81_FR_58584 81 FR 58419 - Modification of Regulations Regarding Basis for Normal Value

81 FR 58419 - Modification of Regulations Regarding Basis for Normal Value

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 165 (August 25, 2016)

Page Range58419-58421
FR Document2016-20417

The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') proposes to modify the regulations pertaining to the use of constructed value or third country sales for purposes of determining normal value, where the exporting country does not constitute a viable market, and is seeking comments from parties. This modification, if adopted, will specify that, where the exporting country does not constitute a viable market, the Department normally will calculate normal value based upon constructed value. This modification would invert the preexisting order of preference that, where the exporting country does not constitute a viable market, the Department normally calculates normal value based on sales in a viable third country. The Department proposes this modification in light of certain advantages of constructed value over third country sales, such as availability of cost of production information and comparability to U.S. prices.

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 165 (Thursday, August 25, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

19 CFR Part 351

[Docket Number 160815742-6742-01]
RIN 0625-AB08


Modification of Regulations Regarding Basis for Normal Value

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

ACTION: Proposed rule and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') proposes to 
modify the regulations pertaining to the use of constructed value or 
third country sales for purposes of determining normal value, where the 
exporting country does not constitute a viable market, and is seeking 
comments from parties. This modification, if adopted, will specify 
that, where the exporting country does not constitute a viable market, 
the Department normally will calculate normal value based upon 
constructed value. This modification would invert the preexisting order 
of preference that, where the exporting country does not constitute a 
viable market, the Department normally calculates normal value based on 
sales in a viable third country. The Department proposes this 
modification in light of certain advantages of constructed value over 
third country sales, such as availability of cost of production 
information and comparability to U.S. prices.

DATES: To be assured of consideration, written comments must be 
received no later than September 26, 2016.

ADDRESSES: All comments must be submitted through the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, Docket No. ITA-2016-
0009, unless the commenter does not have access to the internet. 
Commenters that do not have access to the internet may submit the 
original and one electronic copy on CD-ROM of each set of comments by 
mail or hand delivery/courier. All comments should be addressed to Paul 
Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement & Compliance, Room 1870, 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20230. Comments submitted to the Department will be 
uploaded to the eRulemaking Portal at www.Regulations.gov.
    The Department will consider all comments received before the close 
of the comment period. All comments responding to this notice will be a 
matter of public record and will be available on the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at www.Regulations.gov. The Department will not 
accept comments accompanied by a request that part or all of the 
material be treated confidentially because of its business proprietary 
nature or for any other reason.
    Any questions concerning file formatting, document conversion, 
access on the Internet, or other electronic filing issues should be 
addressed to Moustapha Sylla, Enforcement and Compliance, at (202) 482-
4685 or email address: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zachary Simmons at (202) 482-4044 or 
Abdelali Elouaradia at (202) 482-1374.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In general terms, section 731 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), provides that when a company is selling foreign merchandise 
in the United States at less than fair value, and the International 
Trade Commission determines that an industry is materially injured or 
threatened with material injury by reason of such sales or imports, the 
Department shall impose an antidumping duty. Furthermore, section 751 
of the Act provides that the Department shall periodically review and 
determine, upon request, the amount of any antidumping duty. Pursuant 
to section 773(a) of the Act, the Department's analysis involves a 
comparison between a company's sales price to, or in, the United States 
(defined either as export price or constructed export price) with the 
normal value. See 19 CFR 351.401(a); see also section 772 of the Act 
(defining export price and constructed export price); section 773 of 
the Act (defining normal value). Although in most circumstances, sales 
in the exporting country provide the most appropriate basis for normal 
value, section 773 of the Act also permits the use of third country 
sales or constructed value as the basis for normal value. See also 19 
CFR 351.404(a).
    The Department's regulations identify circumstances in which it may 
rely upon another basis for normal value. The Department may use a 
basis other than sales in the exporting country where, pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.404(b), the Department determines that the exporting country 
does not constitute a viable market. 19 CFR 351.404(c). In addition, 
the Department may use a basis other than sales in the exporting 
country where a proper comparison between sales in the exporting 
country and sales in the United States is not possible. 19 CFR 
351.404(c)(2)(i).\1\
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    \1\ The Department has exercised this discretion in the past. 
See, e.g., Large Newspaper Printing Presses and Components Thereof, 
Whether Assembled or Unassembled, from Japan, 65 FR 62700, 62702 
(Dep't of Commerce Oct. 19, 2000) (prelim. results) (basing normal 
value on constructed value because ``the unique, custom-built nature 
of each LNPP sold does not permit proper price-to-price 
comparisons'') unchanged in Large Newspaper Printing Presses and 
Components Thereof, Whether Assembled or Unassembled, from Japan, 66 
FR 11555 (Dep't of Commerce Feb. 26, 2001) (final results).
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    In those circumstances where the Department determines that sales 
in the exporting country do not permit an appropriate comparison to 
United States sales, ``[t]he Secretary normally will calculate normal 
value based on sales to a third country rather than on constructed 
value if adequate information is available and verifiable . . .'' 19 
CFR 351.404(f). Thus, although Sec.  404(f) of the Department's 
regulations contemplates both sales in a third country and constructed 
value as bases to calculate normal value, it establishes an order of 
preference in which the Department ``normally'' will use sales in a 
third country. Section 404(f) establishes sales in a third country as 
the preferred basis to calculate normal value where (1) there are no 
sales of the foreign like product in the exporting country, (2) there 
are insufficient sales of the foreign like product in the exporting 
country and thus the market is not viable, or (3) the Department has 
otherwise determined it cannot use such sales for purposes of 
determining normal value pursuant to section 773(a)(1)(B)(i) of the 
Act.
    However, the Department has identified some factors in favor of 
inverting the current order of preference to use, normally, constructed 
value rather than sales in a third country. First, the proposed 
preference for constructed value accords with the

