82_FR_45996 82 FR 45807 - 100- to 150-Seat Large Civil Aircraft From Canada: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination

82 FR 45807 - 100- to 150-Seat Large Civil Aircraft From Canada: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 189 (October 2, 2017)

Page Range45807-45809
FR Document2017-21055

The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of 100- to 150-seat large civil aircraft (aircraft) from Canada. The period of investigation is January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 189 (Monday, October 2, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 189 (Monday, October 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45807-45809]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21055]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-122-860]


100- to 150-Seat Large Civil Aircraft From Canada: Preliminary 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final 
Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily 
determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to 
producers and exporters of 100- to 150-seat large civil aircraft 
(aircraft) from Canada. The period of investigation is January 1, 2016, 
through December 31, 2016.

DATES: Applicable October 2, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Medley or Ross Belliveau, AD/
CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4987, or (202) 
482-4952, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 
703(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The Department 
published the notice of initiation of this investigation on May 26, 
2017.\1\ On July 5, 2017, the Department postponed the preliminary 
determination of this investigation and the revised deadline is now 
September 25, 2017.\2\ For a complete description of the events that 
followed the initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.\3\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix II to this notice. The 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov, and 
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 can be accessed directly 
at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic 
versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.
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    \1\ See 100- to 150-Seat Large Civil Aircraft From Canada: 
Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 82 FR 24292 (May 
26, 2017) (Initiation Notice).
    \2\ See 100- to 150-Seat Large Civil Aircraft from Canada: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty 
Investigation, 82 FR 31045 (July 5, 2017).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Determination of the Countervailing Duty Investigation of 100- to 
150-Seat Large Civil Aircraft from Canada,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation

    The product covered by this investigation is aircraft from Canada. 
For a complete description of the scope of the investigation, see 
Appendix I.

Scope Comments

    In accordance with the preamble to the Department's regulations,\4\ 
the Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise 
issues regarding product coverage, (i.e., scope).\5\ Certain interested 
parties commented on the scope of the investigation as it appeared in 
the Initiation Notice. The Department intends to issue its preliminary 
decision regarding comments concerning the scope of the antidumping 
duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations in the 
preliminary determination of the companion AD investigation.
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    \4\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule, 
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
    \5\ See Initiation Notice.
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this investigation in accordance with 
section 701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found 
countervailable, the Department preliminarily determines that there is 
a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an ``authority'' that 
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 
specific.\6\
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    \6\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Alignment

    As noted in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, in accordance with 
section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), the Department 
is aligning the final CVD determination in this investigation with the 
final

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determination in the companion AD investigation of aircraft from Canada 
based on a request made by the petitioner.\7\ Consequently, the final 
CVD determination will be issued on the same date as the final AD 
determination, which is currently scheduled to be issued no later than 
December 18, 2017, unless postponed.
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    \7\ See Letter from The Boeing Company (the petitioner), ``100- 
To 150-Seat Large Civil Aircraft from Canada: Request for Alignment 
of Countervailing Duty Final Determination with Antidumping Duty 
Final Determination,'' dated September 11, 2017.
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All-Others Rate

    Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that in the 
preliminary determination, the Department shall determine an estimated 
all-others rate for companies not individually examined. This rate 
shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated 
subsidy rates established for those companies individually examined, 
excluding any zero and de minimis rates and any rates based entirely 
under section 776 of the Act.
    The Department calculated an individual estimated countervailable 
subsidy rate for Bombardier, Inc. (Bombardier), the only individually 
examined exporter/producer in this investigation. Because the only 
individually calculated rate is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely 
on facts otherwise available, the estimated weighted-average rate 
calculated for Bombardier is the rate assigned to all-other producers 
and exporters, pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act.

Preliminary Determination

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
estimated countervailable subsidy rates exist:
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    \8\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, the 
Department has found the following companies to be cross-owned with 
Bombardier: C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership; Short Brothers 
PLC; BT (Investment) UK Limited.

