83_FR_45786 83 FR 45611 - Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Rescission, in Part; 2016

83 FR 45611 - Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Rescission, in Part; 2016

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 175 (September 10, 2018)

Page Range45611-45613
FR Document2018-19572

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain producers and exporters of passenger vehicle and light truck tires (passenger tires) from the People's Republic of China (China) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 175 (Monday, September 10, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45611-45613]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-017]


Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review and Rescission, in Part; 2016

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that certain producers and exporters of passenger vehicle and light 
truck tires (passenger tires) from the People's Republic of China 
(China) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review 
(POR) January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016.

DATES: Applicable September 10, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Huston, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4261.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On August 10, 2015, Commerce issued a countervailing duty (CVD) 
order on passenger tires from China.\1\ Several interested parties 
requested that Commerce conduct an administrative review of the CVD 
Order, and on October 16, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal 
Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the CVD 
Order for 42 producers/exporters for the POR.\2\ Commerce exercised its 
discretion to toll all deadlines affected by the closure of the Federal 
Government from January 20 through 22, 2018.\3\
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    \1\ See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the 
People's Republic of China: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping 
Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and Amended Final 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing 
Duty Order, 80 FR 47902 (August 10, 2015) (CVD Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 48051 (October 16, 2017) (Initiation 
Notice). The Initiation Notice inadvertently omitted an exporter 
from the review, which was corrected in a subsequent publication. 
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 83 FR 1329 (January 11, 2018).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated January 23, 2018 (Tolling Memorandum). 
All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended 
by three days.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are certain passenger vehicle and 
light truck tires from China. A full description of the scope of the 
order is contained in

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the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 
Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain 
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People's Republic 
of China; 2016,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum) and hereby adopted by this notice.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this CVD review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each 
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we determine that there 
is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an ``authority'' that 
confers a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 
specific.\5\ For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
preliminary conclusions, including our reliance, in part, on adverse 
facts available pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\ A list of topics included in the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix I of this 
notice.
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    \5\ 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.
    \6\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be found as an appendix to this notice.
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    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 
on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The 
signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that 
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation. The petitioner timely withdrew 
its request for a review of Zhongce Rubber Group Company Limited.\7\ 
Two other U.S. importers, ITG Voma Corporation and American Pacific 
Industries, Inc., also timely withdrew their requests for a review of 
Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastic Co., Ltd/Shandong Guofeng Rubber 
Plastics.\8\ Additionally, Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Co., Ltd., Kumho Tire 
Co., Inc., Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co., Ltd., Shandong Changhong 
Rubber Technology Co., Ltd., Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., 
Ltd., Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., and Shengtai Group Co., Ltd., timely 
withdrew their requests for review.\9\ No other party requested a 
review of these producers/exporters. Therefore, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding this review of the CVD order 
on passenger tires from China with respect to these companies.
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    \7\ The petitioner in this review is the United Steel, Paper and 
Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and 
Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (USW). See Letter 
from USW, ``Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order 
on Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People's 
Republic of China (C-570-017) (01/01/16-12/31/16): Petitioner's 
Withdrawal of Review Request,'' dated December 13, 2017.
    \8\ See Letter from ITG Voma Corporation, ``Passenger Vehicle 
and Light Truck Tires from People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of 
Request for Administrative Review,'' dated December 28, 2017; and 
Letter from American Pacific Industries, Inc., ``Passenger Vehicle 
and Light Truck Tires from People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of 
Request for Administrative Review,'' dated January 5, 2018.
    \9\ See Letter from Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Co., Ltd., ``Certain 
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People's Republic 
of China: Yokohama Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 
Review,'' dated November 14, 2017; Letter from Shandong Changfeng 
Tyres Co., Ltd., ``Passenger Vehicles and Light Truck Tires from the 
People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 
Review (01/01/16-12/31/16),'' dated January 12, 2018; Letter from 
Shandong Changhong Rubber Technology Co. Ltd., ``Passenger Vehicle 
and Light Truck Tires from the People's Republic of China: 
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated December 
28, 2017; Letter from Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd., 
``Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People's Republic 
of China: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated 
December 28, 2017; Letter from Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd, 
``Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People's 
Republic of China-Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' 
dated January 14, 2018; and Letter from Shengtai Group Co., Ltd., 
``Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People's 
Republic of China-Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' 
dated January 14, 2018.
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Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the 
countervailable subsidy rates to be:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd. (Cooper)................           23.68
Qingdao Sentury Tire Co. Ltd. (Sentury).................           26.83
Non-Selected Companies Under Review.....................           24.71
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Preliminary Rate for the Non-Selected Companies Under Review

