81_FR_74973 81 FR 74765 - Subsidy Programs Provided by Countries Exporting Softwood Lumber and Softwood Lumber Products to the United States; Request for Comment

81 FR 74765 - Subsidy Programs Provided by Countries Exporting Softwood Lumber and Softwood Lumber Products to the United States; Request for Comment

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 208 (October 27, 2016)

Page Range74765-74766
FR Document2016-26030

The Department of Commerce (Department) seeks public comment on any subsidies, including stumpage subsidies, provided by certain countries exporting softwood lumber or softwood lumber products to the United States during the period January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 208 (Thursday, October 27, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 208 (Thursday, October 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74765-74766]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26030]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Subsidy Programs Provided by Countries Exporting Softwood Lumber 
and Softwood Lumber Products to the United States; Request for Comment

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) seeks public comment 
on any subsidies, including stumpage

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subsidies, provided by certain countries exporting softwood lumber or 
softwood lumber products to the United States during the period January 
1, 2016 through June 30, 2016.

DATES: Comments must be submitted within 30 days after publication of 
this notice.

ADDRESSES: See the Submission of Comments section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Terpstra, Office III, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3965.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On June 18, 2008, section 805 of Title VIII of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (the Softwood Lumber Act of 2008) was enacted into law. Under this 
provision, the Secretary of Commerce is mandated to submit to the 
appropriate Congressional committees a report every 180 days on any 
subsidy provided by countries exporting softwood lumber or softwood 
lumber products to the United States, including stumpage subsidies.
    The Department submitted its last subsidy report on June 15, 2016. 
As part of its newest report, the Department intends to include a list 
of subsidy programs identified with sufficient clarity by the public in 
response to this notice.

Request for Comments

    Given the large number of countries that export softwood lumber and 
softwood lumber products to the United States, we are soliciting public 
comment only on subsidies provided by countries whose exports accounted 
for at least one percent of total U.S. imports of softwood lumber by 
quantity, as classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule code 4407.1001 
(which accounts for the vast majority of imports), during the period 
January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016. Official U.S. import data 
published by the United States International Trade Commission Tariff 
and Trade DataWeb indicate that three countries, Canada, Chile and 
France, exported softwood lumber to the United States during that time 
period in amounts sufficient to account for at least one percent of 
U.S. imports of softwood lumber products. We intend to rely on similar 
previous six-month periods to identify the countries subject to future 
reports on softwood lumber subsidies. For example, we will rely on U.S. 
imports of softwood lumber and softwood lumber products during the 
period July 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, to select the countries 
subject to the next report.
    Under U.S. trade law, a subsidy exists where an authority: (i) 
Provides a financial contribution; (ii) provides any form of income or 
price support within the meaning of Article XVI of the GATT 1994; or 
(iii) makes a payment to a funding mechanism to provide a financial 
contribution to a person, or entrusts or directs a private entity to 
make a financial contribution, if providing the contribution would 
normally be vested in the government and the practice does not differ 
in substance from practices normally followed by governments, and a 
benefit is thereby conferred.\1\
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    \1\ See section 771(5)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
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    Parties should include in their comments: (1) The country which 
provided the subsidy; (2) the name of the subsidy program; (3) a brief 
description (at least 3-4 sentences) of the subsidy program; and (4) 
the government body or authority that provided the subsidy.

Submission of Comments

    Persons wishing to comment should file comments by the date 
specified above. Comments should only include publicly available 
information. The Department will not accept comments accompanied by a 
request that a part or all of the material be treated confidentially 
due to business proprietary concerns or for any other reason. The 
Department will return such comments or materials to the persons 
submitting the comments and will not include them in its report on 
softwood lumber subsidies. The Department requests submission of 
comments filed in electronic Portable Document Format (PDF) submitted 
on CD-ROM or by email to the email address of the EC Webmaster, below.
    The comments received will be made available to the public in PDF 
on the Enforcement and Compliance Web site at the following address: 
http://enforcement.trade.gov/sla2008/sla-index.html. Any questions 
concerning file formatting, access on the Internet, or other electronic 
filing issues should be addressed to Laura Merchant, Enforcement and 
Compliance Webmaster, at (202) 482-0367, email address: 
[email protected].
    All comments and submissions in response to this Request for 
Comment should be received by the Department no later than 5 p.m. 
Eastern Standard Time on the above-referenced deadline date.

