82_FR_51609 82 FR 51396 - Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination

82 FR 51396 - Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 213 (November 6, 2017)

Page Range51396-51397
FR Document2017-24079

The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of fine denier polyester staple fiber (fine denier PSF) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of investigation is January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 213 (Monday, November 6, 2017)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-061]


Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 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 fine denier polyester staple fiber (fine 
denier PSF) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of 
investigation is January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016.

DATES: Applicable November 6, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yasmin Bordas or Davina Friedmann, AD/
CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3813 or (202) 482-0698, 
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 June 27, 
2017.\1\ On August 8, 2017, the Department postponed the preliminary 
determination of this investigation, and the revised deadline is now 
October 30, 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 Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from India and the 
People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 
Investigations, 82 FR 29029 (June 27, 2017) (Initiation Notice).
    \2\ See Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's 
Republic of China and India: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigations, 82 FR 37048 
(August 8, 2017).
    \3\ See Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Affirmative 
Determination: Countervailing Duty Investigation of Fine Denier 
Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's Republic of China,'' 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 fine denier PSF from 
the PRC. For a complete description of the scope of this 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, as well as additional language proposed by the 
Department. 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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    The Department notes that, in making these findings, it relied, in 
part, on facts available and, because it finds that one or more 
respondents did not act to the best of their ability to respond to the 
Department's requests for information, it drew an adverse inference 
where appropriate in selecting from among the facts otherwise 
available.\7\ For further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise 
Available and Adverse Inferences'' in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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    \7\ See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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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. Notwithstanding the language of section 
705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, we have not calculated the ``all-others'' 
rate by weight-averaging the rates of the two individually investigated 
respondents, because doing so risks disclosure of proprietary 
information. Therefore, for the ``all-others'' rate, we calculated a 
simple average of the two responding companies' rates.

Preliminary Determination

    The Department preliminarily determines that thefollowing 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 
Jiangyin Hailun Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd.: Jiangyin Bolun Chemical 
Fiber Co., Ltd. (Bolun); Jiangyin Fenghua Synthetic Fiber Co., Ltd. 
(Fenghua); Jiangsu Hailun Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (Hailun 
Petrochemical); Jiangyin Huamei Special Fiber Co., Ltd. (Huamei); 
Jiangyin Huasheng Polymerization Co., Ltd. (Huasheng); Jiangyin 
Huaxing Synthetic Co., Ltd. (Huaxing); Jiangying Huayi 
Polymerization Co., Ltd. (Huayi); Jiangsu Sanfangxiang Group Co., 
Ltd. (Sanfangxiang Group); Jiangsu Sanfangxiang International 
Trading Co., Ltd. (Sanfangxiang Trading); Sanhai International 
Trading PTE Ltd. (Sanhai); Jiangyin Xingsheng Plastic Co., Ltd. 
(Xingsheng Plastic); Jiangyin Xingtai New Material Co., Ltd. 
(Xingtai); Jiangsu Xingye Plastic Co., Ltd. (Xingye Plastic); 
Jiangsu Xingye Polytech Co., Ltd. (Xingye Polytech); Jiangyin Xingyu 
New Material Co., Ltd. (Xingyu); Jiangyin Xinlun Chemical Fiber Co., 
Ltd. (Xinlun); Jiangyin Xinyuan Thermal Power Co., Ltd. (Xinyuan 
Thermal); and Jiangyin Yunlun Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. (Yunlun).
    \9\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, the 
Department has found Jiangsu Huahong Industrial Group Co., Ltd. to 
be cross-owned with Jiangyin Huahong Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd.; 
Jiangyin Hongkai Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. (Hongkai); Jiangyin 
Huahong International Trade Co., Ltd. (Huahong International Trade); 
and Jiangyin Huakai Polyesterer Co., Ltd. (Huakai).

