80_FR_37784 80 FR 37658 - Woven Electric Blankets From China; Institution of a Five-Year Review

80 FR 37658 - Woven Electric Blankets From China; Institution of a Five-Year Review

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 126 (July 1, 2015)

Page Range37658-37661
FR Document2015-16006

The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted a review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act''), as amended, to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on woven electric blankets from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury. Pursuant to the Act, interested parties are requested to respond to this notice by submitting the information specified below to the Commission; \1\ to be assured of consideration, the deadline for responses is July 31, 2015. Comments on the adequacy of responses may be filed with the Commission by September 15, 2015. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 2015)]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 731-TA-1163 (Review)]


Woven Electric Blankets From China; Institution of a Five-Year 
Review

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted a 
review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act''), as amended, to 
determine whether revocation of the antidumping

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duty order on woven electric blankets from China would be likely to 
lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury. Pursuant to the 
Act, interested parties are requested to respond to this notice by 
submitting the information specified below to the Commission; \1\ to be 
assured of consideration, the deadline for responses is July 31, 2015. 
Comments on the adequacy of responses may be filed with the Commission 
by September 15, 2015.
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    \1\ No response to this request for information is required if a 
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) number is not 
displayed; the OMB number is 3117-0016/USITC No. 15-5-338, 
expiration date June 30, 2017. Public reporting burden for the 
request is estimated to average 15 hours per response. Please send 
comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate to the 
Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20436.

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DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Szustakowski (202-2205-3169), 
Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal 
on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need 
special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact 
the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information 
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). The public record for this 
proceeding may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) 
at http://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background. On August 18, 2010, the Department of Commerce issued 
an antidumping duty order on imports of woven electric blankets from 
China (75 FR 50991). The Commission is conducting a review pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)), to determine 
whether revocation of the order would be likely to lead to continuation 
or recurrence of material injury to the domestic industry within a 
reasonably foreseeable time. Provisions concerning the conduct of this 
proceeding may be found in the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure at 19 CFR parts 201, subparts A and B and 19 CFR part 207, 
subparts A and F. The Commission will assess the adequacy of interested 
party responses to this notice of institution to determine whether to 
conduct a full review or an expedited review. The Commission's 
determination in any expedited review will be based on the facts 
available, which may include information provided in response to this 
notice.
    Definitions. The following definitions apply to this review:
    (1) Subject Merchandise is the class or kind of merchandise that is 
within the scope of the five-year review, as defined by the Department 
of Commerce.
    (2) The Subject Country in this review is China.
    (3) The Domestic Like Product is the domestically produced product 
or products which are like, or in the absence of like, most similar in 
characteristics and uses with, the Subject Merchandise. In its original 
determination, the Commission defined a single Domestic Like Product 
comprising finished, semi-finished, and unassembled woven electric 
blankets including woven electric blankets commonly referred to as 
throws, of all sizes and fabric types, whether made of man-made fiber, 
natural fiber or a blend of both, as is coextensive with Commerce's 
scope.
    (4) The Domestic Industry is the U.S. producers as a whole of the 
Domestic Like Product, or those producers whose collective output of 
the Domestic Like Product constitutes a major proportion of the total 
domestic production of the product. In its original determination, the 
Commission defined a single Domestic Industry to include the known 
domestic producer of the Domestic Like Product.
    (5) The Order Date is the date that the antidumping duty order 
under review became effective. In this review, the Order Date is August 
18, 2010.
    (6) An Importer is any person or firm engaged, either directly or 
through a parent company or subsidiary, in importing the Subject 
Merchandise into the United States from a foreign manufacturer or 
through its selling agent.
    Participation in the proceeding and public service list. Persons, 
including industrial users of the Subject Merchandise and, if the 
merchandise is sold at the retail level, representative consumer 
organizations, wishing to participate in the proceeding as parties must 
file an entry of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, as 
provided in Sec.  201.11(b)(4) of the Commission's rules, no later than 
21 days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register. The 
Secretary will maintain a public service list containing the names and 
addresses of all persons, or their representatives, who are parties to 
the proceeding.
    Former Commission employees who are seeking to appear in Commission 
five-year reviews are advised that they may appear in a review even if 
they participated personally and substantially in the corresponding 
underlying original investigation or an earlier review of the same 
underlying investigation. The Commission's designated agency ethics 
official has advised that a five-year review is not the same particular 
matter as the underlying original investigation, and a five-year review 
is not the same particular matter as an earlier review of the same 
underlying investigation for purposes of 18 U.S.C. 207, the post 
employment statute for Federal employees, and Commission rule Sec.  
201.15(b) (19 CFR 201.15(b)), 79 FR 3246 (Jan. 17, 2014), 73 FR 24609 
(May 5, 2008). Consequently, former employees are not required to seek 
Commission approval to appear in a review under Commission rule 19 CFR 
201.15, even if the corresponding underlying original investigation or 
an earlier review of the same underlying investigation was pending when 
they were Commission employees. For further ethics advice on this 
matter, contact Carol McCue Verratti, Deputy Agency Ethics Official, at 
202-205-3088.
    Limited disclosure of business proprietary information (BPI) under 
an administrative protective order (APO) and APO service list. Pursuant 
to Sec.  207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the Secretary will make 
BPI submitted in this proceeding available to authorized applicants 
under the APO issued in the proceeding, provided that the application 
is made no later than 21 days after publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register. Authorized applicants must represent interested 
parties, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9), who are parties to the 
proceeding. A separate service list will be maintained by the Secretary 
for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO.
    Certification. Pursuant to Sec.  207.3 of the Commission's rules, 
any person submitting information to the Commission in connection with 
this proceeding must certify that the information is accurate and 
complete to the best of the submitter's knowledge. In making the 
certification, the submitter will be deemed to consent, unless 
otherwise specified, for the Commission, its employees, and contract 
personnel to use the information provided in any other reviews or 
investigations of the same or comparable products which the Commission 
conducts under Title VII of the Act, or in internal audits and 
investigations relating to the programs and operations of the 
Commission pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3.