    Dated: October 21, 2016.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2016-26030 Filed 10-26-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 208 / Thursday, October 27, 2016 / Notices 74765 Enforcement and Compliance’s enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. Results, and for the reasons explained in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty The signed Issues and Decision the Issues and Decision Memorandum, Centralized Electronic Service System Memorandum and the electronic we revised the margin calculations for (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to version of the Issues and Decision Wah Yuen.5 registered users at http:// Memorandum are identical in content. Final Results of New Shipper Review access.trade.gov, and it is available to Changes Since the Preliminary Results all parties. In addition, a complete The dumping margin for the final version of the Issues and Decision Based on a review of the record and results of the new shipper review for the Memorandum can be accessed directly the comments received from interested period of review December 1, 2014, on the Internet at http:// parties regarding our Preliminary through May 31, 2015, is as follows: Weighted average Exporter Producer dumping margin (percent) Wah Yuen Stationery Co., Ltd ............................................... Shandong Wah Yuen Stationery Co., Ltd .............................. 33.86 Disclosure for consumption on or after the is hereby requested. Failure to comply The Department will disclose the publication date, as provided by section with the regulations and the terms of an analysis performed for these final 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For APO is a violation subject to sanction. results to the parties within five days of merchandise produced by Shandong We are issuing and publishing these the date of publication of this notice in Wah Yuen Stationery Co., Ltd. and results and this notice in accordance accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b) of exported by Wah Yuen Stationery Co., with sections 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i) of the Department’s regulations. Ltd., the cash deposit rate will be the the Act, and 19 CFR 351.214. rate established in the final results of Dated: October 20, 2016. Assessment Rates this review; (2) for subject merchandise Ronald K. Lorentzen, Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the exported by Wah Yuen Stationery Co., Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) Ltd. but not produced by Shandong and Compliance. and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department Wah Yuen Stationery Co., Ltd., the cash will determine, and U.S. Customs and deposit rate will be that for the PRC- Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, wide entity (i.e., 114.90 percent); and (3) the Issues and Decision Memorandum antidumping duties on all appropriate for subject merchandise produced by I. Summary entries of subject merchandise, in Shandong Wah Yuen Stationery Co., II. Background accordance with the final results of this Ltd. but not exported by Wah Yuen III. Scope of the Order review. The Department intends to issue Stationery Co., Ltd., the cash deposit IV. Discussion of the Issues assessment instructions to CBP 15 days rate will be that applicable to the Comment 1: Whether Wah Yuen Is Entitled to a New Shipper Review after the date of publication of the final exporter. These cash deposit Comment 2: Whether the Surrogate Value results of this new shipper review. requirements, when imposed, shall for Brokerage and Handling Was For Wah Yuen, which has a dumping remain in effect until further notice. Calculated Correctly margin which is not zero or de minimis Comment 3: Whether Wah Yuen Is Entitled (i.e., less than 0.50 percent), we Notification to Importers to a By-Product Offset for Slat Scrap calculated importer- (or customer-) This notice also serves as a reminder Comment 4: Whether the Values for Alkyd specific assessment rates based on the to importers of their responsibility Resin and Acrylic Resin Were Calculated ratio of the total amount of dumping under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a Correctly calculated for the importer’s examined certificate regarding the reimbursement Comment 5: Whether the Packed Weight of sales to the total entered value of those of antidumping duties prior to One Gross of Pencils Should Be Adjusted by the Weight of the By-Product Scrap sales, in accordance with 19 CFR liquidation of the relevant entries V. Recommendation 351.212(b)(1). Where an importer- during the POR. Failure to comply with specific ad valorem rate is not zero or this requirement could result in the [FR Doc. 2016–26024 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am] de minimis, the Department will Department’s presumption that BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P instruct CBP to collect the appropriate reimbursement of antidumping duties antidumping duties at the time of occurred and the subsequent assessment liquidation.6 Where an importer (or of double antidumping duties. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE customer)-specific ad valorem rate is International Trade Administration Notification Regarding Administrative zero or de minimis, the Department will Protective Order instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate Subsidy Programs Provided by entries without regard to antidumping This notice serves as a reminder to Countries Exporting Softwood Lumber duties.7 parties subject to an administrative and Softwood Lumber Products to the protective order (APO) of their United States; Request for Comment Cash Deposit Requirements responsibility concerning the The following cash deposit disposition of proprietary information AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES requirements will be effective upon disclosed under APO in accordance International Trade Administration, publication of the final results of this with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely Department of Commerce. new shipper review for shipments of the written notification of the return or SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce subject merchandise from the PRC destruction of APO materials, or (Department) seeks public comment on entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, conversion to judicial protective order, any subsidies, including stumpage 5 See Issues and Decision Memorandum. 6 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 7 See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:43 Oct 26, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27OCN1.SGM 27OCN1

