Notice2022-12427
Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, Rescission in Part; 2020
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June 9, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain producers/exporters of narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge (ribbons) from the People's Republic of China (China) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 111 (Thursday, June 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35158-35161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12427]
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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, Rescission in Part; 2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that certain producers/exporters of narrow woven ribbons
with woven selvedge (ribbons) from the People's Republic of China
(China) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review
(POR) January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020. Interested parties
are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable June 9, 2022.
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
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NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 5, 2021, Commerce published the notice of initiation of
this administrative review.\1\ For a complete description of the events
that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.\2\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 61121 (November 5, 2021); see also
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 86 FR 67685 (November 28, 2021).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the 2020 Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the People's
Republic of China; and Rescission, in Part,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>3</SUP>
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\3\ See Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge from the
People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 75 FR 53642
(September 1, 2010) (Order).
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The products covered by the Order are narrow woven ribbons with
woven selvedge from China. For a complete description of the scope of
the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce 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. We received a timely
withdrawal of the request for review for Changtai Rongshu Textile Co.,
Ltd. (Changtai Rongshu) and Yangzhou Bestpak Gifts and Crafts Co., Ltd.
(Yangzhou Bestpak) from Berwick Offray LLC and its wholly-owned
subsidiary, Lion Ribbon Company LLC (collectively, the petitioner) and
no other party requested a review of these companies.\4\ Therefore, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding this
administrative review of the Order with respect to Changtai Rongshu and
Yangzhou Bestpak.
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\4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Partial Withdrawal of Request for
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In addition, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce's practice
is to rescind an administrative review of a countervailing duty order
when there are no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the
POR for which liquidation is suspended.\5\ Normally, upon completion of
an administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the
countervailing duty assessment rate calculated for the review
period.\6\ Therefore, for an administrative review of a company to be
conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce
can instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at
the calculated countervailing duty assessment rate calculated for the
review period.\7\
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\5\ See, e.g., Lightweight Thermal Paper from the People's
Republic of China: Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2015, 82 FR 14349 (March 20, 2017); see also
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic
of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review;
2017, 84 FR 14650 (April 11, 2019).
\6\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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According to the CBP data, 113 of the companies subject to this
review for which the request for review was not withdrawn did not have
reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which
liquidation is suspended.\8\ Therefore, we notified all interested
parties of our intent to rescind this review with respect to these
companies and provide parties an opportunity to submit comments,
including factual information to demonstrate whether there were
reviewable entries during the POR for these companies.\9\ No interested
party filed comments regarding our intent to rescind this review for
these companies. Accordingly, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3),
in the absence of reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise
during the POR by these 113 companies, Commerce is also rescinding this
administrative review with respect to these companies.\10\
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\8\ See Appendix II.
\9\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, in
Part,'' dated March 14, 2022.
\10\ See Appendix II.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). In reaching these preliminary results, Commerce relied on facts
otherwise available, with the application of adverse inferences.\11\
For further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Application of Adverse Inferences'' in the accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
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\11\ See section 776 of the Act.
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For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics
included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is provided as Appendix
I to this notice. 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 <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Preliminary Rate for Companies Not Selected for Individual Review
The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address what rate to
apply to respondents which are not selected for individual examination
when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review
pursuant to section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to
section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for
calculating the all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when
calculating the rate for non-selected respondents that are not examined
individually in an administrative review. Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of
the Act states that the all-others rate should be calculated by
averaging the weighted-average countervailable subsidy rates for
individually-examined respondents, excluding rates that are zero, de
minimis, or based entirely on facts available. Section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii)
of the Act provides that where all rates are zero, de minimis, or based
entirely on facts available, Commerce may use ``any reasonable method''
for assigning a rate to non-examined respondents.
In this review, we have preliminarily determined a rate based
entirely on facts available for the sole mandatory respondent, Yama
Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd. In countervailing duty proceedings, where
the number of respondents individually examined has been limited,
Commerce has determined that a ``reasonable method'' to determine the
rate applicable to companies not individually examined when all the
rates of selected mandatory respondents are zero, de minimis, or based
entirely on facts available, is to assign to the non-selected
respondents the average of the most recently determined rates that are
not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available. In the most
recently completed administrative review of the Order, we calculated a
countervailable subsidy rate of 42.20 percent for Yama
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Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd., the sole mandatory respondent, that was not
based entirely on facts available.\12\ Thus, consistent with Commerce's
past practice, we preliminarily assigned to the non-individually
examined respondents the rate calculated for Yama in the 2018
administrative review (i.e., 42.20 percent).
