80_FR_48055 80 FR 47902 - Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty Order

80 FR 47902 - Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty Order

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 153 (August 10, 2015)

Page Range47902-47907
FR Document2015-19615

Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (the ITC), the Department is issuing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires (passenger tires) from the People's Republic of China (the PRC). Also, as explained in this notice, the Department is amending its final affirmative CVD determination to correct the rate assigned to Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., Ltd. (Yongsheng). In addition, the Department is amending the final affirmative AD determination to correct the rate assigned to the GITI companies \1\ and to the separate rate companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 153 (Monday, August 10, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 153 (Monday, August 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47902-47907]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19615]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-016, C-570-017]


Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's 
Republic of China: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty 
Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and Amended Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty Order

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (the 
ITC), the Department is issuing antidumping duty (AD) and 
countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain passenger vehicle and light 
truck tires (passenger tires) from the People's Republic of China (the 
PRC). Also, as explained in this notice, the Department is amending its 
final affirmative CVD determination to correct the rate assigned to 
Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., Ltd. (Yongsheng). In addition, the 
Department is amending the final affirmative AD determination to 
correct the rate assigned to the GITI companies \1\ and to the separate 
rate companies.
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    \1\ Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd., GITI Radial Tire (Anhui) 
Company Ltd., GITI Tire (Fujian) Company Ltd., GITI Tire (Hualin) 
Company Ltd., and GITI Tire (USA) Ltd.

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DATES:  Effective date: August 10, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Halle at (202) 482-0176 (CVD); 
or Toni Page at (202) 482-1398 (AD), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 18, 2015, with respect to passenger tires from the PRC,\2\ 
the Department published its final affirmative determination of sales 
at less than fair value (LTFV) and its final affirmative determination 
that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and 
exporters of passenger tires from the PRC.\3\ On August 3, 2015, 
pursuant to sections 735(d) and 705(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), the ITC notified the Department of its affirmative 
final determination that an industry in the United States is materially 
injured within the meaning of sections 735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 
705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of LTFV imports and subsidized 
imports of subject merchandise from the PRC, and its determination that 
critical circumstances do not exist with respect to imports of subject 
merchandise from the PRC that are subject to the Department's 
affirmative critical circumstances finding.\4\
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    \2\ See Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Passenger 
Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final 
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, In Part, 80 FR 
34893 (June 18, 2015) (AD Final Determination).
    \3\ See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Passenger 
Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People's Republic of China: 
Final Affirmative Determination, and Final Affirmative Critical 
Circumstances Determination, in Part, 80 FR 34888 (June 18, 2015) 
(CVD Final Determination).
    \4\ See ITC Notification Letter to the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance referencing ITC 
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-522 and 731-TA-1258 (August 3, 2015) (ITC 
Notification).
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Scope of the Orders

    The scope of these orders is passenger vehicle and light truck 
tires. Passenger vehicle and light truck tires are new pneumatic tires, 
of rubber, with a passenger vehicle or light truck size designation. 
Tires covered by these orders may be tube-type, tubeless, radial, or 
non-radial, and they may be intended for sale to original equipment 
manufacturers or the replacement market.
    Subject tires have, at the time of importation, the symbol ``DOT'' 
on the sidewall, certifying that the tire conforms to applicable motor 
vehicle safety standards. Subject tires may also have the following 
prefixes or suffix in their tire size designation, which also appears 
on the sidewall of the tire:

    Prefix designations:
    P--Identifies a tire intended primarily for service on passenger 
cars.
    LT--Identifies a tire intended primarily for service on light 
trucks.
    Suffix letter designations:
    LT--Identifies light truck tires for service on trucks, buses, 
trailers, and multipurpose passenger vehicles used in nominal highway 
service.

    All tires with a ``P'' or ``LT'' prefix, and all tires with an 
``LT'' suffix in their sidewall markings are covered by this 
investigation regardless of their intended use.
    In addition, all tires that lack a ``P'' or ``LT'' prefix or suffix 
in their sidewall markings, as well as all tires that include any other 
prefix or suffix in their sidewall markings, are included in the scope, 
regardless of their intended use, as long as the tire is of a size that 
is among the numerical size designations listed in the passenger car 
section or light truck section of the Tire and Rim Association Year 
Book, as updated annually, unless the tire falls within one of the 
specific exclusions set out below.
    Passenger vehicle and light truck tires, whether or not attached to 
wheels or rims, are included in the scope. However, if a subject tire 
is imported attached to a wheel or rim, only the tire is covered by the 
scope.
    Specifically excluded from the scope are the following types of 
tires:
    (1) Racing car tires; such tires do not bear the symbol ``DOT'' on 
the sidewall and may be marked with ``ZR'' in size designation;
    (2) new pneumatic tires, of rubber, of a size that is not listed in 
the passenger car section or light truck section of the Tire and Rim 
Association Year Book;
    (3) pneumatic tires, of rubber, that are not new, including 
recycled and retreaded tires;
    (4) non-pneumatic tires, such as solid rubber tires;
    (5) tires designed and marketed exclusively as temporary use spare 
tires for passenger vehicles which, in addition, exhibit each of the 
following physical characteristics:
    (a) The size designation and load index combination molded on the 
tire's sidewall are listed in Table PCT-1B (``T'' Type Spare Tires for 
Temporary Use on Passenger Vehicles) of the Tire and Rim Association 
Year Book,
    (b) the designation ``T'' is molded into the tire's sidewall as 
part of the size designation, and,
    (c) the tire's speed rating is molded on the sidewall, indicating 
the rated speed in MPH or a letter rating as listed by Tire and Rim 
Association Year Book, and the rated speed is 81 MPH or a ``M'' rating;
    (6) tires designed and marketed exclusively for specialty tire (ST) 
use which, in addition, exhibit each of the following conditions:
    (a) The size designation molded on the tire's sidewall is listed in 
the ST sections of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book,
    (b) the designation ``ST'' is molded into the tire's sidewall as 
part of the size designation,
    (c) the tire incorporates a warning, prominently molded on the 
sidewall, that the tire is ``For Trailer Service Only'' or ``For 
Trailer Use Only'',

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    (d) the load index molded on the tire's sidewall meets or exceeds 
those load indexes listed in the Tire and Rim Association Year Book for 
the relevant ST tire size, and
    (e) either
    (i) the tire's speed rating is molded on the sidewall, indicating 
the rated speed in MPH or a letter rating as listed by Tire and Rim 
Association Year Book, and the rated speed does not exceed 81 MPH or an 
``M'' rating; or
    (ii) the tire's speed rating molded on the sidewall is 87 MPH or an 
``N'' rating, and in either case the tire's maximum pressure and 
maximum load limit are molded on the sidewall and either
    (1) both exceed the maximum pressure and maximum load limit for any 
tire of the same size designation in either the passenger car or light 
truck section of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book; or
    (2) if the maximum cold inflation pressure molded on the tire is 
less than any cold inflation pressure listed for that size designation 
in either the passenger car or light truck section of the Tire and Rim 
Association Year Book, the maximum load limit molded on the tire is 
higher than the maximum load limit listed at that cold inflation 
pressure for that size designation in either the passenger car or light 
truck section of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book;
    (7) tires designed and marketed exclusively for off-road use and 
which, in addition, exhibit each of the following physical 
characteristics:
    (a) The size designation and load index combination molded on the 
tire's sidewall are listed in the off-the-road, agricultural, 
industrial or ATV section of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book,
    (b) in addition to any size designation markings, the tire 
incorporates a warning, prominently molded on the sidewall, that the 
tire is ``Not For Highway Service'' or ``Not for Highway Use'',
    (c) the tire's speed rating is molded on the sidewall, indicating 
the rated speed in MPH or a letter rating as listed by the Tire and Rim 
Association Year Book, and the rated speed does not exceed 55 MPH or a 
``G'' rating, and
    (d) the tire features a recognizable off-road tread design.
    The products covered by the orders are currently classified under 
the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
subheadings: 4011.10.10.10, 4011.10.10.20, 4011.10.10.30, 
4011.10.10.40, 4011.10.10.50, 4011.10.10.60, 4011.10.10.70, 
4011.10.50.00, 4011.20.10.05, and 4011.20.50.10. Tires meeting the 
scope description may also enter under the following HTSUS subheadings: 
4011.99.45.10, 4011.99.45.50, 4011.99.85.10, 4011.99.85.50, 
8708.70.45.45, 8708.70.45.60, 8708.70.60.30, 8708.70.60.45, and 
8708.70.60.60. While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
for customs purposes, the written description of the subject 
merchandise is dispositive.

