Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 172 / Thursday, September 7, 2017 / Notices 42287 

10See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from 

India, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Republic 

of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Antidumping Duty Orders; and Certain Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam: Amended Final Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR 53691, 53693 

(September 10, 2014). 

1See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires from the People’s Republic of China: 

Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty 

Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and 

Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 80 

FR 47902 (August 10, 2015) (CVD Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 

71061 (October 14, 2016). (Initiation Notice). 

3See ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 

Results of the Administrative Review of the 

Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Passenger 

Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s 

Republic of China; 2014–2015,’’ dated concurrently 

with this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum) and hereby adopted by this notice. 

4See 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. 

5A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be found as an 

appendix to this notice. 

notice of final results of this review for 

all shipments of OCTG from Turkey 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication as provided by section 

751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit 

rate for the Toscelik Single Entity will 

be the rate established in the final 

results of this administrative review; (2) 

for merchandise exported by 

manufacturers or exporters not covered 

in this review but covered in a prior 

segment of the proceeding, the cash 

deposit rate will continue to be the 

company-specific rate published for the 

most recent period; (3) if the exporter is 

not a firm covered in this review, a prior 

review, or the original investigation but 

the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 

rate will be the rate established for the 

most recent period for the manufacturer 

of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit 

rate for all other manufacturers or 

exporters will continue to be 35.86 

percent,10 the all-others rate established 

in the less-than-fair-value investigation. 

These cash deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice 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 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 to Interested Parties 

The Department is issuing and 

publishing these results in accordance 

with sections 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.221(1)(b)(4). 

Dated: August 31, 2017. 

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 Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

Summary 

Background 

Scope of the Order 

Treatment of Affiliated Parties as a Single 

Entity 

Discussion of the Methodology Comparisons 

to Normal Value 

A. Determination of Comparison Method 

B. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis 

Product Comparisons 

Date of Sale 

Export Price 

Normal Value 

A. Home-Market Viability and Comparison 

Market 

B. Level of Trade 

C. Calculation of Normal Value Based on 

Contructed Value 

D. Cost of Production 

Currency Conversion 

Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–017] 

Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires From the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Results 

of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review and Rescission, in Part; 2014– 

2015 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of passenger 

vehicle and light truck tires (passenger 

tires) from the People’s Republic of 

China (PRC). The period of review 

(POR) is December 1, 2014, through 

December 31, 2015. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable September 7, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Huston, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4261. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 10, 2015, the Department 

issued a countervailing duty (CVD) 

order on passenger tires from the PRC.1

Several interested parties requested that 

the Department conduct an 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty order, and on 

October 14, 2016, the Department 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of initiation of an administrative 

review of the CVD Order for 61 

producers/exporters for the POR.2

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the order are 

certain passenger vehicle and light truck 

tires from the PRC. A full description of 

the scope of the order is contained in 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.3

Methodology 

The Department is conducting this 

CVD 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 determine that there 

is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

confers a benefit to the recipient, and 

that the subsidy is specific.4 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our preliminary conclusions, 

including our reliance, in part, on 

adverse facts available pursuant to 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.5 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). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov, and is available to all 

parties in the Central Records Unit, 

Room 7046 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. In addition, a 

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6See Letter to the Secretary from Sailun Jinyu 

Group Co. Ltd., ‘‘Sailun Group Withdrawal of CVD 

Review Request: 1st Administrative Review of 

Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Passenger 

Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ (December 15, 2016); Letter to 

the Secretary from Qingdao Jinhaoyang 

International Co., Ltd., ‘‘Jinhaoyang’s Withdrawal of 

CVD Review Request (POR1): Certain Passenger 

Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from China,’’ 

(January 11, 2017); Letter to the Secretary from 

Guangzhou Pearl River Rubber Tyre Ltd., ‘‘Certain 

Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the 

People’s Republic of China—Withdrawal of Request 

for Administrative Review,’’ January 12, 2017; 

Letter to the Secretary from Best Choice 

International Trade Co., ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle 

and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic 

of China—Withdrawal of Request for 

Administrative Review,’’ January 12, 2017; Letter to 

the Secretary from Winrun Tyre Co., Ltd., 

‘‘Winrun’s Withdrawal of CVD Review Request 

(POR1): Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires,’’ (January 12, 2017); Letter to the Secretary 

from ITG Voma Corporation, ‘‘Passenger Vehicle 

and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic 

of China: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 

Review,’’ (January 12, 2017); Letter to the Secretary 

from Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd, 

‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the 

People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request 

for Administrative Review,’’ (January 12, 2017). 