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                             (percent)
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Bombardier, Inc. \8\....................................          219.63
All-Others..............................................          219.63
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Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, the 
Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise as described in 
the scope of the investigation section entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(d), 
the Department will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal to the 
rates indicated above.

Disclosure

    The Department intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed to interested parties in this preliminary determination 
within five days of its public announcement, or if there is no public 
announcement, within five days of the date of this notice, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the Act, the Department intends 
to verify the information relied upon in making its final 
determination.

Public Comment

    Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven 
days after the date on which the last verification report is issued in 
this investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case 
briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline 
date for case briefs.\9\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), 
parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this investigation 
are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the 
issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309; 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, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce within 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain 
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of 
participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list 
of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, the 
Department intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time 
and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled 
date.

International Trade Commission Notification

    In accordance with section 703(f) of the Act, the Department will 
notify the International Trade Commission (ITC) of its determination. 
If the final determination is affirmative, the ITC will make its final 
determination before the later of 120 days after the date of this 
preliminary determination or 45 days after the final determination.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 
703(f) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).

    Dated: September 25, 2017.
Carole Showers,
Executive Director, Office of Policy, performing the duties of Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation is aircraft, 
regardless of seating configuration, that have a standard 100- to 
150-seat two-class seating capacity and a minimum 2,900 nautical 
mile range, as these terms are defined below.
    ``Standard 100- to 150-seat two-class seating capacity'' refers 
to the capacity to accommodate 100 to 150 passengers, when eight 
passenger seats are configured for a 36-inch pitch, and the 
remaining passenger seats are configured for a 32-inch pitch. 
``Pitch'' is the distance between a point on one seat and the same 
point on the seat in front of it.
    ``Standard 100- to 150-seat two-class seating capacity'' does 
not delineate the number of seats actually in a subject aircraft or 
the actual seating configuration of a subject aircraft. Thus, the 
number of seats actually in a subject aircraft may be below 100 or 
exceed 150.
    A ``minimum 2,900 nautical mile range'' means:
    (i) Able to transport between 100 and 150 passengers and their 
luggage on routes equal to or longer than 2,900 nautical miles; or
    (ii) covered by a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
type certificate or supplemental type certificate that also covers 
other aircraft with a minimum 2,900 nautical mile range.
    The scope includes all aircraft covered by the description 
above, regardless of whether they enter the United States fully or 
partially assembled, and regardless of whether, at the time of entry 
into the United States, they are approved for use by the FAA.
    The merchandise covered by this investigation is currently 
classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) subheading 8802.40.0040. The merchandise may alternatively 
be classifiable under HTSUS subheading 8802.40.0090. Although these 
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written description of the scope of the investigation is 
dispositive.

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Appendix II

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Investigation
IV. Injury Test
V. Subsidies Valuation
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Conclusion

