82_FR_21281 82 FR 21195 - Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016

82 FR 21195 - Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 86 (May 5, 2017)

Page Range21195-21197
FR Document2017-09143

In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period of review (POR) April 1, 2015, through March 31, 2016. The Department selected two companies, Jacobi Carbons AB and Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., as mandatory respondents for individual examination. The Department preliminarily finds that subject merchandise has been sold in the United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the POR. The Department invites interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-904]


Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-
2016

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests from interested parties, the 
Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from 
the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period of review (POR) 
April 1, 2015, through March 31, 2016. The Department selected two 
companies, Jacobi Carbons AB and Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., 
as mandatory respondents for individual examination. The Department 
preliminarily finds that subject merchandise has been sold in the 
United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the POR. The 
Department invites interested parties to comment on these preliminary 
results.

DATES: Effective May 5, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Palmer or John Anwesen, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9068, or (202) 482-
0131, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is certain activated carbon. 
The products are currently classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 3802.10.00.\1\ 
Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the scope of the order remains 
dispositive.
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    \1\ For a complete description of the Scope of the Order, see 
``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review: Certain Activated Carbon from the 
People's Republic of China; 2015-2016,'' (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum) from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. 
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, issued dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice.
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    Based on an analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
information, and no shipment certifications submitted by Calgon Carbon 
(Tianjin) Co., Ltd., Shanxi Dapu International Trade Co., Ltd., and 
Sinoacarbon International Trading Co., Ltd., the Department 
preliminarily determines that these companies had no shipments during 
the POR. For additional information regarding this determination, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    Consistent with our practice in non-market economy (NME) cases, the 
Department is not rescinding this review, in part, but intends to 
complete the review with respect to these companies, for which it has 
preliminarily found no shipments, and issue appropriate instructions to 
CBP based on the final results of the review.\2\
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    \2\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011).
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We 
calculated constructed export prices and export prices in accordance 
with section 772 of the Act. Because the PRC is a NME within the 
meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, NV has been calculated in 
accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the 
topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as 
an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is made available to the public via Enforcement and 
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic 
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
https://access.trade.gov, and it is available to all parties in the 
Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is available at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The 
signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Verification

    As provided in sections 782(i)(3)(A)-(B) of the Act, we intend to 
verify the information upon which we will rely in determining our final 
results of review with respect to the two mandatory respondents, Jacobi 
Carbons AB and Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    The Department preliminarily finds that 186 companies for which a 
review was requested did not establish eligibility for a separate rate 
because they either failed to provide a separate rate application or 
separate rate certification (SRC).\3\ As such, we preliminarily 
determine that these 186 companies are part of the PRC-wide entity.\4\
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    \3\ While Ningxia Guanghua Activated Carbon Co, Ltd. (Guanghua) 
submitted a timely SRC, it did not have any sales to the United 
States. Additionally, we note that Guanghua is part of a single 
entity with Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 
See ``Separate Rates'' section of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum; see also, Preliminary Decision Memorandum at Attachment 
I for a complete list of the 186 companies which were not found 
eligible for a separate rate.
    \4\ Because no interested party requested a review of the PRC-
wide entity and the Department no longer considers the PRC-wide 
entity as an exporter conditionally subject to administrative 
reviews, we did not conduct a review of the PRC-wide entity. Thus, 
the rate for the PRC-wide entity is not subject to change as a 
result of this review. See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of 
Change in Department Practice for Respondent Selection in 
Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket 
Economy Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963, 
65969-70 (November 4, 2013). The PRC-wide entity rate of 2.42 U.S. 
dollars per kilogram was last reviewed in Certain Activated Carbon 
from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 70163 (November 25, 
2014).