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    Written submissions. Pursuant to Sec.  207.61 of the Commission's 
rules, each interested party response to this notice must provide the 
information specified below. The deadline for filing such responses is 
July 31, 2015. Pursuant to Sec.  207.62(b) of the Commission's rules, 
eligible parties (as specified in Commission rule Sec.  207.62(b)(1)) 
may also file comments concerning the adequacy of responses to the 
notice of institution and whether the Commission should conduct an 
expedited or full review. The deadline for filing such comments is 
September 15, 2015. All written submissions must conform with the 
provisions of Sec. Sec.  201.8 and 207.3 of the Commission's rules and 
any submissions that contain BPI must also conform with the 
requirements of Sec. Sec.  201.6 and 207.7 of the Commission's rules. 
Please be aware that the Commission's rules with respect to filing have 
changed. The most recent amendments took effect on July 25, 2014. See 
79 FR 35920 (June 25, 2014), and the revised Commission Handbook on E-
filing, available from the Commission's Web site at http://edis.usitc.gov. Also, in accordance with Sec. Sec.  201.16(c) and 207.3 
of the Commission's rules, each document filed by a party to the 
proceeding must be served on all other parties to the proceeding (as 
identified by either the public or APO service list as appropriate), 
and a certificate of service must accompany the document (if you are 
not a party to the proceeding you do not need to serve your response).
    Inability to provide requested information. Pursuant to Sec.  
207.61(c) of the Commission's rules, any interested party that cannot 
furnish the information requested by this notice in the requested form 
and manner shall notify the Commission at the earliest possible time, 
provide a full explanation of why it cannot provide the requested 
information, and indicate alternative forms in which it can provide 
equivalent information. If an interested party does not provide this 
notification (or the Commission finds the explanation provided in the 
notification inadequate) and fails to provide a complete response to 
this notice, the Commission may take an adverse inference against the 
party pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1677e(b)) in 
making its determination in the review.
    Information To Be Provided In Response To This Notice of 
Institution: As used below, the term ``firm'' includes any related 
firms.
    (1) The name and address of your firm or entity (including World 
Wide Web address) and name, telephone number, fax number, and Email 
address of the certifying official.
    (2) A statement indicating whether your firm/entity is a U.S. 
producer of the Domestic Like Product, a U.S. union or worker group, a 
U.S. importer of the Subject Merchandise, a foreign producer or 
exporter of the Subject Merchandise, a U.S. or foreign trade or 
business association, or another interested party (including an 
explanation). If you are a union/worker group or trade/business 
association, identify the firms in which your workers are employed or 
which are members of your association.
    (3) A statement indicating whether your firm/entity is willing to 
participate in this proceeding by providing information requested by 
the Commission.
    (4) A statement of the likely effects of the revocation of the 
antidumping duty order on the Domestic Industry in general and/or your 
firm/entity specifically. In your response, please discuss the various 
factors specified in section 752(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675a(a)) 
including the likely volume of subject imports, likely price effects of 
subject imports, and likely impact of imports of Subject Merchandise on 
the Domestic Industry.
    (5) A list of all known and currently operating U.S. producers of 
the Domestic Like Product. Identify any known related parties and the 
nature of the relationship as defined in section 771(4)(B) of the Act 
(19 U.S.C. 1677(4)(B)).
    (6) A list of all known and currently operating U.S. importers of 
the Subject Merchandise and producers of the Subject Merchandise in the 
Subject Country that currently export or have exported Subject 
Merchandise to the United States or other countries since the Order 
Date.
    (7) A list of 3-5 leading purchasers in the U.S. market for the 
Domestic Like Product and the Subject Merchandise (including street 
address, World Wide Web address, and the name, telephone number, fax 
number, and Email address of a responsible official at each firm).
    (8) A list of known sources of information on national or regional 
prices for the Domestic Like Product or the Subject Merchandise in the 
U.S. or other markets.
    (9) If you are a U.S. producer of the Domestic Like Product, 
provide the following information on your firm's operations on that 
product during calendar year 2014, except as noted (report quantity 
data in units and value data in U.S. dollars, f.o.b. plant). If you are 
a union/worker group or trade/business association, provide the 
information, on an aggregate basis, for the firms in which your workers 
are employed/which are members of your association.
    (a) Production (quantity) and, if known, an estimate of the 
percentage of total U.S. production of the Domestic Like Product 
accounted for by your firm's(s') production;
    (b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm to produce the Domestic Like 
Product (i.e., the level of production that your establishment(s) could 
reasonably have expected to attain during the year, assuming normal 
operating conditions (using equipment and machinery in place and ready 
to operate), normal operating levels (hours per week/weeks per year), 
time for downtime, maintenance, repair, and cleanup, and a typical or 
representative product mix);
    (c) the quantity and value of U.S. commercial shipments of the 
Domestic Like Product produced in your U.S. plant(s);
    (d) the quantity and value of U.S. internal consumption/company 
transfers of the Domestic Like Product produced in your U.S. plant(s); 
and
    (e) the value of (i) net sales, (ii) cost of goods sold (COGS), 
(iii) gross profit, (iv) selling, general and administrative (SG&A) 
expenses, and (v) operating income of the Domestic Like Product 
produced in your U.S. plant(s) (include both U.S. and export commercial 
sales, internal consumption, and company transfers) for your most 
recently completed fiscal year (identify the date on which your fiscal 
year ends).
    (10) If you are a U.S. importer or a trade/business association of 
U.S. importers of the Subject Merchandise from the Subject Country, 
provide the following information on your firm's(s') operations on that 
product during calendar year 2014 (report quantity data in units and 
value data in U.S. dollars). If you are a trade/business association, 
provide the information, on an aggregate basis, for the firms which are 
members of your association.
    (a) The quantity and value (landed, duty-paid but not including 
antidumping or countervailing duties) of U.S. imports and, if known, an 
estimate of the percentage of total U.S. imports of Subject Merchandise 
from the Subject Country accounted for by your firm's(s') imports;
    (b) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S. port, including antidumping 
and/or countervailing duties) of U.S. commercial shipments of Subject 
Merchandise imported from the Subject Country; and
    (c) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S. port, including antidumping 
and/or countervailing duties) of U.S. internal consumption/company 
transfers of

