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 Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-827]
 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). 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] 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. 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. Preliminary Results of Review The Department preliminarily determines that the following weighted-average dumping margins exist [5]
                    
                    : Exporter
Weighted-
                             average dumping margin  
                             (percent)PRC-wide Rate
114.90
 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] 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] 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. 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] 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] 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.


# Footnotes

1.
    
                             
                            *See Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China,*59 FR 66909 (December 28, 1994). Back to Citation
 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). Back to Citation
 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. Back to Citation
 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). Back to Citation
 5.
    
                         As noted, Rongxin is not eligible for a separate rate. Back to Citation
 6.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.224(b). Back to Citation
 7.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). Back to Citation
 8.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.309(d). Back to Citation
 9.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). Back to Citation
 10.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.303(b). Back to Citation
 11.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.310(c). Back to Citation
 12.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.310(d). Back to Citation
 13.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Back to Citation
 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*). Back to Citation
 15.
    
                         
                        *See*19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). Back to Citation
 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). Back to Citation
 17.
    
                         
                        *Id.* Back to Citation


[FR Doc. 2014-30755 Filed 12-30-14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 1505-01-D