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    For companies' subject to this review that have established their 
eligibility for a separate rate, the Department preliminarily 
determines that the following weighted-average dumping margins exist 
for the POR from April 1, 2015, through March 31, 2016:

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                                                       Weighted- average
                                                        dumping  margin
                       Exporter                        (U.S. dollars per
                                                         kilogram) \5\
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Jacobi Carbons AB \6\................................               1.02
Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.............               0.62
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products Co., Ltd...               0.82
Carbon Activated Tianjin Co., Ltd....................               0.82
Datong Municipal Yunguang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd..               0.82
Jilin Bright Future Chemicals Company, Ltd...........               0.82
Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon Co., Ltd               0.82
Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.............               0.82
Ningxia Mineral and Chemical Limited.................               0.82
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd..........               0.82
Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd...................               0.82
Shanxi Tianxi Purification Filter Co., Ltd...........               0.82
Tancarb Activated Carbon Co., Ltd....................               0.82
Tianjin Channel Filters Co., Ltd.....................               0.82
Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd...................               0.82
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose the calculations performed for 
these preliminary results to the parties no later than ten days after 
the date of the public announcement of this notice in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.224(b).
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    \5\ In the second administrative review of the Order, the 
Department determined that it would calculate per-unit weighted-
average dumping margins and assessment rates for all future reviews. 
See Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results and Partial Rescission of Second Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 75 FR 70208, 70211 (November 17, 2010). See 
also Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Activated Carbon From 
the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 20988 (April 27, 2007) 
(``Order'').
    \6\ In the third administrative review of the Order, the 
Department found that Jacobi Carbons AB, Tianjin Jacobi 
International Trading Co. Ltd., and Jacobi Carbons Industry 
(Tianjin) are a single entity and, because there were no facts 
presented on the record of this review which would call into 
question our prior finding, we continue to treat these companies as 
part of a single entity for this administrative review, pursuant to 
sections 771(33)(E), (F), and (G) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.401(f). 
Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results and Partial Rescission of Third Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 76 FR 67142, 67145 n.25 (October 31, 2011). 
See also Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    Because, as noted above, the Department intends to verify the 
information upon which we will rely in making our final determination, 
interested parties may submit written comments in the form of case 
briefs within one week after the issuance of the last verification 
repot and rebuttal comments in the form of rebuttal briefs within five 
days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\7\ Rebuttal briefs 
must be limited to issues raised in the case briefs.\8\ Parties who 
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are requested 
to submit with each argument: 1) A statement of the issue; 2) a brief 
summary of the argument; and 3) a table of authorities.\9\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1); see also 19 
CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for 
general filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance within 30 days of the date of 
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) The party's 
name, address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and 
(3) a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues raised in the 
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and 
rebuttal briefs.\10\ If a request for a hearing is made, the Department 
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a date and time to be 
determined.\11\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and 
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    All submissions, with limited exceptions, must be filed 
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be 
received successfully in its entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 
the due date. Documents excepted from the electronic submission 
requirements must be filed manually (e.g., in paper form) with the APO/
Dockets Unit in Room 18022 and stamped with the date and time of 
receipt by 5 p.m. ET on the due date.
    Unless otherwise extended, the Department intends to issue the 
final results of this administrative review, which will include the 
results of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days 
of publication of these preliminary results, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.\12\ The 
Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the publication date of the final results of this review. For any 
individually examined respondent whose (estimated) ad valorem weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 
percent) in the final results of this review, the Department will 
calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio 
of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined 
sales and the total quantity of those sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).\13\ The Department will

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also calculate (estimated) ad valorem importer-specific assessment 
rates with which to assess whether the per-unit assessment rate is de 
minimis. We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review when the importer-specific 
ad valorem assessment rate calculated in the final results of this 
review is not zero or de minimis. Where either the respondent's ad 
valorem weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an 
importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis,\14\ 
we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without 
regard to antidumping duties.
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \13\ In these preliminary results, the Department applied the 
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping 
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final 
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales data submitted 
by companies individually examined during this review, the Department 
will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the rate for the PRC-
wide entity.\15\ Additionally, if the Department determines that an 
exporter under review had no shipments of the subject merchandise, any 
suspended entries that entered under that exporter's case number (i.e., 
at that exporter's cash deposit rate) will be liquidated at the rate 
for the PRC-wide entity.\16\
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    \15\ Id.
    \16\ Id.
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    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final 
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of 
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final 
results of this review and for future deposits of estimated antidumping 
duties, where applicable.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For each specific 
company listed in the final results of review, the cash deposit rate 
will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the 
final results of this review (except, if the ad valorem rate is de 
minimis, then the cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) for previously 
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above 
that have received a separate rate in the completed segment of this 
proceeding for the most recent period, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the existing exporter-specific cash deposit rate; (3) 
for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found 
to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the 
rate for the PRC-wide entity; and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of 
subject merchandise which have not received their own separate rate, 
the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporter 
that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This administrative review and notice are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: May 1, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