Amendment to the AD Final Determination

    On June 11, 2015, the Department issued its affirmative final 
determination in the AD investigation.\5\ On June 22, 2015, Petitioner 
\6\ submitted timely ministerial error allegations. On June 29, 2015, 
the GITI companies and the Sailun Group Co., Ltd. (Sailun Group), 
respondents in the AD investigation, submitted timely rebuttal comments 
to the Petitioner's allegations.\7\ No other interested party submitted 
ministerial error allegations or rebutted Petitioner's submission.
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    \5\ See AD Final Determination.
    \6\ Collectively, United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers 
International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC.
    \7\ See Letter from the GITI companies, ``Passenger Vehicle and 
Light Truck Tires from the People's Republic of China: Reply to 
Ministerial Error Comments--Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd.,'' 
June 29, 2015; see also Letter from the Sailun Group, ``Sailun's 
Reply to Petitioner's Ministerial Error Allegations in the 
Antidumping Duty Investigation on Certain Passenger Vehicle and 
Light Truck Tires from the People's Republic of China,'' June 29, 
2015.
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    After analyzing the comments and rebuttals received, we determine, 
in accordance with section 735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), 
that we made ministerial errors in our calculations for the AD Final 
Determination with respect to the GITI companies.\8\ This amended final 
AD determination corrects these errors and revises the weighted-average 
margin rate for the GITI companies. Because the margin rate for the 
separate rate companies is based on the rates for the GITI companies 
and the Sailun Group, and the rate for the GITI companies changed due 
to the aforementioned ministerial errors, we have revised the 
calculation for the weighted-average margin rate for the separate rate 
companies in this amended final AD determination.\9\ The amended 
weighted-average margin rates are listed in the table below. The 
amended weighted-average margin rates provided for all exporter/
producer combinations listed in the table are adjusted, where 
appropriate, for export subsidies and estimated domestic subsidy pass-
through.
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    \8\ For a detailed discussion of all alleged ministerial errors, 
as well as the Department's analysis, see the memorandum, ``Amended 
Final Determination of the Antidumping Duty Investigation: 
Allegations of Ministerial Errors,'' dated concurrently with this 
Notice (AD Ministerial Error Memorandum).
    \9\ See AD Ministerial Error Memorandum.
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Amendment to the CVD Final Determination

    On June 11, 2015, the Department issued its affirmative final 
determination in the CVD investigation.\10\ On June 17, 2015, 
Petitioner and GITI Tire (Fujian) Co., Ltd. (GITI Fujian), a respondent 
in the CVD investigation, submitted timely ministerial error 
allegations and requested that the Department correct the alleged 
ministerial errors in the subsidy rate calculations.\11\ On June 22, 
2015, Petitioner, GITI Fujian, and Yongsheng submitted timely rebuttal 
comments to these ministerial error allegations.\12\ No other 
interested party submitted ministerial error allegations or rebuttals 
to Petitioner's or GITI Fujian's submissions.
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    \10\ See CVD Final Determination.
    \11\ See Letter from Petitioner, ``Countervailing Duty 
Investigation on Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires 
from the People's Republic of China (C-570-017)--Petitioner's 
Ministerial Error Comments,'' June 17, 2015 (Petitioner's 
Ministerial Error Comments); Letter from GITI Fujian, ``Passenger 
Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People's Republic of China: 
Ministerial Error Comments,'' June 17, 2015 (GITI Fujian Ministerial 
Error Comments).
    \12\ See Letter from Petitioner, ``Countervailing Duty 
Investigation on Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires 
from the People's Republic of China (C-570-017)--Petitioner's Reply 
to GITI Tire's Ministerial Error Comments,'' June 22, 2015; Letter 
from GITI Fujian, ``Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the 
People's Republic of China: Ministerial Error Comments--Reply,'' 
June 22, 2015; Letter from Yongsheng, ``Certain Passenger Vehicle 
and Light Truck Tires from the People's Republic of China: 
Ministerial Error Reply of Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., 
Ltd.,'' June 22, 2015.
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    After analyzing the comments and rebuttals received, we determined, 
in accordance with section 705(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), 
that we made ministerial errors in certain calculations for the CVD 
Final Determination with respect to Yongsheng. This amended final CVD 
determination corrects these errors and revises the ad valorem subsidy 
rate for Yongsheng. The amended estimated ad valorem subsidy rate for 
Yongsheng is 116.73 percent.

Antidumping Duty Order

    As stated above, on August 3, 2015, in accordance with section 
735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
determination in its

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investigation, in which it found that an industry in the United States 
is materially injured within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of 
the Act by reason of imports of passenger tires from the PRC, and that 
critical circumstances do not exist with respect to imports of subject 
merchandise from the PRC that are subject to the Department's 
affirmative critical circumstances finding.\13\ Because the ITC 
determined that imports of passenger tires from the PRC are materially 
injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from 
the PRC, entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption are 
subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
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    \13\ See ITC Determination.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the 
Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess, upon further instruction by the Department, antidumping duties 
equal to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise 
exceeds the export price (or constructed export price) of the 
merchandise, for all relevant entries of passenger tires from the PRC. 
These antidumping duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of 
passenger tires from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after January 27, 2015, the date of publication of 
the AD Preliminary Determination,\14\ but will not include entries 
occurring after the expiration of the provisional measures period and 
before publication of the ITC's final injury determination as further 
described below.
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    \14\ See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From 
the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Determination of Sales 
at Less Than Fair Value; Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 
Critical Circumstances; In Part and Postponement of Final 
Determination, 80 FR 4250 (January 27, 2015) (AD Preliminary 
Determination).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation (AD)

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department 
will instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of all appropriate 
entries of passenger tires from the PRC as described in the ``Scope of 
the Orders'' section, which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after January 27, 2015, the date of publication 
in the Federal Register of the notice of an affirmative preliminary 
determination that passenger tires are being, or are likely to be, sold 
in the United States at LTFV. Further, consistent with our practice, 
where the product from the PRC under investigation is also subject to a 
concurrent CVD investigation, the Department will instruct CBP to 
require a cash deposit \15\ equal to the weighted-average amount by 
which the normal value exceeds U.S. price, adjusted where appropriate 
for export subsidies and estimated domestic subsidy pass-through.\16\ 
The cash deposit rates are as follows: (1) For each exporter/producer 
combination listed in the table below, the cash deposit rate will be 
equal to the dumping margin listed for that exporter/producer 
combination in the table, adjusted as appropriate for export subsidies 
and estimated domestic subsidy pass-through; (2) for all other 
combinations of PRC exporters/producers of the merchandise under 
consideration, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the dumping 
margin established for the PRC-wide entity, adjusted as appropriate for 
export subsidies and estimated subsidy pass-through; and (3) for all 
non-PRC exporters of the merchandise under consideration which have not 
received their own separate rate above, the cash deposit rate will be 
equal to the cash deposit rate applicable to the PRC exporter/producer 
combination that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These suspension of 
liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.
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    \15\ See Modification of Regulations Regarding the Practice of 
Accepting Bonds During the Provisional Measures Period in 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042 
(October 3, 2011).
    \16\ See sections 772(c)(1)(C) and 777A(f) of the Act.
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    Accordingly, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's 
final affirmative injury determination, CBP will require, at the same 
time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this 
subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins indicated below, adjusted, where appropriate, 
for export subsidies and estimated domestic subsidy pass-through, as 
discussed above.\17\
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    \17\ With respect to the final affirmative countervailing duty 
determination in the companion investigation, because the 
provisional measures period has expired, the Department will only 
order the resumption of the suspension of liquidation, and require 
cash deposits for countervailing duties equal to the final subsidy 
rates, upon issuance of a final affirmative injury determination by 
the ITC. As a result, the Department will make an adjustment to AD 
cash deposits, where appropriate, for export subsidies and estimated 
domestic subsidy pass-through as of the date of publication of the 
ITC's final affirmative injury determination.
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Provisional Measures (AD)

    Section 733(d) of the Act states that instructions issued pursuant 
to an affirmative preliminary determination in an AD investigation may 
not remain in effect for more than four months except where exporters 
representing a significant proportion of exports of the subject 
merchandise request the Department to extend that four month period to 
no more than six months. At the request of the GITI companies, who 
account for a significant proportion of passenger tires from the PRC, 
we extended the four-month period to no more than six months in this 
case.\18\ The Department published the preliminary determination in the 
AD investigation on January 27, 2015. Therefore, the six-month period 
beginning on the date of publication of the preliminary determination 
in the AD investigation ended on July 26, 2015. Furthermore, section 
737(b) of the Act states that definitive duties are to begin on the 
date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination.
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    \18\ See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From 
the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Determination of Sales 
at Less Than Fair Value; Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 
Critical Circumstances; In Part and Postponement of Final 
Determination, 80 FR 4250 at 4253 (January 27, 2015) (AD Preliminary 
Determination).
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our 
practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
unliquidated entries of passenger vehicle tires from the PRC, entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after July 26, 2015, 
the date the provisional measures expired, until and through the day 
preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final injury 
determination in the Federal Register.

Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins

    The estimated weighted-average dumping margins are as follows.\19\
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    \19\ As explained in the AD Final Determination, we will adjust 
cash deposit rates by the amount of export subsidies and domestic 
subsidy pass-throughs, where appropriate. See AD Final 
Determination, 80 FR at 34897. As a result of the adjustments for 
export subsidies and domestic subsidy pass-throughs, the GITI 
companies' cash deposit rate will be 15.31 percent; the Sailun 
Group's cash deposit rate will be 0.00 percent; Cooper Tire & Rubber 
Company's, Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd.'s, and Cooper Chengshan 
(Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd's. (collectively, Cooper) cash deposit rate 
will be 11.12 percent; the other separate rate entities' (besides 
Cooper) cash deposit rate will be 8.72 percent; and the PRC-wide 
entity's cash deposit rate will be 76.46 percent. See also CVD Final 
Determination and Memorandum to the File, ``Certain Passenger 
Vehicle and Light Truck from the People's Republic of China: Double 
Remedies Final Calculation Memorandum'' (June 11, 2015).

