82 FR 12437 - Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products From the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 41 (March 3, 2017)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 41 (March 3, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 41 (Friday, March 3, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 12437-12438] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-04132] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-570-037] Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products From the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Department is issuing the countervailing duty order on certain biaxial integral geogrid products (geogrids) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). DATES: Effective March 3, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Mullen at (202) 482-5260, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background In accordance with section 705(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), on January 11, 2017, the Department published its affirmative final determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of geogrids from the PRC.\1\ On February 24, 2017, the ITC notified the Department of its affirmative determination that an industry in the United States is materially injured within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act, by reason of subsidized imports of subject merchandise from the PRC, and its determination that critical circumstances do not exist with respect to imports of subject merchandise from the PRC that are subject to the Department's affirmative critical circumstances finding.\2\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products from the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination and Final Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 82 FR 3282 (January 11, 2017). \2\ See Letter to Ronald Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, from Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, regarding geogrids from the PRC, (February 24, 2017) (ITC Letter). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope of the Order The scope of this order covers geogrids from the PRC. For a complete description of the scope, see Appendix. Countervailing Duty Order On February 24, 2017, in accordance with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) of the Act, the ITC notified the Department of its final determination in this investigation, in which it found that an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of imports of geogrids from the PRC, and that critical circumstances do not exist with respect to imports of subject merchandise that are subject to the Department's affirmative critical circumstances finding.\3\ Therefore, in accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, the Department is issuing this countervailing duty order. Because the ITC determined that imports of geogrids from the PRC are materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from the PRC, entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are subject to the assessment of countervailing duties. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ See ITC Letter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Therefore, in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act, the Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further instruction by the Department, countervailing duties for all relevant entries of geogrids from the PRC. Countervailing duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of geogrids from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 24, 2016, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination,\4\ but will not include entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional measures period and before publication of the ITC's final injury determination as further described below. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Determination and Alignment of Final Determination with Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 81 FR 41292 (June 24, 2016). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suspension of Liquidation In accordance with section 706 of the Act, the Department will instruct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of geogrids from the PRC. We will also instruct CBP to require, pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing duties for each entry of the subject merchandise in an amount based on the net countervailable subsidy rates for the subject merchandise. These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice. The all-others rate applies to all producers and exporters of subject merchandise. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Company Subsidy rate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOSTD Geosynthetics Qingdao Ltd. and Beijing Orient 15.61 Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd.............. Taian Modern Plastic Co., Ltd........................... 56.24 All Others.............................................. 35.93 Chengdu Tian Road Engineering Materials Co., Ltd.*...... 152.50 Chongqing Jiudi Reinforced Soil Engineering Co., Ltd.*.. 152.50 CNBM International Corporation*......................... 152.50 Dezhou Yaohua Geosynthetics Ltd.*....................... 152.50 Dezhou Zhengyu Geosynthetics Ltd.*...................... 152.50 Hongye Engineering Materials Co., Ltd.*................. 152.50 Hubei Nete Geosynthetics Ltd.*.......................... 152.50 Jiangsu Dingtai Engineering Material Co., Ltd.*......... 152.50 Jiangsu Jiuding New Material Ltd.*...................... 152.50 Lewu New Material Ltd.*................................. 152.50 Nanjing Jinlu Geosynthetics Ltd.*....................... 152.50 Nanjing Kunchi Composite Material Ltd.*................. 152.50 Nanyang Jieda Geosynthetics Co., Ltd.*.................. 152.50 Qingdao Hongda Plastics Corp.*.......................... 152.50 Shandong Dexuda Geosynthetics Ltd.*..................... 152.50 [[Page 12438]] Shandong Haoyang New Engineering Materials Co., Ltd.*... 152.50 Shandong Tongfa Glass Fiber Ltd.*....................... 152.50 Shandong Xinyu Geosynthetics Ltd.*...................... 152.50 Tai'an Haohua Plastics Co., Ltd.*....................... 152.50 Taian Hengbang Engineering Material Co., Ltd.*.......... 152.50 Taian Naite Geosynthetics Ltd.*......................... 152.50 Taian Road Engineering Materials Co., Ltd.*............. 152.50 Tenax*.................................................. 152.50 Hengshui Zhongtiejian Group Co.*........................ 152.50 Qingdao Sunrise Dageng Import and Export Co., Ltd.*..... 152.