[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56982-56985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23350]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-844, A-570-952]
Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From Taiwan and the
People's Republic of China: Amended Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Notice of amended antidumping duty orders.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly Phelps (Taiwan), AD/CVD
Operations, Office 2, or Karine Gziryan (PRC), AD/CVD Operations,
Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0656 and (202) 482-4081,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 1, 2010, the Department published in the Federal
Register the antidumping duty orders on narrow woven ribbons with woven
selvedge (narrow woven ribbons) from Taiwan and the People's Republic
of China (PRC). See Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from
Taiwan and the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 75
FR 53632 (September 1, 2010) (Antidumping Duty Orders).
During the investigation involving narrow woven ribbons from
Taiwan, we determined that a certain Taiwan unaffiliated supplier was
not a producer of subject merchandise. See Notice of Final
Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value: Narrow Woven Ribbons
with Woven Selvedge from Taiwan, 75 FR 41804 (July 19, 2010) (Taiwan
Final Determination). The name of this supplier was disclosed as Hong
Sin Co., Ltd. (Hong Sin) by respondent Dear Year Brothers Manufacturing
Co., Ltd. (Dear Year), and as Hon Xin Co., Ltd. (Hon Xin) by respondent
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd./
Novelty Handicrafts Co., Ltd. (collectively, Shienq Huong). See the
respondents' submissions dated August 24, 2010. Information on the
record of this investigation establishes that Hong Sin and Hon Xin both
refer to the same Taiwan company.
In the Taiwan Final Determination, we excluded certain producer/
exporter combinations from any order resulting from the investigation
because these unaffiliated suppliers had margins of zero in the less-
than-fair-value investigation. However, because Hong Sin and Hon Xin
both refer to the same unaffiliated supplier and we determined that
this company was not a producer of subject merchandise, neither Hong
Sin nor Hon Xin should have been excluded from the antidumping duty
order on narrow woven ribbons from Taiwan. Yet, Hon Xin was
inadvertently included as part of a Shienq Huong producer/exporter
combination excluded from the antidumping duty order. See Antidumping
Duty Orders, 75 FR at 53633. We are amending the antidumping duty order
to accurately reflect our final determination by removing Hon Xin Co.,
Ltd./Shienq Huong from the list of producer/exporter combinations
excluded from the order.
In addition, the Antidumping Duty Orders stated that, for the PRC
separate rate respondents, the Department will instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to require an antidumping duty cash deposit
or the posting of a bond for each entry equal to the determined margin.
However, we will be instructing CBP to only require a cash deposit, not
the posting of a bond.
Finally, in the Antidumping Duty Orders, the Department stated that
it will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation for
entries of narrow woven ribbons from Taiwan and the PRC entered or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption prior to August 25, 2010. See
Antidumping Duty Orders, 75 FR at 53634. However, the International
Trade Commission's (ITC) final determination was published on September
1, 2010. See Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From China and
Taiwan, 75 FR 53711 (September 1, 2010). Therefore, pursuant to section
736(b)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the
Department will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation
for entries of narrow woven ribbons from Taiwan and the PRC entered or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption prior to September 1, 2010,
and refund any cash deposits made and release any bonds posted between
the publication of the Department's preliminary determinations on
February 18, 2010, and the publication of the ITC's final
determination.
Scope of the Orders
The scope of the orders covers narrow woven ribbons with woven
selvedge, in any length, but with a width (measured at the narrowest
span of the ribbon) less than or equal to 12 centimeters,
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composed of, in whole or in part, man-made fibers (whether artificial
or synthetic, including but not limited to nylon, polyester, rayon,
polypropylene, and polyethylene teraphthalate), metal threads and/or
metalized yarns, or any combination thereof. Narrow woven ribbons
subject to the orders may:
Also include natural or other non-man-made fibers;
Be of any color, style, pattern, or weave construction,
including but not limited to single-faced satin, double-faced satin,
grosgrain, sheer, taffeta, twill, jacquard, or a combination of two or
more colors, styles, patterns, and/or weave constructions;
Have been subjected to, or composed of materials that have
been subjected to, various treatments, including but not limited to
dyeing, printing, foil stamping, embossing, flocking, coating, and/or
sizing;
Have embellishments, including but not limited to
appliqu[eacute], fringes, embroidery, buttons, glitter, sequins,
laminates, and/or adhesive backing;
Have wire and/or monofilament in, on, or along the
longitudinal edges of the ribbon;
Have ends of any shape or dimension, including but not
limited to straight ends that are perpendicular to the longitudinal
edges of the ribbon, tapered ends, flared ends or shaped ends, and the
ends of such woven ribbons may or may not be hemmed;
Have longitudinal edges that are straight or of any shape,
and the longitudinal edges of such woven ribbon may or may not be
parallel to each other;
Consist of such ribbons affixed to like ribbon and/or cut-
edge woven ribbon, a configuration also known as an ``ornamental
trimming;''
Be wound on spools; attached to a card; hanked (i.e.,
coiled or bundled); packaged in boxes, trays or bags; or configured as
skeins, balls, bateaus or folds; and/or
Be included within a kit or set such as when packaged with
other products, including but not limited to gift bags, gift boxes and/
or other types of ribbon.