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Subject Merchandise imported from the Subject Country.
    (11) If you are a producer, an exporter, or a trade/business 
association of producers or exporters of the Subject Merchandise in the 
Subject Country, provide the following information on your firm's(s') 
operations on that product during calendar year 2014 (report quantity 
data in units and value data in U.S. dollars, landed and duty-paid at 
the U.S. port but not including antidumping or countervailing duties). 
If you are a trade/business association, provide the information, on an 
aggregate basis, for the firms which are members of your association.
    (a) Production (quantity) and, if known, an estimate of the 
percentage of total production of Subject Merchandise in the Subject 
Country accounted for by your firm's(s') production;
    (b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm(s) to produce the Subject 
Merchandise in the Subject Country (i.e., the level of production that 
your establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during 
the year, assuming normal operating conditions (using equipment and 
machinery in place and ready to operate), normal operating levels 
(hours per week/weeks per year), time for downtime, maintenance, 
repair, and cleanup, and a typical or representative product mix); and
    (c) the quantity and value of your firm's(s') exports to the United 
States of Subject Merchandise and, if known, an estimate of the 
percentage of total exports to the United States of Subject Merchandise 
from the Subject Country accounted for by your firm's(s') exports.
    (12) Identify significant changes, if any, in the supply and demand 
conditions or business cycle for the Domestic Like Product that have 
occurred in the United States or in the market for the Subject 
Merchandise in the Subject Country since the Order Date, and 
significant changes, if any, that are likely to occur within a 
reasonably foreseeable time. Supply conditions to consider include 
technology; production methods; development efforts; ability to 
increase production (including the shift of production facilities used 
for other products and the use, cost, or availability of major inputs 
into production); and factors related to the ability to shift supply 
among different national markets (including barriers to importation in 
foreign markets or changes in market demand abroad). Demand conditions 
to consider include end uses and applications; the existence and 
availability of substitute products; and the level of competition among 
the Domestic Like Product produced in the United States, Subject 
Merchandise produced in the Subject Country, and such merchandise from 
other countries.
    (13) (Optional) A statement of whether you agree with the above 
definitions of the Domestic Like Product and Domestic Industry; if you 
disagree with either or both of these definitions, please explain why 
and provide alternative definitions.