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                             (percent)
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Jiangyin Hailun Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd \8\..............           41.73
Jiangyin Huahong Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd \9\.............           47.64
All-Others..............................................           44.69
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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.\10\ 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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    \10\ 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, 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 determine 
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: October 30, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation is fine denier 
polyester staple fiber (fine denier PSF), not carded or combed, 
measuring less than 3.3 decitex (3 denier) in diameter. The scope 
covers all fine denier PSF, whether coated or uncoated. The 
following products are excluded from the scope:
    (1) PSF equal to or greater than 3.3. decitex (more than 3 
denier, inclusive) currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 5503.20.0045 and 
5503.20.0065.
    (2) Low-melt PSF defined as a bi-component fiber with a 
polyester core and an outer, polyester sheath that melts at a 
significantly lower temperature than its inner polyester core 
currently classified under HTSUS subheading 5503.20.0015.
    Fine denier PSF is classifiable under the HTSUS subheading 
5503.20.0025. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
scope of the investigations is dispositive.

Appendix II

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope Comments
IV. Scope of the Investigation
V. Injury Test
VI. Application of the CVD Law to Imports From the PRC
VII. Subsidies Valuation
VIII. Benchamrks and Interest Rates
IX. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
X. Analysis of Programs
XI. ITC Notification
XII. Disclosure and Public Comment
XIII. Verification
XIV. Conclusion

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                                               51396                       Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 213 / Monday, November 6, 2017 / Notices