    The statute and the Commerce's regulations do not directly address 
the establishment of rates to be applied to companies not selected for 
individual examination where Commerce limits its examination in an 
administrative review pursuant to section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. 
However, Commerce normally determines the rates for non-selected 
companies in reviews in a manner that is consistent with section 
705(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for calculating the 
all-others rate in an investigation.
    Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act instructs Commerce as a general 
rule to calculate an all others rate using the weighted average of the 
subsidy rates established for the producers/exporters individually 
examined, excluding any zero, de minimis, or rates based entirely on 
facts available. In this review, the preliminary subsidy rates 
calculated for Cooper and Sentury and their cross-owned affiliates are 
above de minimis and are not based entirely on facts available. 
Therefore, for the companies for which a review was requested that were 
not selected as mandatory company respondents and for which we did not 
receive a timely request for withdrawal of review, and which we are not 
finding to be cross-owned with the mandatory company respondents, we 
are preliminarily basing the subsidy rate on the subsidy rate 
calculated for Cooper and Sentury. For a list of these non-selected 
companies, please see Appendix II to this notice.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations 
performed in connection with this preliminary determination within five 
days of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.\10\ 
Interested parties may submit case and rebuttal briefs, as well as 
request a hearing.\11\ Interested parties may submit written comments 
(case briefs) within 30 days of publication of the preliminary results 
and rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs) within five days after the time 
limit for

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filing case briefs.\12\ Rebuttal briefs must be limited to issues 
raised in the case briefs.\13\ Parties who submit case or rebuttal 
briefs are requested to submit with the argument: (1) A statement of 
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.\14\
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)-(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii) and 351.309(d)(l).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must do so within 
30 days of publication of these preliminary results by submitting a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, using Enforcement and 
Compliance's ACCESS system.\15\ 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, 
we will inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing which will 
be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time and location to be determined.\16\ 
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the 
hearing. Issues addressed at the hearing will be limited to those 
raised in the briefs.\17\ All briefs and hearing requests must be filed 
electronically and received successfully in their entirety through 
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    Unless the deadline is extended, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) 
of the Act, we intend to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of our analysis of the issues raised by 
the parties in their comments, within 120 days after issuance of these 
preliminary results.

Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit Requirement

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily 
assigned subsidy rates in the amounts shown above for the producers/
exporters shown above. Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce 
shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall 
assess, CVDs on all appropriate entries covered by this review. We 
intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the 
final results of review. For companies for which this review is 
rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties 
on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of 
estimated countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period January 
1, 2016, through December 31, 2016, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment 
instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also intends 
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated CVDs, in the 
amounts shown above for each of the respective companies shown above, 
on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
final results of this review. For all non-reviewed firms, we will 
instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits at the most-recent 
company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, as 
appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
    These preliminary results are issued and published in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: August 31, 2018.
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

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Partial Rescission of Review
IV. Non-Selected Companies Under Review
V. Scope of the Order
VI. Application of the Countervailing Duty Law to Imports From China
VII. Diversification of China's Economy
VIII. Subsidies Valuation
IX. Interest Rate Benchmarks, Discount Rates, Input, and Electricity 
Benchmarks
X. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse 
Inferences
XI. Analysis of Programs
XII. Disclosure and Public Comment
XIII. Conclusion

