82 FR 57705 - Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 234 (December 7, 2017)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 234 (December 7, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-26383 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 234 (Thursday, December 7, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 57705-57709] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-26383] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with October anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews. DATES: Applicable December 7, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Brown, Office of AD/CVD Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482- 4735. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), for administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with October anniversary dates. All deadlines for the submission of various types of information, certifications, or comments or actions by the Department discussed below refer to the number of calendar days from the applicable starting time. Notice of No Sales If a producer or exporter named in this notice of initiation had no exports, sales, or entries during the period of review (POR), it must notify the Department within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. All submissions must be filed electronically at http://access.trade.gov [[Page 57706]] in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303.\1\ Such submissions are subject to verification in accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Further, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(1)(i), a copy must be served on every party on the Department's service list. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Respondent Selection In the event the Department limits the number of respondents for individual examination for administrative reviews initiated pursuant to requests made for the orders identified below, the Department intends to select respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for U.S. imports during the period of review. We intend to place the CBP data on the record within five days of publication of the initiation notice and to make our decision regarding respondent selection within 30 days of publication of the initiation Federal Register notice. Comments regarding the CBP data and respondent selection should be submitted seven days after the placement of the CBP data on the record of this review. Parties wishing to submit rebuttal comments should submit those comments five days after the deadline for the initial comments. In the event the Department decides it is necessary to limit individual examination of respondents and conduct respondent selection under section 777A(c)(2) of the Act: In general, the Department has found that determinations concerning whether particular companies should be ``collapsed'' (i.e., treated as a single entity for purposes of calculating antidumping duty rates) require a substantial amount of detailed information and analysis, which often require follow-up questions and analysis. Accordingly, the Department will not conduct collapsing analyses at the respondent selection phase of this review and will not collapse companies at the respondent selection phase unless there has been a determination to collapse certain companies in a previous segment of this antidumping proceeding (i.e., investigation, administrative review, new shipper review, or changed circumstances review). For any company subject to this review, if the Department determined, or continued to treat, that company as collapsed with others, the Department will assume that such companies continue to operate in the same manner and will collapse them for respondent selection purposes. Otherwise, the Department will not collapse companies for purposes of respondent selection. Parties are requested to (a) identify which companies subject to review previously were collapsed, and (b) provide a citation to the proceeding in which they were collapsed. Further, if companies are requested to complete the Quantity and Value (Q&V) Questionnaire for purposes of respondent selection, in general each company must report volume and value data separately for itself. Parties should not include data for any other party, even if they believe they should be treated as a single entity with that other party. If a company was collapsed with another company or companies in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding where the Department considered collapsing that entity, complete Q&V data for that collapsed entity must be submitted. Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a party that has requested a review may withdraw that request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The regulation provides that the Department may extend this time if it is reasonable to do so. In order to provide parties additional certainty with respect to when the Department will exercise its discretion to extend this 90-day deadline, interested parties are advised that the Department does not intend to extend the 90-day deadline unless the requestor demonstrates that an extraordinary circumstance has prevented it from submitting a timely withdrawal request. Determinations by the Department to extend the 90-day deadline will be made on a case-by-case basis. Separate Rates In proceedings involving non-market economy (NME) countries, the Department begins with a rebuttable presumption that all companies within the country are subject