82 FR 60177 - Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 242 (December 19, 2017)

On November 7, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof (diamond sawblades) from the People's Republic of China (the PRC). In that notice, we preliminarily determined that Chengdu Huifeng New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Chengdu Huifeng Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. for purposes of determining antidumping duty cash deposits and liabilities. No interested party submitted comments on or requested a public hearing to discuss the Initiation and Preliminary Results. For these final results, the Department continues to find that Chengdu Huifeng New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Chengdu Huifeng Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. for purposes of the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades from the PRC.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60177-60178]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27308]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-900]


Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On November 7, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published a notice of initiation and preliminary results of 
a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on diamond 
sawblades and parts thereof (diamond sawblades) from the People's 
Republic of China (the PRC). In that notice, we preliminarily 
determined that Chengdu Huifeng New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is 
the successor-in-interest to Chengdu Huifeng Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. 
for purposes of determining antidumping duty cash deposits and 
liabilities. No interested party submitted comments on or requested a 
public hearing to discuss the Initiation and Preliminary Results. For 
these final results, the Department continues to find that Chengdu 
Huifeng New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest 
to Chengdu Huifeng Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. for purposes of the 
antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades from the PRC.

DATES: Applicable December 19, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5760.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 7, 2017, the Department published a notice of 
initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstances review of 
the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades from the PRC.\1\ 
Effective August 16, 2016, Chengdu Huifeng Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. (1) 
changed its legal status from a limited liability company to a joint-
stock limited company and (2) changed its name to Chengdu Huifeng New 
Material Technology Co., Ltd.\2\ On September 20, 2017, Chengdu Huifeng 
New Material Technology Co., Ltd. requested that the Department 
initiate an expedited changed circumstances review and determine that 
Chengdu Huifeng New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-
interest to Chengdu Huifeng Diamond Tools Co., Ltd.
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    \1\ See Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People's 
Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 82 FR 51605 (November 7, 2017) 
(Initiation and Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Chengdu Huifeng New Material Technology Co., Ltd.'s 
request for a changed circumstances review dated September 20, 2017.
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    On November 7, 2017, we initiated a changed circumstances review 
and preliminarily determined that Chengdu Huifeng New Material 
Technology Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Chengdu Huifeng 
Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. for purposes of determining antidumping duty 
liability.\3\ In the Initiation and Preliminary Results, we provided 
all interested parties with an opportunity to comment and request a 
public hearing regarding our preliminary results. We received no 
comments or requests for a public hearing.
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    \3\ See Initiation and Preliminary Results.

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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are all finished circular 
sawblades, whether slotted or not, with a working part that is 
comprised of a diamond segment or segments, and parts thereof, 
regardless of specification or size, except as specifically excluded 
below. Within the scope of the order are semifinished diamond 
sawblades, including diamond sawblade cores and diamond sawblade 
segments. Diamond sawblade cores are circular steel plates, whether or 
not attached to non-steel plates, with slots. Diamond sawblade cores 
are manufactured principally, but not exclusively, from alloy steel. A 
diamond sawblade segment consists of a mixture of diamonds (whether 
natural or synthetic, and regardless of the quantity of diamonds) and 
metal powders (including, but not limited to, iron, cobalt, nickel, 
tungsten carbide) that are formed together into a solid shape (from 
generally, but not limited to, a heating and pressing process).
    Sawblades with diamonds directly attached to the core with a resin 
or electroplated bond, which thereby do not contain a diamond segment, 
are not included within the scope of the order. Diamond sawblades and/
or sawblade cores with a thickness of less than 0.025 inches, or with a 
thickness greater than 1.1 inches, are excluded from the scope of the 
order. Circular steel plates that have a cutting edge of non-diamond 
material, such as external teeth that protrude from the outer diameter 
of the plate, whether or not finished, are excluded from the scope of 
the order. Diamond sawblade cores with a Rockwell C hardness of less 
than 25 are excluded from the scope of the order. Diamond sawblades 
and/or diamond segment(s) with diamonds that predominantly have a mesh 
size number greater than 240 (such as 250 or 260) are excluded from the 
scope of the order. Merchandise subject to the order is typically 
imported under heading 8202.39.00.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States (HTSUS). When packaged together as a set for 
retail sale with an item that is separately classified under headings 
8202 to 8205 of the HTSUS, diamond sawblades or parts thereof may be 
imported under heading 8206.00.00.00 of the HTSUS. On October 11, 2011, 
the Department included the 6804.21.00.00 HTSUS classification number 
to the customs case reference file, pursuant to a request by U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP).\4\ The tariff classification is 
provided for convenience and customs purposes; however, the written 
description of the scope of the order is dispositive.
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    \4\ See Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the Republic of 
Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 76 FR 76128, 76130 (December 6, 2011).
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Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    For the reasons stated in the Initiation and Preliminary Results, 
we continue to find that Chengdu Huifeng New Material Technology Co., 
Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Chengdu Huifeng Diamond Tools Co., 
Ltd. for purposes of determining antidumping duty liability under the 
antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades from the PRC.\5\ As a 
result of this determination, we find that Chengdu Huifeng New Material 
Technology Co., Ltd. is entitled to the cash deposit rate previously 
assigned to Chengdu Huifeng Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. in the most 
recently completed administrative review of the antidumping duty order 
on diamond sawblades from the PRC.\6\ Consequently, the Department will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of 
all shipments of subject merchandise exported by Chengdu Huifeng New 
Material Technology Co., Ltd., and entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of this 
notice in the Federal Register at 6.19 percent, which is the current 
antidumping duty cash deposit rate for Chengdu Huifeng Diamond Tools 
Co., Ltd.\7\ This cash deposit requirement shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \5\ See Initiation and Preliminary Results, 82 FR at 51606-07.
    \6\ See, e.g., Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review: Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from 
Thailand, 81 FR 222 (January 5, 2016).
    \7\ See Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2014-2015, 82 FR 26912 (June 12, 2017).
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion 
to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply 
with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This notice of final results is in accordance with sections 
751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 
351.216, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3).

    Dated: December 14, 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.
[FR Doc. 2017-27308 Filed 12-18-17; 8:45 am]
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