    Authority: This proceeding is being conducted under authority of 
Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 
pursuant to Sec.  207.61 of the Commission's rules.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: June 25, 2015.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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                                                 6. What portion of the accused                       orders would have on (1) the public                       Persons filing written submissions
                                              devices is allegedly covered by the                     health and welfare, (2) competitive                    must file the original document
                                              asserted claims? Do the patents in                      conditions in the U.S. economy, (3) U.S.               electronically on or before the deadlines
                                              question relate to relatively minor                     production of articles that are like or                stated above and submit 8 true paper
                                              features of the accused devices?                        directly competitive with those that are               copies to the Office of the Secretary by
                                                 7. Please state and explain your                     subject to investigation, and (4) U.S.                 noon the next day pursuant to section
                                              position on the legal significance of                   consumers. The Commission is                           210.4(f) of the Commission’s Rules of
                                              InterDigital’s alleged willingness to                   therefore interested in receiving written              Practice and Procedure (19 CFR
                                              accept an arbitral determination of                     submissions that address the                           210.4(f)). Submissions should refer to
                                              FRAND terms with respect to the                         aforementioned public interest factors                 the investigation number (‘‘Inv. No.
                                              patents in question.                                    in the context of this investigation.                  337–TA–613 REMAND’’) in a prominent
                                                 8. Please state and explain your                        If the Commission orders some form                  place on the cover page and/or the first
                                              position on the legal significance of                   of remedy, the U.S. Trade                              page. (See Handbook for Electronic
                                              InterDigital’s alleged unwillingness to                 Representative, as delegated by the                    Filing Procedures, http://www.usitc.gov/
                                              obtain a judicial determination of                      President, has 60 days to approve or                   secretary/fed_reg_notices/rules/
                                              FRAND terms with respect to the                         disapprove the Commission’s action.                    handbook_on_electronic_filing.pdf).
                                              patents in question.                                    See Presidential Memorandum of July                    Persons with questions regarding filing
                                                 9. Please state and explain your                     21, 2005, 70 FR 43251 (July 26, 2005).                 should contact the Secretary (202–205–
                                              position on whether Respondents have                    During this period, the subject articles               2000).
                                              shown themselves willing to take                        would be entitled to enter the United                     Any person desiring to submit a
                                              licenses to the patents in question on                  States under bond, in an amount                        document to the Commission in
                                              FRAND terms.                                            determined by the Commission and                       confidence must request confidential
                                                 10. Do Respondents’ alleged delaying                 prescribed by the Secretary of the                     treatment. All such requests should be
                                              tactics in negotiating with InterDigital                Treasury. The Commission is therefore                  directed to the Secretary to the
                                              provide sufficient evidence of reverse                  interested in receiving submissions                    Commission and must include a full
                                              hold-up, regardless of Respondents’                     concerning the amount of the bond that                 statement of the reasons why the
                                              offers to license only InterDigital’s U.S.              should be imposed if a remedy is                       Commission should grant such
                                              patent portfolio?                                       ordered.                                               treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents
                                                 11. Do Respondents’ licensing                           Written Submissions: The parties to                 for which confidential treatment by the
                                              counteroffers satisfy the requirements of               the investigation are requested to file                Commission is properly sought will be
                                              the ETSI IPR Policy?                                    written submissions on the issues
                                                 12. Please state and explain your                                                                           treated accordingly. A redacted non-
                                                                                                      identified in this notice. Parties to the              confidential version of the document
                                              position on whether the RID equates                     investigation, interested government
                                              patent infringement and reverse hold-                                                                          must also be filed simultaneously with
                                                                                                      agencies, and any other interested                     any confidential filing. All non-
                                              up.                                                     parties are encouraged to file written
                                                 In connection with the final                                                                                confidential written submissions will be
                                                                                                      submissions on the issues of remedy,                   available for public inspection at the
                                              disposition of this investigation, the                  the public interest, and bonding. Such
                                              Commission may (1) issue an order that                                                                         Office of the Secretary and on EDIS.
                                                                                                      submissions should address the                            The authority for the Commission’s
                                              could result in the exclusion of the                    recommended determination by the ALJ
                                              subject articles from entry into the                                                                           determination is contained in section
                                                                                                      on remedy and bonding issued in the                    337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
                                              United States, and/or (2) issue one or                  original investigation on August 14,
                                              more cease and desist orders that could                                                                        amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in Part
                                                                                                      2009. Complainant and OUII are
                                              result in the respondent(s) being                                                                              210 of the Commission’s Rules of
                                                                                                      requested to submit proposed remedial
                                              required to cease and desist from                                                                              Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part
                                                                                                      orders for the Commission’s
                                              engaging in unfair acts in the                                                                                 210).
                                                                                                      consideration and to provide
                                              importation and sale of such articles.                  identification information for all                       By order of the Commission.
                                              Accordingly, the Commission is                          importers of the subject articles.                       Issued: June 25, 2015.
                                              interested in receiving written                         Complainant and OUII are also                          Lisa R. Barton,
                                              submissions that address the form of                    requested to state the dates that the                  Secretary to the Commission.
                                              remedy, if any, that should be ordered.                 patents expire and the HTSUS numbers                   [FR Doc. 2015–16116 Filed 6–30–15; 8:45 am]
                                              If a party seeks exclusion of an article                under which the accused products are                   BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
                                              from entry into the United States for                   imported. The written submissions and
                                              purposes other than entry for                           proposed remedial orders must be filed
                                              consumption, the party should so                        no later than close of business on July                INTERNATIONAL TRADE
                                              indicate and provide information                        10, 2015. Initial submissions are limited              COMMISSION
                                              establishing that activities involving                  to 125 pages, not including any
                                              other types of entry either are adversely               attachments or exhibits related to                     [Investigation No. 731–TA–1163 (Review)]
                                              affecting it or are likely to do so. For                discussion of the public interest. Reply
                                                                                                                                                             Woven Electric Blankets From China;
                                              background, see Certain Devices for                     submissions must be filed no later than
                                                                                                                                                             Institution of a Five-Year Review
                                              Connecting Computers via Telephone                      the close of business on July 20, 2015.
                                              Lines, Inv. No. 337–TA–360, USITC                       Reply submissions are limited to 75                    AGENCY: United States International
                                              Pub. No. 2843 (Dec. 1994) (Commission                   pages, not including any attachments or                Trade Commission.
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                                              Opinion).                                               exhibits related to discussion of the                  ACTION: Notice.
                                                 If the Commission contemplates some                  public interest. The parties may not
                                              form of remedy, it must consider the                    incorporate by reference their prior                   SUMMARY:    The Commission hereby gives
                                              effects of that remedy upon the public                  filings before the ALJ or the                          notice that it has instituted a review
                                              interest. The factors the Commission                    Commission. No further submissions on                  pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the
                                              will consider include the effect that an                these issues will be permitted unless                  Act’’), as amended, to determine
                                              exclusion order and/or cease and desist                 otherwise ordered by the Commission.                   whether revocation of the antidumping