                                                 Dated: October 31, 2017.                              Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics                  The Department notes that, in making
                                               Gary Taverman,                                          discussed in the Preliminary Decision                 these findings, it relied, in part, on facts
                                               Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping              Memorandum is included as Appendix                    available and, because it finds that one
                                               and Countervailing Duty Operations,                     II to this notice. The Preliminary                    or more respondents did not act to the
                                               performing the non-exclusive functions and              Decision Memorandum is a public                       best of their ability to respond to the
                                               duties of the Assistant Secretary for                   document and is on file electronically                Department’s requests for information, it
                                               Enforcement and Compliance.                             via Enforcement and Compliance’s                      drew an adverse inference where
                                               [FR Doc. 2017–24072 Filed 11–3–17; 8:45 am]             Antidumping and Countervailing Duty                   appropriate in selecting from among the
                                               BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                  Centralized Electronic Service System                 facts otherwise available.7 For further
                                                                                                       (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to                      information, see ‘‘Use of Facts
                                                                                                       registered users at http://                           Otherwise Available and Adverse
                                               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  access.trade.gov, and is available to all             Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision
                                                                                                       parties in the Central Records Unit,                  Memorandum.
                                               International Trade Administration
                                                                                                       Room B8024 of the main Department of                  All-Others Rate
                                               [C–570–061]                                             Commerce building. In addition, a
                                                                                                       complete version of the Preliminary                     Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of
                                               Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber                      Decision Memorandum can be accessed                   the Act provide that in the preliminary
                                               From the People’s Republic of China:                    directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/             determination, the Department shall
                                               Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing                  frn/. The signed and electronic versions              determine an estimated all-others rate
                                               Duty Determination                                      of the Preliminary Decision                           for companies not individually
                                                                                                       Memorandum are identical in content.                  examined. This rate shall be an amount
                                               AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                                                                          equal to the weighted average of the
                                               International Trade Administration,                     Scope of the Investigation                            estimated subsidy rates established for
                                               Department of Commerce.                                                                                       those companies individually
                                               SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce                       The product covered by this
                                                                                                       investigation is fine denier PSF from the             examined, excluding any zero and de
                                               (the Department) preliminarily                                                                                minimis rates and any rates based
                                               determines that countervailable                         PRC. For a complete description of the
                                                                                                       scope of this investigation, see                      entirely under section 776 of the Act.
                                               subsidies are being provided to                                                                               Notwithstanding the language of section
                                               producers and exporters of fine denier                  Appendix I.
                                                                                                                                                             705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, we have not
                                               polyester staple fiber (fine denier PSF)                Scope Comments                                        calculated the ‘‘all-others’’ rate by
                                               from the People’s Republic of China                                                                           weight-averaging the rates of the two
                                               (PRC). The period of investigation is                      In accordance with the preamble to
                                                                                                                                                             individually investigated respondents,
                                               January 1, 2016, through December 31,                   the Department’s regulations,4 the
                                                                                                                                                             because doing so risks disclosure of
                                               2016.                                                   Initiation Notice set aside a period of
                                                                                                                                                             proprietary information. Therefore, for
                                                                                                       time for parties to raise issues regarding
                                               DATES: Applicable November 6, 2017.                                                                           the ‘‘all-others’’ rate, we calculated a
                                                                                                       product coverage, (i.e., scope).5 Certain
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                                                              simple average of the two responding