Appendix II

Non-Selected Companies Under Review

1. Best Industries Ltd.
2. BC Tyre Group Limited
3. Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd.
4. Crown International Corporation
5. Dongying Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd.
6. Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd.
7. Hong Kong Tiancheng Investment & Trading Co., Limited
8. Hongtyre Group Co.
9. Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
10. Jiangsu Sanhe Aluminum
11. Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd.
12. Koryo International Industrial Limited
13. Mayrun Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited
14. Qingdao Jinhaoyang International Co., Ltd.
15. Qingdao Nama Industrial Co., Ltd.
16. Qingdao Odyking Tyre Co., Ltd.
17. Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd.
18. Roadclaw Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited
19. Shandong Anchi Tyres Co., Ltd.
20. Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd.
21. Shandong Haolong Rubber Co., Ltd.
22. Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
23. Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd.
24. Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd.
25. Shandong New Continent Tire Co., Ltd.
26. Shandong Province Sanli Tire
27. Shandong Province Sanli Tire Manufactured Co., Ltd.
28. Shandong Shuangwang Rubber Co., Ltd.
29. Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd.
30. Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., Ltd.
31. Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd.
32. The Yokohama Rubber Company, Ltd.
33. Tyrechamp Group Co., Limited
34. Winrun Tyre Co., Ltd.
35. Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                   Weighted-
                                                                                                                                                                                                    average         Cash deposit
                                                                             Exporter                                                                  Producer                                    dumping              rate
                                                                                                                                                                                                    margin           (percent)
                                                                                                                                                                                                   (percent)

                                               Changshu Changsheng Aluminium Products Co., Ltd                            Changshu Changsheng Aluminium Products Co., Ltd                                 32.79              32.51
                                               Cosco (J.M) Aluminium Co., Ltd ..................................          Cosco (J.M) Aluminium Co., Ltd./Jiangmen Qunxing                                32.79              32.51
                                                                                                                             Hardware Diecasting Co., Ltd.
                                               First Union Property Limited .........................................     Top-Wok Metal Co., Ltd ...............................................          32.79              32.51
                                               Foshan Jinlan Non-ferrous Metal Product Co. Ltd ......                     Foshan Jinlan Aluminium Co. Ltd ................................                32.79              32.51
                                               Foshan Sanshui Fenglu Aluminium Co., Ltd ...............                   Foshan Sanshui Fenglu Aluminium Co., Ltd ...............                        32.79              32.51
                                               Guangdong Hao Mei Aluminium Co., Ltd ....................                  Guangdong Hao Mei Aluminium Co., Ltd ....................                       32.79              32.51
                                               Guangdong Weiye Aluminium Factory Co., Ltd ...........                     Guangdong Weiye Aluminium Factory Co., Ltd ...........                          32.79              32.51
                                               Guangdong Xingfa Aluminium Co., Ltd ........................               Guangdong Xingfa Aluminium Co., Ltd ........................                    32.79              32.51
                                               Hanwood Enterprises Limited ......................................         Pingguo Aluminium Company Limited .........................                     32.79              32.51
                                               Honsense Development Company ...............................               Kanal Precision Aluminium Product Co., Ltd ...............                      32.79              32.51
                                               Innovative Aluminium (Hong Kong) Limited .................                 Taishan Golden Gain Aluminium Products Limited .....                            32.79              32.51
                                               Jiangyin Trust International Inc ....................................      Jiangyin Xinhong Doors and Windows Co., Ltd ..........                          32.79              32.51
                                               Longkou Donghai Trade Co., Ltd .................................           Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co., Ltd .......................                      32.79              32.51
                                               Ningbo Yili Import and Export Co., Ltd ........................            Zhejiang Anji Xinxiang Aluminum Co., Ltd ...................                    32.79              32.51
                                               North China Aluminum Co., Ltd ...................................          North China Aluminum Co., Ltd ...................................               32.79              32.51
                                               PanAsia Aluminium (China) Limited .............................            PanAsia Aluminium (China) Limited .............................                 32.79              32.51
                                               Pingguo Asia Aluminum Co., Ltd .................................           Pingguo Asia Aluminum Co., Ltd .................................                32.79              32.51
                                               Popular Plastics Co., Ltd ..............................................   Hoi Tat Plastic Mould & Metal Factory ........................                  32.79              32.51
                                               Tai-Ao Aluminium (Taishan) Co., Ltd ...........................            Tai-Ao Aluminium (Taishan) Co., Ltd ...........................                 32.79              32.51
                                               Tianjin Ruixin Electric Heat Transmission Technology                       Tianjin Ruixin Electric Heat Transmission Technology                            32.79              32.51
                                                  Co., Ltd.                                                                  Co., Ltd.
                                               Zhejiang Yongkang Listar Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd                       Zhejiang Yongkang Listar Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd                            32.79              32.51