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                                              duty order on woven electric blankets                    facts available, which may include                    may appear in a review even if they
                                              from China would be likely to lead to                    information provided in response to this              participated personally and
                                              continuation or recurrence of material                   notice.                                               substantially in the corresponding
                                              injury. Pursuant to the Act, interested                     Definitions. The following definitions             underlying original investigation or an
                                              parties are requested to respond to this                 apply to this review:                                 earlier review of the same underlying
                                              notice by submitting the information                        (1) Subject Merchandise is the class or            investigation. The Commission’s
                                              specified below to the Commission; 1 to                  kind of merchandise that is within the                designated agency ethics official has
                                              be assured of consideration, the                         scope of the five-year review, as defined             advised that a five-year review is not the
                                              deadline for responses is July 31, 2015.                 by the Department of Commerce.                        same particular matter as the underlying
                                              Comments on the adequacy of responses                       (2) The Subject Country in this review             original investigation, and a five-year
                                              may be filed with the Commission by                      is China.                                             review is not the same particular matter
                                              September 15, 2015.                                         (3) The Domestic Like Product is the               as an earlier review of the same
                                                                                                       domestically produced product or                      underlying investigation for purposes of
                                              DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2015.
                                                                                                       products which are like, or in the                    18 U.S.C. 207, the post employment
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                       absence of like, most similar in                      statute for Federal employees, and
                                              Michael Szustakowski (202–2205–                          characteristics and uses with, the
                                              3169), Office of Investigations, U.S.                                                                          Commission rule § 201.15(b) (19 CFR
                                                                                                       Subject Merchandise. In its original                  201.15(b)), 79 FR 3246 (Jan. 17, 2014),
                                              International Trade Commission, 500 E                    determination, the Commission defined
                                              Street SW., Washington, DC 20436.                                                                              73 FR 24609 (May 5, 2008).
                                                                                                       a single Domestic Like Product                        Consequently, former employees are not
                                              Hearing-impaired persons can obtain                      comprising finished, semi-finished, and
                                              information on this matter by contacting                                                                       required to seek Commission approval
                                                                                                       unassembled woven electric blankets                   to appear in a review under Commission
                                              the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–                    including woven electric blankets
                                              205–1810. Persons with mobility                                                                                rule 19 CFR 201.15, even if the
                                                                                                       commonly referred to as throws, of all                corresponding underlying original
                                              impairments who will need special                        sizes and fabric types, whether made of
                                              assistance in gaining access to the                                                                            investigation or an earlier review of the
                                                                                                       man-made fiber, natural fiber or a blend              same underlying investigation was
                                              Commission should contact the Office                     of both, as is coextensive with                       pending when they were Commission
                                              of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.                        Commerce’s scope.                                     employees. For further ethics advice on
                                              General information concerning the                          (4) The Domestic Industry is the U.S.              this matter, contact Carol McCue
                                              Commission may also be obtained by                       producers as a whole of the Domestic                  Verratti, Deputy Agency Ethics Official,
                                              accessing its internet server (http://                   Like Product, or those producers whose                at 202–205–3088.
                                              www.usitc.gov). The public record for                    collective output of the Domestic Like                   Limited disclosure of business
                                              this proceeding may be viewed on the                     Product constitutes a major proportion                proprietary information (BPI) under an
                                              Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)                    of the total domestic production of the               administrative protective order (APO)
                                              at http://edis.usitc.gov.                                product. In its original determination,               and APO service list. Pursuant to
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                               the Commission defined a single                       § 207.7(a) of the Commission’s rules, the
                                                 Background. On August 18, 2010, the                   Domestic Industry to include the known                Secretary will make BPI submitted in
                                              Department of Commerce issued an                         domestic producer of the Domestic Like                this proceeding available to authorized
                                              antidumping duty order on imports of                     Product.                                              applicants under the APO issued in the
                                              woven electric blankets from China (75                      (5) The Order Date is the date that the            proceeding, provided that the
                                              FR 50991). The Commission is                             antidumping duty order under review                   application is made no later than 21
                                              conducting a review pursuant to section                  became effective. In this review, the                 days after publication of this notice in
                                              751(c) of the Act, as amended (19 U.S.C.                 Order Date is August 18, 2010.                        the Federal Register. Authorized
                                              1675(c)), to determine whether                              (6) An Importer is any person or firm              applicants must represent interested
                                              revocation of the order would be likely                  engaged, either directly or through a                 parties, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9),
                                              to lead to continuation or recurrence of                 parent company or subsidiary, in                      who are parties to the proceeding. A
                                              material injury to the domestic industry                 importing the Subject Merchandise into                separate service list will be maintained
                                              within a reasonably foreseeable time.                    the United States from a foreign                      by the Secretary for those parties
                                              Provisions concerning the conduct of                     manufacturer or through its selling                   authorized to receive BPI under the
                                              this proceeding may be found in the                      agent.                                                APO.
                                              Commission’s Rules of Practice and                          Participation in the proceeding and                   Certification. Pursuant to § 207.3 of
                                              Procedure at 19 CFR parts 201, subparts                  public service list. Persons, including               the Commission’s rules, any person
                                              A and B and 19 CFR part 207, subparts                    industrial users of the Subject                       submitting information to the
                                              A and F. The Commission will assess                      Merchandise and, if the merchandise is                Commission in connection with this
                                              the adequacy of interested party                         sold at the retail level, representative              proceeding must certify that the
                                              responses to this notice of institution to               consumer organizations, wishing to                    information is accurate and complete to
                                              determine whether to conduct a full                      participate in the proceeding as parties              the best of the submitter’s knowledge. In
                                              review or an expedited review. The                       must file an entry of appearance with                 making the certification, the submitter
                                              Commission’s determination in any                        the Secretary to the Commission, as                   will be deemed to consent, unless
                                              expedited review will be based on the                    provided in § 201.11(b)(4) of the                     otherwise specified, for the
                                                                                                       Commission’s rules, no later than 21                  Commission, its employees, and
                                                1 No response to this request for information is
                                                                                                       days after publication of this notice in              contract personnel to use the
                                              required if a currently valid Office of Management       the Federal Register. The Secretary will              information provided in any other
                                              and Budget (OMB) number is not displayed; the
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                                              OMB number is 3117–0016/USITC No. 15–5–338,              maintain a public service list containing             reviews or investigations of the same or
                                              expiration date June 30, 2017. Public reporting          the names and addresses of all persons,               comparable products which the
                                              burden for the request is estimated to average 15        or their representatives, who are parties             Commission conducts under Title VII of
                                              hours per response. Please send comments                 to the proceeding.                                    the Act, or in internal audits and
                                              regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate to
                                              the Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade
                                                                                                          Former Commission employees who                    investigations relating to the programs
                                              Commission, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC             are seeking to appear in Commission                   and operations of the Commission
                                              20436.                                                   five-year reviews are advised that they               pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3.


