[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 148 (Monday, August 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45944-45945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18979]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-601]
Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and
Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) has received requests
from Shandong Bolong Bearing Co., Ltd. (Bolong) and Zhejiang Changxing
CTL Auto Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Changxing) for new shipper
reviews (NSRs) of the antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings
and parts thereof, finished and unfinished (TRBs), from the People's
Republic of China (PRC). We have determined that these requests meet
the statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation. The period of
review (POR) for these NSRs is June 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015.
DATES: Effective date: August 3, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannon Morrison or Blaine Wiltse,
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6274 or (202) 482-6345,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 15, 1987, the Department published in the Federal Register
the antidumping duty order on TRBs from the PRC.\1\ Pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the
Department received two properly-filed requests for NSRs from Bolong
and Changxing \2\ during the anniversary month of the antidumping duty
order.
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\1\ See Antidumping Duty Order; Tapered Roller Bearings and
Parts Thereof, Finished or Unfinished, From the People's Republic of
China, 52 FR 22667 (June 15, 1987).
\2\ See Bolong's June 18, 2015, submission (Bolong NSR Request);
and Changxing's June 23, 2015, submission (Changxing NSR Request).
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In their requests, Bolong and Changxing certified that they both
are producers and exporters of TRBs from the PRC. Pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), these
companies also certified that they did not export TRBs to the United
States during the period of investigation (POI).\3\ In addition,
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Bolong and Changxing certified that, since the
initiation of the investigation, they have never been affiliated with
any PRC exporter or producer who exported TRBs to the United States
during the POI, including those respondents not individually examined
during the investigation.\4\ As required by 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Bolong and Changxing certified that their export
activities were not controlled by the government of the PRC.\5\
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\3\ See Changxing NSR Request, at Exhibit 1; and Bolong NSR
Request, at Exhibit 1.
\4\ Id.
\5\ Id.
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In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), each company submitted documentation
establishing the following: (1) The date on which it first shipped TRBs
for export to the United States and the date on which the TRBs were
first entered; (2) the volume of its first shipment; and (3) the date
of its first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United States.\6\
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\6\ See Changxing NSR Request, at Exhibit 2; and Bolong NSR
Request, at Exhibit 2.
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The Department conducted U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
database queries to confirm that Bolong's and Changxing's shipments of
subject merchandise had entered the United States for consumption and
that liquidation of these entries had been properly suspended for
antidumping duties. The Department also examined whether the CBP data
confirmed that these entries were made during the POR. The information
the Department examined was consistent with that provided by Bolong and
Changxing. After the initiation of the NSRs, the Department intends to
place additional CBP data on the record and, if necessary, request
additional information from Bolong and/or Changxing.
Period of Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A), the POR for an NSR
initiated in the month immediately following the anniversary month will
be the twelve-month period immediately preceding the anniversary month.
Therefore, the POR is June 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015. Based on the
information provided by Bolong and Changxing, the sales and entries
into the United States of subject merchandise produced and exported by
these companies occurred during this twelve-month POR.
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Initiation of New Shipper Reviews
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.214(b), 19
CFR 351.214(d)(1), and after reviewing the information on the record,
the Department finds that the requests from Bolong and Changxing meet
the threshold requirements for initiation of NSRs for shipments of TRBs
from the PRC produced and exported by each company.\7\ If the
information supplied by Bolong or Changxing cannot be verified using
CBP import data, or is otherwise found to be incorrect or insufficient
during the course of this proceeding, the Department may rescind the
review for that company or apply facts available pursuant to section
776 of the Act, depending on the facts on record.
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\7\ See Memorandum to the File from Stephen A. Banea,
International Trade Compliance Analyst, Office II, AD/CVD
Operations, entitled ``Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof,
Finished and Unfinished, from the People's Republic of China:
Initiation of New Shipper Review of Changxing,'' dated concurrently
with this notice; and Memorandum to the File from Shannon Morrison,
International Trade Compliance Analyst, Office II, AD/CVD
Operations, entitled ``Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof,
Finished and Unfinished, from the People's Republic of China:
Initiation of New Shipper Review of Bolong,'' dated concurrently
with this notice.
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The Department intends to issue the preliminary results of these
NSRs no later than 180 days from the date of initiation, and the final
results within 90 days after the date on which the preliminary results
are issued, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
It is the Department's usual practice, in cases involving non-
market economy countries, to require that a company seeking to
establish eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the
country-wide rate provide evidence of de jure and de facto absence of
government control over the company's export activities. Accordingly,
we will issue questionnaires to Bolong and Changxing, which will
include a section requesting information concerning their eligibility
for separate rates. The reviews will proceed if the responses provide
sufficient indication that Bolong and Changxing are not subject to
either de jure or de facto government control with respect to their
exports of subject merchandise.
We will instruct CBP to allow, at the option of the importer, the
posting, until the completion of these reviews, of a bond or security
in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the subject merchandise
from Bolong or Changxing in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because each of these companies
certified that it both produced and exported the subject merchandise,
the sale of which is the basis of the NSR request, we will instruct CBP
to permit the use of a bond only for subject merchandise which each new
shipper applicant both produced and exported.
To assist in its analysis of the bona fides of Bolong's and
Changxing's sales, upon initiation of these NSRs, the Department will
require each company to submit on an ongoing basis complete transaction
information concerning any sales of subject merchandise to the United
States that were made subsequent to the POR.
Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in
these NSRs should submit applications for disclosure under
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and
351.306. This initiation and notice are published in accordance with
section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and
351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: July 28, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-18979 Filed 7-31-15; 8:45 am]
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