                                               Cash Deposit Requirements                                        DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                          order on passenger tires from China.1
                                                                                                                                                                                Several interested parties requested that
                                                 The following cash deposit                                     International Trade Administration                              Commerce conduct an administrative
                                               requirements will be effective upon                                                                                              review of the CVD Order, and on
                                               publication of the final results of this                         [C–570–017]                                                     October 16, 2017, Commerce published
                                               changed circumstances review, and                                                                                                in the Federal Register a notice of
                                               apply to all shipments of the subject                            Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light                             initiation of an administrative review of
                                               merchandise from China entered, or                               Truck Tires From the People’s                                   the CVD Order for 42 producers/
                                               withdrawn from warehouse, for                                    Republic of China: Preliminary Results                          exporters for the POR.2 Commerce
                                               consumption on or after the publication                          of Countervailing Duty Administrative                           exercised its discretion to toll all
                                               date, as provided for by 19 CFR                                  Review and Rescission, in Part; 2016
                                                                                                                                                                                deadlines affected by the closure of the
                                               351.221(b)(7): For the 21 producers and/                                                                                         Federal Government from January 20
                                               or exporters listed above that received a                        AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                                                                                International Trade Administration,                             through 22, 2018.3
                                               separate rate in the LTFV investigation
                                               and continue to retain that separate rate,                       Department of Commerce.                                         Scope of the Order
                                               the cash deposit rate will be the                                SUMMARY:   The Department of Commerce
                                                                                                                                                                                   The products covered by the order are
                                               producer/exporter-specific rate listed                           (Commerce) preliminarily determines
                                                                                                                that certain producers and exporters of                         certain passenger vehicle and light truck
                                               above. These deposit requirements,
                                                                                                                passenger vehicle and light truck tires                         tires from China. A full description of
                                               when imposed, shall remain in effect
                                                                                                                (passenger tires) from the People’s                             the scope of the order is contained in
                                               until further notice.
                                                                                                                Republic of China (China) received
                                                 We are issuing and publishing this
                                                                                                                countervailable subsidies during the                              1 See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck
                                               notice of final results in accordance                                                                                            Tires from the People’s Republic of China:
                                                                                                                period of review (POR) January 1, 2016,
                                               with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) and                                                                                        Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty
                                                                                                                through December 31, 2016.
                                               (2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(e) and                                                                                         Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and
                                               351.221(c)(3).                                                   DATES:     Applicable September 10, 2018.                       Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
                                                                                                                                                                                Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 80
                                                 Dated: September 4, 2018.                                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                FR 47902 (August 10, 2015) (CVD Order).
                                               Gary Taverman,                                                   Andrew Huston, AD/CVD Operations,                                 2 See Initiation of Antidumping and