    List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum:
1. Summary
2. Background
    a. Initiation
    b. Respondent Selection
    c. Scope of the Order
3. Discussion of the Methodology
    a. Preliminary Finding of No Shipments
    b. Non-Market Economy Country
    c. Separate Rates
    d. Weighted-Average Dumping Margin for Non-Examined Separate 
Rate Companies
    e. Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value Data
    f. Facts Available for Normal Value
    g. Date of Sale
    h. Comparisons to Normal Value
    i. U.S. Price
    j. Normal Value
    k. Currency Conversion
4. Recommendation

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                                                regulations and terms of an APO is a                    the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the                 Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
                                                violation which is subject to sanction.                 United States (HTSUS) subheading                      public document and is made available
                                                  This notice is issued and published in                3802.10.00.1 Although the HTSUS                       to the public via Enforcement and
                                                accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and                  subheading is provided for convenience                Compliance’s Antidumping and
                                                777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as                 and customs purposes, the written                     Countervailing Duty Centralized
                                                amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).                      description of the scope of the order                 Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
                                                  Dated: May 2, 2017.                                   remains dispositive.                                  ACCESS is available to registered users
                                                Gary Taverman,
                                                                                                                                                              at https://access.trade.gov, and it is
                                                                                                        Preliminary Determination of No
                                                                                                                                                              available to all parties in the Central
                                                Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for                Shipments
                                                Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
                                                                                                                                                              Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
                                                                                                          Based on an analysis of U.S. Customs                Department of Commerce building. In
                                                Operations.
                                                                                                        and Border Protection (CBP)                           addition, a complete version of the
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–09145 Filed 5–4–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        information, and no shipment                          Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
                                                BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                                                                        certifications submitted by Calgon                    available at http://
                                                                                                        Carbon (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., Shanxi Dapu               enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
                                                                                                        International Trade Co., Ltd., and                    Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
                                                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                                                                        Sinoacarbon International Trading Co.,                the electronic version of the Preliminary
                                                International Trade Administration                      Ltd., the Department preliminarily                    Decision Memorandum are identical in
                                                                                                        determines that these companies had no                content.
                                                [A–570–904]                                             shipments during the POR. For
                                                                                                        additional information regarding this                 Verification
                                                Certain Activated Carbon From the                       determination, see the Preliminary
                                                People’s Republic of China:                                                                                     As provided in sections 782(i)(3)(A)–
                                                                                                        Decision Memorandum.                                  (B) of the Act, we intend to verify the
                                                Preliminary Results of Antidumping                         Consistent with our practice in non-
                                                Duty Administrative Review; 2015–                                                                             information upon which we will rely in
                                                                                                        market economy (NME) cases, the                       determining our final results of review
                                                2016                                                    Department is not rescinding this                     with respect to the two mandatory
                                                AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                    review, in part, but intends to complete              respondents, Jacobi Carbons AB and
                                                International Trade Administration,                     the review with respect to these                      Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co.,
                                                Department of Commerce.                                 companies, for which it has                           Ltd.
                                                SUMMARY: In response to requests from                   preliminarily found no shipments, and
                                                                                                        issue appropriate instructions to CBP                 Preliminary Results of the Review
                                                interested parties, the Department of
                                                Commerce (the Department) is                            based on the final results of the review.2               The Department preliminarily finds
                                                conducting an administrative review of                  Methodology                                           that 186 companies for which a review
                                                the antidumping duty order on certain                                                                         was requested did not establish
                                                                                                          The Department is conducting this
                                                activated carbon from the People’s                                                                            eligibility for a separate rate because
                                                                                                        review in accordance with section
                                                Republic of China (PRC) for the period                                                                        they either failed to provide a separate
                                                                                                        751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
                                                of review (POR) April 1, 2015, through                                                                        rate application or separate rate
                                                                                                        amended (the Act). We calculated
                                                March 31, 2016. The Department                                                                                certification (SRC).3 As such, we
                                                                                                        constructed export prices and export
                                                selected two companies, Jacobi Carbons                                                                        preliminarily determine that these 186
                                                                                                        prices in accordance with section 772 of
                                                AB and Datong Juqiang Activated                                                                               companies are part of the PRC-wide
                                                                                                        the Act. Because the PRC is a NME
                                                Carbon Co., as mandatory respondents                                                                          entity.4
                                                                                                        within the meaning of section 771(18) of
                                                for individual examination. The
                                                                                                        the Act, NV has been calculated in
                                                Department preliminarily finds that                                                                              3 While Ningxia Guanghua Activated Carbon Co,
                                                                                                        accordance with section 773(c) of the                 Ltd. (Guanghua) submitted a timely SRC, it did not
                                                subject merchandise has been sold in
                                                                                                        Act.                                                  have any sales to the United States. Additionally,
                                                the United States at prices below normal
                                                                                                          For a full description of the                       we note that Guanghua is part of a single entity
                                                value (NV) during the POR. The                                                                                with Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated
                                                                                                        methodology underlying our
                                                Department invites interested parties to                                                                      Carbon Co., Ltd. See ‘‘Separate Rates’’ section of the
                                                                                                        conclusions, see the Preliminary
                                                comment on these preliminary results.                                                                         Preliminary Decision Memorandum; see also,
                                                                                                        Decision Memorandum. A list of the                    Preliminary Decision Memorandum at Attachment
                                                DATES: Effective May 5, 2017.                           topics included in the Preliminary                    I for a complete list of the 186 companies which
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob                    Decision Memorandum is included as                    were not found eligible for a separate rate.
                                                Palmer or John Anwesen, AD/CVD                          an appendix to this notice. The                          4 Because no interested party requested a review

