80 FR 34141 - Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Partial Rescission of the 19th Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 114 (June 15, 2015)

On December 8, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published its preliminary results of the 2012-2013 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China (PRC).\1\ The period of review is November 1, 2012, through October 31, 2013. The mandatory respondents in this review are: Hebei Golden Bird Trading Co., Ltd. (Golden Bird) and Jinxiang Hejia Co., Ltd. (Hejia). Following the Preliminary Results, we invited interested parties to comment. We have made no changes for these final results of the antidumping duty administrative review. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 114 (Monday, June 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34141-34144]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14656]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-831]


Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Final Results 
and Partial Rescission of the 19th Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2012-2013

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

SUMMARY: On December 8, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published its preliminary results of the 2012-2013 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic 
from the People's Republic of China (PRC).\1\ The period of review is 
November 1, 2012, through October 31, 2013. The mandatory respondents 
in this review are: Hebei Golden Bird Trading Co., Ltd. (Golden Bird) 
and Jinxiang Hejia Co., Ltd. (Hejia). Following the Preliminary 
Results, we invited interested parties to comment. We have made no 
changes for these final results of the antidumping duty administrative 
review.
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    \1\ See Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of the Nineteenth Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 72625 (December 8, 2014) 
(Preliminary Results).
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    As discussed below, the Department is relying on total adverse 
facts available with respect to the PRC-wide entity, which includes 
Golden Bird and Hejia, because both failed to cooperate to the best of 
their ability in this administrative review. The Department is also 
finding 16 companies had no shipments during the period of review. 
These determinations and the final dumping margins are discussed below 
in the ``Final Results'' section of this notice.

DATES: Effective Date: June 15, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Czajkowski, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1395.

Background

    Since the Department published the preliminary results of this 
administrative review,\2\ Golden Bird and Shenzhen Xinboda Industrial 
Co. Ltd. (Xinboda) submitted case briefs on January 19 and 20, 2015, 
respectively. On January 29, 2015, Petitioners \3\ submitted a rebuttal 
brief.
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    \2\ Id.
    \3\ Petitioners consist of the following companies: The Fresh 
Garlic Producers Association and its individual members: Christopher 
Ranch L.L.C., The Garlic Company, Valley Garlic, and Vessey and 
Company, Inc.
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Scope of the Order

    The products subject to this antidumping duty order are all grades 
of garlic, whole or separated into constituent cloves, whether or not 
peeled, fresh, chilled, frozen, provisionally preserved, or packed in 
water or other neutral substance, but not prepared or preserved by the 
addition of other ingredients or heat processing. Fresh garlic that are 
subject to the order are currently classified under the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 0703.20.0010, 0703.200020, 
0703.20.0090, 0710.80.7060, 0710.80.9750, 0711.90.6000, and 
2005.90.9700. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written product description remains 
dispositive. A full description of the scope of the order is contained 
in the Issues and Decision memorandum dated concurrently with and 
hereby adopted by this notice.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, regarding ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Fresh Garlic from 
the People's Republic of China; 2012-2013 Administrative Review,'' 
issued concurrently with this notice (Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, which is dated concurrently and is 
hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues that are raised in 
the briefs and addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is in 
Appendix III of this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is made available to the public via Enforcement and 
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic 
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
https://access.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in the 
Department's Central Records Unit, located in Room 7046 of the main 
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Decision Memorandum can be found at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 
The signed and the electronic versions of the Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    For the final results, based on analysis of the comments received 
and our review of the record, the Department has made no changes to the 
Preliminary Results. Detailed discussions of the issues raised by 
parties can be found in the Decision Memorandum.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    As discussed in the Preliminary Results, 16 companies timely 
certified that they had no shipments during the period of review. After 
reviewing these certifications with U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) and examining CBP shipment data, the Department preliminary found 
that these companies did not have reviewable transactions during the 
POR.\5\ Since the Preliminary Results, the Department has not received 
comments or information that would warrant a review of this preliminary 
finding. As such, for these final results, the Department finds that 
the 16 companies listed in Appendix I had no shipments during the POR.
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    \5\ See Preliminary Results at 72627.
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PRC-Wide Entity