to government control and, thus, should be assigned a single antidumping duty deposit rate. It is the Department's policy to assign all exporters of merchandise subject to an administrative review in an NME country this single rate unless an exporter can demonstrate that it is sufficiently independent so as to be entitled to a separate rate. To establish whether a firm is sufficiently independent from government control of its export activities to be entitled to a separate rate, the Department analyzes each entity exporting the subject merchandise. In accordance with the separate rates criteria, the Department assigns separate rates to companies in NME cases only if respondents can demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto government control over export activities. All firms listed below that wish to qualify for separate rate status in the administrative reviews involving NME countries must complete, as appropriate, either a separate rate application or certification, as described below. For these administrative reviews, in order to demonstrate separate rate eligibility, the Department requires entities for whom a review was requested, that were assigned a separate rate in the most recent segment of this proceeding in which they participated, to certify that they continue to meet the criteria for obtaining a separate rate. The Separate Rate Certification form will be available on the Department's Web site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme-sep-rate.html on the date of publication of this Federal Register notice. In responding to the certification, please follow the ``Instructions for Filing the Certification'' in the Separate Rate Certification. Separate Rate Certifications are due to the Department no later than 30 calendar days after publication of this Federal Register notice. The deadline and requirement for submitting a Certification applies equally to NME-owned firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign sellers who purchase and export subject merchandise to the United States. Entities that currently do not have a separate rate from a completed segment of the proceeding \2\ should timely file a Separate Rate Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate in this proceeding. In addition, companies that received a separate rate in a completed segment of the proceeding that have subsequently made changes, including, but not [[Page 57707]] limited to, changes to corporate structure, acquisitions of new companies or facilities, or changes to their official company name,\3\ should timely file a Separate Rate Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate in this proceeding. The Separate Rate Status Application will be available on the Department's Web site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme-sep-rate.html on the date of publication of this Federal Register notice. In responding to the Separate Rate Status Application, refer to the instructions contained in the application. Separate Rate Status Applications are due to the Department no later than 30 calendar days of publication of this Federal Register notice. The deadline and requirement for submitting a Separate Rate Status Application applies equally to NME-owned firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign sellers that purchase and export subject merchandise to the United States. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ Such entities include entities that have not participated in the proceeding, entities that were preliminarily granted a separate rate in any currently incomplete segment of the proceeding (e.g., an ongoing administrative review, new shipper review, etc.) and entities that lost their separate rate in the most recently completed segment of the proceeding in which they participated. \3\ Only changes to the official company name, rather than trade names, need to be addressed via a Separate Rate Application. Information regarding new trade names may be submitted via a Separate Rate Certification. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For exporters and producers who submit a separate-rate status application or certification and subsequently are selected as mandatory respondents, these exporters and producers will no longer be eligible for separate rate status unless they respond to all parts of the questionnaire as mandatory respondents. Initiation of Reviews In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating administrative reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings. We intend to issue the final results of these reviews not later than October 31, 2018. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Period to be reviewed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Antidumping Duty Proceedings Australia: Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat 3/22/16-9/30/17 Products A-602-809............................ BlueScope Steel, Ltd. BlueScope Steel Americas, Inc Steelscape LLC Brazil: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod 10/1/16-9/30/17 A-351-832..................................... ArcelorMittal Brasil SA Siderurgica Norte Brasil SA Sinobras Villares Metals SA Votorantim Siderurgia Brazil: Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products A-351- 3/22/16-9/30/17 845........................................... Aperam South America ArcelorMittal Brasil CSN--Companhia Siderurgica Nacional CSS--Companhia Siderurgica Suape Marcegaglia do Brasil Usiminas--Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA Japan: Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products A- 3/22/16-9/30/17 588-874....................................... Hanwa Co., Ltd Hitachi Metals, Ltd Honda Trading Canada, Inc JFE Steel Corporation JFE Shoji Trade America Kanematsu Corporation Kobe Steel, Ltd Mitsui & Co., Ltd Miyama Industry Co., Ltd Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Nippon Steel & Sumikin Logistics Co., Ltd Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd Okaya & Co., Ltd Panasonic Corporation Saint-Gobain KK Shinsho Corporation Sumitomo Corporation Suzukaku Corporation Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd Toyota Tsusho Corporation Nagoya Mexico: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod 10/1/16-9/30/17 A-201-830..................................... ArcelorMittal Mexico, S.A. de C.V ArcelorMittal Las Truchas, S.A. de C.V Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V Republic of Korea: Hot-Rolled Steel Flat 3/22/16-9/30/17 Products A-580-883............................ Daewood International Corp Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd Hyundai Steel Co Marubeni-Itochu Steel Korea POSCO POSCO Processing & Service Co Soon Hong Trading Co Sungjin Co The Netherlands: Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products 3/22/16-9/30/17 A-421-813..................................... Tata Steel Ijmuiden BV The People's Republic of China: Certain 8/1/16-7/31/17 Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires \4\ A- 570-016....................................... Cheng Shin Tire & Rubber (China) Co., Ltd. Shandong Haolong Rubber Tire Co., Ltd. The People's Republic of China: Certain Steel 8/1/16-7/31/17 Nails \5\ A-570-909........................... [[Page 57708]] The People's Republic of China: Electrolytic 10/1/16-9/30/17 Managanese Dioxide A-570-919.................. Shenzhen Pengcheng South Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. The People's Republic of China: Multilayered 12/1/15-11/30/16 Wood Flooring \6\ A-570-970................... Den Hua Sen Tai Wood Co. Ltd Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co. Ltd The People's Republic of China: Steel Wire 10/1/16-9/30/17 Garment Hangers A-570-918..................... Da Sheng Hanger Ind. Co., Ltd Hangzhou Qingqing Mechanical Co. Ltd Hangzhou Yingqing Material Co. Ltd Hangzhou Yinte Hong Kong Wells Ltd. (USA) Hong Kong Wells Ltd Shanghai Guoxing Metal Products Co. Ltd Shanghai Jianhai International Trade Co. Ltd Shanghai Wells Hanger Co., Ltd Shangyu Baoxiang Metal Manufactured Co. Ltd Shaoxing Andrew Metal Manufactured Co. Ltd Shaoxing Dingli Metal Clotheshorse Co. Ltd Shaoxing Gangyuan Metal Manufactured Co. Ltd Shaoxing Guochao Metallic Products Co., Ltd Shaoxing Liangbao Metal Manufactured Co. Ltd Shaoxing Meideli Hanger Co. Ltd Shaoxing Shunji Metal Clotheshorse Co., Ltd Shaoxing Tongzhou Metal Manufactured Co. Ltd Shaoxing Zhongbao Metal Manufactured Co. Ltd Zhejiang Lucky Cloud Hanger Co. Ltd Turkey: Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products A-489- 3/22/16-9/30/17 826........................................... Agir Haddecilik A.S Colakoglu Dis Ticaret A.S Colakoglu Metalurji, A.S Eregrli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari T.A.S Gazi Metal Mamulleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S Habas Industrial and Medical Gases Production Industries Inc Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi Iskenderun Iron & Steel Works Co MMK Atakas Metalurji Ozkan Iron and Steel Ind Toscelik Profile and Sheet Ind. Co. Tosyali Holding Countervailing Duty Proceedings Brazil: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod 1/1/16-12/31/16 C-351-833..................................... ArcelorMittal Brasil SA Sinobras--Siderurgica Norte Brasil SA Villares Metals SA Votorantim Siderurgia Brazil: Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products C-351- 1/15/16-12/31/16 846........................................... Companhia Siderurgica Nacional S.A Republic of Korea: Hot-Rolled Steel Flat 8/12/16-12/31/16 Products C-580-884............................ DCE Inc Dong Chuel America Inc Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd Hyewon Sni Corporation (H.S.I.) Hyundai Steel Company POSCO Soon Hong Trading Co., Ltd Sung-A Steel Co., Ltd Turkey: Oil Country Tubular Goods \7\ C-489-817 1/1/16-12/31/16 Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S Borusan Istikbal Ticaret Cayirova Boru San A.S Cayirova Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S HG Tubulars Canada Ltd Yucel Boru Ihracat ve Pazarlama A.S Yucelboru Ihracat, Ithalat Suspension Agreements Russia: Uranium A-821-802...................... 10/1/16-9/30/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Duty Absorption Reviews --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ The companies listed above were misspelled in the initiation notice that published on October 16, 2017 (82 FR 48051). The correct spelling of the companies is listed in this notice. \5\ In the initiation that published on October 16, 2017 (82 FR 48051), the Department incorrectly identified that an administrative review was initiated on the antidumping duty order of Certain Steel Nails from the PRC for R-Time Group Inc.; Unicore Tianjin Fasteners Co. Ltd.; Anjing Caiquing Hardware Co., Ltd.; and Nanjing Caiquing Hardware Co. Ltd. The Department is now correcting that notice: The Department is initiating administrative reviews on the antidumping duty order of Certain Steel Nails from the