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                                                Assessment, or an Environmental                           Dated: September 26, 2017.                          discussed in the Preliminary Decision
                                                Impact Statement.                                       Andrew McGilvray,                                     Memorandum is included as Appendix
                                                 Dated: September 26, 2017.                             Executive Secretary.                                  II to this notice. The Preliminary
                                                Amanda Goebel Pereira,                                  [FR Doc. 2017–21054 Filed 9–29–17; 8:45 am]           Decision Memorandum is a public
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                document and is on file electronically
                                                NEPA Coordinator, First Responder Network
                                                Authority.
                                                                                                                                                              via Enforcement and Compliance’s
                                                                                                                                                              Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–20933 Filed 9–29–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                Centralized Electronic Service System
                                                BILLING CODE 3510–60–P
                                                                                                                                                              (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
                                                                                                        International Trade Administration                    registered users at http://
                                                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  [C–122–860]                                           access.trade.gov, and is available to all
                                                                                                                                                              parties in the Central Records Unit,
                                                Foreign-Trade Zones Board                               100- to 150-Seat Large Civil Aircraft                 room B8024 of the main Department of
                                                                                                        From Canada: Preliminary Affirmative                  Commerce building. In addition, a
                                                [B–60–2017]                                             Countervailing Duty Determination and                 complete version of the Preliminary
                                                                                                        Alignment of Final Determination With                 Decision Memorandum can be accessed
                                                Foreign-Trade Zone 123—Denver,                          Final Antidumping Duty Determination                  directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/
                                                Colorado; Application for Subzone;                                                                            frn/. The signed and electronic versions
                                                Ackerman North America LLC/dba                          AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                                                                                                                              of the Preliminary Decision
                                                Amann USA, Broomfield, Colorado                         International Trade Administration,
                                                                                                                                                              Memorandum are identical in content.
                                                                                                        Department of Commerce.
                                                   An application has been submitted to                 SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce                   Scope of the Investigation
                                                the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the                      (the Department) preliminarily
                                                Board) by the City and County of                                                                                The product covered by this
                                                                                                        determines that countervailable                       investigation is aircraft from Canada.
                                                Denver, Colorado, grantee of FTZ 123,                   subsidies are being provided to
                                                requesting subzone status for the facility                                                                    For a complete description of the scope
                                                                                                        producers and exporters of 100- to 150-               of the investigation, see Appendix I.
                                                of Ackerman North America LLC/dba                       seat large civil aircraft (aircraft) from
                                                Amann USA, located in Broomfield,                       Canada. The period of investigation is                Scope Comments
                                                Colorado. The application was                           January 1, 2016, through December 31,                   In accordance with the preamble to
                                                submitted pursuant to the provisions of                 2016.                                                 the Department’s regulations,4 the
                                                the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as                         DATES: Applicable October 2, 2017.                    Initiation Notice set aside a period of
                                                amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      time for parties to raise issues regarding
                                                regulations of the Board (15 CFR part                   Andrew Medley or Ross Belliveau, AD/                  product coverage, (i.e., scope).5 Certain
                                                400). It was formally docketed on                       CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement                interested parties commented on the
                                                September 26, 2017.                                     and Compliance, International Trade                   scope of the investigation as it appeared
                                                   The proposed subzone (0.07 acres) is                 Administration, U.S. Department of                    in the Initiation Notice. The Department
                                                located at 452 Burbank Street,                          Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue                    intends to issue its preliminary decision
                                                Broomfield, Colorado. No authorization                  NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:                 regarding comments concerning the
                                                for production activity has been                        (202) 482–4987, or (202) 482–4952,                    scope of the antidumping duty (AD) and
                                                requested at this time.                                 respectively.                                         countervailing duty (CVD)
                                                   In accordance with the Board’s                                                                             investigations in the preliminary
                                                regulations, Christopher Kemp of the                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                                                                              determination of the companion AD
                                                FTZ Staff is designated examiner to                     Background                                            investigation.
                                                review the application and make
                                                                                                           This preliminary determination is
                                                recommendations to the FTZ Board.                                                                             Methodology
                                                                                                        made in accordance with section 703(b)
                                                   Public comment is invited from                                                                               The Department is conducting this
                                                                                                        of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
                                                interested parties. Submissions shall be                                                                      investigation in accordance with section
                                                                                                        (the Act). The Department published the
                                                addressed to the Board’s Executive                                                                            701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy
                                                                                                        notice of initiation of this investigation
                                                Secretary at the address below. The                                                                           programs found countervailable, the
                                                                                                        on May 26, 2017.1 On July 5, 2017, the
                                                closing period for their receipt is                                                                           Department preliminarily determines
                                                                                                        Department postponed the preliminary
                                                November 13, 2017. Rebuttal comments                                                                          that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial
                                                                                                        determination of this investigation and
                                                in response to material submitted                                                                             contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that
                                                                                                        the revised deadline is now September
                                                during the foregoing period may be                                                                            gives rise to a benefit to the recipient,
                                                                                                        25, 2017.2 For a complete description of
                                                submitted during the subsequent 15-day                                                                        and that the subsidy is specific.6
                                                                                                        the events that followed the initiation of
                                                period to November 27, 2017.
                                                                                                        this investigation, see the Preliminary               Alignment
                                                   A copy of the application will be
                                                                                                        Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics
                                                available for public inspection at the                                                                           As noted in the Preliminary Decision
                                                Office of the Executive Secretary,                         1 See 100- to 150-Seat Large Civil Aircraft From   Memorandum, in accordance with
                                                Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room                         Canada: Initiation of Countervailing Duty             section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
                                                21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,                     Investigation, 82 FR 24292 (May 26, 2017)             351.210(b)(4), the Department is
                                                1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,                           (Initiation Notice).                                  aligning the final CVD determination in
                                                                                                           2 See 100- to 150-Seat Large Civil Aircraft from
                                                Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
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                                                                                                        Canada: Postponement of Preliminary
                                                                                                                                                              this investigation with the final
                                                ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s                 Determination in the Countervailing Duty
                                                Web site, which is accessible via                       Investigation, 82 FR 31045 (July 5, 2017).              4 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,