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
          Exporter(s)                  Producer(s)        dumping margin
                                                             (percent)
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Giti Tire Global Trading Pte.    Giti Radial Tire                  30.74
 Ltd., Giti Tire (USA) Ltd.,      (Anhui) Company Ltd.,
 Giti Radial Tire (Anhui)         Giti Tire (Fujian)
 Company Ltd., Giti Tire          Company Ltd., Giti
 (Fujian) Company Ltd., Giti      Tire (Hualin) Company
 Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd.,      Ltd.
 (Collectively, the GITI
 Companies).
Sailun Group Co., Ltd. (aka      Sailun Group Co., Ltd.            14.35
 Sailun Jinyu Group Co., Ltd.),   (aka Sailun Jinyu
 Sailun Tire International        Group Co., Ltd.),
 Corp., Shandong Jinyu            Shandong Jinyu
 Industrial Co., Ltd., Jinyu      Industrial Co., Ltd.
 International Holding Co.,
 Limited, Seatex International
 Inc., Dynamic Tire Corp.,
 Husky Tire Corp., Seatex PTE.
 Ltd., (Collectively, Sailun
 Group).
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company...  Cooper Chengshan                  25.84
                                  (Shandong) Tire Co.,
                                  Ltd., Cooper (Kunshan)
                                  Tire Co., Ltd.
Cooper Chengshan (Shandong)      Cooper Chengshan                  25.84
 Tire Co., Ltd.                   (Shandong) Tire Co.,
                                  Ltd.
Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd.  Cooper (Kunshan) Tire             25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Best Choice International Trade  Qingdao Sentury Tire              25.84
 Co., Limited.                    Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                  Haohua Tire Co., Ltd.,
                                  Beijing Capital Tire
                                  Co., Ltd.
Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire Co.,     Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire           25.84
 Ltd.                             Co., Ltd.
Bridgestone Corporation........  Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire           25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Cheng Shin Tire & Rubber         Cheng Shin Tire &                 25.84
 (China) Co., Ltd.                Rubber (China) Co.,
                                  Ltd., Cheng Shin Tire
                                  & Rubber (Chongqing)
                                  Co., Ltd.
Crown International Corporation  Shandong Guofeng Rubber           25.84
                                  Plastics Co., Ltd.,
                                  Shandong Haohua Tire
                                  Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                  Jinyu Industrial Co.,
                                  Ltd., Doublestar-
                                  Dongfeng Tyre Co.,
                                  Ltd., Shengtai Group
                                  Co., Ltd., Qingdao
                                  Doublestar Tire
                                  Industrial Co., Ltd.,
                                  Shandong Yongtai
                                  Chemical Co., Ltd.
Goodyear Dalian Tire Company     Goodyear Dalian Tire              25.84
 Limited.                         Company Limited.
Guangzhou Pearl River Rubber     Guangzhou Pearl River             25.84
 Tyre Ltd.                        Rubber Tyre Ltd.
Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd....  Hankook Tire China Co.,           25.84
                                  Ltd.
Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co., Ltd..  Hebei Tianrui Rubber              25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Highpoint Trading, Ltd.........  Federal Tire (Jiangxi)            25.84
                                  Ltd.
Hong Kong Tiancheng Investment   Shandong Linglong Tyre            25.84
 & Trading Co., Limited.          Co., Ltd.
Hong Kong Tri-Ace Tire Co.,      Shandong Yongtai                  25.84
 Limited..                        Chemical Co., Ltd.,
                                  Doublestar-Dongfeng
                                  Tyre Co., Ltd.
Hwa Fong Rubber (Hong Kong) Ltd  Hwa Fong Rubber                   25.84
                                  (Suzhou) Co., Ltd..
Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd..  Jiangsu Hankook Tire              25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd..  Kenda Rubber (China)              25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Kumho Tire Co., Inc............  Kumho Tire (Tianjin)              25.84
                                  Co., Inc., Nanjing
                                  Kumho Tire Co., Ltd.,
                                  Kumho Tire (Changchun)
                                  Co., Inc.
Mayrun Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited  South China Tire &                25.84
                                  Rubber Co., Ltd.,
                                  Shandong Haohua Tire
                                  Co., Ltd.
Nankang (Zhangjiagang Free       Nankang (Zhangjiagang             25.84
 Trade Zone) Rubber Industrial    Free Trade Zone)
 Co., Ltd.                        Rubber Industrial Co.,
                                  Ltd.
Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd..........  Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd..           25.84
Qingdao Crown Chemical Co., Ltd  Shandong Guofeng Rubber           25.84
                                  Plastics Co., Ltd.,
                                  Shandong Haohua Tire
                                  Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                  Jinyu Industrial Co.,
                                  Ltd., Doublestar-
                                  Dongfeng Tyre Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Free Trade Zone Full-    Shandong Zhentai Group            25.84
 World International Trading      Co., Ltd., Longkou
 Co., Ltd.                        Xinglong Tyre Co.,
                                  Ltd., Hebei Tianrui
                                  Rubber Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Corp. Ltd.  Fullrun Tyre Tech                 25.84
                                  Corp., Ltd, Shengtai
                                  Group Co., Ltd.,
                                  Shandong Zhongyi
                                  Rubber Co., Ltd.,
                                  Shandong Guofeng
                                  Rubber Plastics Co,
                                  Ltd, Deruibao Tire
                                  Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                  New Continent Tire
                                  Co., Ltd, Shandong
                                  Fengyuan Tyre
                                  Manufacturing Co.,
                                  Ltd, Sichuan Tyre &
                                  Rubber Co., Ltd,
                                  Qingdao Futaian Tyre
                                  Teck. Co., Ltd., Good
                                  Friend Tyre Co., Ltd.,
                                  Shandong Hengyu
                                  Science & Technonology
                                  Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                  Longyue Rubber Co.,
                                  Ltd., Shouguang
                                  Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd,
                                  Beijing Capital Tire
                                  Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                  Wanda Boto Tyre Co.,
                                  Ltd, Zhaoqing Junhong
                                  Co., Ltd, Shandong
                                  Huasheng Rubber Co.,
                                  Ltd, Shandong Haohua
                                  Tire Co., Ltd.,
                                  Shandong Province
                                  Sanli Tire
                                  Manufactured Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Tech        Qingdao Fullrun Tyre              25.84
 Corp., Ltd.                      Tech Corp., Ltd..
Qingdao Honghua Tyre Factory...  Qingdao Honghua Tyre              25.84
                                  Factory.
Qingdao Nama Industrial Co.,     Shandong Guofeng Rubber           25.84
 Ltd.                             Plastics Co., Ltd.,
                                  Shandong Hengyu
                                  Science & Technology
                                  Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                  Longyue Rubber Co.,
                                  Ltd., Shandong Haohua
                                  Tire Co., Ltd.,
                                  Shouguang Firemax Tyre
                                  Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                  Zhongyi Rubber Co.,
                                  Ltd., Shandong Yonking
                                  Rubber Co., Ltd.,
                                  Shandong Hongsheng
                                  Rubber Technology Co.,
                                  Ltd.
Qingdao Nexen Tire Corporation.  Qingdao Nexen Tire                25.84
                                  Corporation.

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Qingdao Odyking Tyre Co., Ltd..  Doublestar-Dongfeng               25.84
                                  Tyre Co., Ltd.,
                                  Shandong Fengyuan Tire
                                  Manufacturing Co.,
                                  Ltd., Shouguang
                                  Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Qianzhen Tyre Co., Ltd.  Qingdao Qianzhen Tyre             25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd...  Qingdao Qihang Tyre               25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd.  Qingdao Qizhou Rubber             25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd..  Qingdao Sentury Tire              25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Shandong Anchi Tyres Co., Ltd..  Shandong Anchi Tyres              25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co.,    Shandong Changfeng                25.84
 Ltd.                             Tyres Co., Ltd.
Shandong Duratti Rubber          Shandong Duratti Rubber           25.84
 Corporation Co., Ltd.            Corporation Co., Ltd.
Shandong Guofeng Rubber          Shandong Guofeng Rubber           25.84
 Plastics Co., Ltd.               Plastics Co., Ltd.
Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd..  Shandong Haohua Tire              25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Shandong Haolong Rubber Tire     Shandong Haolong Rubber           25.84
 Co., Ltd.                        Tire Co., Ltd.
Shandong Hawk International      Shandong Hawk                     25.84
 Rubber Industry Co., Ltd.        International Rubber
                                  Industry Co., Ltd.
Shandong Hengyu Science &        Shandong Hengyu Science           25.84
 Technology Co., Ltd.             & Technology Co., Ltd.
Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd.  Shandong Huitong Tyre             25.84
                                  Co., Ltd., Laiwu
                                  Sunshine Tyre Co., Ltd.
Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd  Shandong Linglong Tyre            25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Shandong Longyue Rubber Co.,     Shandong Longyue Rubber           25.84
 Ltd.                             Co., Ltd.
Shandong New Continent Tire      Shandong New Continent            25.84
 Co., Ltd.                        Tire Co., Ltd.
Shandong Province Sanli Tire     Shandong Province Sanli           25.84
 Manufactured Co., Ltd.           Tire Manufactured Co.,
                                  Ltd.
Shandong Shuangwang Rubber Co.,  Shandong Shuangwang               25.84
 Ltd.                             Rubber Co., Ltd.
Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co.,    Shandong Wanda Boto               25.84
 Ltd.                             Tyre Co., Ltd.
Shandong Yongtai Chemical Co.,   Shandong Yongtai                  25.84
 Ltd.                             Chemical Co., Ltd.
Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co.,     Shandong Zhongyi Rubber           25.84
 Ltd.                             Co., Ltd.
Shengtai Group Co., Ltd........  Shengtai Group Co.,               25.84
                                  Ltd., Shandong
                                  Shengshitailai Rubber
                                  Technology Co., Ltd.
Shifeng Juxing Tire Co., Ltd...  Shifeng Juxing Tire               25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd  Shouguang Firemax Tyre            25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Southeast Mariner International  Dongying Zhongyi Rubber           25.84
 Co., Ltd.                        Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                  Haohua Tire Co., Ltd.
Techking Tires Limited.........  Shandong Longyue Rubber           25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Toyo Tire (Zhangjiagang) Co.,    Toyo Tire                         25.84
 Ltd.                             (Zhangjiagang) Co.,
                                  Ltd.
Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd.........  Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd.           25.84
Tyrechamp Group Co., Limited...  Shandong Haohua Tire              25.84
                                  Co., Ltd., Sichuan
                                  Tyre & Rubber Co.,
                                  Ltd., Shandong Anchi
                                  Tyres Co., Ltd.,
                                  Beijing Capital Tire
                                  Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                  Wanda Boto Tyre Co.,
                                  Ltd., Shandong Wosen
                                  Rubber Co., Ltd.,
                                  Shandong Zhentai Group
                                  Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                  Yonking Rubber Co.,
                                  Ltd., Qingdao
                                  Doublestar Tire
                                  Industrial Co., Ltd.,
                                  South China Tire &
                                  Rubber Co., Ltd.,
                                  Anhui Heding Tire
                                  Technology Co., Ltd.
Weihai Ping'an Tyre Co., Ltd...  Weihai Ping'an Tyre               25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd  Weihai Zhongwei Rubber            25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Wendeng Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd..  Wendeng Sanfeng Tyre              25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Winrun Tyre Co., Ltd...........  Shaanxi Yanchang                  25.84
                                  Petroleum Group Rubber
                                  Co. Ltd.
Zenith Holdings (HK) Limited...  Shandong Linglong Tyre            25.84
                                  Co., Ltd.
Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd......  Zhaoqing Junhong Co.,             25.84
                                  Ltd.
PRC-wide Entity*...............  .......................           87.99
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*The PRC-wide entity includes, among other companies, Yongsheng, a
  mandatory respondent in this investigation that did not demonstrate
  that it is entitled to a separate rate. Accordingly, we consider
  Yongsheng to be part of the PRC-wide Entity.