PRC for the following companies: (1) Ri-Time Group Inc.; (2) Unicorn Tianjin Fasteners Co. Ltd.; (3) Nanjing Caiqing Hardware Co., Ltd.; (4) Hebei Handform Plastic Products Co. Ltd.; (5) Hebei Minghao Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd.; (6) Hengtuo Metal Products Co. Ltd; (7) Shandong Dinglong Import & Export Co., Ltd; (8) Nanjing Toua Hardware & Tools Co., Ltd.; and (9) Hebei Minmetals Co. Ltd. \6\ The companies listed above were inadvertently omitted from the initiation notice that published on February 13, 2017 (82 FR 10457). \7\ In the initiation notice that published on November 13, 2017 (82 FR 52268) the Department inadvertently duplicated the list of companies for Oil Country Tubular Goods from Tukey and included Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S. in the initiation. However, as noted in that initiation notice, this company was excluded from the CVD order as a result of litigation. See Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Turkey: Amendment of Countervailing Duty Order, 82 FR 46483 (October 26, 2017). This notice serves as a correction. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- During any administrative review covering all or part of a period falling [[Page 57709]] between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of the publication of an antidumping duty order under 19 CFR 351.211 or a determination under 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4) to continue an order or suspended investigation (after sunset review), the Secretary, if requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will determine whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by an exporter or producer subject to the review if the subject merchandise is sold in the United States through an importer that is affiliated with such exporter or producer. The request must include the name(s) of the exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested. Gap Period Liquidation For the first administrative review of any order, there will be no assessment of antidumping or countervailing duties on entries of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the relevant provisional-measures ``gap'' period, of the order, if such a gap period is applicable to the POR. Administrative Protective Orders and Letters of Appearance Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under administrative protective orders in accordance with the procedures outlined in the Department's regulations at 19 CFR 351.305. Those procedures apply to administrative reviews included in this notice of initiation. Parties wishing to participate in any of these administrative reviews should ensure that they meet the requirements of these procedures (e.g., the filing of separate letters of appearance as discussed at 19 CFR 351.103(d)). Factual Information Requirements The Department's regulations identify five categories of factual information in 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21), which are summarized as follows: (i) Evidence submitted in response to questionnaires; (ii) evidence submitted in support of allegations; (iii) publicly available information to value factors under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence placed on the record by the Department; and (v) evidence other than factual information described in (i)-(iv). These regulations require any party, when submitting factual information, to specify under which subsection of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the information is being submitted and, if the information is submitted to rebut, clarify, or correct factual information already on the record, to provide an explanation identifying the information already on the record that the factual information seeks to rebut, clarify, or correct. The regulations, at 19 CFR 351.301, also provide specific time limits for such factual submissions based on the type of factual information being submitted. Please review the final rule, available at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/2013/1304frn/2013-08227.txt, prior to submitting factual information in this segment. Any party submitting factual information in an antidumping duty or countervailing duty proceeding must certify to the accuracy and completeness of that information.\8\ Parties are hereby reminded that revised certification requirements are in effect for company/government officials as well as their representatives. All segments of any antidumping duty or countervailing duty proceedings initiated on or after August 16, 2013, should use the formats for the revised certifications provided at the end of the Final Rule.\9\ The Department intends to reject factual submissions in any proceeding segments if the submitting party does not comply with applicable revised certification requirements. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ See section 782(b) of the Act. \9\ See Certification of Factual Information To Import Administration During Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also the frequently asked questions regarding the Final Rule, available at http://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extension of Time Limits Regulation Parties may request an extension of time limits before a time limit established under Part 351 expires, or as otherwise specified by the Secretary. See 19 CFR 351.302. In general, an extension request will be considered untimely if it is filed after the time limit established under Part 351 expires. For submissions which are due from multiple parties simultaneously, an extension request will be considered untimely if it is filed after 10:00 a.m. on the due date. Examples include, but are not limited to: (1) Case and rebuttal briefs, filed pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309; (2) factual information to value factors under 19 CFR 351.408(c), or to measure the adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2), filed pursuant to 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3) and rebuttal, clarification and correction filed pursuant to 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(iv); (3) comments concerning the selection of a surrogate country and surrogate values and rebuttal; (4) comments concerning U.S. Customs and Border Protection data; and (5) quantity and value questionnaires. Under certain circumstances, the Department may elect to specify a different time limit by which extension requests will be considered untimely for submissions which are due from multiple parties simultaneously. In such a case, the Department will inform parties in the letter or memorandum setting forth the deadline (including a specified time) by which extension requests must be filed to be considered timely. This modification also requires that an extension request must be made in a separate, stand-alone submission, and clarifies the circumstances under which the Department will grant untimely-filed requests for the extension of time limits. These modifications are effective for all segments initiated on or after October 21, 2013. Please review the final rule, available at http://www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013-22853.htm, prior to submitting factual information in these segments. These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i). Dated: December 1, 2017. James Maeder, Senior Director performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. [FR Doc. 2017-26383 Filed 12-6-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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• Reinstated question on Intellectual Individuals and organizations access applicant was notified of the FTZ
Property Protection in Section 7 which the survey statistics via the Internet in Board’s decision that no further review
had been collected in previous years. annual InfoBriefs published by NSF’s of the activity is warranted at this time.
From 2008–2015, the BRDIS collected National Center for Science and The production activity described in the
R&D and innovation data from Engineering Statistics (NCSES) that notification was authorized, subject to
companies with five or more employees. announce the availability of statistics the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s
In 2016, the BRDIS collected R&D and from each cycle of BRDS and detailed regulations, including Section 400.14.
innovation data from companies with at statistical table reports that contain all Dated: December 1, 2017.
least one paid employee. Beginning of the statistics NSF produces from Andrew McGilvray,
with the 2017 survey (collected in BRDS. Information about the kinds of
Executive Secretary.
2018), the BRDS will no longer collect projects that rely on statistics from
[FR Doc. 2017–26379 Filed 12–6–17; 8:45 am]
innovation data, and only companies BRDS is available from internal records
of NSF’s NCSES. In addition, survey BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
with at least 10 paid employees will be
in scope. The Census Bureau will statistics are regularly cited in trade
continue to collect R&D data from publications and many researchers use
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
companies with fewer than 10 the survey statistics from these
employees, and innovation data from all secondary sources without directly International Trade Administration
companies, however, beginning in 2017, contacting NSF or the Census Bureau.
these data will be collected on a new Affected Public: Business or other for- Initiation of Antidumping and
survey, the Annual Business Survey. profit. Countervailing Duty Administrative
Accordingly, we are also changing the Frequency: Annually. Reviews
name of the collection to the Business Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Research and Development Survey— Legal Authority: Title 13, United AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
dropping Innovation (BRDS). States Code, Sections 8(b), 131, and 182; International Trade Administration,
Information from the BRDS will Title 42, United States Code, Sections Department of Commerce.
continue to support the America 1861–76 (National Science Foundation SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 Act of 1950, as amended). (the Department) has received requests
as well as other R&D-related initiatives This information collection request to conduct administrative reviews of
introduced during the clearance period. may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. various antidumping and countervailing
Other initiatives that have used BRDS Follow the instructions to view duty orders and findings with October
statistics include: The Science of Department of Commerce collections anniversary dates. In accordance with
Science and Innovation Policy (NSF); currently under review by OMB. the Department’s regulations, we are
and Rising Above the Gathering Storm Written comments and initiating those administrative reviews.
(National Research Council). recommendations for the proposed DATES: Applicable December 7, 2017.
