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Federal Register/Vol. 83, No. 221/Thursday, November 15, 2018/Notices Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 221 / Thursday, November 15, 2018 / Notices 57411 of Gildan Yarns, LLC, located in at http://access.trade.gov in accordance collapse them for respondent selection Salisbury, North Carolina, as described with 19 CFR 351.303.1 Such purposes. Otherwise, Commerce will in the application and Federal Register submissions are subject to verification not collapse companies for purposes of notice. in accordance with section 782(i) of the respondent selection. Parties are Dated: November 8, 2018. Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). requested to (a) identify which companies subject to review previously Gary Taverman, Further, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(1)(i), a copy must be served were collapsed, and (b) provide a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping citation to the proceeding in which they and Countervailing Duty Operations, on every party on Commerce’s service performing the non-exclusive functions and list. were collapsed. Further, if companies are requested to complete the Quantity duties of the Assistant Secretary for Respondent Selection Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate and Value (Q&V) Questionnaire for Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. In the event Commerce limits the purposes of respondent selection, in [FR Doc. 2018–24934 Filed 11–14–18; 8:45 am] number of respondents for individual general each company must report BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P examination for administrative reviews volume and value data separately for initiated pursuant to requests made for itself. Parties should not include data the orders identified below, Commerce for any other party, even if they believe DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE intends to select respondents based on they should be treated as a single entity U.S. Customs and Border Protection with that other party. If a company was International Trade Administration (CBP) data for U.S. imports during the collapsed with another company or period of review. We intend to place the companies in the most recently Initiation of Antidumping and CBP data on the record within five days completed segment of this proceeding Countervailing Duty Administrative of publication of the initiation notice where Commerce considered collapsing Reviews and to make our decision regarding that entity, complete Q&V data for that AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, respondent selection within 30 days of collapsed entity must be submitted. publication of the initiation Federal International Trade Administration, Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for Register notice. Comments regarding the Department of Commerce. Administrative Review SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce CBP data and respondent selection Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a (Commerce) has received requests to should be submitted seven days after party that has requested a review may conduct administrative reviews of the placement of the CBP data on the withdraw that request within 90 days of various antidumping and countervailing record of this review. Parties wishing to the date of publication of the notice of duty orders and findings with submit rebuttal comments should initiation of the requested review. The September anniversary dates. In submit those comments five days after regulation provides that Commerce may accordance with Commerce’s the deadline for the initial comments. extend this time if it is reasonable to do regulations, we are initiating those In the event Commerce decides it is so. Determinations by Commerce to administrative reviews. necessary to limit individual examination of respondents and extend the 90-day deadline will be DATES: Applicable November 15, 2018. conduct respondent selection under made on a case-by-case basis. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: section 777A(c)(2) of the Act: Brenda E. Brown, Office of AD/CVD Deadline for Particular Market In general, Commerce has found that Situation Allegation Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, determinations concerning whether Enforcement and Compliance, particular companies should be Section 504 of the Trade Preferences International Trade Administration, ‘‘collapsed’’ (e.g., treated as a single Extension Act of 2015 amended the Act U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 entity for purposes of calculating by adding the concept of particular Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, antidumping duty rates) require a market situation (PMS) for purposes of DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–4735. substantial amount of detailed constructed value under section 773(e) 2 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: information and analysis, which often of the Act. Section 773(e) of the Act states that ‘‘if a particular market Background require follow-up questions and analysis. Accordingly, Commerce will situation exists such that the cost of Commerce has received timely not conduct collapsing analyses at the materials and fabrication or other requests, in accordance with 19 CFR respondent selection phase of this processing of any kind does not 351.213(b), for administrative reviews of review and will not collapse companies accurately reflect the cost of production various antidumping and countervailing at the respondent selection phase unless in the ordinary course of trade, the duty orders and findings with there has been a determination to administering authority may use September anniversary dates. collapse certain companies in a another calculation methodology under All deadlines for the submission of previous segment of this antidumping this subtitle or any other calculation various types of information, proceeding (e.g., investigation, methodology.’’ When an interested certifications, or comments or actions by administrative review, new shipper party submits a PMS allegation pursuant Commerce discussed below refer to the review or changed circumstances to section 773(e) of the Act, Commerce number of calendar days from the review). For any company subject to this will respond to such a submission applicable starting time. review, if Commerce determined, or consistent with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(v). If Notice of No Sales continued to treat, that company as Commerce finds that a PMS exists under collapsed with others, Commerce will section 773(e) of the Act, then it will If a producer or exporter named in modify its dumping calculations this notice of initiation had no exports, assume that such companies continue to operate in the same manner and will appropriately. sales, or entries during the period of Neither section 773(e) of the Act nor review (POR), it must notify Commerce 1 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 19 CFR 351.301(c)(v) set a deadline for within 30 days of publication of this Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; notice in the Federal Register. All Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 2 See Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, submissions must be filed electronically 39263 (July 6, 2011). Public Law 114–27, 129 Stat. 362 (2015). VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Nov 14, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15NON1.SGM 15NON1 khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES 57412 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 221 / Thursday, November 15, 2018 / Notices the submission of PMS allegations and All firms listed below that wish to limited to, changes to corporate supporting factual information. qualify for separate rate status in the structure, acquisitions of new However, in order to administer section administrative reviews involving NME companies or facilities, or changes to 773(e) of the Act, Commerce must countries must complete, as their official company name,4 should receive PMS allegations and supporting appropriate, either a separate rate timely file a Separate Rate Application factual information with enough time to application or certification, as described to demonstrate eligibility for a separate consider the submission. Thus, should below. For these administrative reviews, rate in this proceeding. The Separate an interested party wish to submit a in order to demonstrate separate rate Rate Status Application will be PMS allegation and supporting new eligibility, Commerce requires entities available on Commerce’s website at factual information pursuant to section for whom a review was requested, that http://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme- 773(e) of the Act, it must do so no later were assigned a separate rate in the sep-rate.html on the date of publication than 20 days after submission of initial most recent segment of this proceeding of this Federal Register notice. In responses to section D of the in which they participated, to certify responding to the Separate Rate Status questionnaire. that they continue to meet the criteria Application, refer to the instructions for obtaining a separate rate. The contained in the application. Separate Separate Rates Separate Rate Certification form will be Rate Status Applications are due to In proceedings involving non-market available on Commerce’s website at Commerce no later than 30 calendar economy (NME) countries, Commerce http://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme- days of publication of this Federal begins with a rebuttable presumption sep-rate.html on the date of publication Register notice. The deadline and that all companies within the country of this Federal Register notice. In requirement for submitting a Separate are subject to government control and, responding to the certification, please Rate Status Application applies equally thus, should be assigned a single follow the ‘‘Instructions for Filing the to NME-owned firms, wholly foreign- antidumping duty deposit rate. It is
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