Critical Circumstances (AD)

    With regard to the ITC's negative critical circumstances 
determination on imports of passenger tires from the PRC, we will 
instruct CBP to lift suspension and to refund any cash deposits made to 
secure the payment of estimated antidumping duties with respect to 
entries of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after October 29, 2014 (i.e., 90 days prior to 
the date of publication of the AD Preliminary Determination), but 
before January 27, 2015, (i.e., the date of publication of the AD 
Preliminary Determination).

Countervailing Duty Order

    As stated above, on August 3, 2015, in accordance with section 
705(d) of the Act, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
determination in this investigation, in which it found that an industry 
in the United States is materially injured within the meaning of 
section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of imports of passenger 
tires from the PRC, and that critical circumstances do not exist with 
respect to imports of subject merchandise from the PRC that are subject 
to the Department's affirmative critical circumstances finding.\20\ 
Therefore, in accordance with sections 705(c)(2) and 706(a) of the Act, 
we are publishing this countervailing duty order.
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    \20\ See ITC Notification.
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    In accordance with section 706(a) of the Act, the Department will 
direct CBP to assess, upon further instruction by the Department, 
countervailing duties on unliquidated entries of passenger tires from 
the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after December 1, 2014, the date of publication of the CVD Preliminary 
Determination in the

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Federal Register,\21\ and before March 31, 2015, the date on which the 
Department instructed CBP to discontinue the suspension of liquidation 
in accordance with section 703(d) of the Act. Section 703(d) of the Act 
states that the suspension of liquidation pursuant to a preliminary 
determination may not remain in effect for more than four months. 
Entries of passenger tires from the PRC made on or after March 31, 
2015, and prior to the date of publication of the ITC's final 
determination in the Federal Register, are not liable for the 
assessment of countervailing duties, due to the Department's 
discontinuation, effective March 31, 2015, of the suspension of 
liquidation.
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    \21\ See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Passenger 
Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Affirmative Determination, Preliminary Affirmative 
Critical Circumstances Determination, in Part, and Alignment of 
Final Determination with Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 79 FR 
71093 (December 1, 2014) (CVD Preliminary Determination).
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Provisional Measures (CVD)

    In accordance with Section 703(d) of the Act, the provisional 
measures period for the CVD investigation ended on March 31, 2015 and 
CBP was instructed to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to 
liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, unliquidated 
entries of passenger vehicle tires from the PRC, entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after March 31, 2015, the date 
the provisional measures expired, until and through the day preceding 
the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the 
Federal Register.

Suspension of Liquidation (CVD)

    In accordance with section 706 of the Act, the Department will 
direct CBP to reinstitute suspension of liquidation, effective on the 
date of publication of the ITC's notice of final determination in the 
Federal Register, and to assess, upon further instruction by the 
Department pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing 
duties for each entry of the subject merchandise in an amount based on 
the net countervailable subsidy rates for the subject merchandise. The 
Department will also direct CBP to require a cash deposit for each 
entry of subject merchandise in an amount equal to the net 
countervailable subsidy rates listed below. The all-others rate applies 
to all producers and exporters of subject merchandise not specifically 
listed.

Estimated Countervailing Duty Cash Deposit Rates

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Cash deposit
                          Company                               rate
                                                              (percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
GITI Tire (Fujian) Co., Ltd. and certain cross-owned               36.79
 companies \22\...........................................
Cooper Kunshan Tire Co., Ltd and certain cross-owned               20.73
 companies \23\...........................................
Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., Ltd..................        116.33
All-Others................................................         30.61
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Critical Circumstances (CVD)
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    \22\ GITI Tire (Fujian) Co., Ltd., and its cross-owned 
affiliated companies GITI Tire (China) Investment Company Ltd., GITI 
Radial Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd., GITI Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd., 
GITI Steel Cord (Hubei) Company Ltd., Anhui Prime Cord Fabrics 
Company Ltd., GITI Tire Corporation, GITI Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd., 
GITI Greatwall Tire (Yinchuan) Company Ltd., GITI Steel Cord (Anhui) 
Company Ltd., Anhui Prime Cord Weaving Company Ltd., and Anhui Prime 
Cord Twisting Company Ltd.
    \23\ Cooper Kunshan Tire Co., Ltd., and its cross-owned 
affiliated company, Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd.
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    With regard to the ITC's negative critical circumstances 
determination on imports of passenger tires from the PRC, we will 
instruct CBP to lift suspension and to refund any cash deposits made to 
secure the payment of estimated countervailing duties with respect to 
entries of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after September 2, 2014 (i.e., 90 days 
prior to the date of the publication of the CVD Preliminary 
Determination), but before December 1, 2014 (i.e., the date of 
publication of the CVD Preliminary Determination).

Notifications to Interested Parties

    This notice constitutes the AD and CVD orders with respect to 
passenger tires from the PRC pursuant to sections 736(a) and 706(a) of 
the Act. Interested parties can find an updated list of orders 
currently in effect by either visiting http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html or by contacting the Department's Central Records 
Unit, Room B8024 of the main Commerce Building.
    These orders and the amended AD Final Determination and amended CVD 
Final Determination are published in accordance with sections 705(e), 
706(a), 735(e), 736(a), and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.211(b) 
and 351.224(e).

    Dated: August 4, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-19615 Filed 8-7-15; 8:45 am]
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                                              I. Recommendation                                       affirmative determination that                          markings, as well as all tires that
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–19613 Filed 8–7–15; 8:45 am]              countervailable subsidies are being                     include any other prefix or suffix in
                                              BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                  provided to producers and exporters of                  their sidewall markings, are included in
                                                                                                      passenger tires from the PRC.3 On                       the scope, regardless of their intended
                                                                                                      August 3, 2015, pursuant to sections                    use, as long as the tire is of a size that
                                              DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  735(d) and 705(d) of the Tariff Act of                  is among the numerical size
                                                                                                      1930, as amended (the Act), the ITC                     designations listed in the passenger car
                                              International Trade Administration                      notified the Department of its                          section or light truck section of the Tire
                                              [A–570–016, C–570–017]                                  affirmative final determination that an                 and Rim Association Year Book, as
                                                                                                      industry in the United States is                        updated annually, unless the tire falls
                                              Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light                     materially injured within the meaning                   within one of the specific exclusions set
                                              Truck Tires From the People’s                           of sections 735(b)(1)(A)(i) and                         out below.
                                              Republic of China: Amended Final                        705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of                    Passenger vehicle and light truck
                                              Affirmative Antidumping Duty                            LTFV imports and subsidized imports of                  tires, whether or not attached to wheels
                                              Determination and Antidumping Duty                      subject merchandise from the PRC, and                   or rims, are included in the scope.
                                              Order; and Amended Final Affirmative                    its determination that critical                         However, if a subject tire is imported
                                              Countervailing Duty Determination and                   circumstances do not exist with respect                 attached to a wheel or rim, only the tire
                                              Countervailing Duty Order                               to imports of subject merchandise from                  is covered by the scope.
                                                                                                      the PRC that are subject to the                            Specifically excluded from the scope
                                              AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,                   Department’s affirmative critical                       are the following types of tires:
                                              International Trade Administration,                     circumstances finding.4                                    (1) Racing car tires; such tires do not
                                              Department of Commerce.                                                                                         bear the symbol ‘‘DOT’’ on the sidewall
                                              SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final                     Scope of the Orders
                                                                                                                                                              and may be marked with ‘‘ZR’’ in size
                                              determinations by the Department of                        The scope of these orders is passenger
                                                                                                                                                              designation;
                                              Commerce (the Department) and the                       vehicle and light truck tires. Passenger
                                                                                                                                                                 (2) new pneumatic tires, of rubber, of
                                              International Trade Commission (the                     vehicle and light truck tires are new
                                                                                                                                                              a size that is not listed in the passenger
                                              ITC), the Department is issuing                         pneumatic tires, of rubber, with a
                                                                                                                                                              car section or light truck section of the
                                              antidumping duty (AD) and                               passenger vehicle or light truck size
                                                                                                                                                              Tire and Rim Association Year Book;
                                              countervailing duty (CVD) orders on                     designation. Tires covered by these
                                                                                                      orders may be tube-type, tubeless,                         (3) pneumatic tires, of rubber, that are
                                              certain passenger vehicle and light truck
                                                                                                      radial, or non-radial, and they may be                  not new, including recycled and
                                              tires (passenger tires) from the People’s
                                                                                                      intended for sale to original equipment                 retreaded tires;
                                              Republic of China (the PRC). Also, as
                                                                                                      manufacturers or the replacement                           (4) non-pneumatic tires, such as solid
                                              explained in this notice, the Department
                                                                                                      market.                                                 rubber tires;
                                              is amending its final affirmative CVD
                                                                                                         Subject tires have, at the time of                      (5) tires designed and marketed
                                              determination to correct the rate
                                                                                                      importation, the symbol ‘‘DOT’’ on the                  exclusively as temporary use spare tires
                                              assigned to Shandong Yongsheng
                                                                                                      sidewall, certifying that the tire                      for passenger vehicles which, in
                                              Rubber Group Co., Ltd. (Yongsheng). In
                                                                                                      conforms to applicable motor vehicle                    addition, exhibit each of the following
                                              addition, the Department is amending
                                                                                                      safety standards. Subject tires may also                physical characteristics:
                                              the final affirmative AD determination
                                                                                                      have the following prefixes or suffix in                   (a) The size designation and load
                                              to correct the rate assigned to the GITI
                                                                                                      their tire size designation, which also                 index combination molded on the tire’s
                                              companies 1 and to the separate rate
                                                                                                      appears on the sidewall of the tire:                    sidewall are listed in Table PCT–1B
                                              companies.
                                                                                                         Prefix designations:                                 (‘‘T’’ Type Spare Tires for Temporary
                                              DATES: Effective date: August 10, 2015.
                                                                                                         P—Identifies a tire intended primarily               Use on Passenger Vehicles) of the Tire
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                                                                and Rim Association Year Book,
                                                                                                      for service on passenger cars.
                                              Emily Halle at (202) 482–0176 (CVD); or                    LT—Identifies a tire intended                           (b) the designation ‘‘T’’ is molded into
                                              Toni Page at (202) 482–1398 (AD), AD/                   primarily for service on light trucks.                  the tire’s sidewall as part of the size
                                              CVD Operations, Enforcement and                            Suffix letter designations:                          designation, and,
                                              Compliance, International Trade                            LT—Identifies light truck tires for                     (c) the tire’s speed rating is molded on
                                              Administration, U.S. Department of                      service on trucks, buses, trailers, and                 the sidewall, indicating the rated speed
                                              Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution                  multipurpose passenger vehicles used                    in MPH or a letter rating as listed by
                                              Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.                       in nominal highway service.                             Tire and Rim Association Year Book,
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                 All tires with a ‘‘P’’ or ‘‘LT’’ prefix,             and the rated speed is 81 MPH or a ‘‘M’’
                                              Background                                              and all tires with an ‘‘LT’’ suffix in their            rating;
                                                                                                      sidewall markings are covered by this                      (6) tires designed and marketed
                                                On June 18, 2015, with respect to                     investigation regardless of their                       exclusively for specialty tire (ST) use
                                              passenger tires from the PRC,2 the                      intended use.                                           which, in addition, exhibit each of the
                                              Department published its final                             In addition, all tires that lack a ‘‘P’’ or          following conditions:
                                              affirmative determination of sales at less              ‘‘LT’’ prefix or suffix in their sidewall                  (a) The size designation molded on
                                              than fair value (LTFV) and its final                                                                            the tire’s sidewall is listed in the ST
                                                                                                         3 See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain
                                                                                                                                                              sections of the Tire and Rim Association
                                                1 GitiTire Global Trading Pte. Ltd., GITI Radial      Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the        Year Book,
                                              Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd., GITI Tire (Fujian)           People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative
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                                              Company Ltd., GITI Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd.,          Determination, and Final Affirmative Critical              (b) the designation ‘‘ST’’ is molded
                                              and GITI Tire (USA) Ltd.                                Circumstances Determination, in Part, 80 FR 34888       into the tire’s sidewall as part of the size
                                                2 See Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain       (June 18, 2015) (CVD Final Determination).              designation,
                                              Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the           4 See ITC Notification Letter to the Deputy
                                                                                                                                                                 (c) the tire incorporates a warning,
                                              People’s Republic of China: Final Determination of      Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
                                              Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative     Compliance referencing ITC Investigation Nos. 701–
                                                                                                                                                              prominently molded on the sidewall,
                                              Determination of Critical Circumstances, In Part, 80    TA–522 and 731–TA–1258 (August 3, 2015) (ITC            that the tire is ‘‘For Trailer Service
                                              FR 34893 (June 18, 2015) (AD Final Determination).      Notification).                                          Only’’ or ‘‘For Trailer Use Only’’,