    As discussed in the Preliminary Results, the Department 
preliminarily determined that 124 companies are part of the PRC-wide 
entity.\6\ In addition to the two mandatory respondents who failed to 
cooperate to the best of their ability to comply with requested 
information, the Department also found that 92 of the companies whose 
review requests were withdrawn had not been assigned a separate rate 
from a prior segment of the proceeding, and thus were considered part 
of the PRC-wide entity. Further, an additional 30 companies, for which 
a review was requested, and not withdrawn, did not file a separate rate 
application or certification, nor did they file a no shipments 
certification. Accordingly, the Department preliminarily determined 
these companies to be part of the PRC-wide entity. As discussed in 
detail in the Decision Memorandum, the Department continues to find 
Golden Bird to be part of the PRC-wide entity. Other than from Golden 
Bird, the Department has not received comments or information that 
would warrant a review of the preliminary decision to consider these 
companies part of the PRC-wide entity. Thus, for these final results, 
the Department continues to find all 124 companies to be part of the 
PRC-wide entity. A full list of

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companies determined to be part of the PRC-wide entity can be found in 
Appendix II.
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    \6\ Id. at 72626.
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Separate Rates

    In the Preliminary Results, the Department found that non-selected 
companies Chengwu County Yuanxiang Industry & Commerce Co, Ltd.; 
Jinxiang Richfar Fruits and Vegetables Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Lianghe 
International Trade Co., Ltd.; Shandong Chenhe International Trading 
Co., Ltd.; Xinboda; Weifang Hongqiao International Logistics Co., Ltd. 
and XuZhou Simple Garlic Industry Co., Ltd. demonstrated their 
eligibility for separate rates.\7\ Since the Preliminary Results, the 
Department has not received any comments that would warrant a review of 
these preliminary findings. Therefore, we continue to find that these 
companies are eligible for separate rates.
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    \7\ Id. at 72626, 72627.
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    Neither the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), nor the 
Department's regulations address the establishment of the rate applied 
to individual companies not selected for examination where the 
Department limited its examination in an administrative review pursuant 
to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. The Department's practice in cases 
involving limited selection based on exporters accounting for the 
largest volumes of exports has been to look to section 735(c)(5) of the 
Act for guidance, which provides instructions for calculating the all-
others rate in an investigation. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act 
instructs the Department to avoid calculating an all-others rate using 
any rates that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts 
available. Section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act provides that, where all 
rates are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available, the 
Department may use ``any reasonable method'' for assigning an all-
others rate.
    We determine that, consistent with our Preliminary Results, the 
rate for non-selected companies eligible for separate rates should be 
based on the rate used for non-selected separate rate companies in the 
most recently completed administrative review under this order. This is 
consistent with precedent and is a reasonable method to determine this 
rate in the instant review. Pursuant to this method, we are assigning 
the rate of $1.82 per kilogram to non-selected companies eligible for 
separate rates, which is from the most recently completed 
administrative review under this order.\8\
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    \8\ See Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results and Partial Rescission of the 18th Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2011-2012, 79 FR 36721 (June 30, 2014).
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Final Results of Review

    The Department determines that the following dumping margins exist 
for the period November 1, 2012, through October 31, 2013.

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                                                                margin
                          Exporter                             (dollars
                                                                  per
                                                               kilogram)
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Chengwu County Yuanxiang Industry & Commerce Co., Ltd.......        1.82
Jinxiang Richfar Fruits & Vegetables Co., Ltd...............        1.82
Qingdao Lianghe International Trade Co., Ltd................        1.82
Shandong Chenhe International Trading Co., Ltd..............        1.82
Shenzhen Xinboda Industrial Co., Ltd........................        1.82
Weifang Hongqiao International Logistics Co., Ltd...........        1.82
XuZhou Simple Garlic Industry Co., Ltd......................        1.82
PRC-Wide Rate \9\...........................................        4.71
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Assessment Rates
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    \9\ Includes Golden Bird and Hejia.
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    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
the Department has determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties 
on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise, where applicable, in 
accordance with the final results of this review. The Department 
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions for such 
producers/exporters directly to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
    The Department will direct CBP to assess importer-specific 
assessment rates based on the resulting per-unit (i.e., per kilogram) 
amount on each entry of the subject merchandise during the POR. For 
entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales database submitted by 
an exporter individually examined during this review, the Department 
will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the PRC-wide rate. 
Additionally, 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 number (i.e., at the 
exporter's rate) will be liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.\10\
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    \10\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this 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 
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the companies listed above, 
the cash deposit rate will be the weighted-average dumping margins 
indicated above (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 exporter-specific rate published for the 
most recent period; (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 the PRC-wide rate of $4.71 per kilogram; 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 requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final 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 the POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
Administrative Protective Order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of

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APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    These final results are issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: June 5, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

