79 FR 250 pgs. 78795-78797 - Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Partial Rescission; 2012-2013
Type: NOTICEVolume: 79Number: 250Pages: 78795 - 78797
Pages: 78795, 78796, 78797Docket number: [A-570-827]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2014-30755 Filed 12-30-14; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: International Trade Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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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).1The 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).
Footnotes:
1 See Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China, 59 FR 66909 (December 28, 1994).
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
[top] The merchandise subject to the order includes certain cased pencils from the PRC. The subject merchandise is
Footnotes:
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).
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.3Accordingly, the Department is rescinding this administrative review with respect to SFTC.
Footnotes:
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.
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).4ACCESS 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.
Footnotes:
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).
Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily determines that the following weighted-average dumping margins exist5:
Footnotes:
5 As noted, Rongxin is not eligible for a separate rate.
| 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.6Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication of the preliminary results.7Rebuttals 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.8Parties 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.9Case and rebuttal briefs must be filed electronically via ACCESS.10
Footnotes:
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).
Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of publication of this notice.11Hearing 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
Footnotes:
11 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
12 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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.13The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of review.
Footnotes:
13 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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. 14Where 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
Footnotes:
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).
[top] On October 24, 2011, the Department announced a refinement to its assessment practice in NME cases.16Pursuant 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
Footnotes:
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.
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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