days after the date of publication of the preliminary 
results.\7\ Rebuttals to case briefs may be filed no later than five 
days after the deadline for filing case briefs and all rebuttal 
comments must be limited to comments raised in the case briefs.\8\ 
Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 
are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the 
issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.\9\ Case and rebuttal briefs must be filed electronically 
via ACCESS.\10\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b).
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    Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of 
publication of this notice.\11\ Hearing requests should contain the 
following information: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone 
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to 
be discussed. Oral presentations will be limited to issues raised in 
the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be 
notified of the time and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.\12\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of issues 
raised in any briefs, within 120 days of publication of these 
preliminary results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuing the final results of review, the Department will 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review.\13\ The Department intends to issue 
appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of review.
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    If, in the course of this review, we reverse our determination and 
find that Rongxin is eligible for a separate rate, and Rongxin's 
weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 
percent) in the final results of this review, we will calculate 
importer-specific (or customer-specific) ad valorem (or per-unit) 
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales and the total 
entered value (or quantity) of those sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1). Specifically, the Department will apply the assessment 
rate calculation method adopted in Final Modification for Reviews.\14\ 
Where an importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem rate is zero or 
de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries 
without regard to antidumping duties.\15\
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    \14\ See Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8103 (February 14, 2012) 
(Final Modification for Reviews).
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    On October 24, 2011, the Department announced a refinement to its 
assessment practice in NME cases.\16\ Pursuant to this refinement in 
practice, for entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales 
databases submitted by companies individually examined during this 
review, but that entered under the case number of that exporter, the 
Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the PRC-wide 
rate. In addition, if the Department determines that an exporter under 
review had no shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended 
entries that entered under that exporter's case

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number (i.e., at that exporter's rate) will be liquidated at the PRC-
wide rate.\17\
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    \16\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market 
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011).
    \17\ Id.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative 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 sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate 
for Rongxin will be that established in the final results of this 
review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, then zero cash 
deposit will be required); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed 
PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above 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 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 (114.90 percent); and (4) 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 cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 review period. 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.
    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)(4).

    Dated: December 12, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Partial Rescission of Review
5. Discussion of the Methodology
    a. Non-Market Economy Country
    b. Separate Rate
6. Recommendation

Editorial Note: FR Doc. 2014-30755 was originally supposed to publish 
in the issue of December 19, 2014, is correctly published in its 
entirety in the issue of December 31, 2014.

[FR Doc. 2014-30755 Filed 12-30-14; 8:45 am]
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