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                                                 (d) the load index molded on the tire’s              4011.20.50.10. Tires meeting the scope                average margin rates are listed in the
                                              sidewall meets or exceeds those load                    description may also enter under the                  table below. The amended weighted-
                                              indexes listed in the Tire and Rim                      following HTSUS subheadings:                          average margin rates provided for all
                                              Association Year Book for the relevant                  4011.99.45.10, 4011.99.45.50,                         exporter/producer combinations listed
                                              ST tire size, and                                       4011.99.85.10, 4011.99.85.50,                         in the table are adjusted, where
                                                 (e) either                                           8708.70.45.45, 8708.70.45.60,                         appropriate, for export subsidies and
                                                 (i) the tire’s speed rating is molded on             8708.70.60.30, 8708.70.60.45, and                     estimated domestic subsidy pass-
                                              the sidewall, indicating the rated speed                8708.70.60.60. While HTSUS                            through.
                                              in MPH or a letter rating as listed by                  subheadings are provided for
                                              Tire and Rim Association Year Book,                     convenience and for customs purposes,                 Amendment to the CVD Final
                                              and the rated speed does not exceed 81                  the written description of the subject                Determination
                                              MPH or an ‘‘M’’ rating; or                              merchandise is dispositive.                              On June 11, 2015, the Department
                                                 (ii) the tire’s speed rating molded on                                                                     issued its affirmative final
                                              the sidewall is 87 MPH or an ‘‘N’’ rating,              Amendment to the AD Final
                                                                                                                                                            determination in the CVD
                                              and in either case the tire’s maximum                   Determination
                                                                                                                                                            investigation.10 On June 17, 2015,
                                              pressure and maximum load limit are                        On June 11, 2015, the Department                   Petitioner and GITI Tire (Fujian) Co.,
                                              molded on the sidewall and either                       issued its affirmative final                          Ltd. (GITI Fujian), a respondent in the
                                                 (1) both exceed the maximum                          determination in the AD investigation.5               CVD investigation, submitted timely
                                              pressure and maximum load limit for                     On June 22, 2015, Petitioner 6 submitted              ministerial error allegations and
                                              any tire of the same size designation in                timely ministerial error allegations. On              requested that the Department correct
                                              either the passenger car or light truck                 June 29, 2015, the GITI companies and                 the alleged ministerial errors in the
                                              section of the Tire and Rim Association                 the Sailun Group Co., Ltd. (Sailun                    subsidy rate calculations.11 On June 22,
                                              Year Book; or                                           Group), respondents in the AD                         2015, Petitioner, GITI Fujian, and
                                                 (2) if the maximum cold inflation                    investigation, submitted timely rebuttal              Yongsheng submitted timely rebuttal
                                              pressure molded on the tire is less than                comments to the Petitioner’s                          comments to these ministerial error
                                              any cold inflation pressure listed for                  allegations.7 No other interested party               allegations.12 No other interested party
                                              that size designation in either the                     submitted ministerial error allegations               submitted ministerial error allegations
                                              passenger car or light truck section of                 or rebutted Petitioner’s submission.                  or rebuttals to Petitioner’s or GITI
                                              the Tire and Rim Association Year                          After analyzing the comments and                   Fujian’s submissions.
                                              Book, the maximum load limit molded                     rebuttals received, we determine, in                     After analyzing the comments and
                                              on the tire is higher than the maximum                  accordance with section 735(e) of the                 rebuttals received, we determined, in
                                              load limit listed at that cold inflation                Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), that we                    accordance with section 705(e) of the
                                              pressure for that size designation in                   made ministerial errors in our                        Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), that we
                                              either the passenger car or light truck                 calculations for the AD Final                         made ministerial errors in certain
                                              section of the Tire and Rim Association                 Determination with respect to the GITI                calculations for the CVD Final
                                              Year Book;                                              companies.8 This amended final AD                     Determination with respect to
                                                 (7) tires designed and marketed                      determination corrects these errors and               Yongsheng. This amended final CVD
                                              exclusively for off-road use and which,                 revises the weighted-average margin rate              determination corrects these errors and
                                              in addition, exhibit each of the                        for the GITI companies. Because the                   revises the ad valorem subsidy rate for
                                              following physical characteristics:                     margin rate for the separate rate                     Yongsheng. The amended estimated ad
                                                 (a) The size designation and load                    companies is based on the rates for the               valorem subsidy rate for Yongsheng is
                                              index combination molded on the tire’s                  GITI companies and the Sailun Group,                  116.73 percent.
                                              sidewall are listed in the off-the-road,                and the rate for the GITI companies
                                              agricultural, industrial or ATV section                 changed due to the aforementioned                     Antidumping Duty Order
                                              of the Tire and Rim Association Year                    ministerial errors, we have revised the                  As stated above, on August 3, 2015, in
                                              Book,                                                   calculation for the weighted-average                  accordance with section 735(d) of the
                                                 (b) in addition to any size designation              margin rate for the separate rate                     Act, the ITC notified the Department of
                                              markings, the tire incorporates a                       companies in this amended final AD                    its final determination in its
                                              warning, prominently molded on the                      determination.9 The amended weighted-
                                              sidewall, that the tire is ‘‘Not For                                                                            10 See  CVD Final Determination.
                                                                                                        5 See AD Final Determination.
                                              Highway Service’’ or ‘‘Not for Highway                                                                          11 See  Letter from Petitioner, ‘‘Countervailing
                                                                                                        6 Collectively, United Steel, Paper and Forestry,
                                              Use’’,                                                                                                        Duty Investigation on Certain Passenger Vehicle
                                                                                                      Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial      and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic
                                                 (c) the tire’s speed rating is molded on             and Service Workers International Union, AFL–         of China (C–570–017)—Petitioner’s Ministerial
                                              the sidewall, indicating the rated speed                CIO, CLC.                                             Error Comments,’’ June 17, 2015 (Petitioner’s
                                              in MPH or a letter rating as listed by the                7 See Letter from the GITI companies, ‘‘Passenger
                                                                                                                                                            Ministerial Error Comments); Letter from GITI
                                              Tire and Rim Association Year Book,                     Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s       Fujian, ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires
                                              and the rated speed does not exceed 55                  Republic of China: Reply to Ministerial Error         from the People’s Republic of China: Ministerial
                                                                                                      Comments—Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd.,’’        Error Comments,’’ June 17, 2015 (GITI Fujian
                                              MPH or a ‘‘G’’ rating, and                              June 29, 2015; see also Letter from the Sailun        Ministerial Error Comments).
                                                 (d) the tire features a recognizable off-            Group, ‘‘Sailun’s Reply to Petitioner’s Ministerial      12 See Letter from Petitioner, ‘‘Countervailing
                                              road tread design.                                      Error Allegations in the Antidumping Duty             Duty Investigation on Certain Passenger Vehicle
                                                 The products covered by the orders                   Investigation on Certain Passenger Vehicle and        and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic
                                                                                                      Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic of       of China (C–570–017)—Petitioner’s Reply to GITI
                                              are currently classified under the                      China,’’ June 29, 2015.                               Tire’s Ministerial Error Comments,’’ June 22, 2015;
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                                              following Harmonized Tariff Schedule                      8 For a detailed discussion of all alleged
                                                                                                                                                            Letter from GITI Fujian, ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and
                                              of the United States (HTSUS)                            ministerial errors, as well as the Department’s       Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic of
                                              subheadings: 4011.10.10.10,                             analysis, see the memorandum, ‘‘Amended Final         China: Ministerial Error Comments—Reply,’’ June
                                              4011.10.10.20, 4011.10.10.30,                           Determination of the Antidumping Duty                 22, 2015; Letter from Yongsheng, ‘‘Certain
                                                                                                      Investigation: Allegations of Ministerial Errors,’’   Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the
                                              4011.10.10.40, 4011.10.10.50,                           dated concurrently with this Notice (AD Ministerial   People’s Republic of China: Ministerial Error Reply
                                              4011.10.10.60, 4011.10.10.70,                           Error Memorandum).                                    of Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., Ltd.,’’
                                              4011.10.50.00, 4011.20.10.05, and                         9 See AD Ministerial Error Memorandum.              June 22, 2015.