Narrow woven ribbons subject to the orders include all narrow woven
fabrics, tapes, and labels that fall within this written description of
the scope of these antidumping duty orders.
Excluded from the scope of the orders are the following:
(1) Formed bows composed of narrow woven ribbons with woven
selvedge;
(2) ``Pull-bows'' (i.e., an assemblage of ribbons connected to one
another, folded flat and equipped with a means to form such ribbons
into the shape of a bow by pulling on a length of material affixed to
such assemblage) composed of narrow woven ribbons;
(3) Narrow woven ribbons comprised at least 20 percent by weight of
elastomeric yarn (i.e., filament yarn, including monofilament, of
synthetic textile material, other than textured yarn, which does not
break on being extended to three times its original length and which
returns, after being extended to twice its original length, within a
period of five minutes, to a length not greater than one and a half
times its original length as defined in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (HTSUS), Section XI, Note 13) or rubber thread;
(4) Narrow woven ribbons of a kind used for the manufacture of
typewriter or printer ribbons;
(5) Narrow woven labels and apparel tapes, cut-to-length or cut-to-
shape, having a length (when measured across the longest edge-to-edge
span) not exceeding eight centimeters;
(6) Narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge attached to and
forming the handle of a gift bag;
(7) Cut-edge narrow woven ribbons formed by cutting broad woven
fabric into strips of ribbon, with or without treatments to prevent the
longitudinal edges of the ribbon from fraying (such as by merrowing,
lamination, sono-bonding, fusing, gumming or waxing), and with or
without wire running lengthwise along the longitudinal edges of the
ribbon;
(8) Narrow woven ribbons comprised at least 85 percent by weight of
threads having a denier of 225 or higher;
(9) Narrow woven ribbons constructed from pile fabrics (i.e.,
fabrics with a surface effect formed by tufts or loops of yarn that
stand up from the body of the fabric);
(10) Narrow woven ribbon affixed (including by tying) as a
decorative detail to non-subject merchandise, such as a gift bag, gift
box, gift tin, greeting card or plush toy, or affixed (including by
tying) as a decorative detail to packaging containing non-subject
merchandise;
(11) Narrow woven ribbon that is (a) affixed to non-subject
merchandise as a working component of such non-subject merchandise,
such as where narrow woven ribbon comprises an apparel trimming, book
marker, bag cinch, or part of an identity card holder, or (b) affixed
(including by tying) to non-subject merchandise as a working component
that holds or packages such non-subject merchandise or attaches
packaging or labeling to such non-subject merchandise, such as a
``belly band'' around a pair of pajamas, a pair of socks or a blanket;
(12) Narrow woven ribbon(s) comprising a belt attached to and
imported with an item of wearing apparel, whether or not such belt is
removable from such item of wearing apparel; and
(13) Narrow woven ribbon(s) included with non-subject merchandise
in kits, such as a holiday ornament craft kit or a scrapbook kit, in
which the individual lengths of narrow woven ribbon(s) included in the
kit are each no greater than eight inches, the aggregate amount of
narrow woven ribbon(s) included in the kit does not exceed 48 linear
inches, none of the narrow woven ribbon(s) included in the kit is on a
spool, and the narrow woven ribbon(s) is only one of multiple items
included in the kit.
The merchandise subject to these orders is classifiable under the
HTSUS statistical categories 5806.32.1020; 5806.32.1030; 5806.32.1050
and 5806.32.1060. Subject merchandise also may enter under subheadings
5806.31.00; 5806.32.20; 5806.39.20; 5806.39.30; 5808.90.00; 5810.91.00;
5810.99.90; 5903.90.10; 5903.90.25; 5907.00.60; and 5907.00.80 and
under statistical categories 5806.32.1080; 5810.92.9080; 5903.90.3090;
and 6307.90.9889. The HTSUS statistical categories and subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes; however, the written
description of the merchandise covered by these orders is dispositive.
