Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Amended Final Determination Pursuant to a Final Court Decision |
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Paul Piquado
Department of Commerce
22 July 2016
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47754-47756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17308]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-912]
Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From the People's
Republic of China: Notice of Amended Final Determination Pursuant to a
Final Court Decision
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On October 1, 2010, the United States Court of International
Trade (``CIT'') sustained the remand redetermination made by the
Department of Commerce (``Department'') pursuant to the CIT's remand of
the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on
certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires (``OTR tires'') from the
People's Republic of China (``PRC''). This case arises out of the
Department's final determination in the antidumping duty (``AD'')
investigation on OTR tires from the PRC. See Certain New Pneumatic Off-
The-Road-Tires from the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Partial Affirmative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 73 FR 40485 (July 15, 2008),
as amended by Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the
People's Republic of China: Notice of Amended Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty
Order, 73 FR 51624 (September 4, 2008) (collectively, ``Final
Determination'').
The Department notified the public that the final CIT judgment (See
GPX Int'l Tire Corp. v. United States, Consol. Ct. No. 08-00285, Slip
Op. 10-112 (Ct. Int'l Trade October 1, 2010) (``GPX III'') in this case
was not in harmony with the Department's final affirmative
determination in the AD investigation of OTR tires from the PRC on
October 12, 2010. See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the
People's Republic of China: Notice of Decision of the Court of
International Trade Not in Harmony, 75 FR 62504 (October 12, 2010)
(``2010 Timken Notice''). As there is now a final and conclusive
decision in this case, the Department is amending its final
determination with respect to the antidumping duty rate calculated for
the separate rate companies.
DATES: Effective March 23, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Medley, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
4987.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In July 2008, the Department published a final determination in
which it found that OTR tires from the PRC are being, or are likely to
be, sold in the United States at less-than-fair-value (``LTFV'').\1\ As
part of the Final Determination, the Department calculated a margin for
the separate-rate
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respondents of 12.91 percent.\2\ Starbright Tire Co., Ltd.
(``Starbright''), its importer GPX International Tire Corporation
(``GPX''), petitioners Titan Tire Corporation and the United Steel,
Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied and
Industrial Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC
(collectively, ``Titan''), and domestic interested party Bridgestone
Americas, Inc. and Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
(collectively, ``Bridgestone''), each timely challenged various aspects
of the Final Determination to the CIT. The antidumping duty case was
then consolidated with the companion countervailing duty case at the
CIT. With regard to the antidumping duty case, among the issues raised
before the Court was the valuation of wire input consumed by two of the
respondent companies, Starbright and Tianjin United Tire & Rubber
International Co., Ltd. (``TUTRIC''), under the factors of production
methodology to calculate normal value in a non-market economy country
pursuant to section 773(c)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(``the Act'').
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\1\ See Final Determination.
\2\ Id., 73 FR at 51625.
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On August 4, 2010, pursuant to the Department's request for a
voluntary remand, the CIT remanded the wire input valuation issue to
the Department for reconsideration or further explanation.\3\ In a
remand redetermination filed on September 3, 2010, the Department
determined that record evidence supported using a different surrogate
value for the wire input consumed by Starbright and TUTRIC in the
production of OTR tires.\4\ As a result of this change, the weighted-
average dumping margin calculated for subject merchandise produced by
Starbright and exported by Starbright/GPX changed from 29.93 percent to
31.79 percent, the weighted average dumping margin calculated for
subject merchandise produced and exported by TUTRIC changed from 8.44
percent to 10.08 percent, and the weighted-average dumping margin
calculated for separate rate companies changed from 12.91 percent to
13.92 percent.\5\ The CIT affirmed the Department's remand
redetermination on October 1, 2010.\6\ On October 12, 2010, the
Department notified the public that the final CIT judgment in this case
was not in harmony with the Department's final affirmative
determination in the AD investigation of OTR tires from the PRC.\7\
Subsequently, domestic litigation over issues pertaining to the
consolidated countervailing duty case continued.\8\ On March 13, 2015,
the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (``Federal
Circuit'') issued a final and conclusive decision in this case, which
no party appealed.\9\ Because there is now a final and conclusive court
decision in this case, the Department is amending the final
determination for the separate rate respondents.
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\3\ See GPX Int'l Tire Corp. v. United States, Consol. Ct. No.
08-00285, Slip Op. 10-84 at *19-*20, *28 (Ct. Int'l Trade August 4,
2010) (``GPX II'').
\4\ See Second Remand Redetermination, GPX Int'l Tire Corp. v.
United States, Consol. Ct. No. 08-00285, dated September 3, 2010, at
4-9.