                                                www.trade.gov/ftz.                                         3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for        Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
                                                                                                                                                                5 See Initiation Notice.
                                                   For further information, contact                     the Preliminary Determination of the
                                                                                                        Countervailing Duty Investigation of 100- to 150-       6 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
                                                Christopher Kemp at                                     Seat Large Civil Aircraft from Canada,’’ dated        regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
                                                Christopher.Kemp@trade.gov or (202)                     concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this        of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
                                                482–0862.                                               notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).             the Act regarding specificity.



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                                                determination in the companion AD                       Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR                 International Trade Commission
                                                investigation of aircraft from Canada                   351.205(d), the Department will instruct              Notification
                                                based on a request made by the                          CBP to require a cash deposit equal to                   In accordance with section 703(f) of
                                                petitioner.7 Consequently, the final CVD                the rates indicated above.                            the Act, the Department will notify the
                                                determination will be issued on the                                                                           International Trade Commission (ITC) of
                                                same date as the final AD                               Disclosure
                                                                                                                                                              its determination. If the final
                                                determination, which is currently                                                                             determination is affirmative, the ITC
                                                                                                           The Department intends to disclose
                                                scheduled to be issued no later than                                                                          will make its final determination before
                                                                                                        its calculations and analysis performed
                                                December 18, 2017, unless postponed.                                                                          the later of 120 days after the date of this
                                                                                                        to interested parties in this preliminary
                                                All-Others Rate                                         determination within five days of its                 preliminary determination or 45 days
                                                  Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of                   public announcement, or if there is no                after the final determination.
                                                the Act provide that in the preliminary                 public announcement, within five days                 Notification to Interested Parties
                                                determination, the Department shall                     of the date of this notice, in accordance
                                                                                                                                                                This determination is issued and
                                                determine an estimated all-others rate                  with 19 CFR 351.224(b).                               published pursuant to sections 703(f)
                                                for companies not individually                                                                                and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
                                                                                                        Verification
                                                examined. This rate shall be an amount                                                                        351.205(c).
                                                equal to the weighted average of the                       As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the
                                                estimated subsidy rates established for                                                                         Dated: September 25, 2017.
                                                                                                        Act, the Department intends to verify                 Carole Showers,
                                                those companies individually                            the information relied upon in making
                                                examined, excluding any zero and de                                                                           Executive Director, Office of Policy,
                                                                                                        its final determination.                              performing the duties of Deputy Assistant
                                                minimis rates and any rates based
                                                                                                        Public Comment                                        Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
                                                entirely under section 776 of the Act.
                                                  The Department calculated an                                                                                Appendix I
                                                individual estimated countervailable                      Case briefs or other written comments
                                                                                                       may be submitted to the Assistant                      Scope of the Investigation
                                                subsidy rate for Bombardier, Inc.
                                                (Bombardier), the only individually                    Secretary for Enforcement and                             The merchandise covered by this
                                                                                                       Compliance no later than seven days                    investigation is aircraft, regardless of seating
                                                examined exporter/producer in this
                                                                                                                                                              configuration, that have a standard 100- to
                                                investigation. Because the only                        after the date on which the last
                                                                                                                                                              150-seat two-class seating capacity and a
                                                individually calculated rate is not zero,              verification report is issued in this                  minimum 2,900 nautical mile range, as these
                                                de minimis, or based entirely on facts                 investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to             terms are defined below.
                                                otherwise available, the estimated                     issues raised in case briefs, may be                      ‘‘Standard 100- to 150-seat two-class