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TPEA, which amended section 773(b)(2) of the Act, regarding the 
importance of the cost of production in the Department's analysis of 
unfair trading behavior. Specifically, the TPEA amended section 
773(b)(2) of the Act to require that the Department request cost 
information from individually examined respondent companies in 
antidumping proceedings. See Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 
Public Law 114-27, 129 Stat. 362 (2015). As a consequence, the 
Department, in all segments of its antidumping duty proceedings for 
which the complete initial questionnaire was not issued as of August 6, 
2015, now requires that parties provide cost of production information, 
which is necessary information for the use of constructed value. See 
Dates of Application of Amendments to the Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Laws Made by the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 
2015, 80 FR 46793, 46794 (August 6, 2015). Therefore, obtaining 
constructed value information will not generally impose an additional 
burden upon the Department or respondent parties. By comparison, the 
Department would not necessarily already have requested the information 
necessary to calculate normal value based upon sales in a third 
country.
    Second, constructed value normally may be preferable to sales in a 
third country because it provides a more appropriate comparison to U.S. 
prices. Based upon the Department's experience, third country sales 
sometimes involve products that are similar, but not identical, to the 
products sold in the United States. See 19 CFR 351.404(e). However, as 
delineated under sections 773(e) and (f) of the Act, constructed value 
reflects the costs associated with the production and sale of the 
merchandise.
    Given the foregoing considerations, the Department is issuing this 
proposed rule to modify the regulations at issue pursuant to 
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) notice and comment 
procedures; the Department invites comments from all parties.

Proposed Modification

    The Department proposes to modify 19 CFR 351.404(f) and 19 CFR 
351.405(a) as indicated below. These modifications, if adopted, are 
intended to establish an order of preference in which, where the 
exporting country does not constitute a viable market, the Department 
normally will calculate normal value using constructed value. Although 
sales in a third country remain an appropriate basis for normal value 
in certain circumstances, constructed value would represent the 
approach ``normally'' used by the Department.

Proposed Effective Date

    The Department proposes to make this rulemaking effective for 
segments of antidumping duty proceedings initiated on or after 30 days 
following the date of publication of the final rule.

Comments

    The Department invites parties to comment on this proposed rule and 
the proposed effective date. Further, any party may submit comments 
expressing its disagreement with the Department's proposal and may 
propose an alternative approach.