Amended Antidumping Duty Orders
On August 25, 2010, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act,
the ITC notified the Department of its final determination that an
industry in the United States is threatened with material injury within
the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act by reason of less-
than-fair-value imports of narrow woven ribbons from Taiwan and the
PRC. Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the
Department will direct CBP to assess, upon further instruction by the
Department, antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the normal
value of the merchandise exceeds the U.S. price of the merchandise for
all relevant entries of narrow woven ribbons from Taiwan and the PRC,
except for imports of narrow woven ribbons from those combinations of
producers and exporters identified below:\1\
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\1\ We note that Shienq Huong has not disclosed for the public
record the name of a certain unaffiliated supplier. Therefore, upon
public disclosure of this information to the Department, we will
notify CBP that Shienq Huong's exports of merchandise produced by
this unaffiliated company have a less-than-fair-value investigation
margin of zero and thus are excluded from any order resulting from
this investigation. Until and unless such public disclosure is made,
we will notify CBP that all entries of merchandise produced by
Shienq Huong's undisclosed unaffiliated supplier will be subject to
the ``all others'' rate established in this proceeding. See Taiwan
Final Determination, 75 FR at 41807.
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Exporter Producer
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Taiwan
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Dear Year Brothers Manufacturing Co., Ltd....... Dear Year Brothers
Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd.
Dear Year Brothers Manufacturing Co., Ltd....... Fool Shing Enterprise
Co., Ltd.
Dear Year Brothers Manufacturing Co., Ltd....... Hong Tai Enterprise.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Shienq Huong
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Enterprise Co., Ltd./
Ltd. Hsien Chan Enterprise
Co., Ltd./Novelty
Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Boa Shun Enterprise
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Co., Ltd.
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Chi Hua Textile
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Corporate Ltd.
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Chieng Xin Enterprise
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Co., Ltd.
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Ching Yu Weaving
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., String Corp.
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Done Hong Enterprise
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Co., Ltd.
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Guang Xing Zhi Zao
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Hang-Liang Company.
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co.,
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Hong-Tai Company.
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co.,
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Hua Yi Enterprise Co.,
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Hung Cheng Enterprises
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Co., Ltd.
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Hung Ching Enterprise
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Co., Ltd.
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan I Lai Enterprise Co.,
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Ji Cheng Industry.
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co.,
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Le Quan Enterprise
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Co., Ltd.
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Lei Di Si Corporation
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Ltd.
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Oun Mao Co., Ltd.
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co.,
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Shang Yan Gong Ye She.
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co.,
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Sung-Chu Industry (a/k/
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., a Qiao Zhi Industry).
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Wei Xin Enterprise
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Co., Ltd.
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Xin Jia Enterprise
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Co., Ltd.
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Yi Chang Corp.
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co.,
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Yi Cheng Gong Ye She.
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co.,
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Yi Long Enterprise
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co., Co., Ltd.
Ltd.
Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd./Hsien Chan Zheng Chi Chi Corp.
Enterprise Co., Ltd./Novelty Handicrafts Co.,
Ltd.
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PRC
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Yama Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd.................. Yama Ribbons and Bows
Co., Ltd.
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For all other manufacturers/exporters, pursuant to section
736(b)(2) of the Act, duties shall be assessed on subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication of the ITC's notice of final determination, given
that that determination is based on the threat of material injury,
other than threat of material injury described in section 736(b)(1) of
the Act. Section 736(b)(1) of the Act states that, ` {i{time} f the
Commission, in its final determination under section 735(b), finds
material injury or threat of material injury which, but for the
suspension of liquidation under section 733(d)(2) would have led to a
finding of material injury, then entries of the subject merchandise,
the liquidation of which has been suspended under section 733(d)(2),
shall be subject to the imposition of antidumping duties under section
731.'' In addition, section 736(b)(2) of the Act requires CBP to
release any bond or other security and refund any cash deposit made of
estimated antidumping duties posted since the Department's preliminary
antidumping duty determinations (i.e., February 18, 2010). See Narrow
Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from Taiwan: Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of
Final Determination, 75 FR 7236 (February 18, 2010); and Narrow Woven
Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Postponement of Final Determination, 75 FR 7244 (February 18, 2010).