                                                weighted-average rate calculated for                   submitted no later than five days after                seating capacity’’ refers to the capacity to
                                                Bombardier is the rate assigned to all-                the deadline date for case briefs.9                    accommodate 100 to 150 passengers, when
                                                other producers and exporters, pursuant                                                                       eight passenger seats are configured for a 36-
                                                                                                       Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and                   inch pitch, and the remaining passenger seats
                                                to section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act.                 (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or              are configured for a 32-inch pitch. ‘‘Pitch’’ is
                                                Preliminary Determination                              rebuttal briefs in this investigation are              the distance between a point on one seat and
                                                                                                       encouraged to submit with each                         the same point on the seat in front of it.
                                                    The Department preliminarily                                                                                 ‘‘Standard 100- to 150-seat two-class
                                                                                                       argument: (1) A statement of the issue;
                                                determines that the following estimated                                                                       seating capacity’’ does not delineate the
                                                                                                       (2) a brief summary of the argument;
                                                countervailable subsidy rates exist:                                                                          number of seats actually in a subject aircraft
                                                                                                       and (3) a table of authorities.                        or the actual seating configuration of a
                                                             Company                      Subsidy rate    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),                      subject aircraft. Thus, the number of seats
                                                                                           (percent)   interested parties who wish to request a               actually in a subject aircraft may be below
                                                                                                       hearing, limited to issues raised in the               100 or exceed 150.
                                                Bombardier, Inc. 8 .................            219.63                                                           A ‘‘minimum 2,900 nautical mile range’’
                                                All-Others ..............................       219.63 case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a                means:
                                                                                                       written request to the Assistant                          (i) Able to transport between 100 and 150
                                                Suspension of Liquidation                              Secretary for Enforcement and                          passengers and their luggage on routes equal
                                                                                                       Compliance, U.S. Department of                         to or longer than 2,900 nautical miles; or
                                                    In accordance with section                                                                                   (ii) covered by a U.S. Federal Aviation
                                                703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, the                Commerce within 30 days after the date
                                                                                                       of publication of this notice. Requests                Administration (FAA) type certificate or
                                                Department will direct U.S. Customs                                                                           supplemental type certificate that also covers
                                                and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend should contain the party’s name,                                       other aircraft with a minimum 2,900 nautical
                                                liquidation of entries of subject                      address, and telephone number, the                     mile range.
                                                merchandise as described in the scope                  number of participants, whether any                       The scope includes all aircraft covered by
                                                of the investigation section entered, or               participant is a foreign national, and a               the description above, regardless of whether
                                                withdrawn from warehouse, for                          list of the issues to be discussed. If a               they enter the United States fully or partially
                                                                                                       request for a hearing is made, the                     assembled, and regardless of whether, at the
                                                consumption on or after the date of                                                                           time of entry into the United States, they are
                                                publication of this notice in the Federal Department intends to hold the hearing                              approved for use by the FAA.
                                                                                                       at the U.S. Department of Commerce,                       The merchandise covered by this
                                                   7 See Letter from The Boeing Company (the           1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,                          investigation is currently classifiable under
                                                petitioner), ‘‘100- To 150-Seat Large Civil Aircraft   Washington, DC 20230, at a time and                    Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
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                                                from Canada: Request for Alignment of                                                                         States (HTSUS) subheading 8802.40.0040.
                                                Countervailing Duty Final Determination with           date to be determined. Parties should
                                                                                                       confirm by telephone the date, time, and               The merchandise may alternatively be
                                                Antidumping Duty Final Determination,’’ dated
                                                                                                                                                              classifiable under HTSUS subheading
                                                September 11, 2017.                                    location of the hearing two days before                8802.40.0090. Although these HTSUS
                                                   8 As discussed in the Preliminary Decision
                                                                                                       the scheduled date.                                    subheadings are provided for convenience
                                                Memorandum, the Department has found the
                                                following companies to be cross-owned with                                                                    and customs purposes, the written
                                                Bombardier: C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership;         9 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303      description of the scope of the investigation
                                                Short Brothers PLC; BT (Investment) UK Limited.         (for general filing requirements).                    is dispositive.