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\12\ See Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2018, 86 FR 40462 (July 28, 2021).
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Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine the following net countervailable
subsidy rates for the period January 1, 2020, through December 31,
2020:
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Net
countervailable
Producers/exporters subsidy rate
(percent)
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Stribbons (Guangzhou) Ltd. aka MNC Stribbons......... 42.20
Xiamen Lude Ribbons And Bows Co., Ltd................ 42.20
Yama Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd....................... 176.95
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Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than 30
days after the publication of these preliminary results of review in
the Federal Register.\13\ Rebuttal comments, limited to issues raised
in case briefs, may be submitted no later than seven days after the
deadline for filing case briefs.\14\ Parties who submit case 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.\15\ Case and rebuttal
briefs must be filed using ACCESS.\16\ An electronically filed document
must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that Commerce has
temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents
containing business proprietary information, until further notice.\17\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 351.309(d)(2).
\16\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\17\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general
filing requirements); and Temporary Rule Modifying
AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19; Extension of
Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must do so within 30 days after the publication of these
preliminary results by submitting a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance using ACCESS. Hearing requests
should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to be
discussed. Issues addressed at the hearing will be limited to those
raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce will
inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing.\18\
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\18\ 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 case briefs, within 120 days after issuance of
these preliminary results of this administrative review.
Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final results, Commerce will
determine, and CBP shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review. We intend to issue
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this review in the Federal
Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of
publication).
For the companies for which we have rescinded this administrative
review, countervailing duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the
cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties required at the time of
entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period
January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212I(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment
instructions directly to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties in the amounts shown for each of the respective
companies listed above with regard to 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, CBP will continue to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties at the all-others rate or the most recent
company-specific rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. These
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: June 2, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
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 Administrative Review
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inferences
VI. Rate for Non-Selected Companies
VII. Recommendation
Appendix II--Companies Without POR Entries
1. Amadeus Textile Ltd.
2. Amsun Industrial Co., Ltd.
3. Beauty Horn Investment Limited
4. Bestpak Gifts and Crafts Co., Ltd.
5. Billion Trend International Ltd.
6. Changle Huanyu Ribbon Weaving Co., Ltd.
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7. Changle Ruixiang Webbing Co., Ltd.
8. Cheng Xeng Label Mfg. Co.
9. Complacent Industrial Co. Ltd. (HK)
10. Creative Design Ltd.
11. Dongguan Qaotou Sheng Feng Decoration Factory
12. Dongguan Yi Sheng Decoration Co., Ltd.
13. Dragon Max Weaving & Accessories Company
14. East Sun Gift & Crafts Factory
15. Fasheen Accessories Co. Ltd.
16. Fly Dragon (Guang zhou) Imports & Exports trading co., Ltd
17. Fuhua Industrial Co., Ltd
18. Fujian Rongshu Industry Co., Ltd.
19. Fujian Shi Lian Da Garment Accessories Co., Ltd.
20. Fujian Xin Shen Da Weaving Ribbons Co., Ltd.
21. Fujian Xinshengda Weaving Ribbons Co., Ltd.
22. Fung Ming Ribbon Ind Ltd
23. Goodyear Webbing Products Co., Ltd.
24. Gordon Ribbons & Trimmings Co., Ltd.
25. Guangzhou Complacent Weaving Co Ltd
26. Guangzhou Leiyu Trade Co., Ltd.
27. Guangzhou Liman Ribbon Factory
28. Guangzhou Mafolen Ribbons & Bows Ltd
29. Guangzhou String Textile Accessories Co., Ltd.
30. Hubscher Ribbon Corp., Ltd. (d/b/a Hubschercorp)
31. Huian Huida Webbing Co., Ltd.
32. Huzhou Linghu Tianyi Tape Co., Ltd.
33. Huzhou Unifull Label Fabric Co., Ltd.
34. Jian Chang Ind. Co., Ltd.
35. Jiangyin Lilai Tape Co., Ltd.
36. Jufeng Ribbon Co. Ltd.
37. Kaiping Qifan Weaving Co., Ltd.
38. King's Pipe Cleaner's Ind. Inc aka King's Crafts (China) Ltd
(aka King's Pipe Cleaner's, Ind. Inc)