7See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

8See 19 CFR 351.309(c)–(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

9See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii) and 351.309(d)(l). 

10See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2). 

11See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

12See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

13See 19 CFR 351.310. 

14See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly on the Internet at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. 

The signed Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum and the electronic 

versions of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the 

Department will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if the parties that requested a 

review withdraw the request within 90 

days of the date of publication of the 

notice of initiation. Sailun Jinyu Group 

Co., Ltd., Sailun Jinyu Group (Hong 

Kong) Co., Limited; Sailun Tire 

International Corp., Seatex International 

Inc., Jinyu International Holding Co., 

Limited, Husky Tire Corp., Dynamic 

Tire Corp., Shandong Jinyu Industrial 

Co., Ltd., Qingdao Jinhaoyang 

International Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Pearl 

River Rubber Tyre Ltd., Best Choice 

International Trade Co. Limited, Winrun 

Tyre Co., Ltd., and Shandong Wanda 

Boto Tyre Co., Ltd. timely withdrew 

their requests for review.6 No other 

party requested a review of these 

producers/exporters. Therefore, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

the Department is rescinding this review 

of the CVD order on passenger tires from 

the PRC with respect to these 

companies. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine the 

countervailable subsidy rates to be: 

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

GITI Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd./GITI Tire (USA) Ltd./GITI Radial Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd. (GITI Anhui Radial)/GITI Tire 

(Fujian) Company Ltd (GITI Fujian)./GITI Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd.(GITI Hualin) (collectively, GITI) ............................................ 25.12 

Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd. (Cooper) .............................................................................................................................................. 14.56 

Zhongce Rubber Group Company Limited ............................................................................................................................................. 89.78 

Non Selected Companies Under Review ................................................................................................................................................ 19.84 

Preliminary Rate for the Non-Selected 

Companies Under Review 

The statute and the Department’s 

regulations do not directly address the 

establishment of rates to be applied to 

companies not selected for individual 

examination where the Department 

limits its examination in an 

administrative review pursuant to 

section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. However, 

the Department normally determines the 

rates for non-selected companies in 

reviews in a manner that is consistent 

with section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which 

provides instructions for calculating the 

all-others rate in an investigation. 

Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act 

instructs the Department as a general 

rule to calculate an all others rate using 

the weighted average of the subsidy 

rates established for the producers/ 

exporters individually examined, 

excluding any zero, de minimis, or rates 

based entirely on facts available. In this 

review, the preliminary subsidy rates 

calculated for GITI and Cooper and their 

cross-owned affiliates are above de 

minimis and are not based entirely on 

facts available. Therefore, for the 

companies for which a review was 

requested that were not selected as 

mandatory company respondents and 

for which we did not receive a timely 

request for withdrawal of review, with 

the exception of Zhongce Rubber Group 

Limited, and which we are not finding 

to be cross-owned with the mandatory 

company respondents, we are 

preliminarily basing the subsidy rate on 

the subsidy rate calculated for GITI and 

Cooper. For a list of these non-selected 

companies, please see Appendix II to 

this notice. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

The Department intends to disclose to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with this 

preliminary determination within five 

days of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register.7 Interested parties 

may submit case and rebuttal briefs, as 

well as request a hearing.8 Interested 

parties may submit written comments 

(case briefs) within 30 days of 

publication of the preliminary results 

and rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs) 

within five days after the time limit for 

filing case briefs.9 Rebuttal briefs must 

be limited to issues raised in the case 

briefs.10 Parties who submit case or 

rebuttal briefs are requested to submit 

with the argument: (1) A statement of 

the issue; (2) a brief summary of the 

argument; and (3) a table of 

authorities.11

Interested parties who wish to request 

a hearing must do so within 30 days of 

publication of these preliminary results 

by submitting a written request to the 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, using Enforcement and 

Compliance’s ACCESS system.12

Requests should contain the party’s 

name, address, and telephone number, 

the number of participants, and a list of 

the issues to be discussed. If a request 

for a hearing is made, we will inform 

parties of the scheduled date for the 

hearing which will be held at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th Street 

and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230, at a time and 

location to be determined.13 Parties 

should confirm by telephone the date, 

time, and location of the hearing. Issues 

addressed at the hearing will be limited 

to those raised in the briefs.14 All briefs 

and hearing requests must be filed 

electronically and received successfully 

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1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 

71061 (October 14, 2016) (Initiation Notice); see 

also Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 78778, 78781 

(November 9, 2016) (Amended Initiation Notice). 