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                                                Appendix II                                             On September 15, the ITC published its                These instructions suspending
                                                List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
                                                                                                        final determination in the Federal                    liquidation will remain in effect until
                                                Decision Memorandum                                     Register.3                                            further notice.
                                                I. Summary                                              Scope of the Order                                       The Department will also instruct
                                                II. Background                                                                                                CBP to require cash deposits for
                                                III. Scope of the Investigation                           The product covered by this order is                estimated antidumping duties equal to
                                                IV. Injury Test                                         rebar from Taiwan. For a complete                     the estimated weighted-average
                                                V. Subsidies Valuation                                  description of the scope of the order, see            dumping margins indicated below.
                                                VI. Analysis of Programs                                the Appendix to this notice.                          Accordingly, effective September 15,
                                                VII. Conclusion
                                                                                                        Antidumping Duty Order                                2017, the date of publication of the
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–21055 Filed 9–29–17; 8:45 am]                                                                   ITC’s final affirmative determination in
                                                                                                          In accordance with section 735(d) of
                                                BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                                                                        the Federal Register, CBP will require,
                                                                                                        the Act, the ITC notified the Department
                                                                                                                                                              at the same time as importers would
                                                                                                        of its final determination in this
                                                                                                                                                              normally deposit estimated duties on
                                                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  investigation, in which it found that an
                                                                                                                                                              this subject merchandise, a cash deposit
                                                                                                        industry in the United States is
                                                                                                                                                              equal to the estimated weighted-average
                                                International Trade Administration                      materially injured by reason of imports
                                                                                                                                                              dumping margins listed below.5 The
                                                                                                        of rebar from Taiwan. Therefore, in
                                                [A–583–859]                                                                                                   relevant all-others rates apply to all
                                                                                                        accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the
                                                                                                                                                              producers or exporters not specifically
                                                Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From                     Act, we are issuing this antidumping
                                                                                                                                                              listed below.
                                                Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Order                          duty order. Because the ITC determined
                                                                                                        that imports of rebar from Taiwan are                 Provisional Measures
                                                AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                    materially injuring a U.S. industry,
                                                International Trade Administration,                     unliquidated entries of such                             Section 733(d) of the Act states that
                                                Department of Commerce.                                 merchandise from Taiwan, entered or                   the suspension of liquidation pursuant
                                                ACTION: Notice.                                         withdrawn from warehouse for                          to an affirmative preliminary
                                                                                                        consumption, are subject to the                       determination may not remain in effect
                                                SUMMARY:  Based on an affirmative final                 assessment of antidumping duties.                     for more than four months, except
                                                determination by the Department of                        Therefore, in accordance with section               where exporters representing a
                                                Commerce (the Department) and the                       736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will             significant proportion of exports of the
                                                International Trade Commission (ITC),                   direct U.S. Customs and Border                        subject merchandise request the
                                                the Department is issuing the                           Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further              Department to extend that four-month
                                                antidumping duty (AD) order on steel                    instruction by the Department,                        period to no more than six months. At
                                                concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from                   antidumping duties equal to the amount                the request of exporters that account for
                                                Taiwan.                                                 by which the normal value of the                      a significant proportion of rebar from
                                                DATES:   Applicable: October 2, 2017.                   merchandise exceeds the export price                  Taiwan, the Department extended the
                                                                                                        (or constructed export price) of the                  four-month period to six months in this