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Provisional Measures Section 733(d) of the Act states that instructions issued pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect for more than four months. In the underlying investigation, the Department published the Preliminary Determination on June 24, 2016. Therefore, the four-month period beginning on the date of the publication of the Preliminary Determination ended on October 22, 2016. Furthermore, section 737(b) of the Act states that definitive duties are to begin on the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination. Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our practice, we instructed CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated entries of geogrids from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after October 22, 2016, the date the provisional measures expired, until and through the day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation will resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal Register. Critical Circumstances With regard to the ITC's negative critical circumstances determination on imports of geogrids from the PRC, we will instruct CBP to lift suspension and to refund any cash deposits made to secure the payment of estimated countervailing duties with respect to geogrids from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after March 26, 2016 (i.e., 90 days prior to the date of the publication of the CVD Preliminary Determination), but before June 24, 2016 (i.e., the date of publication of the CVD Preliminary Determination). Notifications to Interested Parties This notice constitutes the countervailing duty order with respect to geogrids from the PRC pursuant to section 706(a) of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders currently in effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html. This order is issued and published in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b). Dated: February 24, 2017. Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix The products covered by the scope are certain biaxial integral geogrid products. Biaxial integral geogrid products are a polymer grid or mesh material (whether or not finished, slit, cut-to-length, attached to woven or non-woven fabric or sheet material, or packaged) in which four-sided openings in the form of squares, rectangles, rhomboids, diamonds, or other four-sided figures predominate. The products covered have integral strands that have been stretched to induce molecular orientation into the material (as evidenced by the strands being thinner in width toward the middle between the junctions than at the junctions themselves) constituting the sides of the openings and integral junctions where the strands intersect. The scope includes products in which four-sided figures predominate whether or not they also contain additional strands intersecting the four-sided figures and whether or not the inside corners of the four-sided figures are rounded off or not sharp angles. As used herein, the term ``integral'' refers to strands and junctions that are homogenous with each other. The products covered have a tensile strength of greater than 5 kilonewtons per meter (kN/ m) according to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard Test Method D6637/D6637M in any direction and average overall flexural stiffness of more than 100,000 milligram-centimeter according to the ASTM D7748/D7748M Standard Test Method for Flexural Rigidity of Geogrids, Geotextiles and Related Products, or other equivalent test method standards. Subject merchandise includes material matching the above description that has been finished, packaged, or otherwise further processed in a third country, including by trimming, slitting, coating, cutting, punching holes, stretching, attaching to woven or non-woven fabric or sheet material, or any other finishing, packaging, or other further processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigations if performed in the country of manufacture of the biaxial integral geogrid. The products subject to the scope are currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under the following subheading: 3926.90.9995. Subject merchandise may also enter under subheadings 3920.20.0050 and 3925.90.0000. The HTSUS subheadings set forth above are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description of the scope is dispositive. [FR Doc. 2017-04132 Filed 3-2-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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4. Discussion of the Methodology Act), on January 11, 2017, the ITC determined that imports of geogrids
a. Partial Rescission Department published its affirmative from the PRC are materially injuring a
b. NME Country Status final determination that countervailable U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of
c. Separate Rates
subsidies are being provided to such merchandise from the PRC,
5. Recommendation
producers and exporters of geogrids entered or withdrawn from warehouse
[FR Doc. 2017–04134 Filed 3–2–17; 8:45 am] from the PRC.1 On February 24, 2017, for consumption, are subject to the
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P the ITC notified the Department of its assessment of countervailing duties.
affirmative determination that an Therefore, in accordance with section
industry in the United States is 706(a) of the Act, the Department will
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE materially injured within the meaning direct U.S. Customs and Border
International Trade Administration of section 735(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act, by Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further
reason of subsidized imports of subject instruction by the Department,
[C–570–037] merchandise from the PRC, and its countervailing duties for all relevant
determination that critical entries of geogrids from the PRC.
Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid circumstances do not exist with respect
Products From the People’s Republic Countervailing duties will be assessed
to imports of subject merchandise from on unliquidated entries of geogrids from
of China: Countervailing Duty Order the PRC that are subject to the the PRC entered, or withdrawn from
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, Department’s affirmative critical warehouse, for consumption on or after
International Trade Administration, circumstances finding.2 June 24, 2016, the date of publication of
Department of Commerce. Scope of the Order the Preliminary Determination,4 but will
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final not include entries occurring after the
determinations by the Department of The scope of this order covers expiration of the provisional measures
Commerce (the Department) and the geogrids from the PRC. For a complete period and before publication of the
International Trade Commission (ITC), description of the scope, see Appendix. ITC’s final injury determination as
the Department is issuing the further described below.