Policy officials from many Federal information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
agencies rely on these statistics for
notice to OIRA_Submission@ Brenda E. Brown, Office of AD/CVD
essential information. Businesses and
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. Operations, Customs Liaison Unit,
trade organizations rely on BRDS data to
Enforcement and Compliance,
benchmark their industry’s performance Sheleen Dumas, International Trade Administration,
against others. For example, total U.S. Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
R&D expenditures statistics have been Information Officer. Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
used by the Bureau of Economic [FR Doc. 2017–26385 Filed 12–6–17; 8:45 am] DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–4735.
Analysis (BEA) to update the National
BILLING CODE 3510–07–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Income and Product Accounts (NIPAs)
and, in fact, the BEA recently has Background
recognized and incorporated R&D as DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
fixed investment in the NIPA. Accurate The Department has received timely
R&D data are needed to continue the Foreign-Trade Zones Board requests, in accordance with 19 CFR
development and effect subsequent 351.213(b), for administrative reviews of
updates to this detailed satellite [B–50–2017] various antidumping and countervailing
account. Also, NSF, BEA and the duty orders and findings with October
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 98— anniversary dates.
Census Bureau periodically update a Birmingham, Alabama, Authorization
data linking project that utilizes BRDS All deadlines for the submission of
of Production Activity, Brose various types of information,
data to augment global R&D investment Tuscaloosa, Inc., (Automotive Seats,
information that is obtained from BEA’s certifications, or comments or actions by
Drives and Door Frames), Vance, the Department discussed below refer to
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Alabama
U.S. Direct Investment Abroad (USDIA) the number of calendar days from the
surveys. Further, the Census Bureau On August 2, 2017, Brose Tuscaloosa, applicable starting time.
links data collected by BRDS with other Inc. submitted a notification of Notice of No Sales
statistical files. At the Census Bureau, proposed production activity to the FTZ
historical company-level R&D data are Board for its facility within FTZ 98 in If a producer or exporter named in
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
linked to a file that contains information Vance, Alabama. this notice of initiation had no exports,
on the outputs and inputs of companies’ The notification was processed in sales, or entries during the period of
manufacturing plants. Researchers are accordance with the regulations of the review (POR), it must notify the
able to analyze the relationships FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including Department within 30 days of
between R&D funding and other notice in the Federal Register inviting publication of this notice in the Federal
economic variables by using micro-level public comment (82 FR 37191, August Register. All submissions must be filed
data. 9, 2017). On November 30, 2017, the electronically at http://access.trade.gov
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between the first and second or third described in (i)–(iv). These regulations CFR 351.301(c)(3) and rebuttal,
and fourth anniversary of the require any party, when submitting clarification and correction filed
publication of an antidumping duty factual information, to specify under pursuant to 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(iv); (3)
order under 19 CFR 351.211 or a which subsection of 19 CFR comments concerning the selection of a
determination under 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the information is being surrogate country and surrogate values
351.218(f)(4) to continue an order or submitted and, if the information is and rebuttal; (4) comments concerning
suspended investigation (after sunset submitted to rebut, clarify, or correct U.S. Customs and Border Protection
review), the Secretary, if requested by a factual information already on the data; and (5) quantity and value
domestic interested party within 30 record, to provide an explanation questionnaires. Under certain
days of the date of publication of the identifying the information already on circumstances, the Department may
notice of initiation of the review, will the record that the factual information elect to specify a different time limit by
determine whether antidumping duties seeks to rebut, clarify, or correct. The which extension requests will be
have been absorbed by an exporter or regulations, at 19 CFR 351.301, also considered untimely for submissions
producer subject to the review if the provide specific time limits for such which are due from multiple parties
subject merchandise is sold in the factual submissions based on the type of simultaneously. In such a case, the
United States through an importer that factual information being submitted. Department will inform parties in the
is affiliated with such exporter or Please review the final rule, available at letter or memorandum setting forth the
producer. The request must include the http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/2013/ deadline (including a specified time) by
name(s) of the exporter or producer for 1304frn/2013-08227.txt, prior to which extension requests must be filed
which the inquiry is requested. submitting factual information in this to be considered timely. This
segment. modification also requires that an
Gap Period Liquidation Any party submitting factual extension request must be made in a
For the first administrative review of information in an antidumping duty or separate, stand-alone submission, and
any order, there will be no assessment countervailing duty proceeding must clarifies the circumstances under which
of antidumping or countervailing duties certify to the accuracy and completeness the Department will grant untimely-
on entries of subject merchandise of that information.8 Parties are hereby filed requests for the extension of time
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, reminded that revised certification limits. These modifications are effective
for consumption during the relevant requirements are in effect for company/ for all segments initiated on or after
provisional-measures ‘‘gap’’ period, of government officials as well as their October 21, 2013. Please review the
the order, if such a gap period is representatives. All segments of any final rule, available at http://
applicable to the POR. antidumping duty or countervailing www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/
Administrative Protective Orders and duty proceedings initiated on or after html/2013-22853.htm, prior to
Letters of Appearance August 16, 2013, should use the formats submitting factual information in these
for the revised certifications provided at segments.