Classifications

Executive Order 12866

    It has been determined that this proposed rule is not significant 
for purposes of Executive Order 12866.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This proposed rule contains no new collection of information 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35.

Executive Order 13132

    This proposed rule does not contain policies with federalism 
implications as that term is defined in section 1(a) of Executive Order 
13132, dated August 4, 1999 (64 FR 43255 (August 10, 1999)).

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Chief Counsel for Regulation has certified to the Chief Counsel 
for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration under the provisions 
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 605(b), that the proposed 
rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small business entities.
    The entities upon which this rulemaking could have an impact 
include foreign exporters and producers, some of whom are affiliated 
with U.S. companies, and U.S. importers. Enforcement & Compliance 
currently does not have information on the number of entities that 
would be considered small under the Small Business Administration's 
size standards for small businesses in the relevant industries. 
However, some of these entities may be considered small entities under 
the appropriate industry size standards. Although this proposed rule 
may indirectly impact small entities that are parties to individual 
antidumping duty proceedings, it will not have a significant economic 
impact on any entities.
    The proposed action alters the Department's approach in instances 
where the exporting country does not constitute a viable market or, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.404(c)(2), the Department declines to calculate 
normal value on the basis of exporting country sales. In particular, it 
would direct the Department normally to rely upon constructed value, 
rather than sales in a third country, as the basis for normal value. 
However, if the proposed rule is implemented, no entities would be 
required to undertake additional compliance measures or expenditures. 
Specifically, section 773(b)(2) of the Act now requires that the 
Department request cost of production information from each examined 
respondent in every segment of an antidumping duty proceeding. As a 
result, for those individually examined respondents whose exporting 
country is not viable or where the Department cannot otherwise use the 
sales in the exporting country, the Department will already have 
required submission of the information necessary to calculate normal 
value based upon constructed value, thus obviating the need to request 
information on sales in a viable third country. Therefore, the proposed 
rule would not have a significant economic impact upon a substantial 
number of small business entities. For this reason, an Initial 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is not required and one has not been 
prepared.

List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 351

    Administrative practice and procedure, Antidumping, Business and 
industry, Cheese, Confidential business information, Countervailing 
duties, Freedom of information, Investigations, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: August 19, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

    For the reasons stated, 19 CFR part 351 is proposed to be amended 
as follows:

PART 351--ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES

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1. The authority citation for 19 CFR part 351 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 1202 note; 19 U.S.C. 1303 
note; 19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.; and 19 U.S.C. 3538.

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2. In Sec.  351.404, revise paragraph (f) to read as follows:

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Sec.  351.404  Selection of the market to be used as the basis for 
normal value.

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    (f) Constructed value and third country sales. The Secretary 
normally will calculate normal value based on constructed value (see 
section 773(a)(4) of the Act (Use of Constructed Value)) rather than on 
third country sales.
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3. In Sec.  351.405, revise paragraph (a) to read as follows:


Sec.  351.405  Calculation of normal value based on constructed value.