countervailing duty order on certain Countervailing Duty Order
biaxial integral geogrid products Suspension of Liquidation
On February 24, 2017, in accordance
(geogrids) from the People’s Republic of with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) In accordance with section 706 of the
China (PRC). of the Act, the ITC notified the Act, the Department will instruct CBP to
DATES: Effective March 3, 2017. Department of its final determination in reinstitute the suspension of liquidation
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: this investigation, in which it found that of geogrids from the PRC. We will also
Ryan Mullen at (202) 482–5260, AD/ an industry in the United States is instruct CBP to require, pursuant to
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement materially injured by reason of imports section 706(a)(1) of the Act,
and Compliance, International Trade of geogrids from the PRC, and that countervailing duties for each entry of
Administration, U.S. Department of critical circumstances do not exist with the subject merchandise in an amount
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue respect to imports of subject based on the net countervailable
NW., Washington, DC 20230. merchandise that are subject to the subsidy rates for the subject
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Department’s affirmative critical merchandise. These instructions
circumstances finding.3 Therefore, in suspending liquidation will remain in
Background accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the effect until further notice. The all-others
In accordance with section 705(d) of Act, the Department is issuing this rate applies to all producers and
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the countervailing duty order. Because the exporters of subject merchandise.
Company Subsidy rate
BOSTD Geosynthetics Qingdao Ltd. and Beijing Orient Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd ........................................... 15.61
Taian Modern Plastic Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................. 56.24
All Others ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 35.93
Chengdu Tian Road Engineering Materials Co., Ltd.* ........................................................................................................................ 152.50
Chongqing Jiudi Reinforced Soil Engineering Co., Ltd.* .................................................................................................................... 152.50
CNBM International Corporation* ........................................................................................................................................................ 152.50
Dezhou Yaohua Geosynthetics Ltd.* .................................................................................................................................................. 152.50
Dezhou Zhengyu Geosynthetics Ltd.* ................................................................................................................................................. 152.50
Hongye Engineering Materials Co., Ltd.* ............................................................................................................................................ 152.50
Hubei Nete Geosynthetics Ltd.* .......................................................................................................................................................... 152.50
Jiangsu Dingtai Engineering Material Co., Ltd.* ................................................................................................................................. 152.50
Jiangsu Jiuding New Material Ltd.* ..................................................................................................................................................... 152.50
Lewu New Material Ltd.* ..................................................................................................................................................................... 152.50
Nanjing Jinlu Geosynthetics Ltd.* ........................................................................................................................................................ 152.50
Nanjing Kunchi Composite Material Ltd.* ............................................................................................................................................ 152.50
Nanyang Jieda Geosynthetics Co., Ltd.* ............................................................................................................................................ 152.50
Qingdao Hongda Plastics Corp.* ......................................................................................................................................................... 152.50
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Shandong Dexuda Geosynthetics Ltd.* .............................................................................................................................................. 152.50
1 See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Compliance, from Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, 4 See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain
Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products from the People’s Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products from the People’s
Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination Commission, regarding geogrids from the PRC, Republic of China: Preliminary Determination and
and Final Determination of Critical Circumstances, (February 24, 2017) (ITC Letter). Alignment of Final Determination with Final
in Part, 82 FR 3282 (January 11, 2017).
2 See Letter to Ronald Lorentzen, Acting Assistant
3 See ITC Letter. Antidumping Duty Determination, 81 FR 41292
(June 24, 2016).
Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and
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Company Subsidy rate
Shandong Haoyang New Engineering Materials Co., Ltd.* ................................................................................................................ 152.50
Shandong Tongfa Glass Fiber Ltd.* .................................................................................................................................................... 152.50
Shandong Xinyu Geosynthetics Ltd.* .................................................................................................................................................. 152.50
Tai’an Haohua Plastics Co., Ltd.* ....................................................................................................................................................... 152.50
Taian Hengbang Engineering Material Co., Ltd.* ............................................................................................................................... 152.50
Taian Naite Geosynthetics Ltd.* .......................................................................................................................................................... 152.50
Taian Road Engineering Materials Co., Ltd.* ...................................................................................................................................... 152.50
Tenax* .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 152.50
Hengshui Zhongtiejian Group Co.* ...................................................................................................................................................... 152.50
Qingdao Sunrise Dageng Import and Export Co., Ltd.* ...................................................................................................................... 152.50
Provisional Measures section 706(a) of the Act. Interested processing that would not otherwise remove
parties can find a list of antidumping the merchandise from the scope of the
Section 733(d) of the Act states that investigations if performed in the country of
instructions issued pursuant to an duty orders currently in effect at http://
enforcement.trade.gov/stats/ manufacture of the biaxial integral geogrid.
affirmative preliminary determination The products subject to the scope are
may not remain in effect for more than iastats1.html. currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff
four months. In the underlying This order is issued and published in Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
investigation, the Department published accordance with section 706(a) of the the following subheading: 3926.90.9995.
the Preliminary Determination on June Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b). Subject merchandise may also enter under
24, 2016. Therefore, the four-month Dated: February 24, 2017. subheadings 3920.20.0050 and 3925.90.0000.