                                                Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement                                                                          of the PRC-wide entity and the Department no
                                                                                                                                                              longer considers the PRC-wide entity as an exporter
                                                and Compliance, International Trade                       1 For a complete description of the Scope of the
                                                                                                                                                              conditionally subject to administrative reviews, we
                                                Administration, Department of                           Order, see ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the              did not conduct a review of the PRC-wide entity.
                                                                                                        Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
                                                Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue                      Administrative Review: Certain Activated Carbon
                                                                                                                                                              Thus, the rate for the PRC-wide entity is not subject
                                                NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:                                                                         to change as a result of this review. See
                                                                                                        from the People’s Republic of China; 2015–2016,’’     Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of
                                                (202) 482–9068, or (202) 482–0131,                      (Preliminary Decision Memorandum) from Gary           Change in Department Practice for Respondent
                                                respectively.                                           Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
                                                                                                                                                              Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and
                                                                                                        Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
                                                                                                                                                              Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary
                                                                                                                                                              Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78
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                                                                                                        for Enforcement and Compliance, issued dated
                                                Scope of the Order                                                                                            FR 65963, 65969–70 (November 4, 2013). The PRC-
                                                                                                        concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
                                                                                                                                                              wide entity rate of 2.42 U.S. dollars per kilogram
                                                                                                        notice.
                                                   The merchandise subject to the order                   2 See Non-Market Economy Antidumping
                                                                                                                                                              was last reviewed in Certain Activated Carbon from
                                                is certain activated carbon. The                                                                              the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of
                                                                                                        Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76     Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012–
                                                products are currently classifiable under               FR 65694, 65694–95 (October 24, 2011).                2013, 79 FR 70163 (November 25, 2014).