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:   Jun
                                                                                                        merchandise, for all relevant entries of              case.6 The Department published the
                                                Jack Zhao or Kathryn Wallace at (202)
                                                                                                        rebar from Taiwan. Antidumping duties                 preliminary determination on March 7,
                                                482–1396 and (202) 482–6251,
                                                                                                        will be assessed on unliquidated entries              2017. Therefore, the extended period,
                                                respectively, AD/CVD Operations,
                                                                                                        of rebar from Taiwan entered, or                      beginning on the date of publication of
                                                Office VII, Enforcement and
                                                                                                        withdrawn from warehouse, for                         the preliminary determination, ended
                                                Compliance, International Trade
                                                                                                        consumption on or after March 7, 2017,                on September 3, 2017. Furthermore,
                                                Administration, Department of
                                                                                                        the date of publication of the                        section 737(b) of the Act states that the
                                                Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
                                                                                                        Preliminary Determination,4 but will                  collection of final cash deposits will
                                                NW., Washington, DC 20230.
                                                                                                        not include entries occurring after the               begin on the date of publication of the
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                                                                    ITC’s final injury determination.
                                                                                                        expiration of the provisional measures
                                                Background                                              period and before publication in the                     Therefore, in accordance with section
                                                   In accordance with sections 735(d)                   Federal Register of the ITC’s injury                  733(d) of the Act and our practice, we
                                                and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930,                determination, as further described                   will instruct CBP to terminate the
                                                as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR                         below.                                                suspension of liquidation and to
                                                351.210(c), on June 27, 2017 the                        Suspension of Liquidation                             liquidate, without regard to
                                                Department published its affirmative                                                                          antidumping duties, unliquidated
                                                                                                           In accordance with section                         entries of rebar from Taiwan entered, or
                                                final determination in the less-than-fair-
                                                                                                        735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department               withdrawn from warehouse, for
                                                value (LTFV) investigation of rebar from
                                                                                                        will instruct CBP to continue to suspend              consumption after September 3, 2017,
                                                Taiwan.1 On September 11, 2017, the
                                                                                                        liquidation of all relevant entries of                until and through September 14, 2017,
                                                ITC notified the Department of its final
                                                                                                        rebar from Taiwan, effective the date of              the day preceding the date of
                                                determination that an industry in the
                                                                                                        publication of the ITC’s notice of final              publication of the ITC’s final injury
                                                United States is materially injured by
                                                                                                        determination in the Federal Register.                determination in the Federal Register.
                                                reason of LTFV imports of subject
                                                merchandise from Taiwan within the
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                                                                                                        Final Determination); see also Steel Concrete         Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
                                                meaning of 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act.2                 Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan, Investigation No.        Margins
                                                                                                        731–TA–1339 (Final) (September 2017).
                                                  1 See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan:       3 See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan,
                                                                                                                                                                The weighted-average antidumping
                                                Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair          82 FR 43403 (September 15, 2017).                     duty margin percentages are as follows:
                                                Value, 82 FR 34925 (June 27, 2017) (Final                 4 See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan:
                                                Determination).                                         Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at
                                                  2 See Letter from the ITC to the Honorable Gary                                                               5 See   section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
                                                                                                        Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 12800 (March 7, 2017)
                                                Taverman, September 11, 2017 (Notification of ITC       (Preliminary Determination).                            6 See   Preliminary Determination 82 FR at 12801.



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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesApplicable October 2, 2017.
ContactAndrew Medley or Ross Belliveau, AD/ CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4987, or (202) 482-4952, respectively.
FR Citation82 FR 45807 

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