Interested parties must submit the end of the Final Rule.9 The These initiations and this notice are
applications for disclosure under Department intends to reject factual in accordance with section 751(a) of the
administrative protective orders in submissions in any proceeding Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR
accordance with the procedures segments if the submitting party does 351.221(c)(1)(i).
outlined in the Department’s regulations not comply with applicable revised
at 19 CFR 351.305. Those procedures Dated: December 1, 2017.
certification requirements.
apply to administrative reviews James Maeder,
included in this notice of initiation. Extension of Time Limits Regulation Senior Director performing the duties of
Parties wishing to participate in any of Parties may request an extension of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
these administrative reviews should time limits before a time limit and Countervailing Duty Operations.
ensure that they meet the requirements established under Part 351 expires, or as [FR Doc. 2017–26383 Filed 12–6–17; 8:45 am]
of these procedures (e.g., the filing of otherwise specified by the Secretary. BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
separate letters of appearance as See 19 CFR 351.302. In general, an
discussed at 19 CFR 351.103(d)). extension request will be considered
untimely if it is filed after the time limit DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Factual Information Requirements
established under Part 351 expires. For
The Department’s regulations identify submissions which are due from International Trade Administration
five categories of factual information in multiple parties simultaneously, an [A–570–900]
19 CFR 351.102(b)(21), which are extension request will be considered
summarized as follows: (i) Evidence untimely if it is filed after 10:00 a.m. on Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof
submitted in response to questionnaires; the due date. Examples include, but are From the People’s Republic of China:
(ii) evidence submitted in support of not limited to: (1) Case and rebuttal Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiry
allegations; (iii) publicly available briefs, filed pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309;
information to value factors under 19 AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
(2) factual information to value factors
CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the International Trade Administration,
under 19 CFR 351.408(c), or to measure
adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR Department of Commerce.
the adequacy of remuneration under 19
351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence placed on CFR 351.511(a)(2), filed pursuant to 19 SUMMARY: In response to a request from
Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers’
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the record by the Department; and (v)
evidence other than factual information 8 See section 782(b) of the Act. Coalition (the petitioner), the
9 See Certification of Factual Information To Department of Commerce (the
However, as noted in that initiation notice, this Import Administration During Antidumping and Department) is initiating an anti-
company was excluded from the CVD order as a Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July circumvention inquiry to determine
result of litigation. See Oil Country Tubular Goods 17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also the frequently asked
from the Republic of Turkey: Amendment of questions regarding the Final Rule, available at
whether certain imports of diamond
Countervailing Duty Order, 82 FR 46483 (October http://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_ sawblades and parts thereof (diamond
26, 2017). This notice serves as a correction. info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf. sawblades) comprised of cores and
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| Section | Notices | |
| Dates | Applicable December 7, 2017. | |
| Contact | Brenda E. Brown, Office of AD/CVD Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482- 4735. | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 57705 |
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