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                                                   For companies’ subject to this review                                 preliminarily determines that the                                         margins exist for the POR from April 1,
                                                that have established their eligibility for                              following weighted-average dumping                                        2015, through March 31, 2016:
                                                a separate rate, the Department

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Weighted-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             average dumping
                                                                                                                                      Exporter                                                                                                    margin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               (U.S. dollars
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              per kilogram) 5

                                                Jacobi Carbons AB 6 ......................................................................................................................................................................               1.02
                                                Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................                             0.62
                                                Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................                                0.82
                                                Carbon Activated Tianjin Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................                      0.82
                                                Datong Municipal Yunguang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................                                       0.82
                                                Jilin Bright Future Chemicals Company, Ltd .................................................................................................................................                             0.82
                                                Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................                                         0.82
                                                Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................                             0.82
                                                Ningxia Mineral and Chemical Limited ..........................................................................................................................................                          0.82
                                                Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................                              0.82
                                                Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................                     0.82
                                                Shanxi Tianxi Purification Filter Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................                       0.82
                                                Tancarb Activated Carbon Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................                        0.82
                                                Tianjin Channel Filters Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................                   0.82
                                                Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................                   0.82



                                                Disclosure and Public Comment                                            filing case briefs.7 Rebuttal briefs must                                 excepted from the electronic submission
                                                                                                                         be limited to issues raised in the case                                   requirements must be filed manually
                                                   The Department intends to disclose                                    briefs.8 Parties who submit case briefs or                                (e.g., in paper form) with the APO/
                                                the calculations performed for these                                     rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are                                    Dockets Unit in Room 18022 and
                                                preliminary results to the parties no                                    requested to submit with each                                             stamped with the date and time of
                                                later than ten days after the date of the                                argument: 1) A statement of the issue; 2)                                 receipt by 5 p.m. ET on the due date.
                                                public announcement of this notice in                                    a brief summary of the argument; and 3)                                      Unless otherwise extended, the
                                                accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).                                       a table of authorities.9                                                  Department intends to issue the final
                                                   Because, as noted above, the                                             Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),                                         results of this administrative review,
                                                Department intends to verify the                                         interested parties who wish to request a                                  which will include the results of its
                                                                                                                         hearing must submit a written request to
                                                information upon which we will rely in                                                                                                             analysis of issues raised in any briefs,
                                                                                                                         the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
                                                making our final determination,                                                                                                                    within 120 days of publication of these
                                                                                                                         and Compliance within 30 days of the
                                                interested parties may submit written                                                                                                              preliminary results, pursuant to section
                                                                                                                         date of publication of this notice.
                                                comments in the form of case briefs                                                                                                                751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
                                                                                                                         Requests should contain: (1) The party’s
                                                within one week after the issuance of                                    name, address and telephone number;                                       Assessment Rates
                                                the last verification repot and rebuttal                                 (2) the number of participants; and (3)
                                                comments in the form of rebuttal briefs                                  a list of issues parties intend to discuss.                                  Upon issuance of the final results, the
                                                within five days after the time limit for                                Issues raised in the hearing will be                                      Department will determine, and U.S.
                                                                                                                         limited to those raised in the respective                                 Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
                                                  5 In the second administrative review of the                           case and rebuttal briefs.10 If a request for                              shall assess, antidumping duties on all
                                                Order, the Department determined that it would                           a hearing is made, the Department                                         appropriate entries covered by this
                                                calculate per-unit weighted-average dumping                              intends to hold the hearing at the U.S.                                   review.12 The Department intends to
                                                margins and assessment rates for all future reviews.                                                                                               issue assessment instructions to CBP 15
                                                See Certain Activated Carbon From the People’s                           Department of Commerce, 1401
                                                Republic of China: Final Results and Partial                             Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC                                     days after the publication date of the
                                                Rescission of Second Antidumping Duty                                    20230, at a date and time to be                                           final results of this review. For any
                                                Administrative Review, 75 FR 70208, 70211                                determined.11 Parties should confirm by                                   individually examined respondent
                                                (November 17, 2010). See also Notice of                                  telephone the date, time, and location of                                 whose (estimated) ad valorem weighted-
                                                Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Activated Carbon                                                                                                   average dumping margin is not zero or
                                                From the People’s Republic of China, 72 FR 20988
                                                                                                                         the hearing two days before the
                                                                                                                         scheduled date.                                                           de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent)
                                                (April 27, 2007) (‘‘Order’’).
                                                  6 In the third administrative review of the Order,                        All submissions, with limited                                          in the final results of this review, the
                                                the Department found that Jacobi Carbons AB,                             exceptions, must be filed electronically                                  Department will calculate importer-
                                                Tianjin Jacobi International Trading Co. Ltd., and                       using ACCESS. An electronically filed                                     specific assessment rates on the basis of
                                                Jacobi Carbons Industry (Tianjin) are a single entity                    document must be received successfully                                    the ratio of the total amount of dumping
                                                and, because there were no facts presented on the                        in its entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time                                    calculated for the importer’s examined
                                                record of this review which would call into
                                                                                                                         (ET) on the due date. Documents                                           sales and the total quantity of those
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                                                question our prior finding, we continue to treat
                                                these companies as part of a single entity for this                                                                                                sales, in accordance with 19 CFR
                                                administrative review, pursuant to sections                                7 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1);                       351.212(b)(1).13 The Department will
                                                771(33)(E), (F), and (G) of the Act and 19 CFR                           see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing
                                                351.401(f). Certain Activated Carbon from the                            requirements).                                                               12 See19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
                                                                                                                           8 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
                                                People’s Republic of China: Final Results and                                                                                                         13 In
                                                                                                                                                                                                          these preliminary results, the Department
                                                                                                                           9 See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d); see also 19 CFR
                                                Partial Rescission of Third Antidumping Duty                                                                                                       applied the assessment rate calculation method
                                                Administrative Review, 76 FR 67142, 67145 n.25                           351.303 (for general filing requirements).                                adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation
                                                                                                                           10 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
                                                (October 31, 2011). See also Preliminary Decision                                                                                                  of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
                                                Memorandum.                                                                11 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).                                               Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping



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                                                also calculate (estimated) ad valorem                   existing exporter-specific cash deposit               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                importer-specific assessment rates with                 rate; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject
                                                which to assess whether the per-unit                    merchandise that have not been found                  National Institute of Standards and
                                                assessment rate is de minimis. We will                  to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash           Technology
                                                instruct CBP to assess antidumping                      deposit rate will be the rate for the PRC-
                                                duties on all appropriate entries covered                                                                     Call for Industrial Wireless Testbed
                                                                                                        wide entity; and (4) for all non-PRC
                                                by this review when the importer-                                                                             Participation
                                                                                                        exporters of subject merchandise which
                                                specific ad valorem assessment rate                     have not received their own separate                  AGENCY: National Institute of Standards
                                                calculated in the final results of this                 rate, the cash deposit rate will be the               and Technology, Department of
                                                review is not zero or de minimis. Where                 rate applicable to the PRC exporter that              Commerce.
                                                either the respondent’s ad valorem                      supplied that non-PRC exporter. These                 ACTION: Notice.
                                                weighted-average dumping margin is                      cash deposit requirements, when
                                                zero or de minimis, or an importer-                                                                           SUMMARY:   The National Institute of
                                                                                                        imposed, shall remain in effect until
                                                specific ad valorem assessment rate is                                                                        Standards and Technology (NIST), an
                                                                                                        further notice.
                                                zero or de minimis,14 we will instruct                                                                        agency of the United States Department
                                                CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries                Notification to Importers                             of Commerce, announces an
                                                without regard to antidumping duties.                                                                         opportunity for industrial wireless
                                                   For entries that were not reported in                  This notice also serves as a                        communications equipment suppliers
                                                the U.S. sales data submitted by                        preliminary reminder to importers of                  and academic institutions to incorporate
                                                companies individually examined                         their responsibility under 19 CFR                     their use cases, techniques, and
                                                during this review, the Department will                 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate                   equipment into a NIST Industrial
                                                instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at               regarding the reimbursement of                        Wireless Testbed to help advance
                                                the rate for the PRC-wide entity.15                     antidumping duties prior to liquidation               measurement science research in
                                                Additionally, if the Department                         of the relevant entries during this POR.              industrial wireless communication,
                                                determines that an exporter under                       Failure to comply with this requirement               with special emphasis on manufacturing
                                                review had no shipments of the subject                  could result in the Department’s                      applications.
                                                merchandise, any suspended entries                      presumption that reimbursement of                     DATES: The deadline for responding to
                                                that entered under that exporter’s case                 antidumping duties occurred and the                   this opportunity is June 30, 2017.
                                                number (i.e., at that exporter’s cash                   subsequent assessment of double                       ADDRESSES: Applications to participate
                                                deposit rate) will be liquidated at the                 antidumping duties.                                   may be submitted in one of two ways.
                                                rate for the PRC-wide entity.16                                                                                 • By sending an email to iwslab@
                                                   In accordance with section                           Notification to Interested Parties                    nist.gov.
                                                751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final results                                                                      • By written request:
                                                of this review shall be the basis for the                 This administrative review and notice
                                                                                                                                                              National Institute of Standards and
                                                assessment of antidumping duties on                     are issued and published in accordance                     Technology
                                                entries of merchandise covered by the                   with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of                ATTN: Richard Candell, 100 Bureau
                                                final results of this review and for future             the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).                          Drive, Stop 8230, Gaithersburg, MD
                                                deposits of estimated antidumping                         Dated: May 1, 2017.                                      20899–8615.