Because the ITC's final determination is based on the threat of
material injury and is not accompanied by a finding that injury would
have resulted but for the imposition of suspension of liquidation of
entries since the Department's preliminary determinations, section
736(b)(2) of the Act is applicable. According to section 736(b)(2) of
the Act, where the ITC finds threat of material injury, duties shall
only be assessed on subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the
ITC's notice of final determination. In addition, section 736(b)(2) of
the Act requires CBP to refund any cash deposits or bonds of estimated
antidumping duties posted since the preliminary antidumping
determinations and prior to the ITC's notice of final determination.
Therefore, on or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice
of final determination in the Federal Register, except for imports of
narrow woven ribbons from those combinations of producers and exporters
identified above, CBP will require a cash deposit equal to the
estimated dumping margins listed below, pursuant to section 736(a)(3)
of the Act, at the same time that importers would normally deposit
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estimated duties on this merchandise. The ``All Others'' rate for
Taiwan applies to all Taiwan producers or exporters not specifically
listed and not specifically excluded. The PRC-wide rate applies to all
PRC exporters of subject merchandise not specifically listed and not
specifically excluded. The Department will also instruct CBP to
terminate the suspension of liquidation for entries of narrow woven
ribbons from Taiwan and the PRC entered or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption prior to September 1, 2010, and refund any cash
deposits made and release any bonds posted between the publication of
the Department's preliminary determinations on February 18, 2010, and
the publication of the ITC's final determination.
Final Determination Margins
The margins and cash deposit rates are as follows:
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Margin
Exporter or producer (percent)
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Taiwan
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Roung Shu Industry Corporation.............................. 4.37
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All Others.................................................. 4.37
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Margin
Exporter Producer (percent)
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PRC
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Beauty Horn Investment Limited... Tianjin Sun Ribbon Co., 123.83
Ltd.
Fujian Rongshu Industry Co., Ltd. Fujian Rongshu Industry 123.83
Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Complacent Weaving Co., Guangzhou Complacent 123.83
Ltd. Weaving Co., Ltd.
Ningbo MH Industry Co., Ltd...... Hangzhou City Linghu 123.83
Jiacheng Silk Ribbon
Co., Ltd.
Ningbo V.K. Industry & Trading Ningbo Yinzhou Jinfeng 123.83
Co., Ltd. Knitting Factory.
Stribbons (Guangzhou) Ltd........ Stribbons (Guangzhou) 123.83
Ltd.
Stribbons (Guangzhou) Ltd........ Stribbons (Nanyang) MNC 123.83
Ltd..
Sun Rich (Asia) Limited.......... Dongguan Yi Sheng 123.83
Decoration Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Sun Ribbon Co., Ltd...... Tianjin Sun Ribbon Co., 123.83
Ltd.
Weifang Dongfang Ribbon Weaving Weifang Dongfang Ribbon 123.83
Co., Ltd. Weaving Co., Ltd.
Weifang Yu Yuan Textile Co., Ltd. Weifang Yu Yuan Textile 123.83
Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Yi He Textile Co., Ltd.... Xiamen Yi He Textile 123.83
Co., Ltd.
Yangzhou Bestpak Gifts & Crafts Yangzhou Bestpak Gifts & 123.83
Co., Ltd. Crafts Co., Ltd.
PRC-wide entity \2\.............. ........................ 247.65
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\2\ Ningbo Jintian Import & Export Co., Ltd. is included in the PRC-wide
entity.
For the PRC separate rate respondents, we will instruct CBP to
require an antidumping duty cash deposit for each entry equal to the
margin indicated above, adjusted for the export subsidy rate determined
in the countervailing duty final determination (i.e., International
Market Development Fund Grants for Small and Medium Enterprises). See
Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From the People's Republic of
China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 75 FR
41808, 41812 (July 19, 2010). See also Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven
Selvedge from the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, 75 FR 41801 (July 19, 2010), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at section I.D. The
adjusted cash deposit rate for the separate rate respondents (as listed
above in the ``Final Determination Margins'' section, above) is 123.44
percent. These suspension-of-liquidation instructions will remain in
effect until further notice.
This notice constitutes the amended antidumping duty orders with
respect to narrow woven ribbons from Taiwan and the PRC, pursuant to
section 736(a) of the Act. Interested parties may contact the
Department's Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of the main Commerce
Building, for copies of an updated list of antidumping duty orders
currently in effect.
These amended orders are issued and published in accordance with
section 736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: September 10, 2010.
Paul Piquado,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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