The HTSUS subheadings set forth above are
period beginning on the date of the Ronald K. Lorentzen,
provided for convenience and U.S. Customs
publication of the Preliminary Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement purposes only. The written description of the
Determination ended on October 22, and Compliance. scope is dispositive.
2016. Furthermore, section 737(b) of the
Act states that definitive duties are to Appendix [FR Doc. 2017–04132 Filed 3–2–17; 8:45 am]
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begin on the date of publication of the The products covered by the scope are
ITC’s final injury determination. certain biaxial integral geogrid products.
Therefore, in accordance with section Biaxial integral geogrid products are a
polymer grid or mesh material (whether or DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
733(d) of the Act and our practice, we
instructed CBP to terminate the not finished, slit, cut-to-length, attached to
woven or non-woven fabric or sheet material, International Trade Administration
suspension of liquidation and to or packaged) in which four-sided openings in
liquidate, without regard to the form of squares, rectangles, rhomboids, Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’)
antidumping duties, unliquidated diamonds, or other four-sided figures Reviews
entries of geogrids from the PRC predominate. The products covered have
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, integral strands that have been stretched to AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
for consumption after October 22, 2016, induce molecular orientation into the International Trade Administration,
the date the provisional measures material (as evidenced by the strands being Department of Commerce.
expired, until and through the day thinner in width toward the middle between
the junctions than at the junctions SUMMARY: In accordance with section
preceding the date of publication of the 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
themselves) constituting the sides of the
ITC’s final injury determination in the openings and integral junctions where the amended (‘‘the Act’’), the Department of
Federal Register. Suspension of strands intersect. The scope includes Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) is
liquidation will resume on the date of products in which four-sided figures automatically initiating the five-year
publication of the ITC’s final predominate whether or not they also contain reviews (‘‘Sunset Reviews’’) of the
determination in the Federal Register. additional strands intersecting the four-sided antidumping and countervailing duty
figures and whether or not the inside corners
Critical Circumstances (‘‘AD/CVD’’) order(s) listed below. The
of the four-sided figures are rounded off or
not sharp angles. As used herein, the term International Trade Commission (‘‘the
With regard to the ITC’s negative
‘‘integral’’ refers to strands and junctions that Commission’’) is publishing
critical circumstances determination on
are homogenous with each other. The concurrently with this notice its notice
imports of geogrids from the PRC, we
products covered have a tensile strength of of Institution of Five-Year Review which
will instruct CBP to lift suspension and
greater than 5 kilonewtons per meter (kN/m) covers the same order(s).
to refund any cash deposits made to according to American Society for Testing
secure the payment of estimated and Materials (ASTM) Standard Test Method DATES: Effective Date: March 1, 2017.
countervailing duties with respect to D6637/D6637M in any direction and average FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
geogrids from the PRC entered, or overall flexural stiffness of more than Department official identified in the
withdrawn from warehouse, for 100,000 milligram-centimeter according to Initiation of Review section below at
consumption on or after March 26, 2016 the ASTM D7748/D7748M Standard Test
Method for Flexural Rigidity of Geogrids,
AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and
(i.e., 90 days prior to the date of the Compliance, International Trade
publication of the CVD Preliminary Geotextiles and Related Products, or other
equivalent test method standards. Administration, U.S. Department of
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Determination), but before June 24, 2016 Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
Subject merchandise includes material
(i.e., the date of publication of the CVD matching the above description that has been NW., Washington, DC 20230. For
Preliminary Determination). finished, packaged, or otherwise further information from the Commission
Notifications to Interested Parties processed in a third country, including by contact Mary Messer, Office of
trimming, slitting, coating, cutting, punching Investigations, U.S. International Trade
This notice constitutes the holes, stretching, attaching to woven or non-
countervailing duty order with respect Commission at (202) 205–3193.
woven fabric or sheet material, or any other
to geogrids from the PRC pursuant to finishing, packaging, or other further SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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| Contact | Ryan Mullen at (202) 482-5260, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 12437 |
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