74766 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 208 / Thursday, October 27, 2016 / Notices subsidies, provided by certain countries 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, to Dated: October 21, 2016. exporting softwood lumber or softwood select the countries subject to the next Christian Marsh, lumber products to the United States report. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping during the period January 1, 2016 Under U.S. trade law, a subsidy exists and Countervailing Duty Operations. through June 30, 2016. where an authority: (i) Provides a [FR Doc. 2016–26030 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am] DATES: Comments must be submitted financial contribution; (ii) provides any BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P within 30 days after publication of this form of income or price support within notice. the meaning of Article XVI of the GATT ADDRESSES: See the Submission of 1994; or (iii) makes a payment to a DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Comments section below. funding mechanism to provide a financial contribution to a person, or National Oceanic and Atmospheric FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: entrusts or directs a private entity to Administration James Terpstra, Office III, Enforcement make a financial contribution, if and Compliance, International Trade RIN 0648–XE978 providing the contribution would Administration, U.S. Department of normally be vested in the government New England Fishery Management Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution and the practice does not differ in Council; Public Meeting; Cancellation Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; substance from practices normally telephone: (202) 482–3965. AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries followed by governments, and a benefit SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: is thereby conferred.1 Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Background Parties should include in their Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), comments: (1) The country which Commerce. On June 18, 2008, section 805 of Title provided the subsidy; (2) the name of ACTION: Notice of cancellation of a VIII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the the subsidy program; (3) a brief Softwood Lumber Act of 2008) was public meeting. description (at least 3–4 sentences) of enacted into law. Under this provision, the subsidy program; and (4) the SUMMARY: The New England Fishery the Secretary of Commerce is mandated government body or authority that Management Council (Council) has to submit to the appropriate provided the subsidy. cancelled the public meeting of its Congressional committees a report every Herring Advisory Panel that was 180 days on any subsidy provided by Submission of Comments scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, countries exporting softwood lumber or Persons wishing to comment should 2016, at 10:30 a.m. softwood lumber products to the United file comments by the date specified FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: States, including stumpage subsidies. above. Comments should only include The Department submitted its last Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, publicly available information. The New England Fishery Management subsidy report on June 15, 2016. As part Department will not accept comments of its newest report, the Department Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. accompanied by a request that a part or intends to include a list of subsidy SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The all of the material be treated programs identified with sufficient original notice was published in the confidentially due to business clarity by the public in response to this Federal Register on Thursday, October proprietary concerns or for any other notice. 20, 2016, (81 FR 72571). The meeting reason. The Department will return such will be rescheduled at a later date and Request for Comments comments or materials to the persons announced in the Federal Register. submitting the comments and will not Given the large number of countries include them in its report on softwood Dated: October 24, 2016. that export softwood lumber and lumber subsidies. The Department Tracey L. Thompson, softwood lumber products to the United requests submission of comments filed Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable States, we are soliciting public comment in electronic Portable Document Format Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. only on subsidies provided by countries (PDF) submitted on CD–ROM or by [FR Doc. 2016–25998 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am] whose exports accounted for at least one email to the email address of the EC BILLING CODE 3510–22–P percent of total U.S. imports of softwood Webmaster, below. lumber by quantity, as classified under The comments received will be made Harmonized Tariff Schedule code available to the public in PDF on the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 4407.1001 (which accounts for the vast Enforcement and Compliance Web site majority of imports), during the period at the following address: http:// National Oceanic and Atmospheric January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016. enforcement.trade.gov/sla2008/sla- Administration Official U.S. import data published by index.html. Any questions concerning the United States International Trade RIN 0648–XE977 file formatting, access on the Internet, or Commission Tariff and Trade DataWeb other electronic filing issues should be New England Fishery Management indicate that three countries, Canada, addressed to Laura Merchant, Council; Public Meeting; Cancellation Chile and France, exported softwood Enforcement and Compliance lumber to the United States during that Webmaster, at (202) 482–0367, email AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries time period in amounts sufficient to address: webmaster_support@trade.gov. Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and account for at least one percent of U.S. All comments and submissions in Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), imports of softwood lumber products. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES response to this Request for Comment Commerce. We intend to rely on similar previous should be received by the Department ACTION: Notice of cancellation of a six-month periods to identify the no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Standard public meeting. countries subject to future reports on Time on the above-referenced deadline softwood lumber subsidies. For date. SUMMARY: The New England Fishery example, we will rely on U.S. imports Management Council (Council) has of softwood lumber and softwood 1 See section 771(5)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, cancelled the public meeting of its lumber products during the period July as amended. Herring Committee that was scheduled VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:43 Oct 26, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27OCN1.SGM 27OCN1


Document Created: 2016-10-27 01:52:12
Document Modified: 2016-10-27 01:52:12
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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesComments must be submitted within 30 days after publication of this notice.
ContactJames Terpstra, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3965.
FR Citation81 FR 74765 
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