We issued an amended Federal Register initiation 

notice on November 9, 2016, to reflect one company 

name that was missing from the October 14, 2016 

Initiation Notice. 

in their entirety through ACCESS by 

5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Unless the deadline is extended 

pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Act, we intend to issue the final results 

of this administrative review, including 

the results of our analysis of the issues 

raised by the parties in their comments, 

within 120 days after issuance of these 

preliminary results. 

Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit 

Requirement 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily 

assigned subsidy rates in the amounts 

shown above for the producers/ 

exporters shown above. Upon issuance 

of the final results, the Department shall 

determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

CVDs on all appropriate entries covered 

by this review. We intend to issue 

instructions to CBP 15 days after 

publication of the final results of 

review. For companies for which this 

review is rescinded, the Department 

will instruct CBP to assess 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit 

of estimated countervailing duties 

required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, during the period 

December 1, 2014, through December 

31, 2015, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(c)(l)(i). The Department intends 

to issue appropriate assessment 

instructions directly to CBP 15 days 

after publication of this notice. 

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

Act, the Department also intends to 

instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated CVDs, in the amounts shown 

above for each of the respective 

companies shown above, 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, we 

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. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

These preliminary results are issued 

and published in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: August 31, 2017. 

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 I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Partial Rescission of Review 

IV. Non-Selected Companies Under Review 

V. Scope of the Order 

VI. Application of the Countervailing Duty 

Law to Imports from the PRC 

VII. Diversification of the PRC’s Economy 

VIII. Subsidies Valuation 

IX. Interest Rate Benchmarks, Discount Rates, 

Input, and Electricity Benchmarks 

X. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Application of Adverse Inferences 

XI. Analysis of Programs 

XII. Disclosure and Public Comment 

XIII. Conclusion 

Appendix II 

Non-Selected Companies Under Review 

1. American Pacific Industries, Inc. 

2. BC Tyre Group Limited 

3. Crown International Corporation 

4. Fleming Limited 

5. Guangrao Taihua International Trade Co., 

Ltd. 

6. Haohua Orient International Trade Ltd. 

7. Hong Kong Tiancheng Investment & 

Trading Co., Limited 

8. Jilin Jixing Tire Co., Ltd. 

9. Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd. 

10. Liaoning Permanent Tyre Co., Ltd. 

11. Macho Tire Corporation Limited 

12. Maxon Int’l Co., Limited 

13. Qingdao Crown Chemical Co., Ltd. 

14. Qingdao Goalstar Tire Co., Ltd. 

15. Qingdao Keter International Co., Limited 

16. Qingdao Lakesea Tyre Co., Ltd. 

17. Qingdao Nama Industrial Co., Ltd. 

18. Qingdao Odyking Tyre Co., Ltd. 

19. Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd. 

20. Qingzhou Detai International Trading Co., 

Ltd. 

21. Riversun Industry Limited 

22. Safe&Well (HK) International Trading 

Limited 

23. Shandong Anchi Tyres Co., Ltd. 

24. Shandong Changhong Rubber Technology 

Co., Ltd. 

25. Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., 

Ltd. 

26. Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd. 

27. Shandong Hawk International Rubber 

Industry Co., Ltd. 

28. Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology 

Co., Ltd. 

29. Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd. 

30. Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd. 

31. Shandong New Continent Tire Co., Ltd. 

32. Shandong Province Sanli Tire 

Manufactured Co., Ltd. 

33. Shandong Yongtai Group Co., Ltd. 

(formerly known as Shandong Yongtai 

Chemical Co., Ltd.) 

34. Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd. 

35. Shangong Shuangwang Rubber Co., Ltd. 

36. Shengtai Group Co., Ltd. 

37. Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd. 

38. Southeast Mariner International Co., Ltd. 

39. Tyrechamp Group Co., Limited 

40. Windforce Tyre Co., Limited 

41. Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–867] 

Large Power Transformers From the 

Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2015–2016 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) is conducting an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on large power 

transformers (LPTs) from the Republic 

of Korea (Korea). The period of review 

is August 1, 2015, through July 31, 2016. 

The review covers five producers/ 

exporters of the subject merchandise. 

We preliminarily determine that 

Hyosung Corporation (Hyosung) and 

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. 

(Hyundai), the two companies selected 

for individual examination, sold subject 

merchandise in the United States at 

prices below normal value during the 

period of review. Interested parties are 

invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable September 7, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Moses Song or John Drury, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–5041 or (202) 482–0195, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Department initiated this review 

on October 14, 2016.1 We selected two 

mandatory respondents in this review, 

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