                                               Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
                                                                                                                Office VII, Enforcement and                                     Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR
                                               and Countervailing Duty Operations,                              Compliance, International Trade                                 48051 (October 16, 2017) (Initiation Notice). The
                                               performing the non-exclusive functions and                       Administration, U.S. Department of                              Initiation Notice inadvertently omitted an exporter
                                                                                                                Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue                              from the review, which was corrected in a
                                               duties of the Assistant Secretary for                                                                                            subsequent publication. See Initiation of
                                                                                                                NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
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                                               Enforcement and Compliance.                                                                                                      Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–19571 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am]                       (202) 482–4261.                                                 Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 1329 (January 11,
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                                                                                                                                                                                  3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the
                                                                                                                Background                                                      Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated
                                                                                                                                                                                January 23, 2018 (Tolling Memorandum). All
                                                                                                                   On August 10, 2015, Commerce                                 deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have
                                                                                                                issued a countervailing duty (CVD)                              been extended by three days.



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                                               the Preliminary Decision                                Limited.7 Two other U.S. importers, ITG                                                           Subsidy rate
                                               Memorandum.4                                            Voma Corporation and American Pacific                                  Company                      (percent
                                                                                                       Industries, Inc., also timely withdrew                                                            ad valorem)
                                               Methodology
                                                                                                       their requests for a review of Shandong
                                                  Commerce is conducting this CVD                                                                                Qingdao Sentury Tire Co.
                                                                                                       Guofeng Rubber Plastic Co., Ltd/
                                                                                                                                                                   Ltd. (Sentury) ....................          26.83
                                               review in accordance with section                       Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics.8                        Non-Selected Companies
                                               751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as              Additionally, Hangzhou Yokohama Tire                        Under Review ...................             24.71
                                               amended (the Act). For each of the                      Co., Ltd., Kumho Tire Co., Inc.,
                                               subsidy programs found                                  Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co., Ltd.,                       Preliminary Rate for the Non-Selected
                                               countervailable, we determine that there                Shandong Changhong Rubber                                 Companies Under Review
                                               is a subsidy, i.e., a financial                         Technology Co., Ltd., Shandong
                                               contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that                   Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd.,                           The statute and the Commerce’s
                                               confers a benefit to the recipient, and                 Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co., and                          regulations do not directly address the
                                               that the subsidy is specific.5 For a full               Shengtai Group Co., Ltd., timely                          establishment of rates to be applied to
                                               description of the methodology                          withdrew their requests for review.9 No                   companies not selected for individual
                                               underlying our preliminary conclusions,                 other party requested a review of these                   examination where Commerce limits its
                                               including our reliance, in part, on                     producers/exporters. Therefore, in                        examination in an administrative review
                                               adverse facts available pursuant to                     accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),                     pursuant to section 777A(e)(2) of the
                                               sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see                 Commerce is rescinding this review of                     Act. However, Commerce normally
                                               the Preliminary Decision                                the CVD order on passenger tires from                     determines the rates for non-selected
                                               Memorandum.6 A list of topics included                  China with respect to these companies.                    companies in reviews in a manner that
                                               in the Preliminary Decision                             Preliminary Results of Review                             is consistent with section 705(c)(5) of
                                               Memorandum is included as Appendix                                                                                the Act, which provides instructions for
                                               I of this notice.                                         As a result of this review, we                          calculating the all-others rate in an
                                                  The Preliminary Decision                             preliminarily determine the                               investigation.
                                               Memorandum is a public document and                     countervailable subsidy rates to be:
                                                                                                                                                                    Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act
                                               is on file electronically via Enforcement                                                                         instructs Commerce as a general rule to
                                               and Compliance’s Antidumping and                                                                Subsidy rate
                                                                                                                   Company                       (percent        calculate an all others rate using the
                                               Countervailing Duty Centralized                                                                 ad valorem)       weighted average of the subsidy rates
                                               Electronic Service System (ACCESS).                                                                               established for the producers/exporters
                                               ACCESS is available to registered users                 Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co.,                                individually examined, excluding any
                                               at http://access.trade.gov, and is                        Ltd. (Cooper) .....................           23.68
                                                                                                                                                                 zero, de minimis, or rates based entirely
                                               available to all parties in the Central                                                                           on facts available. In this review, the
