81 FR 20618 - Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 68 (April 8, 2016)

On March 3, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof (diamond sawblades) from the People's Republic of China (the PRC).\1\ In that notice, we preliminarily determined that Wuhan Wanbang Laser Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. (Wuhan Wanbang Co., Ltd.) is the successor-in-interest to Wuhan Wanbang Laser Diamond Tools Co. (Wuhan Wanbang Co.) for purposes of determining antidumping duty cash deposits and liabilities.\2\ No interested party submitted comments on or requested a public hearing to discuss the Initiation and Preliminary Results. For these final results, the Department continues to find that Wuhan Wanbang Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Wuhan Wanbang Co. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20618-20619]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08141]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-900]


Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On March 3, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation and preliminary results of a changed 
circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades 
and parts thereof (diamond sawblades) from the People's Republic of 
China (the PRC).\1\ In that notice, we preliminarily determined that 
Wuhan Wanbang Laser Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. (Wuhan Wanbang Co., Ltd.) 
is the successor-in-interest to Wuhan Wanbang Laser Diamond Tools Co. 
(Wuhan Wanbang Co.) for purposes of determining antidumping duty cash 
deposits and liabilities.\2\ No interested party submitted comments on 
or requested a public hearing to discuss the Initiation and Preliminary 
Results. For these final results, the Department continues to find that 
Wuhan Wanbang Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Wuhan Wanbang 
Co.
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    \1\ See Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People's 
Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed 
Circumstances Review, 81 FR 11177 (March 3, 2016) (Initiation and 
Preliminary Results).
    \2\ Id.

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DATES: Effective Date: April 8, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5760.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Effective May 4, 2015, Wuhan Wanbang Co. (1) changed its legal 
status from a limited liability company to a joint-stock limited 
company and (2) changed its name to Wuhan Wanbang Laser Diamond Tools 
Co., Ltd.\3\ On December 22, 2015, Wuhan Wanbang Co., Ltd. requested 
that the Department initiate an expedited changed circumstances review 
and determine that Wuhan Wanbang Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest 
to Wuhan Wanbang Co.
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    \3\ See Wuhan Wanbang Co., Ltd.'s request for a changed 
circumstances review dated December 22, 2015.
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    On March 3, 2016, we initiated this changed circumstances review 
and preliminarily determined that Wuhan Wanbang Co., Ltd. is the 
successor-in-interest to Wuhan Wanbang Co.\4\ In the Initiation and 
Preliminary Results, we provided all interested parties with an 
opportunity to comment or request a public hearing regarding our 
preliminary results. We received no comments or requests for a public 
hearing.
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    \4\ See Initiation and Preliminary Results.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are all finished circular 
sawblades, whether slotted or not, with a working part that is 
comprised of a diamond segment or segments, and parts thereof, 
regardless of specification or size, except as specifically excluded 
below. Within the scope of the order are semifinished diamond 
sawblades, including diamond sawblade cores and diamond sawblade 
segments. Diamond sawblade cores are circular steel plates, whether or 
not attached to non-steel plates, with slots. Diamond sawblade cores 
are manufactured principally, but not exclusively, from alloy steel. A 
diamond sawblade segment consists of a mixture of diamonds (whether 
natural or synthetic, and regardless of the quantity of diamonds) and 
metal powders (including, but not limited to, iron, cobalt, nickel, 
tungsten carbide) that are formed together into a solid shape (from 
generally, but not limited to, a heating and pressing process).
    Sawblades with diamonds directly attached to the core with a resin 
or electroplated bond, which thereby do not contain a diamond segment, 
are not included within the scope of the order. Diamond sawblades and/
or sawblade cores with a thickness of less than 0.025 inches, or with a 
thickness greater than 1.1 inches, are excluded from the scope of the 
order. Circular steel plates that have a cutting edge of non-diamond 
material, such as external teeth that protrude from the outer diameter 
of the plate, whether or not finished, are excluded from the scope of 
the order. Diamond sawblade cores with a Rockwell C hardness of less 
than 25 are excluded from the scope of the order. Diamond sawblades 
and/or diamond segment(s) with diamonds that predominantly have a mesh 
size number greater than 240 (such as 250 or 260) are excluded from the 
scope of the order. Merchandise subject to the order is typically 
imported under heading 8202.39.00.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States (HTSUS). When packaged together as a set for 
retail sale with an item that is separately classified under headings 
8202 to 8205 of the HTSUS, diamond sawblades or parts thereof may be 
imported under heading 8206.00.00.00 of the HTSUS. On October 11, 2011, 
the Department included the 6804.21.00.00 HTSUS classification number 
to the customs case reference file, pursuant to a request by U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP).\5\ The tariff classification is 
provided for convenience and customs purposes; however, the written 
description of the scope of the order is dispositive.
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    \5\ See Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the Republic of 
Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 76 FR 76128, 76130 (December 6, 2011).
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Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    For the reasons stated in the Initiation and Preliminary Results, 
and because we received no comments from interested parties to the 
contrary, we continue to find that Wuhan Wanbang Co., Ltd. is the 
successor-in-interest to Wuhan Wanbang Co.\6\ As a result of this 
determination, we find that Wuhan Wanbang Co., Ltd. should receive the 
cash deposit rate previously assigned to Wuhan Wanbang Co. in the most 
recently completed administrative review of the antidumping duty order 
on diamond sawblades from the PRC.\7\ Consequently, the Department will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of 
all shipments of subject merchandise exported by Wuhan Wanbang Co., 
Ltd., and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the publication date of this notice in the Federal Register at 
2.34 percent, which is the current antidumping duty cash deposit rate 
for Wuhan Wanbang Co.\8\ This cash deposit requirement shall remain in 
effect until further notice.
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    \6\ See Initiation and Preliminary Results, 81 FR at 11778-79.
    \7\ See, e.g., Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review: Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From 
Thailand, 81 FR 222 (January 5, 2016).
    \8\ See Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People's 
Republic of China; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2012-2013, 80 FR 32344, 32345 (June 8, 2015).
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    This notice of final results is in accordance with sections 
751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 
and 19 CFR 351.216, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3).

    Dated: April 1, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-08141 Filed 4-7-16; 8:45 am]
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