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                                              37660                         Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 126 / Wednesday, July 1, 2015 / Notices

                                                 Written submissions. Pursuant to                     fax number, and Email address of the                   the firms in which your workers are
                                              § 207.61 of the Commission’s rules, each                certifying official.                                   employed/which are members of your
                                              interested party response to this notice                   (2) A statement indicating whether                  association.
                                              must provide the information specified                  your firm/entity is a U.S. producer of                    (a) Production (quantity) and, if
                                              below. The deadline for filing such                     the Domestic Like Product, a U.S. union                known, an estimate of the percentage of
                                              responses is July 31, 2015. Pursuant to                 or worker group, a U.S. importer of the                total U.S. production of the Domestic
                                              § 207.62(b) of the Commission’s rules,                  Subject Merchandise, a foreign producer                Like Product accounted for by your
                                              eligible parties (as specified in                       or exporter of the Subject Merchandise,                firm’s(s’) production;
                                              Commission rule § 207.62(b)(1)) may                     a U.S. or foreign trade or business                       (b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm to
                                              also file comments concerning the                       association, or another interested party               produce the Domestic Like Product (i.e.,
                                              adequacy of responses to the notice of                  (including an explanation). If you are a               the level of production that your
                                              institution and whether the Commission                  union/worker group or trade/business                   establishment(s) could reasonably have
                                              should conduct an expedited or full                     association, identify the firms in which               expected to attain during the year,
                                              review. The deadline for filing such                    your workers are employed or which are                 assuming normal operating conditions
                                              comments is September 15, 2015. All                     members of your association.                           (using equipment and machinery in
                                              written submissions must conform with                      (3) A statement indicating whether                  place and ready to operate), normal
                                              the provisions of §§ 201.8 and 207.3 of                 your firm/entity is willing to participate             operating levels (hours per week/weeks
                                              the Commission’s rules and any                          in this proceeding by providing                        per year), time for downtime,
                                              submissions that contain BPI must also                  information requested by the                           maintenance, repair, and cleanup, and a
                                              conform with the requirements of                        Commission.                                            typical or representative product mix);
                                              §§ 201.6 and 207.7 of the Commission’s                     (4) A statement of the likely effects of               (c) the quantity and value of U.S.
                                              rules. Please be aware that the                         the revocation of the antidumping duty                 commercial shipments of the Domestic
                                              Commission’s rules with respect to                      order on the Domestic Industry in                      Like Product produced in your U.S.
                                              filing have changed. The most recent                    general and/or your firm/entity                        plant(s);
                                              amendments took effect on July 25,                      specifically. In your response, please                    (d) the quantity and value of U.S.
                                              2014. See 79 FR 35920 (June 25, 2014),                  discuss the various factors specified in               internal consumption/company
                                              and the revised Commission Handbook                     section 752(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C.                   transfers of the Domestic Like Product
                                              on E-filing, available from the                         1675a(a)) including the likely volume of               produced in your U.S. plant(s); and
                                              Commission’s Web site at http://                        subject imports, likely price effects of                  (e) the value of (i) net sales, (ii) cost
                                              edis.usitc.gov. Also, in accordance with                subject imports, and likely impact of                  of goods sold (COGS), (iii) gross profit,
                                              §§ 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the                           imports of Subject Merchandise on the                  (iv) selling, general and administrative
                                              Commission’s rules, each document                       Domestic Industry.                                     (SG&A) expenses, and (v) operating
                                              filed by a party to the proceeding must                    (5) A list of all known and currently               income of the Domestic Like Product
                                              be served on all other parties to the                   operating U.S. producers of the                        produced in your U.S. plant(s) (include
                                              proceeding (as identified by either the                 Domestic Like Product. Identify any                    both U.S. and export commercial sales,
                                              public or APO service list as                           known related parties and the nature of                internal consumption, and company
                                              appropriate), and a certificate of service              the relationship as defined in section                 transfers) for your most recently
                                              must accompany the document (if you                     771(4)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C.                        completed fiscal year (identify the date
                                              are not a party to the proceeding you do                1677(4)(B)).                                           on which your fiscal year ends).
                                              not need to serve your response).                          (6) A list of all known and currently                  (10) If you are a U.S. importer or a
                                                 Inability to provide requested                       operating U.S. importers of the Subject                trade/business association of U.S.
                                              information. Pursuant to § 207.61(c) of                 Merchandise and producers of the                       importers of the Subject Merchandise
                                              the Commission’s rules, any interested                  Subject Merchandise in the Subject                     from the Subject Country, provide the
                                              party that cannot furnish the                           Country that currently export or have                  following information on your firm’s(s’)
                                              information requested by this notice in                 exported Subject Merchandise to the                    operations on that product during
                                              the requested form and manner shall                     United States or other countries since                 calendar year 2014 (report quantity data
                                              notify the Commission at the earliest                   the Order Date.                                        in units and value data in U.S. dollars).
                                              possible time, provide a full explanation                  (7) A list of 3–5 leading purchasers in             If you are a trade/business association,
                                              of why it cannot provide the requested                  the U.S. market for the Domestic Like                  provide the information, on an aggregate
                                              information, and indicate alternative                   Product and the Subject Merchandise                    basis, for the firms which are members
                                              forms in which it can provide                           (including street address, World Wide                  of your association.
                                              equivalent information. If an interested                Web address, and the name, telephone                      (a) The quantity and value (landed,
                                              party does not provide this notification                number, fax number, and Email address                  duty-paid but not including
                                              (or the Commission finds the                            of a responsible official at each firm).               antidumping or countervailing duties)
                                              explanation provided in the notification                   (8) A list of known sources of                      of U.S. imports and, if known, an
                                              inadequate) and fails to provide a                      information on national or regional                    estimate of the percentage of total U.S.
                                              complete response to this notice, the                   prices for the Domestic Like Product or                imports of Subject Merchandise from
                                              Commission may take an adverse                          the Subject Merchandise in the U.S. or                 the Subject Country accounted for by
                                              inference against the party pursuant to                 other markets.                                         your firm’s(s’) imports;
                                              section 776(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.                       (9) If you are a U.S. producer of the                  (b) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S.
                                              1677e(b)) in making its determination in                Domestic Like Product, provide the                     port, including antidumping and/or
                                              the review.                                             following information on your firm’s                   countervailing duties) of U.S.
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                                                 Information To Be Provided In                        operations on that product during                      commercial shipments of Subject
                                              Response To This Notice of Institution:                 calendar year 2014, except as noted                    Merchandise imported from the Subject
                                              As used below, the term ‘‘firm’’ includes               (report quantity data in units and value               Country; and
                                              any related firms.                                      data in U.S. dollars, f.o.b. plant). If you               (c) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S.
                                                 (1) The name and address of your firm                are a union/worker group or trade/                     port, including antidumping and/or
                                              or entity (including World Wide Web                     business association, provide the                      countervailing duties) of U.S. internal
                                              address) and name, telephone number,                    information, on an aggregate basis, for                consumption/company transfers of