                                                                                                          7 The petitioner in this review is the United Steel,
                                               Records Unit, room B8024 of the main                                                                              preliminary subsidy rates calculated for
                                                                                                       Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy,
                                               Department of Commerce building. In                     Allied Industrial and Service Workers International       Cooper and Sentury and their cross-
                                               addition, a complete version of the                     Union, AFL–CIO, CLC (USW). See Letter from                owned affiliates are above de minimis
                                               Preliminary Decision Memorandum can                     USW, ‘‘Administrative Review of the                       and are not based entirely on facts
                                               be accessed directly on the internet at                 Countervailing Duty Order on Passenger Vehicle
                                                                                                       and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic          available. Therefore, for the companies
                                               http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/                       of China (C–570–017) (01/01/16–12/31/16):                 for which a review was requested that
                                               index.html. The signed Preliminary                      Petitioner’s Withdrawal of Review Request,’’ dated        were not selected as mandatory
                                               Decision Memorandum and the                             December 13, 2017.
                                                                                                                                                                 company respondents and for which we
                                                                                                          8 See Letter from ITG Voma Corporation,
                                               electronic versions of the Preliminary                                                                            did not receive a timely request for
                                                                                                       ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from
                                               Decision Memorandum are identical in                    People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request         withdrawal of review, and which we are
                                               content.                                                for Administrative Review,’’ dated December 28,           not finding to be cross-owned with the
                                                                                                       2017; and Letter from American Pacific Industries,
                                               Partial Rescission of Administrative                    Inc., ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from
                                                                                                                                                                 mandatory company respondents, we
                                               Review                                                  People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request         are preliminarily basing the subsidy rate
                                                                                                       for Administrative Review,’’ dated January 5, 2018.       on the subsidy rate calculated for
                                                 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),                        9 See Letter from Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Co.,
                                                                                                                                                                 Cooper and Sentury. For a list of these
                                               Commerce will rescind an                                Ltd., ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck
                                                                                                                                                                 non-selected companies, please see
                                               administrative review, in whole or in                   Tires from the People’s Republic of China:
                                                                                                       Yokohama Withdrawal of Request for                        Appendix II to this notice.
                                               part, if the parties that requested a                   Administrative Review,’’ dated November 14, 2017;
                                               review withdraw the request within 90                   Letter from Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co., Ltd.,           Disclosure and Public Comment
                                               days of the date of publication of the                  ‘‘Passenger Vehicles and Light Truck Tires from the
                                                                                                       People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request           Commerce intends to disclose to
                                               notice of initiation. The petitioner
                                                                                                       for Administrative Review (01/01/16–12/31/16),’’          interested parties the calculations
                                               timely withdrew its request for a review                dated January 12, 2018; Letter from Shandong              performed in connection with this
                                               of Zhongce Rubber Group Company                         Changhong Rubber Technology Co. Ltd., ‘‘Passenger
                                                                                                       Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s           preliminary determination within five
                                                 4 See ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary       Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request for              days of publication of this notice in the
                                               Results of the Administrative Review of the
                                                                                                       Administrative Review,’’ dated December 28, 2017;         Federal Register.10 Interested parties
                                                                                                       Letter from Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co.,
                                               Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Passenger
                                                                                                       Ltd., ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from
                                                                                                                                                                 may submit case and rebuttal briefs, as
                                               Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s                                                                   well as request a hearing.11 Interested
                                                                                                       the People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of
                                               Republic of China; 2016,’’ dated concurrently with      Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated                parties may submit written comments
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                                               this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum)           December 28, 2017; Letter from Shandong Zhongyi
                                               and hereby adopted by this notice.                                                                                (case briefs) within 30 days of
                                                                                                       Rubber Co., Ltd, ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle and
                                                 5 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
                                                                                                       Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic of           publication of the preliminary results
                                               regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)     China-Withdrawal of Request for Administrative            and rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs)
                                               of the Act regarding benefit; and, section 771(5A)      Review,’’ dated January 14, 2018; and Letter from         within five days after the time limit for
                                               of the Act regarding specificity.                       Shengtai Group Co., Ltd., ‘‘Certain Passenger
                                                 6 A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary       Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s
                                                                                                                                                                   10 See   19 CFR 351.224(b).
                                               Decision Memorandum can be found as an                  Republic of China-Withdrawal of Request for
                                               appendix to this notice.                                Administrative Review,’’ dated January 14, 2018.            11 See   19 CFR 351.309(c)–(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c).