\5\ Id. at 9-12.
\6\ See GPX III.
\7\ See 2010 Timken Notice, 75 FR 62504.
\8\ A summary of this litigation can be found in Certain New
Pneumatic Off-the Road Tires from the People's Republic of China:
Corrected Notice of Decision of the Court of International Trade Not
in Harmony and Corrected Notice of Amended Final Determination, 80
FR 31889 (June 4, 2015) (``2015 Timken Notice'').
\9\ See GPX Int'l Tire Corp. v. United States, 780 F.3d 1136
(Fed. Cir. 2015).
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Amended Final Determination
Since the Final Determination, the Department has established a new
cash deposit rate for TUTRIC and for Starbright.\10\ Therefore, this
amended final determination does not change TUTRIC's or Starbright's
cash deposit rates. Because there is now a final and conclusive court
decision with respect to the Final Determination, the revised cash
deposit rate for the separate rate companies is 13.92 percent. For
those separate-rate companies that do not have a superseding cash
deposit rate identified in the table below, the Department will issue
revised cash deposit instructions to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, adjusting the cash deposit rate for the below separate-rate
companies to 13.92 percent, effective March 23, 2015.\11\
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\10\ For Starbright/GPX, see Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road
Tires From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the
2008-2009 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 22871 (April
25, 2011). For TUTRIC, see Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires
From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the 2009-2010
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Rescission, in
Part, 77 FR 14495 (March 12, 2012).
\11\ See 2015 Timken Notice; see also GPX Int'l Tire Corp. v.
United States, Consol. Ct. No. 08-00285, Slip Op. 15-46 (CIT May 18,
2015).
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Weighted-
average
Exporter Producer margin
(percent)
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Aeolus Tyre Co., Ltd............. Aeolus Tyre Co., Ltd.... 13.92
Double Happiness Tyre Industries Double Happiness Tyre 13.92
Corp., Ltd. Industries Corp., Ltd.
Jiangsu Feichi Co., Ltd.......... Jiangsu Feichi Co., Ltd. 13.92
Oriental Tyre Technology Limited. Midland Off The Road 13.92
Tire Co., Ltd.
Oriental Tyre Technology Limited. Midland Specialty Tire 13.92
Co., Ltd.
Oriental Tyre Technology Limited. Xuzhou Hanbang Tyres 13.92
Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Etyre International Trade Shandong Xingda Tyre Co. 13.92
Co., Ltd. Ltd.
Qingdao Etyre International Trade Shandong Xingyuan 13.92
Co., Ltd. International Trade Co.
Ltd.
Qingdao Etyre International Trade Shandong Xingyuan Rubber 13.92
Co., Ltd. Co. Ltd.
Qingdao Hengda Tyres Co., Ltd.... Qingdao Hengda Tyres 13.92
Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Milestone Tyre Co., Ltd.. Qingdao Shuanghe Tyre 13.92
Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Milestone Tyre Co., Ltd.. Shandong Zhentai Tyre 13.92
Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Milestone Tyre Co., Ltd.. Shifeng Double-Star Tire 13.92
Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Milestone Tyre Co., Ltd.. Weifang Longtai Tyre 13.92
Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd... Qingdao Qizhou Rubber 13.92
Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Sinorient International Qingdao Hengda Tyres 13.92
Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Sinorient International Shifeng Double-Star Tire 13.92
Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Sinorient International Tengzhou Broncho Tyre 13.92
Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd... Shandong Huitong Tyre 13.92
Co., Ltd.
Shandong Jinyu Tyre Co., Ltd..... Shandong Jinyu Tyre Co., 13.92
Ltd.
Shandong Taishan Tyre Co., Ltd... Shandong Taishan Tyre 13.92
Co., Ltd.
Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre 13.92
Co., Ltd.
Shandong Xingyuan International Shangdong Xingda Tyre 13.92
Trading Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
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Shandong Xingyuan International Xingyuan Tyre Group Co., 13.92
Trading Co., Ltd. Ltd.
Techking Tires Limited........... Shandong Xingda Tyre Co. 13.92
Ltd.
Techking Tires Limited........... Shandong Xingyuan 13.92
International Trade Co.
Ltd.
Techking Tires Limited........... Shandong Xingyuan Rubber 13.92
Co. Ltd.
Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd........... Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd.. 13.92
Wendeng Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd.... Wendeng Sanfeng Tyre 13.92
Co., Ltd.
Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd./ Kenda Rubber (China) 13.92
Kenda Global. Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Aonuo Tyre Co., Ltd...... Qingdao Aonuo Tyre Co., 13.92
Ltd.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
516A(e)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: June 28, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-17308 Filed 7-21-16; 8:45 am]
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