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                                              investigation, in which it found that an                withdrawn from warehouse, for                            adjusted, where appropriate, for export
                                              industry in the United States is                        consumption on or after January 27,                      subsidies and estimated domestic
                                              materially injured within the meaning                   2015, the date of publication in the                     subsidy pass-through, as discussed
                                              of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by                Federal Register of the notice of an                     above.17
                                              reason of imports of passenger tires from               affirmative preliminary determination
                                                                                                                                                               Provisional Measures (AD)
                                              the PRC, and that critical circumstances                that passenger tires are being, or are
                                              do not exist with respect to imports of                 likely to be, sold in the United States at                  Section 733(d) of the Act states that
                                              subject merchandise from the PRC that                   LTFV. Further, consistent with our                       instructions issued pursuant to an
                                              are subject to the Department’s                         practice, where the product from the                     affirmative preliminary determination
                                              affirmative critical circumstances                      PRC under investigation is also subject                  in an AD investigation may not remain
                                              finding.13 Because the ITC determined                   to a concurrent CVD investigation, the                   in effect for more than four months
                                              that imports of passenger tires from the                Department will instruct CBP to require                  except where exporters representing a
                                              PRC are materially injuring a U.S.                      a cash deposit 15 equal to the weighted-                 significant proportion of exports of the
                                              industry, unliquidated entries of such                  average amount by which the normal                       subject merchandise request the
                                              merchandise from the PRC, entered or                    value exceeds U.S. price, adjusted                       Department to extend that four month
                                              withdrawn from warehouse, for                           where appropriate for export subsidies                   period to no more than six months. At
                                              consumption are subject to the                          and estimated domestic subsidy pass-                     the request of the GITI companies, who
                                              assessment of antidumping duties.                       through.16 The cash deposit rates are as                 account for a significant proportion of
                                                 Therefore, in accordance with section                follows: (1) For each exporter/producer                  passenger tires from the PRC, we
                                              736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will               combination listed in the table below,                   extended the four-month period to no
                                              direct U.S. Customs and Border                          the cash deposit rate will be equal to the               more than six months in this case.18 The
                                              Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further                dumping margin listed for that exporter/                 Department published the preliminary
                                              instruction by the Department,                          producer combination in the table,                       determination in the AD investigation
                                              antidumping duties equal to the amount                  adjusted as appropriate for export                       on January 27, 2015. Therefore, the six-
                                              by which the normal value of the                        subsidies and estimated domestic                         month period beginning on the date of
                                              merchandise exceeds the export price                    subsidy pass-through; (2) for all other                  publication of the preliminary
                                              (or constructed export price) of the                    combinations of PRC exporters/                           determination in the AD investigation
                                              merchandise, for all relevant entries of                producers of the merchandise under                       ended on July 26, 2015. Furthermore,
                                              passenger tires from the PRC. These                     consideration, the cash deposit rate will                section 737(b) of the Act states that
                                              antidumping duties will be assessed on                  be equal to the dumping margin                           definitive duties are to begin on the date
                                              unliquidated entries of passenger tires                 established for the PRC-wide entity,                     of publication of the ITC’s final injury
                                              from the PRC entered, or withdrawn                      adjusted as appropriate for export                       determination.
                                              from warehouse, for consumption on or                   subsidies and estimated subsidy pass-                       Therefore, in accordance with section
                                              after January 27, 2015, the date of                     through; and (3) for all non-PRC                         733(d) of the Act and our practice, we
                                              publication of the AD Preliminary                       exporters of the merchandise under                       will instruct CBP to terminate the
                                              Determination,14 but will not include                   consideration which have not received                    suspension of liquidation and to
                                              entries occurring after the expiration of               their own separate rate above, the cash                  liquidate, without regard to
                                              the provisional measures period and                     deposit rate will be equal to the cash                   antidumping duties, unliquidated
                                              before publication of the ITC’s final                   deposit rate applicable to the PRC                       entries of passenger vehicle tires from
                                              injury determination as further                         exporter/producer combination that                       the PRC, entered, or withdrawn from
                                              described below.                                        supplied that non-PRC exporter. These                    warehouse, for consumption on or after
                                                                                                      suspension of liquidation instructions                   July 26, 2015, the date the provisional
                                              Continuation of Suspension of
                                                                                                      will remain in effect until further notice.              measures expired, until and through the
                                              Liquidation (AD)                                           Accordingly, effective on the date of                 day preceding the date of publication of
                                                 In accordance with section                           publication of the ITC’s final affirmative               the ITC’s final injury determination in
                                              735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department                 injury determination, CBP will require,                  the Federal Register.
                                              will instruct CBP to continue to suspend                at the same time as importers would
                                              liquidation of all appropriate entries of               normally deposit estimated duties on                     Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
                                              passenger tires from the PRC as                         this subject merchandise, a cash deposit                 Margins
                                              described in the ‘‘Scope of the Orders’’                equal to the estimated weighted-average                    The estimated weighted-average
                                              section, which were entered, or                         dumping margins indicated below,                         dumping margins are as follows.19

                                                13 See  ITC Determination.                            only order the resumption of the suspension of           export subsidies and domestic subsidy pass-
                                                14 See  Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck     liquidation, and require cash deposits for               throughs, where appropriate. See AD Final
                                              Tires From the People’s Republic of China:              countervailing duties equal to the final subsidy         Determination, 80 FR at 34897. As a result of the
                                              Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than         rates, upon issuance of a final affirmative injury       adjustments for export subsidies and domestic
                                              Fair Value; Preliminary Affirmative Determination       determination by the ITC. As a result, the               subsidy pass-throughs, the GITI companies’ cash
                                              of Critical Circumstances; In Part and                  Department will make an adjustment to AD cash            deposit rate will be 15.31 percent; the Sailun
                                              Postponement of Final Determination, 80 FR 4250         deposits, where appropriate, for export subsidies
                                                                                                                                                               Group’s cash deposit rate will be 0.00 percent;
                                                                                                      and estimated domestic subsidy pass-through as of
                                              (January 27, 2015) (AD Preliminary Determination).                                                               Cooper Tire & Rubber Company’s, Cooper
                                                                                                      the date of publication of the ITC’s final affirmative
                                                 15 See Modification of Regulations Regarding the
                                                                                                      injury determination.                                    (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd.’s, and Cooper Chengshan
                                              Practice of Accepting Bonds During the Provisional         18 See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck      (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd’s. (collectively, Cooper)
                                              Measures Period in Antidumping and                      Tires From the People’s Republic of China:               cash deposit rate will be 11.12 percent; the other
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                                              Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042         Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than          separate rate entities’ (besides Cooper) cash deposit
                                              (October 3, 2011).                                      Fair Value; Preliminary Affirmative Determination        rate will be 8.72 percent; and the PRC-wide entity’s
                                                 16 See sections 772(c)(1)(C) and 777A(f) of the                                                               cash deposit rate will be 76.46 percent. See also
                                                                                                      of Critical Circumstances; In Part and
                                              Act.                                                    Postponement of Final Determination, 80 FR 4250          CVD Final Determination and Memorandum to the
                                                 17 With respect to the final affirmative             at 4253 (January 27, 2015) (AD Preliminary               File, ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck
                                              countervailing duty determination in the                Determination).                                          from the People’s Republic of China: Double
                                              companion investigation, because the provisional           19 As explained in the AD Final Determination,        Remedies Final Calculation Memorandum’’ (June
                                              measures period has expired, the Department will        we will adjust cash deposit rates by the amount of       11, 2015).