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                                              Subject Merchandise imported from the                   United States, Subject Merchandise                     domestic interested party group
                                              Subject Country.                                        produced in the Subject Country, and                   response to its notice of institution (80
                                                 (11) If you are a producer, an exporter,             such merchandise from other countries.                 FR 11226, March 2, 2015) of the subject
                                              or a trade/business association of                         (13) (Optional) A statement of                      five-year review was adequate and that
                                              producers or exporters of the Subject                   whether you agree with the above                       the respondent interested party group
                                              Merchandise in the Subject Country,                     definitions of the Domestic Like Product               response was inadequate. The
                                              provide the following information on                    and Domestic Industry; if you disagree                 Commission did not find any other
                                              your firm’s(s’) operations on that                      with either or both of these definitions,              circumstances that would warrant
                                              product during calendar year 2014                       please explain why and provide                         conducting a full review.1 Accordingly,
                                              (report quantity data in units and value                alternative definitions.                               the Commission determined that it
                                              data in U.S. dollars, landed and duty-                    Authority: This proceeding is being                  would conduct an expedited review
                                              paid at the U.S. port but not including                 conducted under authority of Title VII of the          pursuant to section 751(c)(3) of the
                                              antidumping or countervailing duties).                  Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published           Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(3)).
                                              If you are a trade/business association,                pursuant to § 207.61 of the Commission’s                  For further information concerning
                                              provide the information, on an aggregate                rules.                                                 the conduct of this review and rules of
                                              basis, for the firms which are members                    By order of the Commission.                          general application, consult the
                                              of your association.                                                                                           Commission’s Rules of Practice and
                                                                                                        Issued: June 25, 2015.
                                                 (a) Production (quantity) and, if                                                                           Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B
                                              known, an estimate of the percentage of                 Lisa R. Barton,
                                                                                                      Secretary to the Commission.
                                                                                                                                                             (19 CFR part 201), and part 207,
                                              total production of Subject Merchandise                                                                        subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part
                                              in the Subject Country accounted for by                 [FR Doc. 2015–16006 Filed 6–30–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                             207).
                                              your firm’s(s’) production;                             BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
                                                                                                                                                                Staff report. A staff report containing
                                                 (b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm(s)                                                                     information concerning the subject
                                              to produce the Subject Merchandise in                                                                          matter of the review was placed in the
                                              the Subject Country (i.e., the level of                 INTERNATIONAL TRADE
                                                                                                                                                             nonpublic record on June 19, 2015, and
                                              production that your establishment(s)                   COMMISSION
                                                                                                                                                             made available to persons on the
                                              could reasonably have expected to                       [Investigation No. 731–TA–1059 (Second                 Administrative Protective Order service
                                              attain during the year, assuming normal                 Review)]                                               list for this review. A public version
                                              operating conditions (using equipment
                                                                                                                                                             will be issued thereafter, pursuant to
                                              and machinery in place and ready to                     Hand Trucks From China; Scheduling                     section 207.62(d)(4) of the
                                              operate), normal operating levels (hours                of an Expedited Five-Year Review                       Commission’s rules.
                                              per week/weeks per year), time for
                                                                                                      AGENCY: United States International                       Written submissions. As provided in
                                              downtime, maintenance, repair, and
                                                                                                      Trade Commission.                                      section 207.62(d) of the Commission’s
                                              cleanup, and a typical or representative
                                                                                                      ACTION: Notice.                                        rules, interested parties that are parties
                                              product mix); and