                                                duties, where applicable.                               Ronald K. Lorentzen,                                    Please direct media inquiries to
                                                                                                                                                              NIST’s Office of Public Affairs at 301–
                                                Cash Deposit Requirements                               Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
                                                                                                                                                              975–2762.
                                                  The following cash deposit                            and Compliance.
                                                                                                                                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick
                                                requirements will be effective upon                     Appendix                                              Candell, National Institute of Standards
                                                publication of the final results of this                                                                      and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS
                                                administrative review for shipments of                     List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
                                                                                                        Decision Memorandum:                                  8230, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, 301–
                                                the subject merchandise from the PRC                                                                          975–4287, email: iwslab@nist.gov.
                                                entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,                   1. Summary
                                                                                                        2. Background                                         SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
                                                for consumption on or after the
                                                                                                           a. Initiation                                      the NIST Wireless Systems for
                                                publication date, as provided by section
                                                                                                           b. Respondent Selection                            Industrial Environments project, NIST
                                                751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For each
                                                                                                           c. Scope of the Order                              has constructed a hardware-in-the-loop
                                                specific company listed in the final
                                                                                                        3. Discussion of the Methodology                      Industrial Wireless Testbed that
                                                results of review, the cash deposit rate
                                                                                                           a. Preliminary Finding of No Shipments             includes a radio frequency channel
                                                will be equal to the weighted-average
                                                                                                           b. Non-Market Economy Country                      emulator used to recreate the factory
                                                dumping margin established in the final
                                                                                                           c. Separate Rates                                  radio environment, and simulated and
                                                results of this review (except, if the ad
                                                                                                           d. Weighted-Average Dumping Margin for             real factory processes, controls, and
                                                valorem rate is de minimis, then the
                                                                                                              Non-Examined Separate Rate Companies            equipment. The emulator which is an
                                                cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) for
                                                                                                           e. Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value           Intelligent Automation Inc. D–508
                                                previously investigated or reviewed PRC                       Data                                            emulator supports up to eight (8)
                                                and non-PRC exporters not listed above                     f. Facts Available for Normal Value                devices. Industrial wireless
                                                that have received a separate rate in the                  g. Date of Sale                                    communication devices are connected
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                                                completed segment of this proceeding                       h. Comparisons to Normal Value                     to the emulator, and measurement
                                                for the most recent period, the cash                       i. U.S. Price                                      methods to assess the impacts of various
                                                deposit rate will continue to be the                       j. Normal Value                                    types of wireless systems on the
                                                                                                           k. Currency Conversion                             performance of simulated factory
                                                Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101             4. Recommendation
                                                (February 14, 2012).                                                                                          operations will be developed and
                                                  14 See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).                          [FR Doc. 2017–09143 Filed 5–4–17; 8:45 am]            applied. Participants will include
                                                  15 Id.
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                                                                                                                              researchers from industry and academia
                                                  16 Id.                                                                                                      interested in supporting the industrial


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesEffective May 5, 2017.
ContactBob Palmer or John Anwesen, AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9068, or (202) 482- 0131, respectively.
FR Citation82 FR 21195 

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