                                                                                                       interested parties commented on the
                                               Yasmin Bordas or Davina Friedmann,                                                                            companies’ rates.
                                                                                                       scope of the investigation as it appeared
                                               AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and                      in the Initiation Notice, as well as                  Preliminary Determination
                                               Compliance, International Trade                         additional language proposed by the
                                               Administration, U.S. Department of                                                                              The Department preliminarily
                                                                                                       Department. The Department intends to                 determines that thefollowing estimated
                                               Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue                      issue its preliminary decision regarding
                                               NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:                                                                         countervailable subsidy rates exist:
                                                                                                       comments concerning the scope of the
                                               (202) 482–3813 or (202) 482–0698,                       antidumping duty (AD) and                             of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
                                               respectively.                                           countervailing duty (CVD)                             the Act regarding specificity.
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              investigations in the preliminary                        7 See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
                                                                                                                                                                8 As discussed in the Preliminary Decision
                                               Background                                              determination of the companion AD
                                                                                                                                                             Memorandum, the Department has found the
                                                                                                       investigation.                                        following companies to be cross-owned with
                                                  This preliminary determination is                                                                          Jiangyin Hailun Chemical Fiber Co. Ltd.: Jiangyin
                                               made in accordance with section 703(b)                  Methodology                                           Bolun Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. (Bolun); Jiangyin
                                               of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended                     The Department is conducting this                   Fenghua Synthetic Fiber Co., Ltd. (Fenghua);
                                               (the Act). The Department published the                                                                       Jiangsu Hailun Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (Hailun
                                                                                                       investigation in accordance with section              Petrochemical); Jiangyin Huamei Special Fiber Co.,
                                               notice of initiation of this investigation              701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy               Ltd. (Huamei); Jiangyin Huasheng Polymerization
                                               on June 27, 2017.1 On August 8, 2017,                   programs found countervailable, the                   Co., Ltd. (Huasheng); Jiangyin Huaxing Synthetic
                                               the Department postponed the                            Department preliminarily determines                   Co., Ltd. (Huaxing); Jiangying Huayi Polymerization
                                               preliminary determination of this                                                                             Co., Ltd. (Huayi); Jiangsu Sanfangxiang Group Co.,
                                                                                                       that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial            Ltd. (Sanfangxiang Group); Jiangsu Sanfangxiang
                                               investigation, and the revised deadline                 contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that                 International Trading Co., Ltd. (Sanfangxiang
                                               is now October 30, 2017.2 For a                         gives rise to a benefit to the recipient,             Trading); Sanhai International Trading PTE Ltd.
                                               complete description of the events that                 and that the subsidy is specific.6                    (Sanhai); Jiangyin Xingsheng Plastic Co., Ltd.
                                               followed the initiation of this                                                                               (Xingsheng Plastic); Jiangyin Xingtai New Material
                                                                                                                                                             Co., Ltd. (Xingtai); Jiangsu Xingye Plastic Co., Ltd.
                                               investigation, see the Preliminary                         3 See Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
                                                                                                                                                             (Xingye Plastic); Jiangsu Xingye Polytech Co., Ltd.
                                                                                                       Affirmative Determination: Countervailing Duty
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                                                                                                                                                             (Xingye Polytech); Jiangyin Xingyu New Material
                                                  1 See Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from        Investigation of Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber   Co., Ltd. (Xingyu); Jiangyin Xinlun Chemical Fiber
                                               India and the People’s Republic of China: Initiation    from the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated          Co., Ltd. (Xinlun); Jiangyin Xinyuan Thermal Power
                                               of Countervailing Duty Investigations, 82 FR 29029      concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this        Co., Ltd. (Xinyuan Thermal); and Jiangyin Yunlun
                                               (June 27, 2017) (Initiation Notice).                    notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).             Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. (Yunlun).
                                                  2 See Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from the       4 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,      9 As discussed in the Preliminary Decision

