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1For a full descripition of the scope of the order, 

see Memorandum entitled ‘‘Decision Memorandum 

for the Preliminary Results of the 2016–2017 

Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 

Order on Large Residential Washers from Korea,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

2See 19 CFR 351.309(c). 

3See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 

4See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

and terms of an APO is a violation 

which is subject to sanction. 

The Department is issuing and 

publishing these final results and notice 

in accordance with sections 751(c), 

752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.218. 

Dated: October 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 Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. History of the Order 

V. Legal Framework 

VI. Discussion of the Issues 

1. Likelihood of Continuation or 

Recurrence of Dumping 

2. Magnitude of the Margins Likely To 

Prevail 

VII. Final Results of Sunset Review 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–868] 

Large Residential Washers From the 

Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results 

of the Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2016–2017 

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 

residential washers from the Republic of 

Korea (Korea). The period of review 

(POR) is February 1, 2016, through 

January 31, 2017. The review covers one 

producer/exporter of the subject 

merchandise, LG Electronics, Inc. (LGE). 

We preliminarily determine that sales of 

subject merchandise by LGE were made 

at prices below normal value (NV). We 

invite interested parties to comment on 

these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable: November 8, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Goldberger, 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) 482–4136. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the order are 

all large residential washers and certain 

subassemblies thereof from Korea. The 

products are currently classifiable under 

subheadings 8450.20.0040 and 

8450.20.0080 of the Harmonized Tariff 

System of the United States (HTSUS). 

Products subject to this order may also 

enter under HTSUS subheadings 

8450.11.0040, 8450.11.0080, 

8450.90.2000, and 8450.90.6000. 

Although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

merchandise subject to this scope is 

dispositive.1

Methodology 

The Department is conducting this 

review in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). Export 

price and constructed export price are 

calculated in accordance with section 

772 of the Act. NV is calculated in 

accordance with section 773 of the Act. 

For a full description of the 

methodology 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). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at http://access.trade.gov and 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 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum and the electronic 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

A list of the topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

attached as an Appendix to this notice. 

Preliminary Results of the Review 

As a result of this review, the 

Department preliminarily determines 

that a weighted-average margin of 0.64 

percent exists for LGE for the period 

February 1, 2016, through January 31, 

2017. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We will disclose the calculations 

performed to parties in this segment of 

the proceeding within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than 30 days after 

the date of publication of the 

preliminary results, unless the Secretary 

alters the time limit.2 Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in the case 

briefs, may be filed not later than five 

days after the deadline for case briefs.3

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), 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. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. 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, the Department 

intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230, at a time and date to be 

determined.4 Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date, time, and location of 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

All submissions, with limited 

exceptions, must be filed electronically 

using ACCESS. An electronically filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

(ET) on the due date. Documents 

excepted from the electronic submission 

requirements must be filed manually 

(i.e., in paper form) with the APO/ 

Dockets Unit in Room 18022 and 

stamped with the date and time of 

receipt by 5 p.m. ET on the due date. 

The Department intends to issue the 

final results of this administrative 

review, including the results of its 

analysis of issues raised in any written 

briefs, not later than 120 days after the 


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5See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.213(h). 

6See 19 CFR 351.212(b). 

7See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of 

the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty 

Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 

(February 14, 2012). 

8See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. 

9See Large Residential Washers from Mexico and 

the Republic of Korea: Antidumping Duty Orders, 

78 FR 11148 (February 15, 2013). 

1See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Investigations of Certain Softwood Lumber Products 

from Canada: Preliminary Determinations of 

Critical Circumstances, 82 FR 19219 (April 26, 

2017) (Preliminary Determination of Critical 

Circumstances). 

2See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from 

Canada: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination, and Alignment of Final 

Determination With Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 82 FR 19657 (April 28, 2017) and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum) (collectively, 

Preliminary Determination). 

date of publication of this notice, unless 

the deadline is extended.5

Assessment Rates 

Upon issuance of the final results, the 

Department shall determine, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review.6

We will calculate importer-specific ad 

valorem duty assessment rates based on 

the ratio of the total amount of 

antidumping duties calculated for the 

examined sales to the total entered 

value of the examined sales to that 

importer. Where either the respondent’s 

weighted-average dumping margin is 

zero or de minimis within the meaning 

of 19 CFR 351.106(c), or an importerspecific assessment rate is zero or de 

minimis, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate the appropriate entries 

without regard to antidumping duties.7

The final results of this review shall be 

the basis for the assessment of 

antidumping duties on entries of 

merchandise covered by the final results 

of this review and for future deposits of 

estimated duties, where applicable.8

We intend to issue 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 for all 

shipments of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date of the final results of 

this administrative review, as provided 

by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) 

The cash deposit rate for LGE will be 

the rate established in the final results 

of this review, except if the rate is less 

than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de 

minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash 

deposit rate will be zero; (2) for 

previously reviewed or investigated 

companies not participating in this 

review, 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 lessthan-fair-value (LTFV) 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; and (4) the cash 

deposit rate for all other manufacturers 

or exporters will continue to be 11.80 

percent, the all-others rate established 

in the LTFV investigation.9 These 

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) to file a certificate regarding 

the reimbursement of antidumping and/ 

or countervailing duties prior to 

liquidation of the relevant entries 

during this review period. Failure to 

comply with this requirement could 

result in the Secretary’s presumption 

that reimbursement of antidumping 

duties and/or countervailing 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: October 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 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Discussion of the Methodology 

A. Comparisons to Normal Value 

1. Determination of Comparison Method 

2. Results of the Differential Pricing 

Analysis 

B. Product Comparisons 

C. Export Price and Constructed Export 

Price 

D. Normal Value 

1. Home Market Viability and Selection of 

Comparison Market 

2. Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm’sLength Test 

3. Level of Trade 

E. Cost of Production Analysis 

1. Calculation of COP 

2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices 

3. Results of the COP Test 

F. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison 

Market Prices 

G. Calculation of NV Based on CV 

H. Currency Conversion 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–122–858] 

Certain Softwood Lumber Products 

From Canada: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, 

and Final Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

certain softwood lumber products 

(softwood lumber) from Canada. The 

period of investigation is January 1, 

2015, through December 31, 2015. 

DATES: Applicable: November 8, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lana Nigro (Tolko), Toby Vandall 

(Canfor), Justin Neuman (JDIL), Patricia 

Tran (West Fraser), and Kristen Johnson 

(Resolute), AD/CVD Operations, Offices 

I and III, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1779, 

(202) 482–1664, (202) 482–0486, (202) 

482–1503, and (202) 482–4793, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 26, 2017, the Department 

published the Preliminary 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances.1 On April 28, 2017, the 

Department published the Preliminary 

Determination in this countervailing 

duty (CVD) investigation, in which the 

Department preliminarily found that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

softwood lumber from Canada.2 A 

summary of the events that have 

occurred since the Department 

published the Preliminary 

Determination, as well as a full 

discussion of the issues raised by parties 


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