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                                               filing case briefs.12 Rebuttal briefs must              equal to the cash deposit of estimated                9. Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
                                               be limited to issues raised in the case                 countervailing duties required at the                 10. Jiangsu Sanhe Aluminum
                                               briefs.13 Parties who submit case or                    time of entry, or withdrawal from                     11. Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd.
                                                                                                                                                             12. Koryo International Industrial Limited
                                               rebuttal briefs are requested to submit                 warehouse, for consumption, during the                13. Mayrun Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited
                                               with the argument: (1) A statement of                   period January 1, 2016, through                       14. Qingdao Jinhaoyang International Co.,
                                               the issue; (2) a brief summary of the                   December 31, 2016, in accordance with                      Ltd.
                                               argument; and (3) a table of                            19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce                     15. Qingdao Nama Industrial Co., Ltd.
                                               authorities.14                                          intends to issue appropriate assessment               16. Qingdao Odyking Tyre Co., Ltd.
                                                  Interested parties who wish to request               instructions directly to CBP 15 days                  17. Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd.
                                               a hearing must do so within 30 days of                  after publication of this notice.                     18. Roadclaw Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited
                                               publication of these preliminary results                   Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the            19. Shandong Anchi Tyres Co., Ltd.
                                                                                                                                                             20. Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd.
                                               by submitting a written request to the                  Act, Commerce also intends to instruct                21. Shandong Haolong Rubber Co., Ltd.
                                               Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and                 CBP to collect cash deposits of                       22. Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology
                                               Compliance, U.S. Department of                          estimated CVDs, in the amounts shown                       Co., Ltd.
                                               Commerce, using Enforcement and                         above for each of the respective                      23. Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd.
                                               Compliance’s ACCESS system.15                           companies shown above, on shipments                   24. Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd.
                                               Requests should contain the party’s                     of subject merchandise entered, or                    25. Shandong New Continent Tire Co., Ltd.
                                               name, address, and telephone number,                    withdrawn from warehouse, for                         26. Shandong Province Sanli Tire
                                                                                                                                                             27. Shandong Province Sanli Tire
                                               the number of participants, and a list of               consumption on or after the date of
                                                                                                                                                                  Manufactured Co., Ltd.
                                               the issues to be discussed. If a request                publication of the final results of this              28. Shandong Shuangwang Rubber Co., Ltd.
                                               for a hearing is made, we will inform                   review. For all non-reviewed firms, we                29. Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd.
                                               parties of the scheduled date for the                   will instruct CBP to continue to collect              30. Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co.,
                                               hearing which will be held at the U.S.                  cash deposits at the most-recent                           Ltd.
                                               Department of Commerce, 1401                            company-specific or all-others rate                   31. Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd.
                                               Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,                     applicable to the company, as                         32. The Yokohama Rubber Company, Ltd.
                                                                                                       appropriate. These cash deposit                       33. Tyrechamp Group Co., Limited
                                               DC 20230, at a time and location to be
                                                                                                                                                             34. Winrun Tyre Co., Ltd.
                                               determined.16 Parties should confirm by                 requirements, when imposed, shall                     35. Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd.
                                               telephone the date, time, and location of               remain in effect until further notice.
                                                                                                          These preliminary results are issued               [FR Doc. 2018–19572 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am]
                                               the hearing. Issues addressed at the
                                               hearing will be limited to those raised                 and published in accordance with                      BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