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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Weighted-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          average
                                                                                   Exporter(s)                                                                                  Producer(s)                                              dumping
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          margin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         (percent)

                                              Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd., Giti Tire (USA) Ltd., Giti Ra-                            Giti Radial Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd., Giti Tire (Fujian) Com-                                     30.74
                                                dial Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd., Giti Tire (Fujian) Company                                    pany Ltd., Giti Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd.
                                                Ltd., Giti Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd., (Collectively, the GITI
                                                Companies).
                                              Sailun Group Co., Ltd. (aka Sailun Jinyu Group Co., Ltd.),                                    Sailun Group Co., Ltd. (aka Sailun Jinyu Group Co., Ltd.),                                         14.35
                                                Sailun Tire International Corp., Shandong Jinyu Industrial                                    Shandong Jinyu Industrial Co., Ltd.
                                                Co., Ltd., Jinyu International Holding Co., Limited, Seatex
                                                International Inc., Dynamic Tire Corp., Husky Tire Corp.,
                                                Seatex PTE. Ltd., (Collectively, Sailun Group).
                                              Cooper Tire & Rubber Company ................................................                 Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd., Cooper                                                 25.84
                                                                                                                                               (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd.
                                              Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd ...........................                         Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd ..........................                               25.84
                                              Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd .................................................              Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd ................................................                    25.84
                                              Best Choice International Trade Co., Limited ............................                     Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd., Shandong Haohua Tire Co.,                                          25.84
                                                                                                                                               Ltd., Beijing Capital Tire Co., Ltd.
                                              Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire Co., Ltd ................................................             Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire Co., Ltd ...............................................                   25.84
                                              Bridgestone Corporation .............................................................         Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire Co., Ltd ...............................................                   25.84
                                              Cheng Shin Tire & Rubber (China) Co., Ltd ..............................                      Cheng Shin Tire & Rubber (China) Co., Ltd., Cheng Shin Tire                                        25.84
                                                                                                                                               & Rubber (Chongqing) Co., Ltd.
                                              Crown International Corporation .................................................             Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd., Shandong                                               25.84
                                                                                                                                               Haohua Tire Co., Ltd., Shandong Jinyu Industrial Co., Ltd.,
                                                                                                                                               Doublestar-Dongfeng Tyre Co., Ltd., Shengtai Group Co.,
                                                                                                                                               Ltd., Qingdao Doublestar Tire Industrial Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                                                                                                                               Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd.
                                              Goodyear Dalian Tire Company Limited ....................................                     Goodyear Dalian Tire Company Limited ...................................                           25.84
                                              Guangzhou Pearl River Rubber Tyre Ltd ...................................                     Guangzhou Pearl River Rubber Tyre Ltd ..................................                           25.84
                                              Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd ......................................................            Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd .....................................................                  25.84
                                              Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co., Ltd ....................................................            Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co., Ltd ...................................................                  25.84
                                              Highpoint Trading, Ltd ................................................................       Federal Tire (Jiangxi) Ltd ...........................................................             25.84
                                              Hong Kong Tiancheng Investment & Trading Co., Limited ........                                Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd ..............................................                     25.84
                                              Hong Kong Tri-Ace Tire Co., Limited. ........................................                 Shandong Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd., Doublestar-Dongfeng                                           25.84
                                                                                                                                               Tyre Co., Ltd.
                                              Hwa Fong Rubber (Hong Kong) Ltd ...........................................                   Hwa Fong Rubber (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. .......................................                         25.84
                                              Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd ...................................................             Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd ..................................................                   25.84
                                              Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd ..................................................              Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd .................................................                    25.84
                                              Kumho Tire Co., Inc ....................................................................      Kumho Tire (Tianjin) Co., Inc., Nanjing Kumho Tire Co., Ltd.,                                      25.84
                                                                                                                                               Kumho Tire (Changchun) Co., Inc.
                                              Mayrun Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited .............................................                 South China Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Haohua Tire                                          25.84
                                                                                                                                               Co., Ltd.
                                              Nankang (Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone) Rubber Industrial                                      Nankang (Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone) Rubber Industrial                                           25.84
                                                Co., Ltd.                                                                                      Co., Ltd.
                                              Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd .....................................................................   Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd ....................................................................         25.84
                                              Qingdao Crown Chemical Co., Ltd .............................................                 Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd., Shandong                                               25.84
                                                                                                                                               Haohua Tire Co., Ltd., Shandong Jinyu Industrial Co., Ltd.,
                                                                                                                                               Doublestar-Dongfeng Tyre Co., Ltd.
                                              Qingdao Free Trade Zone Full-World International Trading Co.,                                 Shandong Zhentai Group Co., Ltd., Longkou Xinglong Tyre                                            25.84
                                                Ltd.                                                                                           Co., Ltd., Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co., Ltd.
                                              Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Corp. Ltd ..................................................             Fullrun Tyre Tech Corp., Ltd, Shengtai Group Co., Ltd.,                                            25.84
                                                                                                                                               Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Guofeng
                                                                                                                                               Rubber Plastics Co, Ltd, Deruibao Tire Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                                                                                                                               New Continent Tire Co., Ltd, Shandong Fengyuan Tyre
                                                                                                                                               Manufacturing Co., Ltd, Sichuan Tyre & Rubber Co., Ltd,
                                                                                                                                               Qingdao Futaian Tyre Teck. Co., Ltd., Good Friend Tyre
                                                                                                                                               Co., Ltd., Shandong Hengyu Science & Technonology Co.,
                                                                                                                                               Ltd., Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd., Shouguang
                                                                                                                                               Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd, Beijing Capital Tire Co., Ltd.,
                                                                                                                                               Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd, Zhaoqing Junhong
                                                                                                                                               Co., Ltd, Shandong Huasheng Rubber Co., Ltd, Shandong
                                                                                                                                               Haohua Tire Co., Ltd., Shandong Province Sanli Tire Manu-
                                                                                                                                               factured Co., Ltd.
                                              Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Tech Corp., Ltd ........................................                 Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Tech Corp., Ltd. ......................................                       25.84
                                              Qingdao Honghua Tyre Factory .................................................                Qingdao Honghua Tyre Factory ................................................                      25.84
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                                              Qingdao Nama Industrial Co., Ltd ..............................................               Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd., Shandong                                               25.84
                                                                                                                                               Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                                                                                                                               Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Haohua Tire Co.,
                                                                                                                                               Ltd., Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd., Shandong Zhongyi
                                                                                                                                               Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Yonking Rubber Co., Ltd.,
                                                                                                                                               Shandong Hongsheng Rubber Technology Co., Ltd.
                                              Qingdao Nexen Tire Corporation ................................................               Qingdao Nexen Tire Corporation ...............................................                     25.84



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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Weighted-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  average
                                                                                  Exporter(s)                                                                                     Producer(s)                                                    dumping
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  margin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 (percent)

                                              Qingdao Odyking Tyre Co., Ltd ..................................................            Doublestar-Dongfeng Tyre Co., Ltd., Shandong Fengyuan Tire                                                   25.84
                                                                                                                                             Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd.
                                              Qingdao Qianzhen Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................             Qingdao Qianzhen Tyre Co., Ltd ...............................................                               25.84
                                              Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd ...................................................            Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd ..................................................                              25.84
                                              Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd ...............................................              Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd ..............................................                                25.84
                                              Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd ....................................................          Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd ...................................................                            25.84
                                              Shandong Anchi Tyres Co., Ltd .................................................             Shandong Anchi Tyres Co., Ltd ................................................                               25.84
                                              Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co., Ltd .........................................                 Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co., Ltd ........................................                                   25.84
                                              Shandong Duratti Rubber Corporation Co., Ltd .........................                      Shandong Duratti Rubber Corporation Co., Ltd ........................                                        25.84
                                              Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd ............................                      Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd ...........................                                        25.84
                                              Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd .................................................             Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd ................................................                               25.84
                                              Shandong Haolong Rubber Tire Co., Ltd ...................................                   Shandong Haolong Rubber Tire Co., Ltd ..................................                                     25.84
                                              Shandong Hawk International Rubber Industry Co., Ltd ............                           Shandong Hawk International Rubber Industry Co., Ltd ...........                                             25.84
                                              Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd ...................                           Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd ..................                                             25.84
                                              Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................             Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd., Laiwu Sunshine Tyre Co.,                                                    25.84
                                                                                                                                             Ltd.
                                              Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd ...............................................             Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd ..............................................                               25.84
                                              Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd ..........................................                 Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd .........................................                                   25.84
                                              Shandong New Continent Tire Co., Ltd .....................................                  Shandong New Continent Tire Co., Ltd ....................................                                    25.84
                                              Shandong Province Sanli Tire Manufactured Co., Ltd ...............                          Shandong Province Sanli Tire Manufactured Co., Ltd ..............                                            25.84
                                              Shandong Shuangwang Rubber Co., Ltd ...................................                     Shandong Shuangwang Rubber Co., Ltd ..................................                                       25.84
                                              Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd ........................................                  Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd .......................................                                    25.84
                                              Shandong Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd ........................................                 Shandong Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd .......................................                                   25.84
                                              Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd ...........................................                Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd ..........................................                                  25.84
                                              Shengtai Group Co., Ltd .............................................................       Shengtai Group Co., Ltd., Shandong Shengshitailai Rubber                                                     25.84
                                                                                                                                             Technology Co., Ltd.
                                              Shifeng Juxing Tire Co., Ltd .......................................................        Shifeng Juxing Tire Co., Ltd ......................................................                          25.84
                                              Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd .............................................               Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd ............................................                                 25.84
                                              Southeast Mariner International Co., Ltd ....................................               Dongying Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Haohua Tire                                                      25.84
                                                                                                                                             Co., Ltd.
                                              Techking Tires Limited ................................................................     Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd .........................................                                   25.84
                                              Toyo Tire (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd .............................................             Toyo Tire (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd ............................................                               25.84
                                              Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd .................................................................    Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................................                      25.84
                                              Tyrechamp Group Co., Limited ..................................................             Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd., Sichuan Tyre & Rubber Co.,                                                   25.84
                                                                                                                                             Ltd., Shandong Anchi Tyres Co., Ltd., Beijing Capital Tire
                                                                                                                                             Co., Ltd., Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                                                                                                                             Wosen Rubber Co., Ltd., Shandong Zhentai Group Co.,
                                                                                                                                             Ltd., Shandong Yonking Rubber Co., Ltd., Qingdao
                                                                                                                                             Doublestar Tire Industrial Co., Ltd., South China Tire &
                                                                                                                                             Rubber Co., Ltd., Anhui Heding Tire Technology Co., Ltd.
                                              Weihai Ping’an Tyre Co., Ltd ......................................................         Weihai Ping’an Tyre Co., Ltd .....................................................                           25.84
                                              Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd .............................................               Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd ............................................                                 25.84
                                              Wendeng Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd ................................................              Wendeng Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd ...............................................                                25.84
                                              Winrun Tyre Co., Ltd ..................................................................     Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group Rubber Co. Ltd ..............                                               25.84
                                              Zenith Holdings (HK) Limited ......................................................         Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd ..............................................                               25.84
                                              Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd ........................................................          Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd .......................................................                            25.84
                                              PRC-wide Entity* ........................................................................   ....................................................................................................         87.99
                                                *The PRC-wide entity includes, among other companies, Yongsheng, a mandatory respondent in this investigation that did not demonstrate
                                              that it is entitled to a separate rate. Accordingly, we consider Yongsheng to be part of the PRC-wide Entity.