39. Kinstarlace & Embroidery Co.
40. Kunshan Dah Mei Weaving Co. Ltd.
41. Lace Fashions Industrial Co. Ltd.
42. Linghu Jiacheng Silk Ribbon Co., Ltd.
43. Ningbo Bofa Co., Ltd
44. Ningbo Flowering Crafts Co., Ltd.
45. Ningbo Hongshine Decorative Packing Industrial Co. Ltd. aka
Ningbo Hongrun Craft and Ornament Factory
46. Ningbo Jinfeng Thread & Ribbon Co. Ltd.
47. Ningbo MH Industry Co., Ltd.
48. Ningbo R&D Ind Company
49. Ningbo Sunshine Import & Export Co. Ltd
50. Ningbo V.K. Industry and Trading Co., Ltd.
51. Ningbo Wanhe Industry Co., Ltd.
52. Ningbo XWZ Ribbon Manufactory
53. Ningbo Yinzhou Hengcheng Ribbon Factory
54. Ningbo Yinzhou Jinfeng Knitting Factory
55. PROTEX Co., ltd
56. Qingdao Cuifengyuan Industrial and Trading Co., Ltd.
57. Qingdao Haili Lace & Ribbon Co., Ltd.
58. Qingdao Hileaders Co., Ltd.
59. RizeStar Weaving Ribbon Factory
60. Shandong Hileaders Industrial Co., Ltd.
61. Shanghai Dae Textile International Co., Ltd.
62. Shanghai E & T Jawa Import & Export Co. Ltd.
63. ShaoXing Haiyue Gifts Co. Ltd.
64. Shenq Sin Company Ltd.
65. Shenzhen Bostrip Crafts Co. Ltd.
66. Shenzhen Candour Belt & Tape Co., Ltd.
67. Shenzhen Jinpin Gifts & Crafts Factory
68. Shenzhen Lucky Star Craft Co., Ltd.
69. Shenzhen Weiyi Crafts Technology Co., Ltd.
70. Shenzhen Yibao Gifts Co. Ltd.
71. Shishi Lifa Computer Woven Label Co., Ltd.
72. Shuanglin Label
73. Sinopak Gifts & Crafts Co., Ltd
74. Stribbons (Nanyang) MNC Ltd.
75. String Textile Accessories Co., Ltd.
76. Success Charter Enterprise Limited
77. Sun Rich (Asia) Limited
78. Sungai Garment Accessories Co., Ltd.
79. Tianjin Sun Ribbon Company Ltd aka Tian Jin Sun Ribbon Company
Ltd.
80. Weifang Aofulon Weaving Company Ltd.
81. Weifang Chenrui Textile Co., Ltd.
82. Weifang Dongfang Ribbon Weaving Co. Ltd.
83. Weifang Jiacheng Webbing Co., Ltd.
84. Weifang Jinqi Textile Co., Ltd.
85. Weifang Yuyuan Textile Co. Ltd.
86. Wenzhou GED Industrial Co. Ltd.
87. Wiefang Shicheng Ribbon Factory
88. Wing Tat Haberdashery Co. Ltd aka Wing Hiang Belt Weaving Ltd.
89. Xiamen Bailuu Thread Manufacture Co., Ltd.
90. Xiamen Bethel Ribbon & Trims Co., Ltd.
91. Xiamen Boca Ribbons & Crafts Co., Ltd.
92. Xiamen Egret Thread Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
93. Xiamen Especial Industrial Co., Ltd.
94. Xiamen Lianglian Ribbons & Bows Co., Ltd
95. Xiamen Linji Ribbons & Bows Co., Ltd.
96. Xiamen Midi Ribbons & Crafts Co., Ltd.
97. Xiamen Rainbow Gifts & Packs Co., Ltd.
98. Xiamen Sanling Ribbon Packing Co., Ltd.
99. Xiamen ShangPeng Weaving Ribbon Factory
100. Xiamen Sling Ribbon & Bows Co., Ltd.
101. Xiamen Yi He Textile Co., Ltd. (d/b/a Roungshu Ribbon)
102. Yi Jia Trimmings Accessories & Supplies/Dong Guan WSJ Weaving
Factory Limited
103. Yiwu Baijin Belt Co., Ltd.
104. Yiwu City Pingzhan Weaving Ribbon Factory
105. Yiwu Dong Ding Ribbons Co., Ltd.
106. Yiwu Ruitai Webbing Factory
107. Yiwu Yunli Tape Co., Ltd.
108. Yuanhong Garment Accessory Co., Ltd.
109. Yuyao Warp & Weft Tape Weaving Co., Ltd.
110. Zenith Garment Accessories Co., Ltd.
111. Zhejiang Chengxin Weaving Co., Ltd.
112. Zhejiang Sanding Weaving Co. Ltd.
113. Zibo All Webbing Co., Ltd.
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