                                               People’s Republic of China and India:                   Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).        Memorandum, the Department has found Jiangsu
                                                                                                          5 See Initiation Notice.
                                               Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the                                                              Huahong Industrial Group Co., Ltd. to be cross-
                                               Countervailing Duty Investigations, 82 FR 37048            6 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act        owned with Jiangyin Huahong Chemical Fiber Co.
                                               (August 8, 2017).                                       regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)   Ltd.; Jiangyin Hongkai Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd.



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                                                                                               Secretary for Enforcement and
                                                                                     Subsidy rate                                                            Appendix II
                                                          Company                     (percent)Compliance, U.S. Department of                                List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
                                                                                               Commerce, within 30 days after the date                       Decision Memorandum
                                               Jiangyin Hailun Chemical                        of publication of this notice. Requests
                                                  Fiber Co. Ltd 8 ...................    41.73 should contain the party’s name,                              I. Summary
                                               Jiangyin Huahong Chemical                                                                                     II. Background
                                                  Fiber Co. Ltd 9 ...................    47.64 address, and telephone number, the                            III. Scope Comments
                                               All-Others .............................. 44.69 number of participants, and a list of the                     IV. Scope of the Investigation
                                                                                               issues to be discussed. If a request for                      V. Injury Test
                                               Suspension of Liquidation                       a hearing is made, the Department                             VI. Application of the CVD Law to Imports
                                                                                               intends to hold the hearing at the U.S.                             From the PRC
                                                  In accordance with section                   Department of Commerce, 1401                                  VII. Subsidies Valuation
                                               703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, the         Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,                          VIII. Benchamrks and Interest Rates
                                               Department will direct U.S. Customs             DC 20230, at a time and date to be                            IX. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
                                               and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend determined. Parties should confirm by                                        Adverse Inferences
                                               liquidation of entries of subject                                                                             X. Analysis of Programs
                                                                                               telephone the date, time, and location of                     XI. ITC Notification
                                               merchandise as described in the scope           the hearing two days before the
                                               of the investigation section entered, or                                                                      XII. Disclosure and Public Comment
                                                                                               scheduled date.                                               XIII. Verification
                                               withdrawn from warehouse, for                                                                                 XIV. Conclusion
                                               consumption on or after the date of             International Trade Commission
                                               publication of this notice in the Federal Notification                                                        [FR Doc. 2017–24079 Filed 11–3–17; 8:45 am]
                                               Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR                                                                         BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                               351.205(d), the Department will instruct           In accordance with section 703(f) of
                                               CBP to require a cash deposit equal to          the Act, the Department will notify the
                                               the rates indicated above.                      International Trade Commission (ITC) of                       DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                                                               its determination. If the final
                                               Disclosure                                      determination is affirmative, the ITC                         National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                  The Department intends to disclose           will determine before the later of 120                        Administration
                                               its calculations and analysis performed         days after the date of this preliminary                       RIN 0648–XF734
                                               to interested parties in this preliminary       determination or 45 days after the final
                                               determination within five days of its           determination.                                                Marine Mammals; File No. 20626
                                               public announcement, or if there is no          Notification to Interested Parties                            AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries
                                               public announcement, within five days
                                                                                                                                                             Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
                                               of the date of this notice in accordance           This determination is issued and
                                                                                                                                                             Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                               with 19 CFR 351.224(b).                         published pursuant to sections 703(f)
                                                                                                                                                             Commerce.
                                                                                               and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
                                               Verification                                                                                                  ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
                                                                                               351.205(c).
                                                  As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the
                                                                                                  Dated: October 30, 2017.                                   SUMMARY:   Notice is hereby given that
                                               Act, the Department intends to verify
                                               the information relied upon in making           Gary  Taverman,                                               James H.W. Hain, Ph.D., Box 721,
                                               its final determination.                        Deputy  Assistant Secretary for Antidumping                   Woods Hole, MA 02543, has applied in
                                                                                                       and Countervailing Duty Operations,                   due form for a permit to conduct
                                               Public Comment                                          performing the non-exclusive functions and            research on North Atlantic right
                                                  Case briefs or other written comments                duties of the Assistant Secretary for                 (Eubalaena glacialis) and humpback
                                                                                                       Enforcement and Compliance.                           (Megaptera novaeangliae) whales.
                                               may be submitted to the Assistant
                                               Secretary for Enforcement and                           Appendix I                                            DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
                                               Compliance no later than seven days                     Scope of the Investigation
                                                                                                                                                             comments must be received on or before
                                               after the date on which the last                                                                              December 6, 2017.
                                               verification report is issued in this                      The merchandise covered by this
                                                                                                       investigation is fine denier polyester staple         ADDRESSES: The application and related
                                               investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to              fiber (fine denier PSF), not carded or combed,        documents are available for review by
                                               issues raised in case briefs, may be                    measuring less than 3.3 decitex (3 denier) in         selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
                                               submitted no later than five days after                 diameter. The scope covers all fine denier            Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on
                                               the deadline date for case briefs.10                    PSF, whether coated or uncoated. The                  the Applications and Permits for
                                               Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and                    following products are excluded from the              Protected Species (APPS) home page,
                                               (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or               scope:                                                https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then
                                               rebuttal briefs in this investigation are                  (1) PSF equal to or greater than 3.3. decitex      selecting File No. 20626 from the list of
                                               encouraged to submit with each                          (more than 3 denier, inclusive) currently
                                                                                                       classifiable under Harmonized Tariff
                                                                                                                                                             available applications.
                                               argument: (1) A statement of the issue;                                                                         These documents are also available
                                                                                                       Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
                                               (2) a brief summary of the argument;                    subheadings 5503.20.0045 and 5503.20.0065.            upon written request or by appointment
                                               and (3) a table of authorities.                            (2) Low-melt PSF defined as a bi-                  in the Permits and Conservation
                                                  Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),                       component fiber with a polyester core and an          Division, Office of Protected Resources,
                                               interested parties who wish to request a                outer, polyester sheath that melts at a               NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
                                               hearing, limited to issues raised in the
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                                                                                                       significantly lower temperature than its inner        13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
                                               case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a                 polyester core currently classified under             (301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
                                               written request to the Assistant                        HTSUS subheading 5503.20.0015.                          Written comments on this application
                                                                                                          Fine denier PSF is classifiable under the
                                                                                                       HTSUS subheading 5503.20.0025. Although
                                                                                                                                                             should be submitted to the Chief,
                                               (Hongkai); Jiangyin Huahong International Trade                                                               Permits and Conservation Division, at
                                               Co., Ltd. (Huahong International Trade); and            the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
                                               Jiangyin Huakai Polyesterer Co., Ltd. (Huakai).         convenience and customs purposes, the                 the address listed above. Comments may
                                                  10 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303       written description of the scope of the               also be submitted by facsimile to (301)
                                               (for general filing requirements).                      investigations is dispositive.                        713–0376, or by email to


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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
DatesApplicable November 6, 2017.
ContactYasmin Bordas or Davina Friedmann, AD/ CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3813 or (202) 482-0698, respectively.
FR Citation82 FR 51396 

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