                                                 (c) the quantity and value of your                                                                          to the review and that have provided
                                                                                                      SUMMARY:   The Commission hereby gives                 individually adequate responses to the
                                              firm’s(s’) exports to the United States of
                                                                                                      notice of the scheduling of an expedited               notice of institution,2 and any party
                                              Subject Merchandise and, if known, an
                                                                                                      review pursuant to the Tariff Act of                   other than an interested party to the
                                              estimate of the percentage of total
                                              exports to the United States of Subject                 1930 (‘‘the Act’’) to determine whether                review may file written comments with
                                              Merchandise from the Subject Country                    revocation of the antidumping duty                     the Secretary on what determination the
                                              accounted for by your firm’s(s’) exports.               order on hand trucks from China would                  Commission should reach in the review.
                                                 (12) Identify significant changes, if                be likely to lead to continuation or                   Comments are due on or before July 6,
                                              any, in the supply and demand                           recurrence of material injury within a                 2015, and may not contain new factual
                                              conditions or business cycle for the                    reasonably foreseeable time.                           information. Any person that is neither
                                              Domestic Like Product that have                         DATES: Effective Date: June 5, 2015.                   a party to the five-year review nor an
                                              occurred in the United States or in the                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                       interested party may submit a brief
                                              market for the Subject Merchandise in                   Keysha Martinez (202–205–2136), Office                 written statement (which shall not
                                              the Subject Country since the Order                     of Investigations, U.S. International                  contain any new factual information)
                                              Date, and significant changes, if any,                  Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW.,                    pertinent to the review by July 6, 2015.
                                              that are likely to occur within a                       Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-                         However, should the Department of
                                              reasonably foreseeable time. Supply                     impaired persons can obtain                            Commerce extend the time limit for its
                                              conditions to consider include                          information on this matter by contacting               completion of the final results of its
                                              technology; production methods;                         the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–                  review, the deadline for comments
                                              development efforts; ability to increase                205–1810. Persons with mobility                        (which may not contain new factual
                                              production (including the shift of                      impairments who will need special                      information) on Commerce’s final
                                              production facilities used for other                    assistance in gaining access to the                    results is three business days after the
                                              products and the use, cost, or                          Commission should contact the Office                   issuance of Commerce’s results. If
                                              availability of major inputs into                       of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.                      comments contain business proprietary
                                              production); and factors related to the                 General information concerning the                     information (BPI), they must conform
                                              ability to shift supply among different                 Commission may also be obtained by
                                                                                                                                                               1 A record of the Commissioners’ votes, the
                                              national markets (including barriers to                 accessing its internet server (http://
                                                                                                                                                             Commission’s statement on adequacy, and any
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                                              importation in foreign markets or                       www.usitc.gov). The public record for                  individual Commissioner’s statements will be
                                              changes in market demand abroad).                       this review may be viewed on the                       available from the Office of the Secretary and at the
                                              Demand conditions to consider include                   Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)                  Commission’s Web site.
                                              end uses and applications; the existence                at http://edis.usitc.gov.                                2 The Commission has found the responses

                                                                                                                                                             submitted by Gleason Industrial Products, Inc. and
                                              and availability of substitute products;                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                             Precision Products, Inc. to be individually
                                              and the level of competition among the                     Background. On June 5, 2015, the                    adequate. Comments from other interested parties
                                              Domestic Like Product produced in the                   Commission determined that the                         will not be accepted (see 19 CFR 207.62(d)(2)).



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Document Created: 2015-12-15 13:19:52
Document Modified: 2015-12-15 13:19:52
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
ContactMichael Szustakowski (202-2205-3169), Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). The public record for this proceeding may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at http://edis.usitc.gov.
FR Citation80 FR 37658 

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