                                               in the briefs.17 All briefs and hearing                 sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
                                               requests must be filed electronically and               Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
                                                                                                                                                             DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                               received successfully in their entirety                   Dated: August 31, 2018.
                                               through ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern                     Gary Taverman,                                        National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                               Time on the due date.                                   Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping            Administration
                                                  Unless the deadline is extended,                     and Countervailing Duty Operations,
                                               pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the                                                                       RIN 0648–XG464
                                                                                                       performing the non-exclusive functions and
                                               Act, we intend to issue the final results               duties of the Assistant Secretary for
                                                                                                                                                             Pacific Fishery Management Council;
                                               of this administrative review, including                Enforcement and Compliance.
                                                                                                                                                             Public Meeting
                                               the results of our analysis of the issues
                                                                                                       Appendix I
                                               raised by the parties in their comments,                                                                      AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries
                                               within 120 days after issuance of these                 List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary           Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
                                               preliminary results.                                    Decision Memorandum                                   Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                                                                                       I. Summary                                            Commerce.
                                               Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit                       II. Background
                                               Requirement                                                                                                   ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
                                                                                                       III. Partial Rescission of Review
                                                 In accordance with 19 CFR                             IV. Non-Selected Companies Under Review               SUMMARY:   The Pacific Fishery
                                                                                                       V. Scope of the Order                                 Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
                                               351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily
                                                                                                       VI. Application of the Countervailing Duty
                                               assigned subsidy rates in the amounts                         Law to Imports From China                       Coastal Pelagic Species Management
                                               shown above for the producers/                          VII. Diversification of China’s Economy               Team (CPSMT) will hold a meeting that
                                               exporters shown above. Upon issuance                    VIII. Subsidies Valuation                             is open to the public.
                                               of the final results, Commerce shall                    IX. Interest Rate Benchmarks, Discount Rates,         DATES: The meeting will begin at 1 p.m.
                                               determine, and U.S. Customs and                               Input, and Electricity Benchmarks               on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, and
                                               Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,                   X. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and               continue at 8 a.m. on Thursday and
                                               CVDs on all appropriate entries covered                       Application of Adverse Inferences
                                                                                                       XI. Analysis of Programs
                                                                                                                                                             Friday, September 27–28. The meeting
                                               by this review. We intend to issue                      XII. Disclosure and Public Comment                    will end each day at 5 p.m. or until
                                               instructions to CBP 15 days after                       XIII. Conclusion                                      business for the day has been
                                               publication of the final results of                                                                           completed.
                                               review. For companies for which this                    Appendix II
                                                                                                                                                             ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
                                               review is rescinded, Commerce will                      Non-Selected Companies Under Review                   the Large Conference Room of the
                                               instruct CBP to assess countervailing                   1. Best Industries Ltd.                               Pacific Council office in Portland, OR.
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                                               duties on all appropriate entries at a rate             2. BC Tyre Group Limited                                 Council address: Pacific Fishery
                                                                                                       3. Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd.                    Management Council, 7700 NE
                                                 12 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii) and 351.309(d)(l).    4. Crown International Corporation                    Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
                                                 13 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).                          5. Dongying Zhongyi Rubber Co., Ltd.
                                                 14 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).               6. Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd.
                                                                                                                                                             OR 97220–1384.
                                                 15 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).                             7. Hong Kong Tiancheng Investment &                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                 16 See 19 CFR 351.310.                                     Trading Co., Limited                             Kerry Griffin, Pacific Council;
                                                 17 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).                             8. Hongtyre Group Co.                                 telephone: (503) 820–2409.


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Document Created: 2018-09-08 00:43:08
Document Modified: 2018-09-08 00:43:08
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 September 10, 2018.
ContactAndrew Huston, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4261.
FR Citation83 FR 45611 

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