    (a) Introduction. In certain circumstances, the Secretary may 
determine normal value by constructing a value based on the cost of 
manufacture, selling general and administrative expenses, and profit. 
The Secretary may use constructed value as the basis for normal value 
where: The exporting country is not viable; sales below the cost of 
production are disregarded; sales outside the ordinary course of trade, 
or sales the prices of which are otherwise unrepresentative, are 
disregarded; sales used to establish a fictitious market are 
disregarded; no contemporaneous sales of comparable merchandise are 
available; or in other circumstances where the Secretary determines 
that exporting country sales are inappropriate. (See section 773(e) and 
section 773(f) of the Act.) This section clarifies the meaning of 
certain terms relating to constructed value.
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                                                 That airspace extending upward from 700               not have access to the internet.                      country provide the most appropriate
                                               feet above the surface within a 6.6-mile                Commenters that do not have access to                 basis for normal value, section 773 of
                                               radius of Winters Municipal Airport, and 1              the internet may submit the original and              the Act also permits the use of third
                                               mile each side of the 352° bearing from the             one electronic copy on CD–ROM of each                 country sales or constructed value as the
                                               airport extending from the 6.6-mile radius to
                                               9.3 miles north of the airport, and within 2
                                                                                                       set of comments by mail or hand                       basis for normal value. See also 19 CFR
                                               miles each side of the 180° bearing from the            delivery/courier. All comments should                 351.404(a).
                                               airport from the 6.6-mile radius to 9.6 miles           be addressed to Paul Piquado, Assistant                  The Department’s regulations identify
                                               south of the airport.                                   Secretary for Enforcement &                           circumstances in which it may rely
                                                                                                       Compliance, Room 1870, Department of                  upon another basis for normal value.
                                                 Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 17,
                                                                                                       Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution                The Department may use a basis other
                                               2016.
                                                                                                       Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230.                       than sales in the exporting country
                                               Christopher L. Southerland,
                                                                                                       Comments submitted to the Department                  where, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.404(b),
                                               Acting Manager, Operations Support Group,                                                                     the Department determines that the
                                               ATO Central Service Center.
                                                                                                       will be uploaded to the eRulemaking
                                                                                                       Portal at www.Regulations.gov.                        exporting country does not constitute a
                                               [FR Doc. 2016–20152 Filed 8–24–16; 8:45 am]                                                                   viable market. 19 CFR 351.404(c). In
                                                                                                          The Department will consider all
                                               BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
                                                                                                       comments received before the close of                 addition, the Department may use a
                                                                                                       the comment period. All comments                      basis other than sales in the exporting
                                                                                                       responding to this notice will be a                   country where a proper comparison
                                               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  matter of public record and will be                   between sales in the exporting country
                                                                                                       available on the Federal eRulemaking                  and sales in the United States is not
                                               International Trade Administration                                                                            possible. 19 CFR 351.404(c)(2)(i).1
                                                                                                       Portal at www.Regulations.gov. The
                                                                                                       Department will not accept comments                      In those circumstances where the
                                               19 CFR Part 351                                                                                               Department determines that sales in the
                                                                                                       accompanied by a request that part or
                                               [Docket Number 160815742–6742–01]                       all of the material be treated                        exporting country do not permit an
                                                                                                       confidentially because of its business                appropriate comparison to United States
                                               RIN 0625–AB08                                                                                                 sales, ‘‘[t]he Secretary normally will
                                                                                                       proprietary nature or for any other
                                                                                                       reason.                                               calculate normal value based on sales to
                                               Modification of Regulations Regarding
                                                                                                          Any questions concerning file                      a third country rather than on
                                               Basis for Normal Value
                                                                                                       formatting, document conversion,                      constructed value if adequate
                                               AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                    access on the Internet, or other                      information is available and verifiable
                                               International Trade Administration,                     electronic filing issues should be                    . . .’’ 19 CFR 351.404(f). Thus, although
                                               Department of Commerce.                                 addressed to Moustapha Sylla,                         § 404(f) of the Department’s regulations
                                               ACTION: Proposed rule and request for                   Enforcement and Compliance, at (202)                  contemplates both sales in a third
                                               comments.                                               482–4685 or email address: webmaster-                 country and constructed value as bases