Companies That Have Certified No Shipments

1. Cangshan Qingshui Vegetable Foods Co., Ltd.
2. Chengwu County Yuanxiang Industry & Commerce Co., Ltd.
3. Jinan Farmlady Trading Co., Ltd.
4. Jining Yifa Garlic Produce Co., Ltd.
5. Jining Yongjia Trade Co., Ltd.
6. Jinxiang Chengda Import & Export Co., Ltd.
7. Jinxiang Merry Vegetable Co., Ltd.
8. Jinxiang Yuanxin Import & Export Co., Ltd.
9. Shenzhen Bainong Co., Ltd.
10. Shijiazhuang Goodman Trading Co., Ltd.
11. Qingdao Maycarrier Import & Export Co., Ltd.
12. Qingdao Sea-line International Trading Co.
13. Qingdao Tiantaixing Foods Co., Ltd.
14. Qingdao Xiantianfeng Foods Co., Ltd. or Xi Tian Feng
15. Xuzhou Simple Garlic Industry Co., Ltd.
16. Yantai Jinyan Trading Inc.

Appendix II

List of Companies Subject to the PRC-Wide Rate

1. American Pioneer Shipping
2. Anhui Dongqian Foods Ltd.
3. Anqiu Friend Food Co., Ltd.
4. Anqiu Haoshun Trade Co., Ltd.
5. APM Global Logistics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
6. APS Qingdao
7. Chiping Shengkang Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
8. CMEC Engineering Machinery Import & Export Co., Ltd.
9. Dalian New Century Food Co., Ltd.
10. Dongying Shunyifa Chemical Co., Ltd.
11. Dynalink Systems Logistics (Qingdao) Inc.
12. Eimskip Logistics Inc.
13. Feicheng Acid Chemicals Co., Ltd.
14. Foshan Fuyi Food Co, Ltd.
15. Frog World Co., Ltd.
16. Golden Bridge International, Inc.
17. Goodwave Technology Development Ltd.
18. Guangxi Lin Si Fu Bang Trade Co., Ltd
19. Hangzhou Guanyu Foods Co., Ltd.
20. Hebei Golden Bird Trading Co., Ltd.
21. Hejiahuan (Zhongshan) Electrical AP
22. Henan Weite Industrial Co., Ltd.
23. Heze Ever-Best International Trade Co., Ltd. (f/k/a Shandong 
Heze International Trade and Developing Company)
24. Hongkong Golden Eagle Group Ltd.
25. Hongqiao International Logistics Co.
26. Intecs Logistics Service Co., Ltd.
27. IT Logistics Qingdao Branch
28. Jinan Solar Summit International Co., Ltd.
29. Jinan Yipin Corporation Ltd.
30. Jining De-Rain Trading Co., Ltd.
31. Jining Highton Trading Co., Ltd.
32. Jining Jiulong International Trading Co., Ltd.
33. Jining Tiankuang Trade Co., Ltd.
34. Jining Trans-High Trading Co., Ltd.
35. Jinxiang County Huaguang Food Import & Export Co., Ltd.
36. Jinxiang Dacheng Food Co., Ltd.
37. Jinxiang Dongyun Freezing Storage Co., Ltd. (a/k/a Jinxiang 
Eastward Shipping Import and Export Limited Company)
38. Jinxiang Dongyun Import & Export Co., Ltd.
39. Jinxiang Fengsheng Import & Export Co., Ltd.
40. Jinxiang Grand Agricultural Co., Ltd.
41. Jinxiang Hejia Co., Ltd.
42. Jinxiang Infarm Fruits & Vegetables Co., Ltd.
43. Jinxiang Meihua Garlic Produce Co., Ltd.
44. Jinxiang Shanyang Freezing Storage Co., Ltd.
45. Jinxiang Shenglong Trade Co., Ltd.
46. Jinxiang Tianheng Trade Co., Ltd.
47. Jinxiang Tianma Freezing Storage Co., Ltd.
48. Jinxiang Xian Baishite Trade Co., Ltd. (a/k/a Jinxiang Best 
Trade Co., Ltd.)
49. Juye Homestead Fruits and Vegetables Co., Ltd.
50. Kingwin Industrial Co., Ltd.
51. Laiwu Fukai Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
52. Laiwu Jiahe Fruit and Vegatable Co., Ltd.
53. Laizhou Xubin Fruits and Vegetables
54. Linshu Dading Private Agricultural Products Co., Ltd.
55. Linyi City Hedong District Jiuli Foodstuff Co.
56. Linyi City Kangfa Foodstuff Drinkable Co., Ltd.
57. Linyi Katayama Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
58. Linyi Tianqin Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
59. Ningjin Ruifeng Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