                                              Critical Circumstances (AD)                                          Countervailing Duty Order                                                  finding.20 Therefore, in accordance with
                                                                                                                                                                                              sections 705(c)(2) and 706(a) of the Act,
                                                With regard to the ITC’s negative                                     As stated above, on August 3, 2015, in                                  we are publishing this countervailing
                                              critical circumstances determination on                              accordance with section 705(d) of the                                      duty order.
                                              imports of passenger tires from the PRC,                             Act, the ITC notified the Department of
                                              we will instruct CBP to lift suspension                                                                                                            In accordance with section 706(a) of
                                                                                                                   its final determination in this
                                              and to refund any cash deposits made                                                                                                            the Act, the Department will direct CBP
                                                                                                                   investigation, in which it found that an
                                              to secure the payment of estimated                                                                                                              to assess, upon further instruction by
                                                                                                                   industry in the United States is
                                              antidumping duties with respect to                                                                                                              the Department, countervailing duties
                                                                                                                   materially injured within the meaning
                                              entries of subject merchandise entered,                                                                                                         on unliquidated entries of passenger
                                                                                                                   of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by
                                                                                                                                                                                              tires from the PRC entered, or
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                                              or withdrawn from warehouse, for                                     reason of imports of passenger tires from
                                              consumption on or after October 29,                                                                                                             withdrawn from warehouse, for
                                                                                                                   the PRC, and that critical circumstances                                   consumption on or after December 1,
                                              2014 (i.e., 90 days prior to the date of
                                                                                                                   do not exist with respect to imports of                                    2014, the date of publication of the CVD
                                              publication of the AD Preliminary
                                                                                                                   subject merchandise from the PRC that                                      Preliminary Determination in the
                                              Determination), but before January 27,
                                                                                                                   are subject to the Department’s
                                              2015, (i.e., the date of publication of the
                                              AD Preliminary Determination).                                       affirmative critical circumstances                                            20 See    ITC Notification.



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                                              Federal Register,21 and before March                    Estimated Countervailing Duty Cash                              Dated: August 4, 2015.
                                              31, 2015, the date on which the                         Deposit Rates                                                 Ronald K. Lorentzen,
                                              Department instructed CBP to                                                                                          Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
                                              discontinue the suspension of                                                                          Cash deposit   and Compliance.
                                              liquidation in accordance with section                                Company                              rate
                                                                                                                                                      (percent)     [FR Doc. 2015–19615 Filed 8–7–15; 8:45 am]
                                              703(d) of the Act. Section 703(d) of the                                                                              BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                              Act states that the suspension of                       GITI Tire (Fujian) Co., Ltd.
                                              liquidation pursuant to a preliminary                     and certain cross-owned
                                              determination may not remain in effect                    companies 22 .......................                36.79   DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                              for more than four months. Entries of                   Cooper Kunshan Tire Co., Ltd
                                              passenger tires from the PRC made on                      and certain cross-owned                                     International Trade Administration
                                              or after March 31, 2015, and prior to the                 companies 23 .......................                20.73
                                              date of publication of the ITC’s final                  Shandong Yongsheng Rubber                                     Withdrawal of Application for Duty-
                                              determination in the Federal Register,                    Group Co., Ltd ....................                116.33   Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
                                              are not liable for the assessment of                    All-Others ................................           30.61
                                              countervailing duties, due to the                                                                                       Applications may be examined
                                              Department’s discontinuation, effective                 Critical Circumstances (CVD)                                  between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in
                                              March 31, 2015, of the suspension of                                                                                  Room 3720, Subsidies Enforcement
                                              liquidation.                                               With regard to the ITC’s negative
                                                                                                                                                                    Office, U.S. Department of Commerce,
                                                                                                      critical circumstances determination on
                                              Provisional Measures (CVD)                                                                                            14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
                                                                                                      imports of passenger tires from the PRC,
                                                                                                                                                                    Washington, DC 20230.
                                                                                                      we will instruct CBP to lift suspension
                                                 In accordance with Section 703(d) of                                                                                 Docket Number: 15–009. Applicant:
                                                                                                      and to refund any cash deposits made
                                              the Act, the provisional measures period                                                                              University of Texas Health Science
                                                                                                      to secure the payment of estimated
                                              for the CVD investigation ended on                                                                                    Center, San Antonio, TX 78229.
                                              March 31, 2015 and CBP was instructed                   countervailing duties with respect to
                                                                                                      entries of the subject merchandise                            Instrument: Electron Microscope.
                                              to terminate the suspension of                                                                                        Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan.
                                              liquidation and to liquidate, without                   entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
                                                                                                      for consumption on or after September                         Intended Use: See notice at 80 FR
                                              regard to countervailing duties,
                                                                                                      2, 2014 (i.e., 90 days prior to the date                      31890, June 4, 2015.
                                              unliquidated entries of passenger
                                              vehicle tires from the PRC, entered, or                 of the publication of the CVD                                   Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the
                                              withdrawn from warehouse, for                           Preliminary Determination), but before                        Educational, Scientific and Cultural
                                              consumption on or after March 31,                       December 1, 2014 (i.e., the date of                           Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.
                                              2015, the date the provisional measures                 publication of the CVD Preliminary                            L. 89–651; as amended by Pub. L. 106–
                                              expired, until and through the day                      Determination).                                               36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), the
                                              preceding the date of publication of the                                                                              Department of Commerce and the
                                                                                                      Notifications to Interested Parties
                                              ITC’s final injury determination in the                                                                               Department of Homeland Security
                                              Federal Register.                                          This notice constitutes the AD and                         determine, inter alia, whether
                                                                                                      CVD orders with respect to passenger                          instruments of equivalent scientific
                                              Suspension of Liquidation (CVD)
                                                                                                      tires from the PRC pursuant to sections                       value, for the purposes for which the
                                                 In accordance with section 706 of the                736(a) and 706(a) of the Act. Interested                      instruments shown below are intended
                                              Act, the Department will direct CBP to                  parties can find an updated list of orders                    to be used, are being manufactured in
                                              reinstitute suspension of liquidation,                  currently in effect by either visiting                        the United States as well as whether the
                                              effective on the date of publication of                 http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/                           instrument or apparatus is for the
                                              the ITC’s notice of final determination                 iastats1.html or by contacting the                            exclusive use of the applicant
                                              in the Federal Register, and to assess,                 Department’s Central Records Unit,                            institution and is not intended to be
                                              upon further instruction by the                         Room B8024 of the main Commerce                               used for commercial purposes.
                                              Department pursuant to section                          Building.                                                       On May 29, 2015, Texas University
                                              706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing
                                                                                                         These orders and the amended AD                            Health Science Center officials notified
                                              duties for each entry of the subject
                                                                                                      Final Determination and amended CVD                           the Department that they wished to
                                              merchandise in an amount based on the
                                              net countervailable subsidy rates for the               Final Determination are published in                          withdraw the above-referenced
                                              subject merchandise. The Department                     accordance with sections 705(e), 706(a),                      application for duty-free entry of a
                                              will also direct CBP to require a cash                  735(e), 736(a), and 777(i) of the Act, and                    scientific instrument. They noted that
                                              deposit for each entry of subject                       19 CFR 351.211(b) and 351.224(e).                             the instrument will be cleared through
                                              merchandise in an amount equal to the                                                                                 Customs with duty paid by the vendor
                                              net countervailable subsidy rates listed                   22 GITI Tire (Fujian) Co., Ltd., and its cross-owned       in order to be used at a trade show for
                                              below. The all-others rate applies to all               affiliated companies GITI Tire (China) Investment             demonstrations. As noted in the
                                              producers and exporters of subject                      Company Ltd., GITI Radial Tire (Anhui) Company                regulations at section 301.5(g), the
                                                                                                      Ltd., GITI Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd., GITI Steel             Department of Commerce shall
                                              merchandise not specifically listed.
                                                                                                      Cord (Hubei) Company Ltd., Anhui Prime Cord
                                                                                                      Fabrics Company Ltd., GITI Tire Corporation, GITI
                                                                                                                                                                    discontinue processing an application
                                                 21 See Countervailing Duty Investigation of                                                                        when a request has been made by the
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                                                                                                      Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd., GITI Greatwall Tire
                                              Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires         (Yinchuan) Company Ltd., GITI Steel Cord (Anhui)              applicant to withdraw the application.
                                              from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary
                                              Affirmative Determination, Preliminary Affirmative
                                                                                                      Company Ltd., Anhui Prime Cord Weaving                        Therefore, the Department of Commerce
                                                                                                      Company Ltd., and Anhui Prime Cord Twisting                   has discontinued the processing of this
                                              Critical Circumstances Determination, in Part, and
                                                                                                      Company Ltd.
                                              Alignment of Final Determination with Final
                                                                                                         23 Cooper Kunshan Tire Co., Ltd., and its cross-
                                                                                                                                                                    application, in accordance with section
                                              Antidumping Duty Determination, 79 FR 71093                                                                           301.5(g) of the regulations. See 15 CFR
                                              (December 1, 2014) (CVD Preliminary                     owned affiliated company, Cooper Chengshan
                                              Determination).                                         (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd.                                     301.5(g).


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ContactEmily Halle at (202) 482-0176 (CVD); or Toni Page at (202) 482-1398 (AD), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
FR Citation80 FR 47902 

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