[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 172 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42296-42298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18975]


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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: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2015

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily 
determines that countervailable subsidies have been provided to 
producers and exporters of narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge 
from the People's Republic of China

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(PRC). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2015, through December 
31, 2015. Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable September 7, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terre Keaton Stefanova, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Department published the notice of initiation of this 
administrative review on November 9, 2016.\1\ On May 1, 2017, and July 
17, 2017, the Department postponed the preliminary results of this 
administrative review and the revised deadline is now August 31, 
2017.\2\ For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\3\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 78778 (November 9, 2016).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge 
from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for 
Preliminary Results of 2015 Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review,'' dated May 1, 2017, and Memorandum, ``Narrow Woven Ribbons 
with Woven Selvedge from the People's Republic of China: Extension 
of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 2015 Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review,'' dated July 17, 2017.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of 2015 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 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are narrow woven ribbons with 
woven selvedge from the PRC. For a complete description of the scope of 
this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ Id.
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this countervailing duty (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, the Department preliminarily determines that there is 
a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an ``authority'' that 
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 
specific.\5\ 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.\6\ 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 B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. 
In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The 
signed and electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
are identical in content.
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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.
    \6\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be found in the Appendix to this notice.
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Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the 
following estimated countervailable subsidy rate exists:

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                                                               Subsidy
                          Company                                rate
                                                              (percent)
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Yama Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd.............................       23.37
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review. We intend to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the Department also 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties in the amount indicated above. For all non-
reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of 
estimated countervailing duties 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.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose to interested parties the 
calculations and analysis performed in connection with this preliminary 
results within five days of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register.\7\ Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to 
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than 30 
days after publication of the preliminary results.\8\ Rebuttal briefs, 
limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than 
five days after the deadline for filing case briefs.\9\ Parties who 
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this administrative review 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.\10\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, limited to issues 
raised in the case and rebuttal briefs, 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.\11\ Requests should contain the party's name, address, and 
telephone number, the number of participants, whether any participant 
is a foreign national, 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, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time 
and date to be determined.\12\ Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing.
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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    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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These preliminary results are issued and published pursuant to 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).


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    Dated: August 30, 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

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Application of the Countervailing Duty Law to Imports from the 
PRC
V. Diversification of the PRC's Economy
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
VII. Subsidies Valuation
VIII. Interest Rate Benchmarks, Discount Rates, Inputs and 
Electricity
IX. Analysis of Programs
X. Conclusion

 [FR Doc. 2017-18975 Filed 9-6-17; 8:45 am]
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