                                                                                                       support@ita.doc.gov.                                  to calculate normal value, it establishes
                                               SUMMARY:    The Department of Commerce                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                             an order of preference in which the
                                               (‘‘the Department’’) proposes to modify                 Zachary Simmons at (202) 482–4044 or                  Department ‘‘normally’’ will use sales in
                                               the regulations pertaining to the use of                Abdelali Elouaradia at (202) 482–1374.                a third country. Section 404(f)
                                               constructed value or third country sales                                                                      establishes sales in a third country as
                                                                                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                               for purposes of determining normal                                                                            the preferred basis to calculate normal
                                               value, where the exporting country does                 Background                                            value where (1) there are no sales of the
                                               not constitute a viable market, and is                                                                        foreign like product in the exporting
                                                                                                         In general terms, section 731 of the
                                               seeking comments from parties. This                                                                           country, (2) there are insufficient sales
                                                                                                       Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
                                               modification, if adopted, will specify                                                                        of the foreign like product in the
                                                                                                       provides that when a company is selling
                                               that, where the exporting country does                                                                        exporting country and thus the market
                                                                                                       foreign merchandise in the United
                                               not constitute a viable market, the                                                                           is not viable, or (3) the Department has
                                                                                                       States at less than fair value, and the
                                               Department normally will calculate                                                                            otherwise determined it cannot use such
                                                                                                       International Trade Commission
                                               normal value based upon constructed                                                                           sales for purposes of determining
                                                                                                       determines that an industry is
                                               value. This modification would invert                                                                         normal value pursuant to section
                                                                                                       materially injured or threatened with
                                               the preexisting order of preference that,                                                                     773(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act.
                                                                                                       material injury by reason of such sales                  However, the Department has
                                               where the exporting country does not                    or imports, the Department shall impose
                                               constitute a viable market, the                                                                               identified some factors in favor of
                                                                                                       an antidumping duty. Furthermore,                     inverting the current order of preference
                                               Department normally calculates normal                   section 751 of the Act provides that the
                                               value based on sales in a viable third                                                                        to use, normally, constructed value
                                                                                                       Department shall periodically review                  rather than sales in a third country.
                                               country. The Department proposes this                   and determine, upon request, the
                                               modification in light of certain                                                                              First, the proposed preference for
                                                                                                       amount of any antidumping duty.                       constructed value accords with the
                                               advantages of constructed value over                    Pursuant to section 773(a) of the Act,
                                               third country sales, such as availability               the Department’s analysis involves a                     1 The Department has exercised this discretion in
                                               of cost of production information and                   comparison between a company’s sales                  the past. See, e.g., Large Newspaper Printing Presses
                                               comparability to U.S. prices.                           price to, or in, the United States                    and Components Thereof, Whether Assembled or
                                               DATES: To be assured of consideration,                  (defined either as export price or                    Unassembled, from Japan, 65 FR 62700, 62702
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                                               written comments must be received no                                                                          (Dep’t of Commerce Oct. 19, 2000) (prelim. results)
                                                                                                       constructed export price) with the                    (basing normal value on constructed value because
                                               later than September 26, 2016.                          normal value. See 19 CFR 351.401(a);                  ‘‘the unique, custom-built nature of each LNPP sold
                                               ADDRESSES: All comments must be                         see also section 772 of the Act (defining             does not permit proper price-to-price
                                               submitted through the Federal                           export price and constructed export                   comparisons’’) unchanged in Large Newspaper
                                                                                                                                                             Printing Presses and Components Thereof, Whether
                                               eRulemaking Portal at http://                           price); section 773 of the Act (defining              Assembled or Unassembled, from Japan, 66 FR
                                               www.regulations.gov, Docket No. ITA–                    normal value). Although in most                       11555 (Dep’t of Commerce Feb. 26, 2001) (final
                                               2016–0009, unless the commenter does                    circumstances, sales in the exporting                 results).