60. Qingdao Apex Shipping Co., Ltd.
61. Qingdao BNP Co., Ltd.
62. Qingdao Cherry Leather Garment Co., Ltd.
63. Qingdao Chongzhi International Transportation Co., Ltd.
64. Qingdao Everfresh Trading Co., Ltd.
65. Qingdao Liang He International Trade Co., Ltd.
66. Qingdao Lianghe International Trade Co., Ltd.
67. Qingdao Saturn International Trade Co., Ltd.
68. Qingdao Sino-World International Trading Co., Ltd.
69. Qingdao Winner Foods Co., Ltd.
70. Qingdao XinTian Feng Food Co., Ltd.
71. Qingdao Yuankang International
72. Qufu Dongbao Import & Export Trade Co., Ltd.
73. Rizhao Huasai Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
74. Samyoung America (Shanghai) Inc.
75. Shandong Chengshun Farm Produce Trading Co., Ltd.
76. Shandong Chenhe Intl Trading Co., Ltd.
77. Shandong China Bridge Imports
78. Shandong Dongsheng Eastsun Foods Co., Ltd.
79. Shandong Garlic Company
80. Shandong Longtai Fruits and Vegetables Co., Ltd.
81. Shandong Sanxing Food Co., Ltd.
82. Shandong Wonderland Organic Food Co., Ltd.
83. Shandong Xingda Foodstuffs Group Co., Ltd.
84. Shandong Yipin Agro (Group) Co., Ltd.
85. Shanghai Ever Rich Trade Company
86. Shanghai Goldenbridge International Co., Ltd.
87. Shanghai Great Harvest International Co., Ltd.
88. Shanghai LJ International Trading Co., Ltd.
89. Shanghai Medicines & Health Products Import/Export Co., Ltd.
90. Shanghai Yijia International Transportation Co., Ltd.
91. Shenzhen Fanhui Import & Export Co., Ltd.
92. Shenzhen Greening Trading Co., Ltd.
93. Shenzhen Xunong Trade Co., Ltd.
94. Sunny Import & Export Limited
95. Tangerine International Trading Co.
96. T&S International, LLC.
97. Taian Eastsun Foods Co., Ltd.
98. Taian Fook Huat Tong Kee Pte. Ltd.
99. Taian Solar Summit Food Co., Ltd.
100. Taiyan Ziyang Food Co., Ltd.
101. Tianjin Spiceshi Co., Ltd.
102. U.S. United Logistics (Ningbo) Inc.
103. V.T. Impex (Shandong) Limited
104. Weifang Chenglong Import & Export Co., Ltd.
105. Weifang He Lu Food Import & Export Co., Ltd.
106. Weifang Hong Qiao International Logistics Co., Ltd.
107. Weifang Jinbao Agricultural Equipment Co., Ltd.
108. Weifang Naike Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
109. Weifang Shennong Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
110. Weihai Textile Group Import & Export Co., Ltd.
111. WSSF Corporation (Weifang)
112. Xiamen Huamin Import Export Company
113. Xiamen Keep Top Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd.
114. Xinjiang Top Agricultural Products Co., Ltd.
115. XuZhou Heiners Agricultural Co., Ltd.
116. Yishui Hengshun Food Co., Ltd.
117. You Shi Li International Trading Co., Ltd.
118. Zhangzhou Xiangcheng Rainbow Greenland Food Co., Ltd.
119. Zhengzhou Dadi Garlic Industry Co., Ltd.
120. Zhengzhou Huachao Industrial Co., Ltd.
121. Zhengzhou Xiwannian Food Co., Ltd.
122. Zhengzhou Xuri Import & Export Co., Ltd.
123. Zhengzhou Yuanli Trading Co., Ltd.
124. Zhong Lian Farming Product (Qingdao) Co., Ltd.

Appendix III

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Issues

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     Comment 1: Whether Golden Bird Cooperated to the Best 
of its Ability in this Review
     Comment 2: Whether Golden Bird Should Be Part of the 
PRC-Wide Entity
     Comment 3: Assigned Separate Rate
     Comment 4: Whether Xinboda Should Have Been 
Individually Reviewed
     Comment 5: PRC-Wide Rate Challenge
     Comment 6: 15-Day Liquidation Instruction Policy 
Challenge
Recommendation

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