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                                               TPEA, which amended section 773(b)(2)                   constructed value would represent the                    The proposed action alters the
                                               of the Act, regarding the importance of                 approach ‘‘normally’’ used by the                     Department’s approach in instances
                                               the cost of production in the                           Department.                                           where the exporting country does not
                                               Department’s analysis of unfair trading                                                                       constitute a viable market or, pursuant
                                                                                                       Proposed Effective Date
                                               behavior. Specifically, the TPEA                                                                              to 19 CFR 351.404(c)(2), the Department
                                               amended section 773(b)(2) of the Act to                   The Department proposes to make                     declines to calculate normal value on
                                               require that the Department request cost                this rulemaking effective for segments of             the basis of exporting country sales. In
                                               information from individually examined                  antidumping duty proceedings initiated                particular, it would direct the
                                               respondent companies in antidumping                     on or after 30 days following the date of             Department normally to rely upon
                                               proceedings. See Trade Preferences                      publication of the final rule.                        constructed value, rather than sales in a
                                               Extension Act of 2015, Public Law 114–                  Comments                                              third country, as the basis for normal
                                               27, 129 Stat. 362 (2015). As a                                                                                value. However, if the proposed rule is
                                               consequence, the Department, in all                        The Department invites parties to
                                                                                                                                                             implemented, no entities would be
                                               segments of its antidumping duty                        comment on this proposed rule and the
                                                                                                                                                             required to undertake additional
                                               proceedings for which the complete                      proposed effective date. Further, any
                                                                                                                                                             compliance measures or expenditures.
                                               initial questionnaire was not issued as                 party may submit comments expressing
                                                                                                                                                             Specifically, section 773(b)(2) of the Act
                                               of August 6, 2015, now requires that                    its disagreement with the Department’s
                                                                                                       proposal and may propose an                           now requires that the Department
                                               parties provide cost of production                                                                            request cost of production information
                                               information, which is necessary                         alternative approach.
                                                                                                                                                             from each examined respondent in
                                               information for the use of constructed                  Classifications                                       every segment of an antidumping duty
                                               value. See Dates of Application of                                                                            proceeding. As a result, for those
                                               Amendments to the Antidumping and                       Executive Order 12866
                                                                                                                                                             individually examined respondents
                                               Countervailing Duty Laws Made by the                      It has been determined that this                    whose exporting country is not viable or
                                               Trade Preferences Extension Act of                      proposed rule is not significant for                  where the Department cannot otherwise
                                               2015, 80 FR 46793, 46794 (August 6,                     purposes of Executive Order 12866.                    use the sales in the exporting country,
                                               2015). Therefore, obtaining constructed
                                                                                                       Paperwork Reduction Act                               the Department will already have
                                               value information will not generally
                                                                                                         This proposed rule contains no new                  required submission of the information
                                               impose an additional burden upon the
                                                                                                       collection of information subject to the              necessary to calculate normal value
                                               Department or respondent parties. By
                                               comparison, the Department would not                    Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C.                    based upon constructed value, thus
                                               necessarily already have requested the                  chapter 35.                                           obviating the need to request
                                               information necessary to calculate                                                                            information on sales in a viable third
                                                                                                       Executive Order 13132                                 country. Therefore, the proposed rule
                                               normal value based upon sales in a third
                                               country.                                                  This proposed rule does not contain                 would not have a significant economic
                                                 Second, constructed value normally                    policies with federalism implications as              impact upon a substantial number of
                                               may be preferable to sales in a third                   that term is defined in section 1(a) of               small business entities. For this reason,
                                               country because it provides a more                      Executive Order 13132, dated August 4,                an Initial Regulatory Flexibility
                                               appropriate comparison to U.S. prices.                  1999 (64 FR 43255 (August 10, 1999)).                 Analysis is not required and one has not
                                               Based upon the Department’s                                                                                   been prepared.
                                                                                                       Regulatory Flexibility Act
                                               experience, third country sales                                                                               List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 351
                                               sometimes involve products that are                        The Chief Counsel for Regulation has
                                               similar, but not identical, to the                      certified to the Chief Counsel for                      Administrative practice and
                                               products sold in the United States. See                 Advocacy of the Small Business                        procedure, Antidumping, Business and
                                               19 CFR 351.404(e). However, as                          Administration under the provisions of                industry, Cheese, Confidential business
                                               delineated under sections 773(e) and (f)                the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C.              information, Countervailing duties,
                                               of the Act, constructed value reflects the              605(b), that the proposed rule would not              Freedom of information, Investigations,
                                               costs associated with the production                    have a significant economic impact on                 Reporting and recordkeeping
                                               and sale of the merchandise.                            a substantial number of small business                requirements.
                                                 Given the foregoing considerations,                   entities.
                                               the Department is issuing this proposed                    The entities upon which this                         Dated: August 19, 2016.
                                               rule to modify the regulations at issue                 rulemaking could have an impact                       Paul Piquado,
                                               pursuant to Administrative Procedure                    include foreign exporters and                         Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
                                               Act (5 U.S.C. 553) notice and comment                   producers, some of whom are affiliated                Compliance.
                                               procedures; the Department invites                      with U.S. companies, and U.S.
                                               comments from all parties.                              importers. Enforcement & Compliance                     For the reasons stated, 19 CFR part
                                                                                                       currently does not have information on                351 is proposed to be amended as
                                               Proposed Modification                                   the number of entities that would be                  follows:
                                                 The Department proposes to modify                     considered small under the Small
                                               19 CFR 351.404(f) and 19 CFR                            Business Administration’s size                        PART 351—ANTIDUMPING AND
                                               351.405(a) as indicated below. These                    standards for small businesses in the                 COUNTERVAILING DUTIES
                                               modifications, if adopted, are intended                 relevant industries. However, some of
                                               to establish an order of preference in                  these entities may be considered small                ■ 1. The authority citation for 19 CFR
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                                               which, where the exporting country                      entities under the appropriate industry               part 351 continues to read as follows:
                                               does not constitute a viable market, the                size standards. Although this proposed                  Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 1202
                                               Department normally will calculate                      rule may indirectly impact small                      note; 19 U.S.C. 1303 note; 19 U.S.C. 1671 et
                                               normal value using constructed value.                   entities that are parties to individual               seq.; and 19 U.S.C. 3538.
                                               Although sales in a third country                       antidumping duty proceedings, it will
                                               remain an appropriate basis for normal                  not have a significant economic impact                ■ 2. In § 351.404, revise paragraph (f) to
                                               value in certain circumstances,                         on any entities.                                      read as follows:


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                                               § 351.404 Selection of the market to be                 finalized, will help food establishments              and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
                                               used as the basis for normal value.                     determine whether the activities that                 Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
                                               *     *     *     *     *                               they perform are within the ‘‘farm’’                     • For written/paper comments
                                                 (f) Constructed value and third                       definition established in our regulation              submitted to the Division of Dockets
                                               country sales. The Secretary normally                   for Registration of Food Facilities.                  Management, FDA will post your
                                               will calculate normal value based on                    Determining whether the activities a                  comment, as well as any attachments,
                                               constructed value (see section 773(a)(4)                food establishment performs are within                except for information submitted,
                                               of the Act (Use of Constructed Value))                  the ‘‘farm’’ definition plays a key role in           marked and identified, as confidential,
                                               rather than on third country sales.                     determining whether its business is                   if submitted as detailed in
                                               ■ 3. In § 351.405, revise paragraph (a) to              exempt from our regulations for                       ‘‘Instructions.’’
                                               read as follows:                                        Registration of Food Facilities, and from                Instructions: All submissions received
                                                                                                       certain requirements in our regulations               must include the Docket No. FDA–
                                               § 351.405 Calculation of normal value                                                                         2016–D–2373 for ‘‘Classification of
                                               based on constructed value.                             for ‘‘Current Good Manufacturing
                                                                                                       Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-                  Activities as Harvesting, Packing,
                                                  (a) Introduction. In certain                                                                               Holding, or Manufacturing/Processing
                                                                                                       Based Preventive Controls for Human
                                               circumstances, the Secretary may                                                                              for Farms and Facilities; Draft Guidance
                                                                                                       Food’’ and ‘‘Current Good
                                               determine normal value by constructing                                                                        for Industry.’’ Received comments will
                                                                                                       Manufacturing Practice, Hazard
                                               a value based on the cost of                                                                                  be placed in the docket and, except for
                                                                                                       Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive
                                               manufacture, selling general and                                                                              those submitted as ‘‘Confidential
                                                                                                       Controls for Food for Animals.’’
                                               administrative expenses, and profit. The                                                                      Submissions,’’ publicly viewable at
                                               Secretary may use constructed value as                  DATES: Although you can comment on
                                                                                                                                                             http://www.regulations.gov or at the
                                               the basis for normal value where: The                   any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR                  Division of Dockets Management
                                               exporting country is not viable; sales                  10.115(g)(5)), to ensure that we consider             between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
                                               below the cost of production are                        your comment on the draft guidance                    through Friday.
                                               disregarded; sales outside the ordinary                 before we begin work on the final                        • Confidential Submissions—To
                                               course of trade, or sales the prices of                 version of the guidance, submit either                submit a comment with confidential
                                               which are otherwise unrepresentative,                   electronic or written comments on the                 information that you do not wish to be
                                               are disregarded; sales used to establish                draft guidance by February 21, 2017.                  made publicly available, submit your
                                               a fictitious market are disregarded; no                 ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                    comments only as a written/paper
                                               contemporaneous sales of comparable                     as follows:                                           submission. You should submit two
                                               merchandise are available; or in other                  Electronic Submissions                                copies total. One copy will include the
                                               circumstances where the Secretary                                                                             information you claim to be confidential
                                               determines that exporting country sales                   Submit electronic comments in the                   with a heading or cover note that states
                                               are inappropriate. (See section 773(e)                  following way:                                        ‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS
                                               and section 773(f) of the Act.) This                      • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://               CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.’’ The
                                               section clarifies the meaning of certain                www.regulations.gov. Follow the                       Agency will review this copy, including
                                               terms relating to constructed value.                    instructions for submitting comments.                 the claimed confidential information, in
                                               *      *     *    *     *                               Comments submitted electronically,                    its consideration of comments. The
                                               [FR Doc. 2016–20417 Filed 8–24–16; 8:45 am]             including attachments, to http://                     second copy, which will have the
                                               BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                                                                       www.regulations.gov will be posted to                 claimed confidential information
                                                                                                       the docket unchanged. Because your                    redacted/blacked out, will be available
                                                                                                       comment will be made public, you are                  for public viewing and posted on http://
                                                                                                       solely responsible for ensuring that your             www.regulations.gov. Submit both
                                               DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                                                                       comment does not include any                          copies to the Division of Dockets
                                               HUMAN SERVICES
                                                                                                       confidential information that you or a                Management. If you do not wish your
                                               Food and Drug Administration                            third party may not wish to be posted,                name and contact information to be
                                                                                                       such as medical information, your or                  made publicly available, you can
                                               21 CFR Parts 117 and 507                                anyone else’s Social Security number, or              provide this information on the cover
                                                                                                       confidential business information, such               sheet and not in the body of your
                                               [Docket No. FDA–2016–D–2373]                            as a manufacturing process. Please note               comments and you must identify this
                                                                                                       that if you include your name, contact                information as ‘‘confidential.’’ Any
                                               Classification of Activities as                         information, or other information that                information marked as ‘‘confidential’’
                                               Harvesting, Packing, Holding, or                        identifies you in the body of your                    will not be disclosed except in
                                               Manufacturing/Processing for Farms                      comments, that information will be                    accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other
                                               and Facilities; Draft Guidance for                      posted on http://www.regulations.gov.                 applicable disclosure law. For more
                                               Industry; Availability                                    • If you want to submit a comment                   information about FDA’s posting of
                                               AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,                with confidential information that you                comments to public dockets, see 80 FR
                                               HHS.                                                    do not wish to be made available to the               56469, September 18, 2015, or access
                                               ACTION:   Notification of availability.                 public, submit the comment as a                       the information at: http://www.fda.gov/
                                                                                                       written/paper submission and in the                   regulatoryinformation/dockets/
                                               SUMMARY:    The Food and Drug                           manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper                  default.htm.
                                               Administration (FDA or we) is                           Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).                     Docket: For access to the docket to
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                                               announcing the availability of a draft                                                                        read background documents or the
                                               guidance for industry entitled                          Written/Paper Submissions                             electronic and written/paper comments
                                               ‘‘Classification of Activities as                         Submit written/paper submissions as                 received, go to http://
                                               Harvesting, Packing, Holding, or                        follows:                                              www.regulations.gov and insert the
                                               Manufacturing/Processing for Farms                        • Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for                   docket number, found in brackets in the
                                               and Facilities; Draft Guidance for                      written/paper submissions): Division of               heading of this document, into the
                                               Industry.’’ The draft guidance, when                    Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food                    ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts


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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
SectionProposed Rules
ActionProposed rule and request for comments.
DatesTo be assured of consideration, written comments must be received no later than September 26, 2016.
ContactZachary Simmons at (202) 482-4044 or Abdelali Elouaradia at (202) 482-1374.
FR Citation81 FR 58419 
RIN Number0625-AB08
CFR AssociatedAdministrative Practice and Procedure; Antidumping; Business and Industry; Cheese; Confidential Business Information; Countervailing Duties; Freedom of Information; Investigations and Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements

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